sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner >> reporter: 17-year-old anika kumar and her teenaged volunteers brainstorm what they might talk about. then -- >> hi,. >> reporter: they call senior citizens on the phone from their classroom at notre dame high school in san jose. the program is called forget me not. she started the non-profit two years ago to make sure santa clara county's older adults aren't neglected. >> that can lead to loneliness and depression and increased risks of complications from chronic illnesses and things like that. >> reporter: the program operates during the school year and every week volunteers make sure to call every one of the 40 people currently on the list. >> they have so much to share, so many stories, so much advice and encouragement and, yeah, it's really great, the relationship that you can have with them. >> reporter: to this person it's a gift. >> hello? >> reporter: he is really blind -- he is legally blind and doesn't get out much so a weekly 20- to 30-minute call from forget-me-not lifts his spirits. >> this talk also brin

sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner >>> reporter: 17-year-old anika kumarhe phone from their classroom at notre dame high school in san jose. the program called forget me not. she started the none of profit two years ago to make sure santa clara county's older adults aren't neglected. >> that can lead to loneliness and depression and increased risks of complications from chronic illnesses and things like that. >> reporter: the program operates during the school year and every week volunteers make sure to call every one of the 40 people currently on the list. >> they have so much to share, so many stories, so much advice and encouragement and, yeah, it's really great, the relationship that you can have with them. >> reporter: to this person it's a gift. >> hello? >> reporter: he is really blind so a weekly 20- to 30-minute call from forget-me-not lifts his spirits. >> this talk also brings me -- makes me alive again and young. >> reporter: this person at the a senior community trains the volunteers and supervisors the call sessions. he says the outreach help