Senior Center Project
Here’s your chance to get out there and make a difference! The Social Action Committee is starting a “Spruce Up” campaign: hands-on projects which will allow our members to contribute to individuals and service organizations in our community. Our first Spruce-Up project will be at the Ashland Senior Center, located at 1699 Holmes Avenue. The Center, in addition to all of its other services, provides lunch Monday through Friday and the food for “Meals on Wheels.” Director Chris Dodson says that the dining room needs painting. Also, all the surfaces in the dining room are hard, which makes it difficult for the hearing impaired to hear. Acoustical screens—fabric-covered Styrofoam—would decrease the noise. As seniors with arthritis find the folding chairs uncomfortable, we would also like to make cushions for the backs of 32 chairs.
The plan is that the Senior Center will provide the supplies, and RVUUF the labor. Hopefully we can get local newspaper to take our photo for some free publicity. The project needs 10 volunteers to sew the cushions and make the acoustical screens and six volunteers to paint the dining room. Contact Delores Nims if you are interested in helping. [Oct 2008]