Senior Community: TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SENIORS DOESN'T GUARANTEE JOBS
After raising her children and grandchildren, Evelyn Burkett of Gary joined the Senior Community Service Employment Program three years ago to get the job training she felt she needed.Following her first two years in the program, which subsidizes 20 hours a week of part-time employment, Burkett hoped to secure permanent employment. Instead, she continues to earn minimum wage and works for a different agency under the same government subsidized program.Daniel Levin, the program...
Senior Community: TIF district sought for senior condos
The Sheboygan Senior Community, planning a 73-unit downtown condominium project for senior citizens, is seeking about $3 million from the City of Sheboygan to cover parking, utility and other site improvement costs. The Landmark Square condos, to be sold to seniors age 55 and over, would be a four-story building on vacant land next to the Sheboygan Senior Community, 930 N. Sixth St. The cost of the project ranges from $11 million to $14 million.Sheboygan Senior Community would like the...
Senior Community Games return in Sept.
Senior adults will soon have a chance to flex their minds and muscles at the second annual Senior Community Games to be held Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Woodlands United Methodist Church, 2200 Lake Woodlands Drive. Organized and co-sponsored by Interfaith of The Woodlands, seniors will compete both mentally and physically in several areas including games like Frisbee fling, softball toss, basketball, golf and soccer. There will also be a 1K walk/run, spelling bee, music...
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New leader plans to bring seniors, community together
Molly O'Connell, the new program assistant for the Brookfield Senior Community Center, has a vision for the center that extends far beyond the building's four walls. "As far as I'm concerned, the sky is pretty much the limit when it comes to programs for the seniors and extending those programs into the community," O'Connell said. "I really want to open up the doors and see what happens."...