“The mission of this website is to encourage city, state and national lawmakers to establish a week between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day,
Sunday–Saturday,
as Senior Appreciation Week. Theme:
Celebrating Seniors!”

OUR MISSION is to encourage middle and high school students to participate in “living-history” panel discussions with Seniors who speak about their experiences during past events in history.
OUR MISSION is to help bridge the gap between generations: Encourage all Senior Centers (during National Senior-Appreciation-Week™) to organize an Open House Week program inviting their community neighbors, including young people, to visit and participate in their programs.

Healthy Ageing

HEALTHY AGEING! In our opinion: Ageing is not a disease...so what is ageing? It’s a process of change. Coping with these changes should be our concern.
   Our suggestion: At Senior Centers, members, participants and visitors should be asked to write an essay and/or answer the question: “What is old? Who is old?” What does it mean, TO ME, to be old? AND young people visiting a senior center should interview seniors giving voice to their untold stories on video and tape recorder: Seniors are living history! Their untold stories will help to bridge the gap between generations.

Senior Appreciation To

Virginia Pancotti, MSW
Director, Senior Citizen Programs & Services
Pleasantville Senior Center, 1A Clinton Avenue
Pleasantville, NY 10570
(914) 769-2021 / fax: (914) 239-8133 (8am–4pm) / www.Pleasantville-NY.gov

Here is an outstanding Senior Center: It’s programs and activities run the gamut from meals (breakfast and lunch) and home delivered meals for persons who are homebound, holistic health counselling, aerobics, blood pressure screenings, writing class, book lovers group, flower arrangements, Fridays pizza & movie, Shakespeare studies, veterans round table, Rotary Club, garden club and an annual reception for members of the 90 plus forever young birthday club. ALSO Transportation: Weekly Shopping Van picks up residents at their home for shopping at a local shopping mall. Monthly Shopping Van to nearby shopping centers, Shuttle Van provides door-to-door transportation around the village and Escort Service is provided by volunteers for medical appointments.

Senior Appreciation To

Michael N. Gianaris
New York State Assembly member / 36th Assembly District,
Queens, NY
21-77 31 Street / suite 107
Astoria, NY 11105 / (718) 545-3889

As a youngster, he accompanied his grandmother to her local senior center. He knows how important these centers are for seniors. “Our neighborhood centers provide valuable services to our seniors including meals, transportation and the opportunity to socialize with friends.” He has delivered thousands of dollars in vital funding to the Steinway Senior Center, Della Monica Senior Center, HANAC Senior Programs, Jewish Association for the Aged, and Queens SelfHelp Senior Program. He has provided over $2 million for senior programs and services: $1.2 million for the Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Program (NORC) and $1 million for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)