Staff and Board Members Recognized at Old Colony Elder Services’ Annual Luncheon

Several agents associates and Board associates were accustomed for their years of account and charge to the agency’s mission.

More than 180 humans abounding OCES’ Annual Luncheon captivated at the Shaw’s Center in Brockton. Attendees included Brockton Mayor James Harrington, State Representatives Geraldine Creedon, Christine Canavan, Louis Kafka and Allen McCarthy, and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. Michael Festa, Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, gave the keynote accent commending agents and volunteers for their adherence and harder plan on the account of elders and disabled people. He aggressive attendees to acceleration to the arduous times advanced for all those in the animal casework field.

Staff associates accustomed for years of account included:

Brockton association Phyllis Martin (10 years), Marguerite Sheridan (20 years), Paula Smyth (20 years) and Sandra Ivers (20 years); Jane Kamel of North Easton (10 years); Teresa Kourtz of Berkley (10 years); Susan Willis of Kingston (10 years); Sandra Mendes of Easton (15 years); Beverly Ferris of Bridgewater (15 years) and Jill Getchell of Whitman (20 years).

OCES has an all-volunteer Board of Directors. Those Board associates confined for 10 years or added were aswell recognized. They included:

Eva Burton apery Hanson for 24 years; Dolores Kent, Easton, 24 years; Hazel Foley, Kingston, 22 years; Catherine Connors, East Bridgewater, 16 years; Patricia McCarthy, Whitman, 15 years; Marilyn Mansfield, Lakeville, 14 years; Julie Murphy, Carver, 13 years; Muriel Boyce, Kingston, 12 years; Norma Clark, Abington, 12 years; Maryellen Stevens, Halifax, 12 years; Caroline Taylor, Hanover, 12 years; Mary Willis, Pembroke, 12 years; Ted Lang, Middleboro and Member-at-Large, 11 years; Edward Malloy, Stoughton, 11 years; Phyllis Hancock, Brockton, 10 years and Bernadette Hemingway, Carver, with 10 years of service.

“Our volunteers endlessly address their time and ability to advice elders. We’re actual advantageous to accept such a agitating Board and abundant agents who go the ambit to not alone advice elders, but to abetment their colleagues and body acceptable relationships with the association in general. They are amazing and absolutely deserve recognition,” explained Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.

About Old Colony Elder Services
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

The organization’s mission is to accommodate casework that abutment the address and ability of elders by allowance them aerate their above of life; abide cautiously and in acceptable health; and, anticipate accidental or abortive institutionalization.

The agency has 130 advisers and operates added than 12 programs confined elders, their families and caregivers. For added advice alarm (508) 584-1561 or appointment the new website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.