OPICA Adult Day Program and Counseling Center, Inc. received a grant to support their Volunteer Internship program including staffing expenses associated with volunteer recruitment, training, supervising and retention as well as activities associated with connecting volunteers to in-need seniors with memory impairment. The program assists families in delaying institutionalized care for their loved ones. OPICA’s mission is to enable adults impaired by dementia to continue to live at home by providing compassionate and stimulating day programs, supporting family caregivers through counseling and respite and increasing community understanding of memory disorders through education, resource referral and professional training. They currently serve 120-170 people.Many of OPICA volunteers come to them from local schools and universities. These students go on the finish their school careers and have found non profits of their own; while others have been inspired to further their education to continue to serve the elderly. OPICA volunteers are giving back where ever they go.