April is National Volunteer Month and some older adult volunteers are making a difference at their senior community center in North Philadelphia.
ByPilar Vazquez started volunteering at the Norris Square Senior Community Center four years ago.Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for Aging"Pilar comes every day," says Elizabeth Morales Rosa, Program Coordinator for the Norris Square Senior Community Center.
The center serves breakfast and lunch for members, and everything is prepared and cooked in-house. PCA funds the congregate meal program at the center to provide vital nutrition for its members., for 50 years, has centered its mission on enriching the lives and preserving the dignity of older adults and people with disabilities," says Bill Conallen, Public Relations Specialist for the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging.
"The seniors, they really need it," says Morales Rosa. "Thanks to PCA, we actually can run the center."serves a large Latino population and is a fully bilingual center."It's a meal that everybody sit down together and eat together," says Morales Rosa. "So when they come in here, we try to do like a family environment.""I like to plant," says Angel Rosado, a volunteer at Norris Square Senior Community Center.
Morales Rosa says Segui helps decorate the center and was chosen to be recognized because "she does it from her heart.""A lot of older adults, and people with disabilities, drastically need community and connection, and volunteers help keep the engine of our senior community centers going," says Conallen."This is the place to be," says Morales Rosa.
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