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UNITED
WE SERVE
“The
president is calling on all Americans to participate in our nation’s recovery
and renewal by serving in our communities. There are many ways to get
involved. America’s new foundation
will be built one community at a time and it starts with YOU.”
PARK
PLACE LOVES VOLUNTEERS
In
giving your time as a volunteer, you can bring many things to our
program. Your skills, your knowledge,
your ideas are a needed contribution – but the greatest contribution you can
make is to give friendship, caring and love.
Our participants enjoy and appreciate your friendship and
understanding – it is your greatest gift.
As
a volunteer you need to be confidential with names and information, patient
in any situation, sympathetic to individual needs and opinions, cheerful in
speaking to people, calm in any occurrence, unreprimanding for mistakes made,
and positive in giving instructions or commands.
Also,
dependable in volunteering your time.
Another
way to stay involved in your community is to help all the unpaid caregivers
out there taking care of the growing elder population. Your time would be very much appreciated
helping your family, friends, and neighbors.
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GOODBYE
to 2011
When
Park Place participants were asked to list some things they were happy to say
goodbye to in 2011, here are some of the things they mentioned:
- “Radiation
treatments”
- “Chemo”
- “Fruitcake”
- “adios to my
youth, I’m 85 and counting”
- “Goodbye to my
clutter, I will get rid of stuff next year.”
- “my bad teeth”
- “My limp. I now
use a cane.”
HELLO
TO 2012
And
now some things they are looking forward to, or words of wisdom from their
parents -
- “Hello, new
dentures.”
- “I got a new
walker for Christmas.”
- “Every birthday
counts.”
- “Life is
coming, so just go with it.”
- “Remember who
you are and act accordingly.”
- “I hope you
have 18 children and they are all just like you.”
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