Check out these volunteer opportunities for seniors
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“Ageism from the Inside Out and the Outside In” will be presented virtually on Sept. 21 from 12-1:30 p.m. If we identify with youth and deny age, we are unaware of our ageism against ourselves and unknowingly support institutional ageism in our culture. Dr. Connie Zweig, bestselling author of “The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul,” shows us how to meet this “inner ageist,” which has profound consequences for our self-acceptance, health, and capacity to discover the treasures of late life.
Joanne Pizzuto and her two sisters recently opened Always Best Care, a senior care business in Winston-Salem. As North Carolina now ranks ninth in the country for the number of people over the age of 65, the sisters’ business comes at a time when this service is more essential than ever.
3 steps to begin now for a less stressful holiday season
Check out these volunteer opportunities for seniors
Piedmont Triad Regional Council’s Area Agency on Aging offers classes for older adults
When the pandemic shut down much of the city, it gave Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks department an opportunity to review each of the city’s recreation centers to determine how they could best serve the citizens who used them. They saw a need for a location dedicated to serving seniors and designated Brown & Douglas an Active Adult Center. This is the only designated senior center in Winston-Salem.
Our local nonprofits depend on senior volunteers and offer a wide variety of opportunities to serve. Here is a list of volunteer opportunities in our community:
Christmas in July to benefit Senior Services
