{"id":2952,"date":"2010-12-02T19:39:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T00:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2010-12-02T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T01:06:50","slug":"volunteers-recognized-during-annual-seniors-in-service-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=2952","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers R e c o g n i z e d During Annual Seniors In Service Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 16th<\/sup>, several volunteers will be honored during an annual luncheon. The event will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel, USF.<\/p>\n

Seniors In Service of Tampa Bay, Inc., will salute volunteers participating in its Foster Grandparent, Senior Companion, Volunteer Caregiver, Bill Payer, and Spic & Span for Seniors Programs. The volunteers honored have served for at least 10 years.<\/p>\n

Ms. Estella Vinson<\/strong> has volunteered for 25 years. She serves as a Foster Grandparent at LaVoy Exceptional Center. An asset to the staff, Ms. Vinson<\/strong> is patient, supportive, warm, and affectionate with the children.<\/p>\n

Ms. Addie Lambert<\/strong> is also a Foster Grandparent. A volunteer for the past 21 years, Ms. Lambert<\/strong> provides care and assistance to children attending Sulphur Springs Head Start Center.<\/p>\n

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Estella Vinson<\/p><\/div>\n

For the past 18 years, Ms. Julia Ray<\/strong> has served as a Foster Grandparent. She serves at Maximo Elementary School, in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

[private]Stephen Foster Elementary School has welcomed Ms. Eartha Miller<\/strong> as their Foster Grandparent for the past 16 years. Ms. Miller <\/strong>works with severely challenged children between the ages of 7 and 9 years old.<\/p>\n

Ms. Dorothy Abreu<\/strong> has served for 15 years. Ms. Abreu<\/strong> serves at the Boys & Girls Clubs. Her volunteering has taken her to the West Tampa and Ybor She currently volunteers at the Capitano Club.<\/p>\n

Ms. Barbara Butts<\/strong> has been a Foster Grandparent for the past 10 years. She serves at Melrose Elementary School in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

Seniors often need companionship and two volunteers, Ms. Rita Reznikova<\/strong> and Ms. Maria Lopez<\/strong> fill that role.<\/p>\n

Ms. Maria Lopez <\/strong>has volunteered for 15 years. She has served the population at the J. L. Young Apartments Complex since the onset. She knows that caring companionship is essential for her clients.<\/p>\n

Ms. Reznikova,<\/strong> who speaks Russian, as well as English, has been a Senior Companion for the past 10 years. Her clients from Russia are grateful for her in their lives.<\/p>\n

Ms. Susan Boyd, Ms. Karen Mosakowski, <\/strong>and Ms. Bea Sinicrope <\/strong>are being recognized for their service in the Bill Payer Program. All three volunteers assist seniors with a challenge, such as impaired vision, that prohibits them from writing checks or balancing their checkbooks.<\/p>\n

The Seniors In Service Program recruits and places volunteers to help children succeed and the elderly population remain independent. In 2010, the volunteers contributed more than 250,000 hours of services to residents in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.[\/private]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On December 16th, several volunteers will be honored during an annual luncheon. The event will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel, USF. Seniors In Service of Tampa Bay, Inc., will salute volunteers participating in its Foster Grandparent, Senior Companion, Volunteer Caregiver, Bill Payer, and Spic & Span for Seniors Programs. The volunteers honored have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}