“Where is your misery, there’s your ministry.” I heard that strange comment on talk radio recently and it rang in my head. The speaker was explaining what brought her to her career in counseling. But it immediately made me think about what I am doing with my life, and wondered...
First of three parts The following article by Nate Berg was published in FastCompany, magazine and online journal. “Doctor Bruce Leff is a hospital skeptic. A practicing geriatrician who’s been on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for 25 years, Leff argues that hospitals don’t have...
Senior citizens in Aurora celebrate National Senior Citizens Day Sunday, Aug. 21 with the first citywide senior citizens golf scramble event at Phillips Park in Aurora.
Linda Nathan of Naperville, center, is among Senior Singers choir of Oswegoland Senior and Community Center in Oswego performing "Tumblin' Tumbleweed" in a concert outdoors Friday, Aug. 19 at the Center. Choristers donned cowboy hats for the performance.
When things get tough, serve BBQ, and make pie! That has been a winning strategy of Senior Services Associates for many years, and they certainly know how to put the fun in fundraisers! Senior Services Associates in Kendall, Kane, and McHenry Counties are a senior citizen’s best friend, offering information...
Oswegoland Senior and Community Center is open and serving seniors and the community Monday -Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its new facility, 3525 US Highway 34, Oswego, the former Oswego Police Station. Programming includes numerous exercise classes, activities such as bingo, dime jingle, bridge, financial and history education,...
The availability of public transit in rural areas depends not just on need but on public support. The fine balancing act of offering enough transit services while staying fiscally viable is a delicate strategy of any rural transit system. Part of the challenge is growing community awareness. Kendall Area Transit...
Seasons change. Summer starts now! After what has seemed to be an exceptionally long and tiresome Winter and a Spring full of rain-soaked days, Summer is finally here, or, technically will be here June 21! Even beyond that, together we have weathered very uncertain times these past two years, from...
Have you ever found a salesperson knocking at your door looking for work, selling some product or service, or noticing you just might need their help? They say you are lucky they just happened to be driving by, because so many neighbors have signed up for their services. Maybe you...
Keith Bielema, elder-care coordinator at the Kendall County Health Department, recently retired and received accolades from his colleagues at the Kendall County Interagency Council (KCIC) meeting for 21 years of service to seniors. He developed the Health Department’s Transitions Program for seniors, to help older adults through new stages of...
Innovative programs for older adults are a hallmark of Fox Valley Community Services (FVCS). Without a doubt, FVCS is an agency that is constantly reinventing themselves and challenging themselves to do more for older adults, and to be inclusive in their community. Now celebrating their 50th year, FVCS is kicking...
Oswegoland Senior and Community Center (OSCC) is launching a whole new initiative for community volunteers! The new building will allow the Center to offer expanded programming, activities, services, and special events for not just older adults but the entire community! To provide such extensive opportunities to the community it will...
State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, while continuing to work for the wellbeing of seniors in her community, is holding an event to distribute five free meals for seniors and veterans of all ages. It will be held at St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church, 1855 5th Avenue in Aurora. Hernandez is...
Oswego Senior Center, now the Oswego Senior and Community Center, is happily moving into its forever home at the site of the former Oswego Police Station, 3525 US Highway 34, Oswego. Oswego Senior Center officially changed its name to Oswego Senior and Community Center, and will open its new facility...
Oswegoland Seniors, Inc. (OSI) Board of Directors recently announced it has secured a new home for the Oswego Senior Center. The facility is at 3525 US Highway 34, Oswego, the former Oswego Police Station. Since losing its lease with the Oswego School District in July 2020, the Senior Center has...
Kendall Area Transit, the public transportation provider, will mark 12 years of service this year. The non-profit service provider has seen many challenges through the years, but none more so than in the past two years. Kendall Area Transit (KAT) was founded March 22, 2010, through a cooperative effort of...
Fox Valley Community Services (FVCS), serving the communities of Sandwich, Somonauk, Plano, and seniors residing in the three counties of DeKalb, Kendall, and LaSalle, recently hired a new executive director. The agency offers homemaker services to seniors, adult day services in Sandwich and DeKalb, and activities, as well as a...
Senior Services Associates, Inc. is proud to announce AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteer Kathleen Crisci, of Sandwich, was recently nominated and received the 2021 Illinois Governor’s Volunteer Service Award. Kathleen Crisci moved to Sandwich after she retired from Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Soon she...
St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church, 1855 Fifth Avenue in Aurora, will be host to a drive-thru senior meal distribution from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15. Kane County seniors, 60 and better, are invited to pick up five frozen meals. The Kane Senior Council provides meals. Sponsors are...
Senior citizens in Aurora bring a lot of wisdom and life experiences to the table, and they have been sharing both with City officials this past week. Nearly 100 seniors, caretakers and service providers have attended the first three sessions of the ‘Enhancing Life and Legacy’ listening tour, and there...
