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Seniors Wanted For Civic Engagement Project!

The Greenwood Senior Center is pleased to announce the formation of our newest program, The Greenwood S.A.G.E. Project, which is a group of Seniors, Active, Giving, and Engaged in their community.   The goal of this project will be to have seniors work together to address important local and global issues by utilizing the wisdom, judgment, and experience of seniors to serve directly in the community.

The Greenwood S.A.G.E. Project will address global issues once a month by first helping participants learn about the problems affecting people around the world and how these same issues affect our local communities. Education days will occur on the 3rd Tuesday of every month in the form of presentation, lecture, video, etc. Every 4th Tuesday of the month will be the Greenwood S.A.G.E. Action Day, where knowledge about issues will be put into action by volunteering in the community to make positive changes. Check out the information below for ways to become involved in the new year. Call Molly at (206) 297-0875 or email her at molly@greenwoodseniorcenter.org to sign up for the Greenwood S.A.G.E. Project.

June Topic: American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness
Education Day: Tues, June 17, 1 pm
Action Day: Tues, June 24, 1 pm

Quick: what would you do if an earthquake struck right this second? Where would you find clean sources of water? How would you get in contact with your loved ones? In a power outage, how would you keep warm? Think you know the answers? Come on over to the GSC on June 17 and make sure. Representatives from the American Red Cross will be on hand to talk about disaster preparedness. We will discuss what hazards we have in our area, how to prepare for disasters such as floods, earthquakes, fires, power outages and winter storms, and how to create an effective personal disaster kit. Then, on June 24, we’ll gather again to make extra disaster kits and will once again partner with the Southern Sudanese Community of Washington and distribute disaster kits to families who have recently relocated form Southern Sudan to the United States. 

July Topic: Puget Sound Blood Center Drive
Education Day: Tues, July 15, 1 pm
Action Day: Tuesday, July 22, 1 pm

Give life. Give hope. Give blood. That’s one of the messages from the Puget Sound Blood Center. Come to our education day to learn more about the importance of giving blood, as well as facts about blood donation and how donated blood gets used everyday in our region.

Nearly 900 people must donate blood through Puget Sound Blood Center every day to meet the needs of local patients. On July 22, you get to be one of those 900 people! We will be hosting a blood drive here at the GSC and are urging anyone in the community to come donate. We are also looking for volunteers to help out during the day. Please call Molly at (206) 297-0875 if you are interested in donating, volunteering, or both! 

No Project in August - Check back in the fall!

Meet our S.A.G.E. Coordinator

The GSC was granted the opportunity to hire a new AmeriCorps Volunteer, Celina Moreno, for this exciting new addition to our 2008 program.  Celina comes to the GSC from Las Cruces, NM and is 2006 graduate of Gonzaga University. AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.  Celina's term of service recently ended and we want to thank her for getting the GSC S.A.G.E. Project underway. In the fall, a new AmeriCorps volunteer will head up new S.A.G.E. programs.

For further information during the summer about The Greenwood S.A.G.E. Project call Molly at 206-297-0875.

 

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Last modified: 03/09/08