Category: Seniors

KAT transportation in Kendall vital vehicle

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...

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On finding silver linings, making calls, to help happiness

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...

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Seniors should seek help to ensure successful sales

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...

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Elder-care coordinator, Keith Bielema, receives accolades

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...

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Fox Valley Community Services (FVCS) celebrates 50th year with full calendar

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...

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Oswego seniors in new initiative

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...

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Free meals for seniors, veterans

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...

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Oswego Senior Center moves ahead in community

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...

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Oswego Seniors, Inc. finds new home

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...

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Kendall Area Transit service soon to reach 12 years

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...

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New director, Suzanne Kinsey, takes the helm at Fox Valley Community Services

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...

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Kathleen Crisci 2021 Volunteer Service Award recipient

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...

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Senior drive-thru meal in Aurora Nov. 15

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...

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Aurora Continues Senior Citizens Listening Tour October 29-November 4

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...

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Events fill Oswego Senior Center

The Oswego Senior Center will be host to many events for seniors. Annual Medicare Forum The Free Annual Medicare Forum will be held 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Oswego Fire Department Community Room, 3511 Woolley Road, Oswego. Annual Medicare Forum is a must attend for...

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Child’s verses may reflect days which have passed

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. James Carmichael’s Proverbs in Scots printed in 1628 came to mind on a recent morning when I pondered subjects for another column for the Seniors’ Voice. I remember my mother reciting that poem to me as a child. If turnips were watches, I’d...

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Oswego Senior Center Halloween party Oct. 28

Oswego Senior Center will be host to a Halloween party and lunch at noon Thursday, Oct. 28 at Orchard Valley Banquets, Orchard Valley Golf Course, 2411 W. Illinois Street, Aurora. Three delicious meal choices: Pulled pork sandwich with house salad, or burger with house-made chips, or spaghetti with meat sauce...

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Seniors must learn how to prevent destructive falls

September is Fall Prevention Awareness Month. Seniors will continue to see that message on bulletin boards, in newsletters, and in E-mail. The fact is older adults and young children are the most likely to incur serious injury from falls, including brain trauma bone injuries that can be life changing. But...

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Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry helps seniors

September marks Hunger Action Month and the timing could not be more symbolic for Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry (MWFP) volunteers working on the front lines to feed Aurora area residents. As Summer winds to an end, MWFP volunteers are working overtime to benefit those in the community who are fighting...

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Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry to visit seniors

For the first time, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s mobile pop-up pantry will visit Fox Valley senior, low-income and supportive living facilities. A truck with volunteers giving away food and household items will be parked from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Mercy Housing, 1259 E. Wilson St....

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