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SRC Southwest: A Growing Success
Seniors’ Resource Center (SRC) has effectively served older adults across the Denver Metro Area for 40 years. SRC’s Southwest Littleton office is no exception with a welcoming and devoted staff, plus services that older adults cannot get enough of. Bianca Tellez, Site...
100 Holes of Golf: Put the Fun into Fundraising
100 Holes of Golf is an annual fundraiser sponsored by the Evergreen Rotary, where local nonprofits connect, enjoy the beauty of the Evergreen Golf Course, and raise money to support each of their causes. The event helps increase awareness of the great work being done...
Engaging in Volunteer Driving
Once a week Barb Duckworth drives over to SRC, jumps in a SRC vehicle, and takes off to help our riders get to their destinations. Seniors’ Resource Center (SRC) Transportation provides rides to hundreds of seniors in the metro area and volunteer drivers are...
The Perfect Match
If you had just met Karen Baack-Welding and Carolyn Frazee, you would never guess they have known each other for only a little over a month, as they smile, laugh, and exchange touching glances at each other. Carolyn has been working toward her degree at Metropolitan...
Eddie Hafner: More than a Handyman
Eddie Hafner is just one of those people who likes helping. He likes people. SRC’s volunteer program is blessed with so many people like this and yet there are never too many. Eddie was able to retire earlier than planned and wanted to stay active. He says that he has...
Dementia: Is it more painful to forget, or to be forgotten?
Recently, there have been studies done to understand the effects of loneliness and isolation on Senior Citizens. The United States Census Bureau has reported that approximately 28% of people over 65 live alone and the number increases to 51% for those seniors over 75....
Not forgotten
It was 2015 and, as usual, the giving tree was in the Arvada community center lobby during the holiday season. Each card on the tree had a request for someone in need. Bev went to pull a card off the tree, assuming that it was probably a gift request for a child. To...
Knowing that people really care
Aging presents challenges. Most people have not considered the possibilities until challenges are upon them. When an older adult is in need of a hospital stay for a chronic condition, those concerns can quickly become more pressing and complicated. Transitioning After...
Caregiving Around the Clock
November is National Family Caregivers Month. Caregiving can be a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week job, states the Caregiver Action Network, which spearheads National Family Caregivers Month. “Providing care around the clock can crowd out other important areas of...
Grateful for supporters of all ages
We were honored recently that a young lady in Evergreen chose Seniors' Resource Center as the focus of a school project. Teegan Wangaard picked SRC-Evergreen, also known as The Yellow House, as the subject of a video she made to support a worthy local cause....