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(During inclement weather, if the schools are closed, the Center is closed.)
Happy 50th Year of Service
Bulletin: YSSC ER Reassurance Program featured in article:
"Volunteers Make the Yellow Springs Senior Center's Emergency Room Reassurance a Reality"
Check out activities available at the Center by clicking the "News" button to the left. (Regular weekly activities may be found at the bottom of the page.)
We are grateful for your successful support of Issue 6 which passed by an almost 2-1 margin) on November 3. Here's why.
Final Report for the 2009 Annual Appeal: 50 Years of Community Service
Meeting the needs of individuals
to help them stay in their homes
Headquarters of Yellow Springs Senior Citizens, Inc., since 1959 the Yellow Springs Senior Citizens Center has focused on meeting the needs of people 55 and older in Yellow Springs and Miami Township. Located in its own building in the Yellow Springs business district, the Center is governed by a 9-member board of trustees, elected by the membership. A part-time director, a part-time financial assistant, and several part-time, grant-supported staff members provide services and manage and oversee programs. Volunteers give more than 3,800 hours of service per year in support of seniors in our community.
Visitors to the Center are quick to notice the diversity represented by our members. They soon perceive the attributes we have in common—our commitment to helping others, our desire to make a difference, the dedication with which we pursue our many interests and activities, our innovative spirit.
To see a listing of the Center's activities for the month, click on the "News" button on the left sidebar.
2009 Annual Appeal Final Report
The 2009 Annual Appeal raised the greatest amount of money ever in a Senior Center fund drive. The Appeal which began on June 28th with an evening of music and entertainment, "Elder Voices Out Loud" which played to a full house at Mills Lawn school, brought in $35,627. A second record was set by the number of donors. There were 339 contributions many of them representing families of 2 or more people. This is significantly more than in previous years.
The "bonus book" available to donors who contributed $100 or more is still available. Phone the Center to have one delivered or stop by the Reception desk to pick up your copy of Irwin Inman's "More Yellow Springs" filled with beautiful color photos of the village.
Our guiding theme for this the 50th year, 1959-2009, was 50 Years of Community Service --50 years of Comunity Support. The splendid community response to this fund drive certainly verified this theme.
The Board of Trustees, the staff and of course our members, rededicate ourselves to our part of the theme of "community service" for the next 50 years.
The Annual Appeals Committe thanks all the people who helped in this fund raising effort: All the performers in "Elder Voices Out Loud and Proud", the greeters, the refreshment bakers, the members who addressed the 888 1st class letters mailed in July, the emergency workers who stamped and sealed the 2400 flyers mailed in early December, the staff who processed the thank you letters and created the musical benefit programs that benefitted the drive and our web master, Becky Eschliman, who kept the Annual Appeal prominent on the YSSC web site.
Our special thanks to Ron Siemer, our public relations volunteer and to Ed Dressler who created the totem-up pole for all the village to see.Committee Members
Mary M. Morgan, Campaign Chair
Andrée Bognár
Wanda Cubbage
Ed Dressler
Susan Miller
Florence Randolph
Joan Horn
Sally Palmer
Cheryl Keen
Honorary Annual Appeal Committee Members
Mitzi Manny
Irwin Abrams
Georganna Freeman
Hardy Trolander
Isabel Newman
Joe Dowdell
Susan Miller
Alex Roche
Willa Dallas
Orlando Brown
2009 Board of Trustees
Phyllis Evans, President
Shirl LeVesconte
Ken Huber
Mary M. Morgan
Wanda Cubbage
Florence Randolph
Ed Dressler
Andrée Bognár
Rebecca Eschliman
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