For some, the challenges of aging include dealing with loss and loneliness. The problem is particularly severe for those in long-term care facilities who have no outside relationships. Few people would guess that as many as 60% of long- term care residents in some communities never receive any visitors. Long-term care experts report that this isolation can lead to depression, despair, detachment, and even premature death.

Senior Connections offers a life-enriching solution. This distinctive program provides warmth, hope and joy for lonely long-term care residents through specially trained companions called Relational Volunteers. Likewise, the program offers an opportunity for community volunteers to enjoy gratifying new relationships with aging seniors who still have much to contribute to the lives of others.

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Want to join us in improving the lives of isolated elderly living in long-term care facilities?  Become a Senior Connections Relational Volunteer!

 

 

 

Our 5th Annual Wine & Cheese Social and Fundraiser was a Success Thanks to:

 

Silent Auction Donations:

Beer Basket- David Burstein

Birthday Basket (Male)-Lesley Bissett

Birthday Basket ( Female)-Lesley Bissett

Birthday Bear and $100 Gift Certificate-Build-A-Bear

Blue Franc Shooting Star Wine- Bommarito Wines

6 Months Box of Groceries, weekly, 26 weeks-Grace Chapel Ministries

Dog Basket-Continuum

Framed Painting “Father and Son”-Floyd Wilson

Framed Print “Grandmother”-Floyd Wilson

$165 Gift Certificate, Eternity Medical Spa for microderma brasion facial – Christina Haertling-

Gift Certificate 1 hour Massage-Heart in Hand Massage

Gift Certificate-2- 30 minutes Senior Massage-Heart in Hand Massage

$150 Gift Certificate-Nike

$40 Gift Certificate- The Porch Gift Shop- Soulard

$100 Tour and Tasting Certificate group of 10-Schlafly Brewery

Home Galleries Inc, Certified Oil on canvas, framed-E. Ann Berger

Auriculostaple 1 Weight Loss Treatment-Frontier Integrated Health Center, Inc.

3 month Clean Car Membership-Waterway Car Wash

Onyx Bowl, Himalayan Mountains , Pakistan-Dr. & Mrs. Aamir Salaria

Generous Queen Quilt “Winter Blues”-Raymond Houston

2 Rams Tickets, Rams vs. Cincinatti Bengals, Dec. 18-Sentry Security Agency Inc.

Rum Basket-David Burstein

Sterling Silver/Vermeil Star Cut Brilliante Detailed Band Ring, Size 8-Catherine Nofles

Toddler Chair-Harold Williams

Vacation House for a week -The Cliffs near Branson, MO- June 2-8, 2012, 5 bedroom house up to 13 people-Elaine Pontious

Wine Basket-Lutheran Senior Services-Richmond Terrace

Trader Joe’s Basket

Schnuck’s Gift Certificate

The Pasta House Gift Certificates
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Event Sponsors:

Gold

Brentmoor Retirement Community
TALX, a Provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions

Silver

Continuum
Jordan K. Faires
Lutheran Senior Services-Richmond Terrace
Rev. Elsie McGrath, rcwp
West County Regional Rehab Center, LLC/dba The Cedars at the JCA

Bronze

Bethesda Health Group
Mary Ryder Home
Purcell & Amen, L.L.C.
Sunrise Assisted Living on Clayton
Dave Sinclair
Pewter
Friendship Village Chesterfield
Pierre Grace, Jr.
LeRoy Kraemer
Reita Kraemer
Medical West
NHC Healthcare of St. Charles
St. Andrews Senior Solutions
St. Louis Altenheim
William A. Symes, PhD.

 

The Singer Institute is a St. Louis-based non-profit 501(c)3 organization.

 

The Singer Institute

943 Warder Avenue, University City, MO 63130     314-727-9202