Senior news
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HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS: Patriot Hospice, a branch of Patriot At Home Youngstown / Warren, 986 Tibbetts Wick Road, Girard, is looking for companionship volunteers to visit with hospice patients and their caregivers; people to do errands and tasks around the house; and administrative duties.
Contact Mary Seybert at mseybert@patriotat
home.org.
SENIOR SUPPORT: The Senior Support Action Group is a volunteer-based program providing services, including monthly food boxes, transportation to medical appointments and a phone pals companionship program, to homebound seniors in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.
For information or registration, call 330-424-7877, ext. 2.
SENIOR WATCH PROGRAM: Liberty residents 60 and older may sign up for the Liberty Township Senior Watch Program. Contact Marcy Orlando at 330-759-1315 or Joy at 330-759-0363, ext. 102.
FOOD DELIVERY: Direction Home of Eastern Ohio is partnering with various agencies for Families First Coronavirus Response Act funding for no-contact food deliveries to seniors 60 and older.
For more information, call Trumbull Office of Elderly Affairs, 330-675-2486; Easterseals, 330-884-2513; or Jewish Family Services, 330-746-7929, for Mahoning and Columbiana counties.