SANFORD — Getting a home ready for winter can be a challenge. Taking out window-unit air conditioners and putting up storm windows, removing screens and drain gutters, clearing leaves from the yard, gathering and putting away garden tools and equipment — these and other jobs can be hard to tackle for any family. They can be especially difficult for seniors.

But there is help available for older and disabled residents of York County.

On Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, from 9 a.m. to noon, York County Community Action Corporation’s Thriving in Place program is hosting its 3rd Annual Day of Service to help seniors  get ready for winter.

Volunteers from across the county will meet at the YCCAC office complex in Sanford, and from there be dispatched to residences needing assistance with pre-winter jobs in the Sanford area.

Volunteers are available to help get a home or yard ready for winter for those aged  60 or over or disabled and a resident of Sanford or the surrounding area, organizers say.

To sign up for volunteer help, or to be a volunteer, call Robin Hewitt Bibber, Thriving in Place coordinator, at 459-2989 or email her at robin.bibber@nassonhealthcare.org.

The Day of Service is part of a larger, and ongoing, volunteer network in southwestern York County coordinated by Thriving in Place York County. Thriving in Place serves people in Sanford, Springvale, Acton, Alfred, Lebanon, North Berwick, Shapleigh and Waterboro.

Volunteers and participants are welcome.