Senior Community Bulletin

A special Volunteer Recruitment Café will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 at the Mark Street Senior Recreation Complex, 99 E. Marks St., Orlando. National Homeless Veterans Support will be featured, with guest speaker George Taylor, Sr. For 20 years, George Taylor, Sr. has been a homeless Veteran advocate. Reservation is required. If you are 55 or older and interested in this opportunity or other opportunities to serve your community, please e-mail us at [email protected] or call 407-422-1535.

Counsel for Caregivers Seminar Series at the Orlando Public Library, third floor, Albertson Room, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, is Thursday, Aug. 18 from 12:10-12:50 p.m. This month’s topic is “Family Conversations: How to address challenging issues including taking away the car keys.” Please RSVP to [email protected] or 407-836-7446.

Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Mayor’s Veterans Advisory Council as they host the 2011 POW-MIA Recognition Ceremony in the City Hall Rotunda located at 400 S. Orange Ave., Downtown Orlando, at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9. The ceremony is being conducted by the Cadets of AFROTC Detachment 159 from the University of Central Florida.

The Alzheimer’s & Dementia Resource Center is hosting its fifth annual signature fundraising event, “Black Tie From the Waist High,” from 6-10 p.m. Sept. 16, featuring dinner and auctions. All proceeds benefit caregivers, who come to ADRC for resources and support. Suggested attire is formal above the waist and casual wear waist down. Tickets are $100. The event is located at Hilton Altamonte Springs. Contact Lorraine Gismondi at 407-843-1910 or [email protected]

The Kinneret Council on Aging and Kinneret Apartments will hold a Health Care Expo from 1-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in the Delaney Dining Room at Kinneret Apartments, 515 Delaney Ave., Orlando. Kinneret is looking for additional vendors to participate in this event. Vendor and sponsorship levels begin at $75. Interested organizations should contact Leslie at 407-425-4537 or [email protected] for registration information.

Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in honoring our local veterans during the city of Orlando’s 2011 Veterans Day Parade, which will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 in Downtown Orlando. Bring the family to salute the men and women from more than 150 Central Florida veterans’ organizations and enjoy marching bands, floats and more. Applications are available online at cityoforlando.net/veterans and are due no later than Oct. 7.

Mary Ellen Grant, CEO of Share the Care, Inc., accepted the Community Fearless Caregiver award from event host Gary Barg, Editor in Chief of “Today’s Caregiver” magazine and caregiver.com. The awards luncheon was held during the first annual Central Florida Fearless Caregiver conference at the Holy Trinity Conference Center in Maitland on June 29.

Maitland Senior Center activities

Join John every Monday, Thursday and Friday in August at 9 a.m. for yoga. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your own mat. Cost of the class is $2 to the teacher.

The Knit & Crochet group is every Monday in August at 10 a.m. Bring your current project and have some fun.

Join us every Monday in August at 1 p.m. for our Conversational French group. Spend some time chatting with others and making new friends. Must be fluent in French to participate.

Join Esther every Tuesday in August at 9 a.m. for tai chi classes. Cost of the class is $2 to the teacher.

Join Harvey every Tuesday in August at 10:30 a.m. for bridge lessons. Once you have a handle on the game, come back on Wednesday, Aug. 10 and Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. for a morning of bridge with fellow players.

Join us every Tuesday in August at 1 p.m. for our Conversational Spanish group. Spend some time chatting with others and making new friends. Must be fluent in Spanish to participate.

Join Ann every Friday in August for recorder classes. Beginning classes are held at 12:30 p.m. and intermediate classes are held at 1 p.m. Cost of the class is $2 to the teacher. Please call the Senior Center at 407-539-6251 for specifics on this class.

Join us 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 for Brown Bag Bunko. Bring your lunch and play for fun! This event is sponsored by Visiting Angels and Colonial Medical Supplies. Please sign up to play.

The Maitland Senior Center is located at 345 S. Maitland Ave. Call 407-539-6251 or visit itsmymaitland.com

Orange County Commission On Aging Newsletter

Transportation Travel Credit – ITNOrlando, which provides door-thru-door transportation services to elders, lets you create a “credit account” that allows you to bank your volunteer hours. Individuals or clients of participating agencies can use their credit account for future travel or can receive a reimbursement check. Call 407-228-7761 for more info.

Consumer Fraud – Orange County Consumer Fraud now has posters to educate the community on the mediation, criminal and referral services provided by their office. To request a poster or flyers, call 407-836-2490. For other consumer fraud info, visit ocfl.net/fraud

Scam & I.D. Theft Hotline – If you’ve been a victim of a scam or identity theft, Florida has a hotline that you can call for information on how to protect yourself, 1-866-9-NOSCAM (1-866-966-7226).

Life Expectancy Across the U.S.: The Washington Post broke down life expectancy by geographical regions, race and sex. American women live an average of 2.5 years longer than men. Life expectancies vary across the country and are noticeably lower in the South and Southeast (more than a decade difference in some cases).

Census 2010 – State and national aging population statistics are now available at tinyurl.com/CensusAgeStats

Florida Silver Alert – Silver Alert is a plan to help law enforcement officers rescue persons with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder who are driving a car and become lost. Visit floridasilveralert.com for info.

Florida Senior Safety Resource Center - FSSRC has a database for seniors or persons with disabilities needing affordable alternative transportation options within their local communities. For info, visit SafeAndMobileSeniors.org/FindARide

Student Design Contest - The Aging Means Business Student Design Contest invites students to propose an original product for adults ages 50 and older. Visit geron.org/annual-meeting/aging-means-business/student-design-contest

Did You Know…

This year, the first of the Baby Boom cohort reached age 65 and for the next 19 years, close to 10,000 people a day will celebrate their 65th birthday.