Serving Our Seniors Magazine: January - March 2024

Serving Our Seniors REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2,659 Total Number of Calls to Serving Our Seniors Asking for Help 1,270 Individual Older Adults Who Called for Help with a Question/Problem/Concern 219 New Older Adults calling to Ask for Help for the First Time 6,772 The number of Rural Home Delivered Meals funded by Serving Our Seniors 467 Meals served at Kelleys Island Rural Lunch Groups 114 Older adults used weekday transportation funded by Serving Our Seniors 1,466 1-way trips were taken by older adults who paid a bus fare of $1.50 30 Older adults used weekday transportation at a reduced bus fare of .50 per 1-way trip 587 1-way trips provided to the 30 people for 50¢ reduced bus fare 39 Older adults used Out of Town Transportation to get to health care appointments. 54 Trips were driven to take the 38 older adults to their health care appointments 1 Older adults received a total of 1 gas voucher to afford travel out of town to their health care appointments, when volunteer drivers could not take the trips Affordable Transportation 6 Small Home Repairs 126 The number of ramps in service throughout Erie County 174 Medicare Counseling Sessions (group and individual) Services to Support Independence Nutrition July 2023 – Sept. 2023 From the Director I would like to thank The NAACP – Sandusky Unit for honoring me with the NAACP Community Service Award . On Oct. 28, 2023, President, Darlene Walk presented me with the award. I was speechless with gratitude. Thank you! In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2024, our cover story is a local, love story about Rev. Tom and Diane Hayes. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as enjoyed the interview. Serving Our Seniors partnership with the Cleveland Clinic and its Successful Aging Program is expanding. Check out your peers, (pg. 7), who recently took advantage of this healthy aging service. On page 9 and 11 you will meet our two, new, co-workers at Serving Our Seniors. On page 16 is the announcement of Serving Our Seniors Spring Show/Fundraiser – American Bandstand! We removed the Calendar of Events page, from the magazine. We found it is the articles that cause people to attend our forums. It is not the Calendar of Events. As always, if you enjoy receiving the Magazine, please thank the businesses advertising in this issue. Each one has helped us to defray the costs to print and mail the magazine to your home/apartment. Happy New Year, Sue Daugherty Sue Daugherty, Director and Darlene Walk, President 3