Wynnefield first meeting - 3/27/13

Dear Heroes,
I was nervous about the upcoming meeting in Wynnefield as it was the first to be held at this location.  The staff is welcoming, friendly and helpful.  My guest speaker, Kimberley Johnson of Phila. commission on Aging, was first to arrive which gave us time to get acquainted then our Heroes arrived one at time...we had Sharon (yaaaaaay) who gave us an interesting insite into the Jewish culture....Then Ms. L came in and much to my surprise we knew each other from a temp-job I'd had this past fall (small world) and she was encouraged to attend by another Hero Belinda (yaaaay). So we had 3 heroes, a guest speaker and myself.  Pretty good group for a first time setting.  Kimberley was prepared with a lot of good information and patiently repeated it for each person as they arrived.  Basically, PCA offers a Seniors Helping Seniors volunteer program where folks 55+ can volunteer to help folks in the city systems for 20-40 hours a week and receive a stipend.  It's good to know there are ways to get help that is already screened, evaluated and trained.  Check the RESOURCES PAGE for contact information. She requested to come out to another meeting soon and you know I'm happy about that.  We had to be out by 8:00, but all was good.  We closed with a prayer that everyone was happy to participte in, including the library guard.   Ms. L, Belinda met me at TGIF afterwards and enjoyed each others company talking regular girl stuff and sipping a nice cocktail which ended evening ona great note.  TGIF...even though it was Wednesday night :)
Respectfully Submitted,
Jean