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United Way Alliance on Aging Newsletter
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| United Way's Alliance on Aging's, formerly Lehigh Valley Alliance on Aging, new name represents exciting and positive change to our group. It affirms United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley's role as the backbone organization and main financial investor in the Alliance. United Way convened and funded the original group that created United Way's Alliance on Aging over 10 years ago. Since that time, United Way has funded the core staffing of the partnership. The Alliance is a vital part of United Way's investment in healthy aging and our name now reflects that. The Alliance will also be unveiling a new logo in the next few months. |
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Lehigh-Northampton LINK sponsoring Emergency Survival Skills Seminar
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Join us Thursday, June 5, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Fowler Family Southside Center in Bethlehem for a free seminar about the types of disasters and emergencies we face in the Lehigh Valley. Registration is required to attend. Please visit www.northampton.edu/survival or call 1-877-543-0998. Participation is limited to 100 attendees. |
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Save the Date: 2nd Annual Legislative Breakfast - May 29, 2014
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Join Alliance members at the Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) at their Legislative Breakfast on Thursday, May 29, 7:30 - 10 a.m. Members of the Pennsylvania legislature who represent the Lehigh Valley are invited to talk about issues related to seniors and answer questions from the audience. The breakfast will be located at Lehigh University's Mountaintop Campus, Iacocca Hall in the Wood Dining Room, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015. The event is free, but reservations are required. Please contact Vanessa at [email protected] or 215-545-5728, ext. 3036 for more information.
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The Lehigh Valley Gatekeepers Program is a collective community approach to connecting at-risk seniors to local services which help them remain safe and independent in their homes. Many vulnerable seniors live alone or have little or no contact with others. Often their increasing need for assistance with daily activities can go unnoticed. Gatekeepers are non-traditional referral sources who come into contact with seniors through their normal work day.
United Way Alliance on Aging, Catholic Charities and both Lehigh and Northampton Counties' Area Agencies on Aging are partnering to implement this model in the Lehigh Valley. The Gatekeepers Program successfully works with local companies and organizations to identify a plan to recognize and report seniors in danger. Company employees are trained to make anonymous reports to the Area Agencies on Aging, when necessary. Target companies include physical locations such as restaurants, banks, grocery stores or beauty salons, or businesses where employees are at the senior's home, such as a delivery driver, utility worker, letter carrier or meter reader. Other potential businesses include those where the employees come into contact with seniors via the phone, such as a call center. If you know a business who might want to become a Gatekeeper Trained Organization (GTO), please contact Amy Angelo at Catholic Charities, 610.435.1541 x 302.
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Resource Guides Now Available
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United Way's new Resource Guide offers helpful resources and services for Lehigh Valley seniors and their caregivers. The guides are free and can be arranged for pick up by contacting Priscilla Rosado at 610.807.5731 or [email protected]. |
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About United Way's Alliance on Aging
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Membership to United Way's Alliance on Aging is free and member benefits include conferences, research, information and referral services, benefit acquisition services, public policy advocacy and learning sessions throughout the year. Invest in United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley today to keep services like these available to the community. |
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