HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/2009KAREN MCLAUGHLIN
Town Director of Human
Services
Town of Southold
P.O. Box 85
750 Pacific Street
Mattituck, NY 11952
Tel. (631) 298-4460
Fax (631) 298-4462
Nutrition Program
Home Delivered Meals
Case Management
Essential Transportation
Senior Adult Day
Care/Katinka House
Alzheimer's Day Care
Telephone Reassurance
Residential Repair
MEMO
TO:
Karen McLaughlin, Director of Human Services
FROM:
Jacqui Martinez, Center Manager
RE:
Southold Town Human Resource Centers' July 2009 Activities
DATE: July 31,2009
Below you will find a list of all the events that have taken place at the Human Resource Center
(HRC) during the month of July 2009. The events have been divided into three categories, which
include Health Promotion, Presentations/Special Events and Staff Activities.
Health Promotion
1. Blood Pressure Clinics on July 7 and July 29th.
2. Caregivers Support meeting on July 21~.
3. "Improving your Quality of Life with Better Hearing" presentation on July 10 by Dr.
Prestano of Peconic Ear, Nose, Throat and Plastic Surgery. *See below
4. First Aid and Safety in your Home presentation to senior participants by Mattituck Fire
Department EMT Audrey Watson on July 13th
Presentation/Special Events
1. SCOFA Summer Festival Picnic at Southaven Park on July 21st attended by 10 seniors
and 3 Staff members.
2. Exercise Class Presentations on July 23~a and July 28th promoting resistant training, Tai
Chi and Qi Gong classes.
Staff Activities
1. Program Staff members attended monthly Health Care Issues and Services for Seniors
Committee Meeting on July 29th.
2. Two youth interns from Suffolk County's Summer Works Program began working at
HRC on July 6th assisting seniors with signing in scanning ID cards, shopping and
translating HRC, Katinka House and Residential Repair Program brochures into Spanish.
The weekly computer class, weekly movie and WII bowling was offered throughout the month of
July. In addition several seniors have expressed a desire to attend a weekly Tai Chi & Qi Gong
class. *Also quarterly hearing tests will be provided in the community resource room free of
charge by an audiologist from Peconic Ear, Nose, Throat & Plastic Surgery beginning September
1st, 2009. Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.