AUGUST 29, 2008

COUNTY LEGISLATOR WROBLEWSKI ANNOUNCES SENIOR SERVICES 'CONNECT' PROGRAM TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 9

Erie County Legislator Maria Timothy M. Wroblewski (D-West Seneca, South Cheektowaga) is announcing that an Erie County Department of Senior Services "Connects" outreach program will be held from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, at the West Seneca Senior Center, 4620 Seneca Street in West Seneca.

The program is for residents age 60 and older and/or their caregivers, and information and services will be available. A Department of Senior Services representative will offer information about energy assistance programs and care giving issues, and department staffers will issue their photo identification cards, the 62+ Card and the complimentary card for people age 65 and older. This allows card holders to be entitled to reduced Metro bus/rail fares and other vendor discounts.

Legislator Wroblewski noted that this outreach site will also include a care manager from the Department of Senior Services as well as these organizations: Erie County Department of Veterans Services, Catholic Health Systems, WNY Osteoporosis, the Wise and Wellness Program and others concerning veterans' benefits.

For more information, residents can call Legislator Wroblewski's District Office at 675-8817 or e-mail Timothy.Wroblewski@erie.gov, or by calling Department of Senior Services Outreach Aid Coordinator Heidi Monin at 858-2022.

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