Nominations sought for senior award
The Office for the Aging is accepting nominations and the deadline is Jan. 16.
Nominations sought for senior award The Office for the Aging is accepting nominations and the deadline is Jan. 16. Check out this story on ithacajournal.com: http://ithacajr.nl/1ztXsZI
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Senior citizen awards(Photo: Shutterstock)
The awards recognize seniors who have advocated and given tirelessly to their community.
Planned Parenthood's sexuality education program is for seventh to ninth graders.
Hospicare hosts grief writing program begins Jan. 13.
The Tompkins County Office for the Aging is accepting nominations for the 2015 Senior Citizen of the Year Award and Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen Award.
Both awards are granted to seniors age 60 plus who have advocated on behalf of seniors within their communities and made an exceptional contribution to the community. Awards will be presented at the annual meeting of the Office for the Aging in May.
Nominations should be in the form of a letter and should include activities, achievements and the reasons that the individual should receive the award. Include contact information.
The deadline for nominations is Jan. 16. Send the letter to: Tompkins County Office for the Aging, 214 W. State/Martin Luther King Jr. St., Ithaca, NY 14850, or email lmonroe@tompkins-co.org. For more information call (607) 274-5482.
Sexuality program
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes will be running a 12-week sexuality education program for seventh to ninth graders starting Feb. 10.
The program, called Our Whole Lives, will take place from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at 620 W. Seneca St. The cost is based on a self- assessed sliding fee scale.
For more information, or to register, email education@ppsfl.org or call Maureen at (607) 216- 0021, ext. 2306.
New director
The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County announced the selection of Josephine Cohen as its new executive director, effective Thursday.
Cohen, of Ithaca, has worked at the agency for 15 years and has extensive experience in program development and management, human resources, administrative coordination, and financial planning.
Grief writing
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services will host a grief writing program from 3-4:15 p.m. Jan. 13, Feb. 10 and March 10 at the Nina K. Miller Hospicare Center, 172 East King Road in Ithaca.
The program helps participants use writing as an outlet for creative expression. There will be a writing prompt followed by a free-write and discussion. No writing experience is necessary.
To register, call Donna George (607) 272-0212 or eamil bereavement@hospicare.org.
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