{"id":286,"date":"2016-08-10T17:09:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T17:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volencenter.org\/?p=286"},"modified":"2021-02-24T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:56:38","slug":"volen-center-receives-statewide-recognition-for-senior-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volencenter.com\/volen-center-receives-statewide-recognition-for-senior-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Volen Center Receives Statewide Recognition For Senior Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"286\" class=\"elementor elementor-286\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e0a408 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"9e0a408\" 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elementor-element-657beaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"657beaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Volen Center Receives Statewide Recognition For Senior Services<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c639c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c639c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2cd8c5\" data-id=\"f2cd8c5\" 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https:\/\/volencenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/center-receives-recognition-post-pic.png 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Orlando, FL August <\/span><span id=\"E106\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">10 &#8211; <\/span><span id=\"E107\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">The <\/span><span id=\"E109\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E111\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center, which provides<\/span><span id=\"E112\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> adult daycare and programs and services for seniors and caretakers<\/span><span id=\"E113\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">,<\/span><span id=\"E114\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> was honored <\/span><span id=\"E115\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">this month<\/span><span id=\"E116\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> at the Florida Council On Aging\u2019s annual conference. The <\/span><span id=\"E118\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E120\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center received the <\/span><span id=\"E121\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">2016 <\/span><span id=\"E122\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Florida Association of Senior Centers\u2019 Florence R. <\/span><span id=\"E124\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Goldmann<\/span><span id=\"E126\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Award for excellence in the development and promotion of senior centers. This is the second time the <\/span><span id=\"E128\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E130\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center has received this award. <\/span><span id=\"E131\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">\u201cWe are thrilled and delighted to have won this prestigious award and we thank the F<\/span><span id=\"E132\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">lorida <\/span><span id=\"E133\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">A<\/span><span id=\"E134\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">ssociation of <\/span><span id=\"E135\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">S<\/span><span id=\"E136\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">enior <\/span><span id=\"E137\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">C<\/span><span id=\"E138\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">enters<\/span><span id=\"E139\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">\u201d, said Elizabeth Lugo, President\/CEO of the <\/span><span id=\"E141\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E143\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"E144\"><span id=\"E145\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Florida Association of Senior Centers (FASC) is a network of professionals who serve <\/span><span id=\"E146\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">some 400,000<\/span><span id=\"E147\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> who visit senior centers every year<\/span><span id=\"E148\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> in Florida<\/span><span id=\"E149\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">. FASC<\/span><span id=\"E150\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> provides <\/span><span id=\"E151\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">information, programming, leadership, expertise, statewide communication<\/span><span id=\"E152\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">,<\/span><span id=\"E153\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> and advocacy<\/span><span id=\"E154\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> for the centers<\/span><span id=\"E155\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"E156\"><span id=\"E157\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">The <\/span><span id=\"E159\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E161\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center first opened its doors in 1968<\/span><span id=\"E162\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> as the South County Neighborhood Center<\/span><span id=\"E163\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E164\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">providing services to low-income members of the community in Boca Raton. In response to community needs<\/span><span id=\"E165\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> and through the generosity of Benjamin and Mae <\/span><span id=\"E167\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E169\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">, it later <\/span><span id=\"E170\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">focused its<\/span><span id=\"E171\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> mission <\/span><span id=\"E172\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">on<\/span><span id=\"E173\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> providing services for our aging and disabled populations.<\/span><span id=\"E174\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span id=\"E176\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Today<\/span><span id=\"E177\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">,<\/span><span id=\"E178\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E179\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">the Center <\/span><span id=\"E180\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">provides day <\/span><span id=\"E181\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">care <\/span><span id=\"E182\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">for seniors with varying degrees of dementi<\/span><span id=\"E183\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">a, and adults with disabilities<\/span><span id=\"E184\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E185\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">at three locations<\/span><span id=\"E186\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">,<\/span><span id=\"E187\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> while also <\/span><span id=\"E188\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> provid<\/span><span id=\"E189\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">ing<\/span><span id=\"E190\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> services <\/span><span id=\"E191\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">for <\/span><span id=\"E192\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">caregivers, including counseling<\/span><span id=\"E193\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">, support groups, <\/span><span id=\"E194\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">and information and referral.<\/span><span id=\"E195\"> <\/span><span id=\"E196\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">In 2010, <\/span><span id=\"E197\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">in <\/span><span id=\"E199\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">partnership<\/span><span id=\"E201\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> with <\/span><span id=\"E202\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">the YMCA<\/span><span id=\"E203\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">, the Center<\/span><span id=\"E204\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> opened the<\/span><span id=\"E205\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E206\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Schmidt Family YMCA Preschool<\/span><span id=\"E207\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> at the <\/span><span id=\"E208\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">main <\/span><span id=\"E209\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">campus <\/span><span id=\"E210\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">on Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton. <\/span><span id=\"E211\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">This program provides a unique intergenerational experience for all participants. Last year<\/span><span id=\"E212\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">, the <\/span><span id=\"E214\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E216\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center provided <\/span><span id=\"E217\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">almost <\/span><span id=\"E218\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">7<\/span><span id=\"E219\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">5<\/span><span id=\"E220\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">,000 <\/span><span id=\"E221\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">free, hot <\/span><span id=\"E222\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">meals <\/span><span id=\"E223\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">at <\/span><span id=\"E224\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">seven senior dining<\/span><span id=\"E225\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> sites<\/span><span id=\"E226\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E227\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">located throughout southern Palm Beach County<\/span><span id=\"E228\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">.<\/span><span id=\"E229\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E230\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E231\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Additionally, t<\/span><span id=\"E232\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">he <\/span><span id=\"E234\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E236\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center\u2019s <\/span><span id=\"E237\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">large fleet <\/span><span class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">of buses and<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">vans provided <\/span><span id=\"E241\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">almost 80,000 <\/span><span id=\"E242\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">rides<\/span><span id=\"E243\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> <\/span><span id=\"E244\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">to and from doctor appointments and other life sustaining destinations <\/span><span id=\"E245\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">during the same year.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"E246\"><strong><span id=\"E247\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">About the <\/span><span id=\"E250\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E252\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p id=\"E253\"><span id=\"E254\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Serving from Broward to Palm Beach County,\u00a0we at the <\/span><span id=\"E256\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\">Volen<\/span><span id=\"E258\" class=\"qowt-font4-Arial\"> Center enhance the well-being of South Florida seniors, young adults, children,\u00a0and their families by educating\u00a0and advocating on their behalf,\u00a0and by providing health care\u00a0and supportive services that\u00a0meet their physical, emotional, social and psychological needs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01dbd3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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The Volen Center received the 2016 Florida Association of Senior Centers\u2019 Florence R. 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