Leadership Symposium

North Carolina Senior Center Alliance

Alliance News

Alliance Committees Are Here To Help YOU!

North Carolina Senior Center Alliance (NCSCA): What’s It All About?

NCSCA exists to provide a statewide organization for senior center professionals to advocate for

senior centers, network and collaborate on common issues, share information, co-market initiatives,

and provide for additional staff training and development. The Alliance was established to work in

collaboration with the Senior Center Section of the NC Division of Aging & Adult Services, the

NCAOA and to promote awareness of the National Institutes of Senior Centers.

In a nutshell….we’re here to help you!

Alliance members will not be required

to join the NCAOA to become a member.

The new fee structure will be: $10 for NCAOA members and $30 for

non-members. As with MOWANC, the

membership fee is per agency/individual.

Summer 2015 □ Premiere Issue

Meet the Director Suzanne Merrill, Division Director

North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services

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Thessia

Everhart

-Roberts

Senior Center Alliance

Committee Chair

Marketing & Communica-

tions Committee

Calvin Vaughn

Advocacy Committee

Alex Langley

Mentoring and

Training

Committee

Torrey Blackmar,

Senior Center Alli-

ance, Vice-Chair

Membership/

Nominations Committee

Miranda Strider Allen

Senior Center Alliance Secretary Projects Committee

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Registration information can be found on page 3

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Alliance Committees Are Here To Help YOU!

Advocacy – Calvin Vaughn (Serving as the Senior Center Advocate and gathering support for Ad-vocacy with SC Professionals throughout the year. Taking part in Advocacy events, etc. Keeping Sr. Center Alliance members aware of advocacy efforts and opportunities on a National and State level, etc.) Marketing and Communications – Thessia Everhart-Roberts, Senior Center Alliance Committee Chair (Develop and distribute marketing materials regarding the Alliance as well as Senior Cen-ters. Present the Alliance and membership opportunity at AJI, NCAOA, Senior Center Symposium, etc.) Membership/Nominations – Torrey Blackmar, Senior Center Alliance, Vice-Chair (Work to secure Alliance Committee membership representation from across the state. Work with NCAOA secre-tary to have up to date membership roster. Conduct elections each January for Alliance Commit-tee Officers. Make recommendations to the Alliance Committee for voting of vacant committee seats. etc.) Mentoring/Training – Alex Langley (Planning Sr. Center Symposium, possible training/presentation at AJI or NCAOA conferences, other mentoring/training programs the sub-committee feels will benefit professionals throughout the year, etc.) Projects – Miranda Strider Allen, Senior Center Alliance Secretary (any special projects that may arise throughout the year not connected with current sub-committees) This could be fundraising for senior centers.

N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services (NCDAAS) Representatives:

Leslee Breen is the NCDAAS senior center development specialist. Her professional background includes Executive Director of the Beverly Council on Aging and Senior Community Center in Mas-sachusetts and Contracts/Program Manager for the West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging. She is currently responsible for the management of the statewide senior center programs and operations funded with federal and state funds, management of the senior center certification process, compliance monitoring and senior center development. She received her BA in Psychol-ogy and a minor in Gerontology from the UNC at Greensboro and her MA in Gerontology from the University of South Florida.

Rebecca Freeman is the senior center program specialist for the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services. She manages the division’s senior center programs and statewide train-ing events, works with the senior center certification process, and manages the NC senior center listserv. Her career began at Resources for Seniors at the Northern Wake Senior Center. She later served as community services director for Communi-ty and Senior Services of Johnston County. She holds a Master of Public Health. In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys teaching Les Mills BODYJAM™ and BODYPUMP™

and spending time with her husband and three children.

Other Alliance Committee Members:

Janice Tyler, Kim Shuskey, Mary Brymer, Ruth Mitchell, Susan Musselman and Teresa Kiser

North Carolina Senior Center Alliance

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Meet the Director

Suzanne P. Merrill, MSW, is the director and former Adult Services section chief with the Di-vision of Aging and Adult Services. Ms. Merrill has been employed with the NC Department of Health and Human Services since 1985. Prior to her employment with state government, Ms. Merrill worked in the Forsyth County Department of Social Services for nine years as an adult services social worker and supervisor. She received both her BA in Psychology and Master of Social Work degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Mer-rill has numerous responsibilities in her current position such as oversight of the adult and aging programs and services administered by the one hundred county departments of social services; facilitation of strategic planning, program evaluation and system and resource de-velopment activities for North Carolina's aging programs; and coordination and collabora-tion with North Carolina's sixteen area agencies on aging.

Miranda Strider

Allen at "Blast

from the Past"

Volunteer

Awards Celebra-

tion; Eastern

Wake Senior

Center

In these times of financial and

political uncertainty, the heat is

on to do more with less. Senior

center providers often find it

challenging to plan for the fu-

ture with the heat index rapidly

rising. This year’s symposium

is all about empowering you

with tools you need to over-

come heat exhaustion and pre-

vent heat stroke!

Tues, August 25

8:30 AM Registration/

Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 4:15 Training

*Lunch Served Onsite

Wed, August 26

7:30 AM Check In/

Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 2:15 Training

*Lunch Served Onsite

Featured Topics

Opportunities & Challenges

Talk Like a Leader

Threat and Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

Senior Center Performance Measures & Assessment

Making Your Case to the General Assembly

Advocacy Panel

Featuring an esteemed panel of experts in aging and ad-

vocacy!

Scams & Frauds

Empowered Decision Making

2015 NC Senior Center Leadership Symposium

The Heat is on… To Do More with Less!

August 25-26, 2015

The Sheraton Hotel/ Chapel Hill

Training Registration Deadline: Tuesday,

August 10th

Open only to graduates of the

Ann Johnson Institute for

Senior Center Management

LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SENIOR CENTERS AROUND THE STATE

Susan Musselman

with the couple

married the longest

at Golden Anniver-

sary Celebration;

Rufty-Holmes

Senior Center

Mary Brymer

with 98 year

old bingo play-

er, Frank;

Fayetteville

Cumberland

Senior Center

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Two Great Organizations for Aging Professionals

Join both…Join one…Join Today!

Membership Application

NCAOA represents a diverse membership of agencies and professionals in the field of aging and provides members with oppor-

tunities to influence policy in government and academic settings. Known across North Carolina as an association with an empha-

sis on service provision at the local level. NCAOA members serve on regional and statewide committees that help shape the fu-

ture of services for North Carolina’s older population. For more information on NCAOA please see our website at

www.ncaoa.org.

NCSCA - A section of the North Carolina Association on Aging (NCAOA), the North Carolina Senior Center Alliance exists to pro-

vide a statewide organization for senior center professionals to advocate for senior centers, network and collaborate on common

issues, share information, co-market initiatives, and provide for additional staff training and development. For more information

on NCSCA please see our webpage at www.ncaoa.org/alliance.org

Name_____________________________________________________Title_________________________________________

Agency:_______________________________________________________________________County:___________________

Address:______________________________________________ City/State/

Zip:_________________________________________________

Work Phone:____________________________ Fax:__________________ Main E-mail________________________________

*List additional email addresses on back of form (up to 25 per agency or organization)

Agency website___________________________________________ Is Your Agency ___Public ___Not-for-Profit ___For-Profit

NCAOA Membership categories (please check only one):

_____ Agency/Organization/Individual Member, $120 per year

For agencies, organizations, or individuals that are involved in providing services or administration in the field of aging or closely

allied field. Membership includes all employees of an agency or organization. Only one mailing address will be used, but organi-

zations may have up to twenty-five emails addresses included for the receipt of newsletters and bulletins. Voting privileges are

limited to one designated employee. Any one employee of said agency or organization may hold office.

_____ Friends of NCAOA, $75 per year

For individuals who are not directly involved, but interested in aging and the mission of NCAOA, who are not part of an agency

organization that qualifies above. Friends are not eligible to vote or hold office.

_____ Student/Senior Member, $35 per year

For individuals currently enrolled in a Degree Program, or a senior age 60+, who are not part of an agency or organization that

qualifies above. Students/Senior Members are not eligible to vote or hold office.

NCSCA Membership categories (please check only one):

_____ $10 per year - For Agency/Organization/Individual Members of the NCAOA

_____ $30 per year - For Agency/Organization/Individual Non NCAOA Members

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

Enclosed is my check or money order for membership with the North Carolina Association on Aging and/or North Carolina Senior

Center Alliance. Membership is renewable July 1 of each year.

Signature_____________________________________________________________

Date:________________________________________

Make check payable to: NCAOA and mail to: NCAOA ● PO Box 10341 ● Raleigh, NC 27605-0341

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