City looks for volunteer drivers to transport seniors

The Brecksville Human Services Center’s award-winning volunteer driving service for seniors has openings.

Typically, drivers volunteer a day or two a month driving from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

The program uses city cars to transport seniors to medical appointments Monday through Friday throughout Cuyahoga County. The service also takes seniors on errands such as the grocery store and drug store one day a week.

Drivers are also needed for the 14-passenger bus which transports seniors and wheelchair users to medical appointments and to our monthly restaurant trip.

No special license to drive is required including for the bus. We do ask that the bus drivers are physically able to strap in the wheelchairs and load and unload them using a lift. It’s necessary also that drivers are comfortable traveling on the interstates to the MetroHealth, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals main campuses and the I-480 bridge to I-271, and driving in inclement weather, especially in the winter.

Each driver will be tested by a Brecksville police officer and have a background check done with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

For more information please call the Human Services Center at 440-526-2499. ∞