Posted 9:34 pm Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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Home Instead Senior Care honoring volunteers
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Home Instead Senior Care is honoring the contributions of adults ages 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes with the Salute to Senior Service program, according to a news release from the organization.
Nominations for outstanding senior volunteers from senior care professional, and those who work at hospitals, senior care facilities and other places where seniors volunteer are encouraged to nominate older adults, the news release states. Family caregivers, adult children of aging parents also may nominate, and older adults may self nominate.
The nominations will be accepted between Friday and March 31 at www.salutetose niorservice.com. State winners then will be selected by popular vote at www.salutetoseniorservice.com. Online voting will take place from April 15 to April 30. From those state winners, a panel of senior care experts will pick the national Salute to Senior Service honoree.
Nominations for outstanding senior volunteers from senior care professional, and those who work at hospitals, senior care facilities and other places where seniors volunteer are encouraged to nominate older adults, the news release states. Family caregivers, adult children of aging parents also may nominate, and older adults may self nominate.
The nominations will be accepted between Friday and March 31 at www.salutetose niorservice.com. State winners then will be selected by popular vote at www.salutetoseniorservice.com. Online voting will take place from April 15 to April 30. From those state winners, a panel of senior care experts will pick the national Salute to Senior Service honoree.
Home Instead will donate $500 to each of the state winners’ favorite nonprofit organizations, and their stories will be posted on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame on the company website, according to the release.
In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s nonprofit charity of choice.
“We all know seniors who do so much for our community,” said Allison McKinney, owner of one of the Home Instead Senior Care offices serving the Tyler and surrounding areas, in the release.
For more information about the Salute to Senior Service program or to complete and submit a nomination form online and to view the contest’s official rules, visit www.salutetoseniorser vice.com. Completed nomination forms also can be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005.
In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s nonprofit charity of choice.
“We all know seniors who do so much for our community,” said Allison McKinney, owner of one of the Home Instead Senior Care offices serving the Tyler and surrounding areas, in the release.
For more information about the Salute to Senior Service program or to complete and submit a nomination form online and to view the contest’s official rules, visit www.salutetoseniorser vice.com. Completed nomination forms also can be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005.
