Boston, MA-NH (1888PressRelease)
June 29, 2006 - DATELINE: BRAINTREE AND RANDOLPH, MA... More than 500 volunteers attended South Shore Elder Services’ annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon held recently at the Lantana in Randolph. With offices in Braintree, Mass. South Shore Elder Services is a private, non-profit agency providing seniors and caregivers with valuable resources and services.
The Volunteer Recognition Luncheon was held in honor of the 675 volunteers who have generously given their time to South Shore Elder Services. Volunteers dedicate thousands of hours of their time and make many of the agency’s elder programs possible, including Meals On Wheels, Friendly Visitor Program, Money Management program, Ombudsman Program and the Asian Volunteer Program. South Shore Elder Services’ Board of Directors and Advisory Council are also made up of volunteers committed to providing the highest quality of life to elders through the coordination of resources, advocacy and caregiver support.
“It takes a special person to be a volunteer and we are fortunate to have such dedicated and caring volunteers. They are truly the Heart and Soul of our Programs,” said Edward J. Flynn, Jr., Executive Director of South Shore Elder Services.
South Shore Elder Services honored several volunteers with special pins for their devoted years of service.
Recipients of 15 year pins include:
Lynn Donovan, Rosario Trogele, Norah Webster who are volunteers for the Nutrition Program in Hingham; Connie Cahill from the Nutrition Program in Quincy and Carole Murphy for the Ombudsman Program.
Laurie Cosman of the Nutrition Program in Hingham and Eunice Kohler of Nutrition Program in South Weymouth received 20 year pins.
Freida Kramer, Mary Mellon & Frances Olozovy of Nutrition Program in Hull received 25 year pins.
South Shore Elder Services would like to thank Blue Ribbon Sponsors for making their Volunteer Luncheon possible: Anodyne Homemaker Services; Bateman; Braintree Cooperative Bank; Braintree Police Patrolman’s Club; Citizens Bank Foundation; Colonial Federal Savings; Dedham Savings and South Shore Savings Bank.
Additional sponsors include Bank of Canton; Marriott; Overlook VNA; Panera Bread, Quincy; Richardi’s; Rockland Credit Union; Senator Michael Morrissey; South Shore Plaza; Best of Care Home Health Care Services; Daniel Dennis & Company; LLP Interactive Digital Systems, Inc; F.X Messina,; O’Sullivan & Associates, P.C.; AAA Southern New England; Building #19; Fallon Ambulance Service; Weymouth Bank and Milton Hospital.
Entertainment was provided by "The Broad Cove Chorale".
To become a volunteer or for more information about South Shore Elder Services, contact (781) 848-3910 or visit the website at www.sselder.org.
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Since 1977, South Shore Elder Services, Inc. has been providing South Shore seniors and caregivers with the resources and services that promote and maintain optimal levels of elder independence.
As one of 27 Aging Services Access Points in Massachusetts, South Shore Elder Services coordinates and provide a wide range of services to elders and caregivers throughout Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate and Weymouth. The agency’s mission is to promote and maintain an optimal level of elder independence through the coordination of resources, advocacy and caregiver support.
Supported in part by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, South Shore Elder Services is located at 159 Bay State Drive in Braintree, MA. For more information contact (781) 848-3910 or (781) 383-9790 or visit the website at www.sselder.org.
CONTACT: Steven Dubin, PR Works, (781) 582-1061, sdubin ( @ ) prworkzone dot com.
