SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — JESPY House and its Michael Och House, a center for aging at JESPY, recently received the 2021 Carl F. West Award from NJ Advocates for Aging Well. JESPY House provides essential services to adults, ages 18 to 73, with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The award announcement was made by Charisse Smith, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jeff Salter, the founder and CEO of Caring Senior Service, is biking 9,000 miles across the United States to launch the “Close the Gap in Senior Care” movement and to raise money to install grab bars in senior homes to prevent falls. Salter arrived in West Orange on May 13 and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Classics softball team emerged with a victory over Yogi’s Boys in a Morris–Essex Tuesday Senior Softball League game played at O’Connor Park in West Orange on May 11. The METSS league primarily fields players from Morris, Essex and Sussex counties and comprises two divisions: The Alpha Division has 11 teams […]
NEWARK, NJ — United Community Corporation recently announced that it has entered an exclusive executive sponsorship with Amerigroup to provide virtual activities — such as book club and bingo, in-person health fairs, weekly phone check-ins, and monthly food and activity package deliveries — to seniors in the city of Newark and Essex County. “Through the […]
ORANGE, NJ — The City of Orange Housing Authority partnered with the town to host a Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pilot Program event for senior housing residents on Tuesday, March 30. Enthused about the city’s push to vaccinate residents against COVID-19, Mayor Dwayne Warren said the town’s current focus is to vaccinate its seniors. “Today […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA Two Towns for All Ages, along with New Providence’s Our Community For All and Lifelong Montclair, are sponsoring a webinar for older adults on cohousing on Wednesday, April 21, at 10 a.m., and again Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. Architect and cohousing professional Lynn Gaffney will present […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — During Passover, Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ’s volunteer department delivered Passover meals and packages to homebound older adults and Holocaust survivors in the community. Twenty-two volunteers distributed 130 packages that were donated by Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest and filled with nonperishables for the Passover holiday, including matzoh, grape jelly, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ has received a grant from The Jewish Federations of North America’s Center on Aging and Trauma, a project of the Holocaust Survivor Initiative. When combined with matching funds, this award will enable $49,665 in continued programming for second-generation caregivers and the Holocaust survivors for whom […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department and the West Orange Fire Department, in partnership with the town’s Department of Senior Services and the West Orange Age-Friendly initiative, have announced a new program for the senior and medically disabled community. Operation Blue Angel is designed to provide additional peace of mind for the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It was a special Valentine’s Day in West Orange this year as senior citizens sent a virtual “Legacy of Love” inspirational greeting to community youth ages 13 to 18. In a project conceived by West Orange Senior Services program coordinator Laura Van Dyke, seniors were asked to submit a brief statement […]