Advisory panel works to form volunteer network in effort to raise profile among seniors in Morton Grove.
Once a month in the middle of the afternoon, nine residents past their 50s meet on the second floor of the Memorial American Legion Civic Center to discuss the major issues facing Morton Grove’s senior citizens. For the month of February, such an event occurred this week. This is the Advisory Commission on Aging, its members individually appointed by the mayor to serve as the ears and mouth of the senior community, which makes up around 22 percent of the village’s population, according to 2000 Census data. The commission’s job is to tell village leaders what seniors need and to hunt for resources to meet those needs. Throughout its more than three decades of existence, this group has rallied around a handful issues pertinent to the …
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At the Northfield-based senior center’s annual meeting, officials vowed to rely less on government funding.
Improving fundraising and marketing practices is a high priority for the North Shore Senior Center, anticipating increasing numbers of elderly residents and decreased funding from the state, said NSSC board Chair John Cruikshank at Tuesday’s annual meeting. “The North Shore Senior Center is the best kept secret on the North Shore,” Cruikshank said. “We want that kept in the past.” He said the Northfield-based senior center has hired a fundraising consultant to garner more attention, improve communication with its members and donors, and increase funding through donations. In the NSSC’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, revenue amounted to $6.53 million, and expenses were $6.52 million, according to the center’s 2010 financial report. The …
