Walmart Foundation Makes Major Donation to Seattle’s Meals On Wheels to Help Fight Senior Hunger
With a $25,000 donation, the Walmart Foundation has made a substantial commitment to help reduce the number of Seattle’s hungry seniors through its grant to Meals On Wheels.
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A Life Worth Living: A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era
Join us May 5th for a conversation with Dr. Robert Martensen - emergency physician, historian, medical ethicist, author, professor and lecturer - on making decisions about care in a high-tech world.
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KIRO News' Taking Care of Mom & Dad
A KIRO 7 Family Connection Special shows four families and how they're coping aging parents.
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Walmart Foundation Grant to Meals on Wheels Association of America to Help Feed Hungry Seniors at Meals on Wheels/King County
Grant received at critical time as economy threatens seniors in King County
(March 10, 2010) Seattle, WA – Senior Services’ Meals on Wheels program has been awarded $15,000 through a Walmart Foundation grant to the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA). The money will provide Meals on Wheels with much-needed central freezer unit, which is critical to continue serving seniors in our neighborhoods.
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Kenmore Newspaper Features Enhance Fitness Program
Seniors sway to the sounds of ‘80s tunes while exercising. As the strains of an upbeat Madonna song waft through the air, seniors stretch, chat and laugh.
A few minutes later, another ‘80s synthesizer-laced song pours out of the boombox and the exercise group picks up free weights and pumps them up and down for a bit. Then comes another song from the same era, and the folks grab large rubber bands, wrap them around their hands, lift their arms, pull and work them out. Same goes for the legs.
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Press Conference on Funding Cuts
King County Seniors and advocates speak out forcefully against the proposed budget cuts that will harm the elderly
With the 2010 legislative session beginning next week, affected seniors and advocates who provide care for thousands of elderly in King County spoke out at a press conference today to oppose Governor Gregoire’s proposed 2010 budget . . .
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Puget Sound-Area Residents Delaying Retirement for Financial Reasons, Survey Says
More than 60 percent of Puget Sound-area residents say they have delayed or plan to delay their retirement beyond their ideal age, according to a recent survey commissioned by Symetra Financial, Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., and Senior Services.
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