PESID Brooklyn Spring Fling is taking place on April 10, 2012. PESID, People Empowering Seniors Independence & Dignity is a networking resource group. It is designed to bring together both retired folks and professionals who serve the senior community. This allows seniors to meet people who work in the senior community in an open environment,…
Read MorePESID is an organization I founded in March of 2010. We are about to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of PESID. Membership to PESID is free. You just go online to pesid.com Once you sign up you will receive an email so you can verify your email address. Click the link and it should take you…
Read More105 Senior Centers in NYC are being threatened with closing, due to the proposed title xx cuts. What can you do to try to stop the senior centers from closing? Last night the PESID, People Empowering Senior Independence, group met. We had representatives at the meeting from Council Member Domenic M. Recchia Jr. Office, along…
Read MoreOn April 1, the new budget will go into effect. Millions of dollars in funds will be cut from Title 20 of the NY budget. Title 20 monies are partially used to fund NY Senior Centers. According to Senator Golden, these monies have been allocated as part of the budget for decades. He also said…
Read MoreMore than 100 senior centers in NY state are scheduled to close. Our budget deficit is so large that drastic cuts need to be made. These cuts will especially impact those who had a well balance meal at the senior centers. NY Senior Centers also provide a place for folks to congregate and socialize. So…
Read MoreThis past Thursday I attended a conference called by Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis, and Senator Marty Golden, at the Bay Ridge Community Center, regarding cut backs that could end up going into effect on April 1, 2011. Also in attendence was Bobby Sackman, Director of Public Policy for the Council of Senior Centers and…
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The Bay Ridge Center walk-a-thon to help raise funds for the Bay Ridge Center took place on Saturday September 25, 2010. The Bay Ridge Center is a place where seniors meet. Joan Mason the Director of the Center was pleased to see the support. Some of the funds raised will go to support the Meals…
Read MoreI recently attended a wonderful event, cosponsored by Sunrise Senior Living, Nancy Waldman, Director of Community Relations Sunrise Senior Living of Mill Basin and SUN- B, Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn, Chaired by Miss Vicki Ellner. We enjoyed the company of friends, colleagues, Sunrise residents, while being serenaded by a violinist, and greeted by Miss…
Read MoreSeniors and Influenza/Pneumococcal Clinic Outreach Program of New York City. Joyce Soden, Coordinator, Sea Gate Influenza Outreach Program, mentioned to me that people contact their medical providers for shots. If you do not have coverage you can call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/flu to identify clinic locations where flu vaccines are available. You might also try…
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