Operation: Veteran Connect provides support for veterans and military families. Our “Veterans Serving Veterans” model creates meaningful impact for Tampa Bay.
Live Your Legacy. Be a Hero. Volunteer.
Our mission is to provide solutions to community challenges by engaging volunteers age 55+.
Founded in 1984, we connect volunteers, age 55 and over, to meet the needs and challenges of at-risk seniors, veterans and children in our community. We serve Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties and help more than 8,000 individuals annually, making a difference and changing lives through community service. Learn More.
Live your legacy now. Be a valued helper to a homebound senior, a cherished mentor to a struggling child or an appreciated companion to an at-risk veteran. We help you create meaningful volunteer opportunities. You have unique skills, abilities and interests, and we strategically match you up to where you can most benefit and benefit your community. Gear up. Be a hero.
Gear Up and get involved! Explore volunteer opportunity ideas here, or check out current volunteer events below! Click on a date to see scheduled events.
Want to Help, But Don't Know How?
Click HereNews and Updates
Seniors in Service Board Plans for Strategic Growth
"What is your Why?" That is the question we posed to the Seniors in Service Board of Directors to kick off the annual Board Retreat on January 25. Everyone's response to why they serve on our Board was a little different, but there was a common thread. Harnessing the...
Geared Up News- October 2025
Highlights: From Backpacks to Bigger Dreams & The Power of Showing Up CEO Corner & Painting Brighter Days for Seniors Living with Dementia Grandma Powell Is the Heart of the Classroom & 175 Rides and Counting A Veteran's Journey Back to Purpose...
Geared Up News- October 2025
Highlights: From Backpacks to Bigger Dreams & The Power of Showing Up CEO Corner & Painting Brighter Days for Seniors Living with Dementia Grandma Powell Is the Heart of the Classroom & 175 Rides and Counting A Veteran's Journey Back to Purpose...
Make a Difference in Your Own Unique Way
Across Pasco, Pinellas, and Hillsborough counties, RSVP volunteers are proving every day that there’s no one-size-fits- all way to serve just big hearts finding the right fit! Take Jan, who greets Veterans at the VA Outpatient Clinic in New Port Richey with a warm...
Leveling Up for the Future
We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been selected for the 2025–2026 Annual Capacity-Building Initiative, presented by the Nonprofit Leadership Center and the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg! This exciting opportunity comes with a grant to help us grow smarter...