This study is to discuss the elder's experiences of voluntary participation in community service, with special focus on two communities in Kaohsiung County. Much effort is devoted to see the initiative motives of elder volunteers' participation in community service, their persistent motives in participation, and the influence of the elder's voluntary work in community service. According to the analyzed documents of interviews and relevant reviews, this study indicates the following conclusions. First, concerning the elder's motives in voluntary service, their initiative motives include egoistic motives, altruistic motives, society motives, and background motives. And their persistent motives include the continuous capacities for communities, the maintenance of community harmony, a sense of commission for community development, and family support. Second, different communities with different developing backgrounds and conditions have different influences on the elder's voluntary participation, which would lead to various experiences and obstacles encountered by these elder volunteers. Third, with the elder's participation in different phases of community service, different theories of voluntary service have to be employed regarding the difference phases in question. Finally, it is with the hope to flourish the elder's voluntary participation in community service that this study comes to several suggestions for the reference of the elder volunteers, communities, and the government. With these suggestions in mind, the elders will more vigorous in fulfilling their lives, and, most importantly, our communities as well as society will cherish the elders around us even more.