Serving Our Seniors Magazine: Oct-Dec 2022

Thank You Erie County Health Department and The Mylander Foundation The Erie County Health Department and Serving Our Seniors have been working in partnership for a number of years installing equipment to prevent falling in later life. In late 2021, the Erie County Health Department granted to Serving Our Seniors $3,670.00 for its Handyman Program to give away and/or install equipment to prevent falling, at no cost to the Erie County older adult. This helped 16 Erie County residents. When the $3,670.00 money ran out, The Mylander Foundation granted Serving Our Seniors $7,738.93, to continue making more free home modifications to prevent falling. 22 Erie County residents received free fall prevention home modifications. An additional $5,025.07 was granted, by The Mylander Foundation, to Serving Our Seniors to perform small home repairs. This kept small home maintenance problems small ($400.00 or less). The client paid what was affordable for their circumstances toward the repair. Serving Our Seniors paid the balance using the Mylander Foundation grant. 36 Erie County residents received a variety of home maintenance repairs, such as, pluming repairs, HVAC repairs, gutter cleaning, window / door repairs. All were priced at a cost the client could afford. Beverly Goshe is a Sandusky resident who is very grateful for the help she received to prevent her from falling in her home and the affordable faucet she received thanks to the Mylander Foundation. Meet the Author of Ohio’s Lake Erie Islands Chad Waffen, 51, is a full time resident of Kelleys Island. His occupation is corporate research. He said he has always been an avid reader and a photographer. Because of his love for Kelleys Island, he decided he would research the 15 U.S. islands and publish a book about it. Ohio’s Lake Erie Islands was first published in 2006 and has published a 2nd Edition. “I started writing the book around the time digital photography was becoming popular. The book is filled with pictures. Half of the pictures were taken with film and half with digital. It is a coffee table book that tells the reader about the 15 U.S. islands. It’s 50 pages and an easy read,” he said. To purchase a copy of the book e-mail Chad at WestfaliaPublishing@gmail.com or go to Amazon.com and search Ohio’s Lake Erie Islands. The book sells for $18.50. 10