Lamorinda Weekly | Lamorinda Village Honors Lafayette Resident Suzy Pak
A global pandemic isn’t going to deter one of Lamorinda’s most proactive seniors organizations from celebrating the year and honoring all the volunteers on whom they rely. This year the Ed Stokes Volunteer of the Year award went to Suzy Pak at the meeting held over Zoom Jan. 14. Read More:
Lamorinda Weekly | Local Cafe’s Goodness Tree Brings Joy to Isolated Seniors this Holiday Season
For the owners of Orinda’s Genuine Goodness, helping others in time of need is just what they do. And this holiday season they have come up with a way to involve the community in brightening the lives of seniors during the pandemic that has many feeling completely isolated. Read More:
Orinda News | Free Services for Orinda Seniors
Are you a senior living in your own home and trying to remain independent? If so, did you know there are several wonderful service organizations which offer free support to non-driving seniors? Read More:
Lamorinda Weekly | Planning ahead to prepare for emergency evacuations vital – especially for non-drivers
With major fires burning all over the state, some close to home, and smoke blanketing Lamorinda most days as a daily reminder, the practicalities of exactly how to evacuate are a concern for many, especially older folks or others with limited mobility who don’t drive. The message from emergency services is loud and clear. Think about it now. Read More:
Orinda News | Volunteers Help Lamorinda Seniors Get Their Votes In
To ensure all older adults are able to vote, Lamorinda Village volunteers deliver ballots to the official ballot boxes and polling sites. Read More:
Lamorinda Weekly | Lamorinda Village prepares for fire season with help from community
Lamorinda Village has partnered with the National Charity League to put together 350 emergency go-bags for seniors. It is just one of the ways in which the Village is rallying to help the most vulnerable, with the support of the community. Read More:
Orinda News | Seniors Receive Emergency Essentials from Lamorinda Village Volunteers
Lamorinda Village, a support system which helps people age in their homes, arranged for National Charity League volunteer mothers and daughters to stuff 350 emergency/evacuation “go-bags” for seniors living independently in Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga. Read More:
KTVU | Lamorinda Village’s Shelter in Place Program for Seniors
KTVU | East Bay Grocer Partners with Volunteers to Deliver Groceries to Homebound Seniors During the Pandemic
Amid the stay at home order in the Bay Area to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a group of volunteers in the Lamorinda area shopped for home bound seniors and delivered those groceries to their homes. Read More:
Villages are popping up Nationwide, click the links to read more....
- A growing trend helps Foreign Service retirees to finally settle down. Martha Thomas, The Foreign Service Journal May, 2016
- Aging in Place - the Village Concept Lawren Hicks, MD, John Muir Health Senior Services Newsletter January-March, 2016
- Retirement Planner: Seniors helping seniors in "Village" system. Stephen J. Butler, Contra Costa Times January 2, 2016
