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 Welcome to the Greenwood Senior Center!
The Greenwood Senior Center is a
program of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, a nonprofit community
organization whose mission is to build community by providing programs, services
and activities aimed at connecting neighbors and fostering civic involvement in
our community. GSC has been serving the Greenwood community since 1974. We
provide a variety of programs for adults in the areas of fitness, the arts,
technology, social opportunities and social services including a daily hot lunch
program.
We have a highly committed team
of individuals working hard to keep GSC going. Our staff includes Director
Cecily Kaplan, Social Worker
Carin Mack, Office Manager Liz
Farr, Director of Programs and Volunteers Aura Honkanen, CTC Coordinator
Norah
Erwin-Stewart, Kitchen Coordinator Fannie Jin, and AmeriCorps Volunteers
Emily Brosius and
Marianne Rupp. To see more about our staff click here. Our
advisory board, headed by Board President Jeanne Barwick, is also essential to
GSC's operation. See more on the board by clicking
here.
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Our Mission
The Greenwood Senior Center provides vital services as well as social,
physical, and educational activities for senior citizens and our neighbors in
the surrounding community. The Center offers opportunities for growth for all
participants and works in partnership with the neighborhood to enrich the lives
of all who come into contact with the Center.
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The History of GSC & PNA
Founded in 1980, the PNA has developed an active community center that
not only serves as a focus of the Phinney/Greenwood neighborhood, but offers
programs and activities for the whole city, including two cooperative
preschools, a before and after school childcare program, two soup kitchen, a
well home program (home repair classes, tool lending, and referral service), a
community school of regularly scheduled classes, an art gallery, public access
computers and a community technology center, a community newspaper and a service
group of neighbors helping neighbors.
PNA-sponsored outreach events such as neighborhood potlucks, beer and wine
tastes, street clean-ups, a Halloween carnival and a neighborhood wide garage
sale day promote involvement in the community. The Greenwood Senior Center has
been serving the Greenwood community since 1974 as part of Senior Services of
Seattle/King County. In 2004, Senior Services dropped GSC as one of their
programs, in part because of budget reasons. The PNA served as GSC’s fiscal
agent until January 2006, when the Center became a PNA program.
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 Director
Cecily Kaplan started working at the GSC in 2006. She was the Program
Director at Temple Beth Am for 15 years and the Senior Adult Department
Director of the Stroum Jewish Community Center from 1984 – 1991. Her
background is in religious studies and gerontology. Her passion is community
and the importance organizations like the GSC can be in the lives of
individuals and society. Cecily’s door is always open and welcomes and
encourages ideas and suggestions. Email Cecily by clicking
here.
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 Social Worker
Carin Mack started working at GSC in 1995. She
works as a geriatric social worker and support group facilitator with over 30 years
of
experience. Carin provides individual counseling at GSC as well as Tallmadge
Hamilton House Senior Center in the University District. She also teaches health classes and
facilitates over ten different support groups in the Seattle area.
To make an appointment with Carin, you can email her
by clicking here or leave her a
message on her voicemail at (206) 230-0166.
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 Office Manager
Liz Farr was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and
moved to Seattle 12 years ago. Most of her work experience has been in the
fields of law and medicine as a medical abstractor and paralegal, as well as an
executive assistant. Liz loves to travel and indulges in this pursuit at every
opportunity. Outside the office, you will find Liz reading, taking photographs
and living happily ever after with her husband, Al, and their kitty, Amber. Email Liz by clicking here.
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 Director
of Programs and Volunteers,
Aura Honkanen lives in Wallingford and has
been in the Seattle area for just over 10 years. She has worked with volunteers
with the Bellevue Police Department, at an elementary school, and with community
mentors who volunteer with at-risk youth. She has a B.A. degree in Social Work
and just completed the non-fiction writing class through the UW
Extension Program. She enjoys many hobbies including reading, cooking, writing,
knitting, and most arts and crafts. Please swing by or give her a call if you
have program inquiries or
would like to find out more about the GSC's exciting volunteer opportunities. Email Aura by clicking here.
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 CTC
Coordinator Norah Erwin-Stewart.
Email Norah by clicking
here.
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 2009-2010
AmeriCorps Volunteer Marianne Rupp is a North Carolina native and recent
graduate from Appalachian State University. She has her B.A. in Spanish and also
in Sustainable Development. Marianne is working through AmeriCorps with the
Phinney Neighborhood Association and the Greenwood Senior Center to increase
Cultural Competency and to reach out to the residents of the Phinney Ridge and
Greenwood neighborhoods, with a special focus on Latino seniors. She loves
talking to people, so feel free to call or e-mail her with any questions,
suggestions, or hellos! Email
Marianne by clicking
here.
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2009-2010 AmeriCorps volunteer Emily Brosius grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
moving to Minnesota in 2005 to attend Carleton College, a small liberal arts
school. She graduated last spring, 2009, with a B.A. in sociology and
anthropology. Emily moved to Seattle at the end of August and is living with her
older sister in Phinney Ridge. She has a passion for social justice, community
organizing, and working with older adults and is excited about all the various
topics the program will explore and confront this year. Outside of work, Emily
enjoys playing the violin and er-hu (a stringed Chinese musical instrument),
pick-up games of soccer and Frisbee, and baking. Please give Emily a call at
the senior center if you are interested in becoming a part of the SAGE program!
Email Emily by clicking here. |
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The Greenwood Senior Center is proud to have such
a dedicated group of community-minded individuals serving on our advisory board.
They include:
Board
President:
Jeanne Barwick
Vice-President:
Clare Cronkleton
Treasurer:
Vacant
Secretary:
Martina Jaeger
2010 Board Members:
Geir Jonsson Dan Pavlovic
Lauren Sisto
Walter Nicks
Corine Olson
Janice Richardson
Judith Mirante Kevin Shea
Karen Roberts
Robert Gross
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