The Kendall County Health Department has hired a new transitions coordinator to assist older adults with life transitions, and to assist their family caregivers with helpful information in changing times. Patricia Penfold began her new career as transitions coordinator in November 2022. She has almost 20 years of experience in
The Plano Historical Society has been meeting quietly for several years, collecting items, and planning. Finally, they dreams have come true, with the opening a new Museum at 4 S. West Street in downtown Plano. Plano Area Chamber of Commerce assisted in a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.
Now is the time. Everyone is getting requests for support this holiday season. It happens every year. Any charity you have ever supported will be sending you a mailer to ask you to support them again this year. The need is real. Although we are seeing it at the gas
True to their mission of “Care. Share. Strengthen. Committed to our neighbors. We supply supplemental food help to our neighbors in their times of need.” Kendall County Community Food Pantry (KCCFP) is doing its best to deliver to seniors who are in need of such assistance. Door Dash for senior
“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
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
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
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
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
In recognition for her work to maintain clean air, State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, recently received an award from the Respiratory Health Association. “The Respiratory Health Association has been fighting for better air quality and equitable health care for lung diseases for years and I am grateful for their recognition,”
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
Oswego Senior Center finds itself back at square one as they look for a new home. It was just a year ago that then acting executive director, Lynn Cullick, said that the Center would be in a new home on Templeton Drive in Oswego for two years and search for
Please stay connected. I do not want to lose contact with you. In today’s environment, with all our social media options, as well as E-mail, telephones, and texting, it seems hard to imagine that you could lose contact with a close friend or relative. But we all are bombarded with
Aging well and staying both healthy and strong is everyone’s dream. So why do so many fall short of achieving that dream? Everyone has had a share of aches and pains, wounds, or accidents. There are thousands of voices, from television to radio to social media, to newspapers, telling us
