Serving our Seniors Magazine January - March 2025

Steinemann Hafner Insurance 165 East Water Street Sandusky, OH 44870 Tel: 419 626 6432 Toll-free: 800 832 2881 Fax: 419 625 0400 Cable A. Steinemann, CPCU cable@stein-haf.com Thank You Erie County Voters! “I am honored to serve another term as your Erie County Juvenile Court Judge and will continue to do my best to provide responsible justice for all.” - Judge Robert DeLamatre Paid forby theCommittee toRe-ElectJudgeDeLamatre Serving Our Seniors has a few new faces working to make Erie County the best place for growing older. Meet Paula LaGrass. Paula provides the Senior Advocates and the Senior Advocate Assistants with clerical support. She is often the first person to answer the phone and the person who will greet you when you walk in the door, in the afternoon. If the question you have is something she can answer, she will; otherwise, she will direct your call to the appropriate person. Meet Amy Vanucci. Amy is a Senior Advocate Assistant. Amy may be one of the co-workers who will answer the phone when you call. Like the other Senior Advocate Assistants, she works to solve questions/problems/concerns over the phone. When necessary, she meets with those who need her help at Serving Our Seniors office. Amy has filled the vacancy left by our co-worker, Kaeley. Meet Dianna Hearn. Dianna is a Senior Advocate. She works with part-time Senior Advocate, Kyah Patterson. Together they solve complex problems, compromising an older person’s ability to maintain their health and functional independence. Dianna is also the “point person,” at Serving Our Seniors, for a pilot project led by Sandusky City Schools, to help grandparents, ages 60+, who are raising grandchildren. (Read page 7) Meet Amy Bowman-Moore. Amy is Serving Our Seniors new “Resource Development Coordinator.” She is working with Sue Daugherty to help Serving Our Seniors develop its philanthropic fund inside the Erie County Community Foundation, called Serving Our Seniors Fund for the Future ; and she is a grant writer. Amy will be writing grants to support Serving Our Seniors’ efforts to be a catalyst for the construction of modest, small, affordable housing for retirees, who cannot afford market rate rent, but can afford $650 - $700/month + utilities. Meet the New Faces at Serving Our Seniors Serving Our Seniors is selling tickets, now, for “The Ed Sullivan & Soul Train Show.” Ed Sullivan (played by Matt Westerhold) and Don Cornelius (played by Leon Hughes) are hosting the show. Tickets are $20/person. All tickets sold in advance through Serving Our Seniors office. No tickets sold at the door on the day of the show. All sales are final. Doors open: 12:30 p.m. Showtime: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Meet the Performers Reception: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. in the cafeteria. Help us sell the greatest number of tickets, ever, by telling your friends. Our goal is to have an audience size of 800 paid ticket holders! Ed Sullivan & Soul Train Tickets $20/PERSON on Sale NOW! 17