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Rides are available for ambulatory riders 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere you would like to
go, as long as we can match you up with a volunteer
driver. It is simple to use the service. Call Ron
Montminy, driver coordinator at Gold Country Telecare at
530-272-9958, 48 hours in advance of your requested ride
time. Ron will match your request with a volunteer
driver that is the closest in proximity to your pick-up
location. You will be charged 65 cents per mile as a
mileage reimbursement for the volunteer driver. It’s
that simple.
Gold Country Telecare has expanded and renamed
the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Volunteer Driver program to the
Telecare Happy Taxi Program. This
door-to-door, arm-through-arm service provides
transportation to the elderly and individuals with
disabilities seeking to maintain their independence,
dignity and connection to their community.
The expansion of service includes nine drivers
located in the Lake of the Pines area of southern Nevada
County who were previously part of a program started by
Gladys Pulhemus. Gladys began her out-of-home program,
Happy Taxi, due to her own need as a senior disabled
woman who wanted to maintain her autonomy without having
to depend on family and friends for transportation. This
service has provided South County elders and persons
with disabilities transportation services through
volunteer drivers for the past two years. We are excited
to include the drivers in the South County area to our
already successful program in the Grass Valley/Nevada
City area, providing greater availability of drivers for
our clients.
So whether you are in need of a ride, know a
neighbor, friend or family member who could use this
service or you would like to become a volunteer driver
yourself, give Ron a call for the Telecare Happy Taxi
service.
All
of our Volunteer Drivers have passed Drug Test and
Background Checks |
