AUGUST 27, 2008

COUNTY LEGISLATURE CHAIR MARINELLI ANNOUNCES SENIOR SERVICES 'CONNECT' PROGRAM SET SEPTEMBER 3

Erie County Legislature Chair Lynn M. Marinelli (D-Buffalo, Tonawanda) is announcing that an Erie County Department of Senior Services "Connects" outreach program will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, at the North Buffalo Community Center, 203 Sanders Road in Buffalo.

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 Marinelli 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 Marinelli's District Office at 832-0493 or e-mail Lynn.Marinelli@erie.gov, or by calling Department of Senior Services Outreach Aid Coordinator Heidi Monin at 858-2022.

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