Okay so I am a bit of a nerd...so I did a little research and came up with this website which seems to support and even enhance the ideas espoused on this thread. I am so happy to be friends with such wonderful people.
Anyway if you explore this site,
http://www.lotsahelpinghands.com/ltc/home/ you may find, as I did that, Lotsa Helping Hands is Sam's idea on steriods...sorry too much Olympic influence...
To entice you I will quote a few comments that I read....
How It Works
What problems does Lotsa Helping Hands address?
Most of us have experienced the crisis of a friend or loved one suddenly unable to function as they had for their family or themselves. Perhaps it's a debilitating illness, or post-surgery rehabilitation necessitating weeks or months of bed rest.
In many instances of long-term family caregiving or caring for an aging loved one, those affected must also cope with finding support for meal preparation, grocery shopping, transportation for themselves and their dependent family members.
But it is often difficult for patients and family caregivers to ask for help. And if help is offered, managing that help can be a significant part-time job: coordinating family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and church or synagogue members who do not all know each other can be complex and time-consuming, with endless phone tag and forgotten commitments.
In addition, keeping these various ‘circles of community’ up-to-date on medical progress or family activity, or securely sharing vital medical, legal, or financial information with designated family members is often another source of anxiety and stress for the patient and family caregiver. Let your Lotsa Helping Hands community help build emotional and spiritual support as you face the many issues surrounding everyday caregiving.
What does Lotsa Helping Hands provide?
In literally minutes, a Coordinator can create,
free-of-charge, a private and secure Lotsa Helping Hands web community, define volunteer activities using the supplied templates, and begin inviting members to the community. Through an intuitive interface that requires no training, volunteers can then easily view and sign up for any number of available tasks, review their current commitments, and be confident they won’t forget any assignments as the system automatically sends out email reminders of upcoming obligations.
Who should sign up and create the web site? What's a "Coordinator"?
The Coordinator is what we call the person who first takes the initiative to create the free-of-charge Lotsa Helping Hands community. This lead Coordinator then adds the initial members (and may even designate other members as additional Coordinators), helps define the volunteer activities, and has a few other privileges for customizing the community web site.
The website name could be TOTV Helping Hands...at least that is what I would vote for.
Just my input.