SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER 2021 Paid Advertisement Supplement Endless Possibilities NEWS AND ACTIVITIES FOR ORANGE COUNTY’S OLDER ADULTS The New & Improved Senior Times! orangecountync.gov/Aging Paid Advertisement Supplement WELCOME Welcome to the Endless Possibilities News and Activities for Orange County’s Older Adults. We are excited to provide the following information about our many services, programs and opportunities for older adults. 2022-27 Master Aging Plan Table of Contents Community Planning Department on Aging Staff ...................3 From the Director .................................4 Master Aging Plan - What’s most important to you? It’s time to plan for the next five years! From the Editor ......................................5 July 1, 2021 marked the beginning of our planning year for the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan. You'll Want to Know ..............................6 As we go to print with this publication we are out in the community sharing a survey to hear about the issues that you are concerned about for the next five years. Thank you to News.................................................7-12 the many residents that have taken the time to complete the survey. In October we will Volunteer Connect (VC 55+) ......... 13-14 be hosting community engagement events across the county to share with you what we Art Classes .....................................15-16 heard. These drop-in events will provide you with another opportunity to further share Athletic Activities & Lessons...........17-19 your thoughts and to engage with the MAP workgroup leaders. We have seven workgroups Dance, Music & Theatre .................20-21 (Social Participation, Community Supports and Health Services, Transportation, Housing, Educational Opportunities .............22-27 Civic Participation and Employment, Outdoor Spaces, and Communication). We welcome Interest Groups ....................................28 community members that are interesting in helping formalize the goals and strategies for Organizations & Club Meetings ...........29 the 2022-27 MAP to join one of these workgroups. Seymour Tech ................................30-35 This is our fifth Master Aging Plan and through the many partnerships that have been Special Events ................................36-41 formed through this process, we are able to celebrate and say that Orange County is one the Support Groups .............................42-43 best places to age well in NC. We are looking forward to engaging with you at one of the Wellness Special Events ................44-45 community MAP gatherings. Wellness Exercise Classes ............. 46-47 MAP Community Engagement Drop-in Events Wellness Individual Services ......... 48-49 Seymour Center Efland-Cheeks Community Center Aging Transitions .......................... 50-58 Monday, Oct. 4 3:30 – 6 pm Thursday, Oct. 7 2 – 4 pm Friends of The Senior Centers ..............59 Monday, Oct. 11 10 am – 12 noon Cedar Grove Community Center ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT ON AGING Passmore Center Tuesday, Oct. 12 10 am – 12 noon Tuesday, Oct. 5 11 am – 1 pm Rogers Road Community Center Monday, Oct. 11 4 – 6 pm Thursday, Oct. 14 4– 6 pm Hargraves Community Center Wednesday, Oct. 6 11 am – 1 pm Program Symbols: Might be enjoyed by people with cognitive Project EngAGE Senior Resource Hybrid program offered impairment, together with a caregiver Team sponsored events in-person and virtually Intergenerational Virtual Future program Programming 2 www.orangecountync.gov/Aging September – November 2021 Paid Advertisement Supplement DEPARTMENT ON AGING STAFF Orange County Department on Aging is a one-stop resource where older adults and caregivers can meet their social, mental, physical, financial, and day-to-day practical needs. If you would like to learn more about our services and activities, contact us, we’d love to hear from you! ADMINISTRATIVE Janice Tyler Anshu Gupta Mike Komives Beverly Shuford Director Business Officer Employment Specialist Communications Manager 919-245-4255 919-245-4254 919-616-8778 919-245-2023 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AGING TRANSITIONS Kim Lamon-Loperfido Brandi Beeker Kendall Kopchick Lisa Meinert Aging Transitions Administrator Transportation Specialist Social Worker Program Coordinator 919-245-4253 919-717-1853 919-245-4278 919-245-4251 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Keisha Andrews Marie Dagger Social Worker Occupational Therapist 919-245-2022 919-245-4279 [email protected] [email protected] SENIOR CENTERS Myra Austin Terry Colville Deborah Lemmerman Dawn Smith Senior Centers Administrator Passmore Programs and Operations Seymour Front Desk Manager – Passmore Program Asst./Facility 919-245-2020 Manager Evenings/Saturdays Manager [email protected] 919-245-2016 919-968-2070 919-245-2021 Robin Bailin [email protected] Meghan Rushing [email protected] Seymour Program Asst./Facility William Crist Program Coordinator Assistant Hong Zhou Manager Passmore Lunch Site Manager 919-245-2026 Chinese Community Liaison and 919-245-4252 919-245-2019 [email protected] Program Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Cydnee Sims 919-245-4275 Latonya Brown Jerri Gale Seymour Programs and Operations [email protected] Wellness Coordinator Seymour Front Desk Manager Manager 919-245-4270 919-968-2070 919-245-4250 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Aging Transitions James Burnett Isabel Jackson Help-Line: Seymour Lunch Site Manager Food Services Coordinator 919-245-4257 919-245-4256 919-968-2087 [email protected] [email protected] Chinese Help-Line 中文热线: VOLUNTEER CONNECT 55+ Shenae McPherson Jeanne Chamberlin Ryan Lavalley 919-245-4275 Volunteer Connect 55+ Administrator SHIIP/VITA Coordinator Project Manager 919-245-4243 919-245-4240 Handy Helper Program Spanish Help-Line: [email protected] [email protected] 919-245-4245 919-245-4279 [email protected] September – November 2021 www.orangecountync.gov/Aging 3 Paid Advertisement Supplement FROM THE DIRECTOR www.orangecountync.gov/Aging hope everyone is enjoying their summer and enjoying the By now you should have completed freedom of getting out a little more as the COVID rates have our community survey. We will be I declined and so many more of us have been vaccinated. taking the information collected We can’t let our guard down completely just yet, but it is so from the surveys and sharing it wonderful to see friends and family again and to also see with you at eight MAP Community many of you at our Centers. To keep you and our staff safe Engagement events around the we are continuing the mask mandate and social distancing county in early October. These at the Centers. We are offering on-site group programming drop-in events will provide you Stay well, with reduced capacity. We anticipate as the weeks pass and another opportunity to let us know Janice Tyler the COVID rates continue to decline that we will gradually be what is important to you as we, Director increasing capacity in our spaces. Many of our programs are and our community partners, plan Orange County also being offered in a hybrid model, both in-person and virtual. for aging services over the next five Department on Aging [email protected] This will continue even after the pandemic is gone, as we have years. This information will also been able to reach some folks who for whatever reason are not be used as we continue to develop able to make it into the Centers. For now, our lunch program is Orange County as an Age-Friendly remaining curbside. Our outdoor spaces are available should you Community within the global network of WHO/AARP Age want to eat your lunch with a friend. Friendly Communities. I want to say a big thank you to all the staff and volunteers There will also be opportunities for you to be a part of the who have been on the front lines of the pandemic working workgroups that will develop the plan in the coming months. to keep our department and programs open throughout this The workgroups are based on the WHO/AARP Age Friendly difficult time. We reinvented ourselves in so many ways to meet Communities framework domains, including Outdoor Spaces and the needs of our older adult community. I am proud to work Buildings; Transportation; Housing; Social participation; Respect alongside each of you every day! and Social Inclusion; Civic Participation and Employment; The past few days I have been out in the community and on Community Supports and Health Services; and Communication the radio promoting our 2022-27 Master Aging Plan Community and Information. To learn more about the MAP and to view Survey. I was asked how the pandemic affected us meeting our the matrix of our accomplishments visit the website at www. goals this year for our current plan. I am happy to report that orangecountync.gov/203/Master-Aging-Plan-Aging we forged ahead and were able to accomplish so many things Congratulations to everyone who helped transform Senior with our community partners, even in a pandemic. Aging didn’t Times into this new publication, Endless Possibilities. This stop while we were in the pandemic and neither should we give represents months of work, including hosting community virtual up on our goals! In some ways it gave us the push we needed focus groups,