Twenty percent of all the elderly volunteer; countless others work at paying jobs, full or part time.

"I'll take her," one of the elderly volunteers said, with eager, outstretched arms.

"I'll take care of that for you," the elderly volunteer said.

"It used to be more of a movement," says Louise Greene, an elderly volunteer.

The bill would also authorize $10 million to encourage states to establish networks of elderly volunteers to provide free counseling on Medicare issues.

The elderly volunteer was buried in a book.

At the corner table, he saw three members of the town council, as well as the elderly volunteer from the library.

One of the elderly volunteers was emerging with an armful of books, and her eyes lit up when she saw him approaching.

Behind the desk, an elderly volunteer held out a clipboard.

They also recruit and train elderly volunteers to help the police and sheriffs.