Category Archives: August 2017

Keystone UNICO Under New Leadership

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UNICO - New President

Cathy Gerard was recently installed as the sixth president of Dunmore’s Keystone Chapter UNICO National by past UNICO National President Glenn Pettinato.

Pictured with Cathy are members of her immediate family and UNICO National Officers.

Seated from left are Marisa Scalese and Theresa LaNunziata; Keystone UNICO president Cathy Gerard; Margaret Caterino, Cathy’s mother; Cathy Bianchi, immediate past chapter president; Dolly Caterino and Debbie Whitbeck.  

Standing, same order: Mark McDade, PA II District Governor; Al Caterino, Dave Whitbeck, and Carl Bianchi, family; and Glenn Pettinato, past national president and Installing Officer.  

 

Dunmore Fire Department Awarded SAFER Grant

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firefightersU.S. Representative Matt Cartwright has announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded a Staffing for Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant of $809, 621 to Dunmore Fire Department.

The funds will be distributed via the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

SAFER is designed to strengthen the nation’s ability to respond to fire and fire-related hazards, and improve the nation’s overall level of preparedness. Grant funds enhance recipients’ ability to attain and maintain 24-hour fire department staffing and to assure communities have adequate protection from fire-related hazards.

“I am pleased to announce FEMA’s award to the Dunmore Fire Department. It will allow them to hire nine more firefighters,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus. “Our firefighters are the front line of defense in our neighborhoods when an emergency strikes. This funding is essential to ensuring that our citizens have quality service and firefighters have a more favorable working environment.”

FEMA’s mission is to support citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. The SAFER program provides approximately $340 million in competitive grants to fire departments and statewide or local volunteer firefighters support groups. No less than ten percent (10%) of the funding must be awarded for recruitment and retention activities and no less than ten percent (1o%) must be awarded to volunteer or mostly volunteer fire departments for hiring firefighters.

 

Dunmore Senior Center Membership Dues Forms are Available

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By Steve Svetovich

Alison Boga, executive director of the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors, said the 2017/2018 membership dues forms are now available.

Individual membership is $10 or $15 for couples.

Membership can be used for discounts on fee based activities such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Ballroom Dancing and Oil Painting. It can also be used for upcoming bus trips and seminars.

Members pay $5 for $8 classes and $3 for $5 classes. Members also receive mailed newsletters and discounts on special activities, including bus trips.

All proceeds from membership dues are used for projects and expenditures approved by the Senior Site Council.

Members or the general public can visit dunmoreseniorcenter.org for menus and activity calendars, or call the Center at 570-207-2662.

The Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors celebrated National Safety Month this past June. Tips were provided for safe outdoor dining and how to recognize different heat related illnesses.

Boga said volunteers are needed at the Center. The volunteers are needed for clerical, kitchen duty and lunch. If interested in becoming a volunteer, said Boga, please stop by at the Center (1414 Monroe Ave., Dunmore) or call (570-207-2662).

“We want to hear from you,” said Boga. “We are always looking for ways to improve the programming provided. If there is a particular speaker or activity that someone would like to see offered at the Center please let us know.”

Boga said the Senior Garden is coming along very well. “The Headstart program children planted vegetables in the garden as well. The garden is funded by the Department of Aging. We owe a great debt and gratitude to the garden designer, Lydia Bagdonas, for her creativity and perseverance.”

A free event, “Eating Local and Organic,” was held last July 19 at the Center.

Other programs at the Dunmore Activity Hub include bingo, learn to knit, ballroom dancing, sketching and oil painting, gentle yoga for health, Tai Chi, pinochle, Stretching with Gretchen, silver flow yoga, walking club, VNA blood pressure screening, gardening club, essential oils with Mother Willow, eat right nutrition tips, site council meetings, gardening club meetings, nutrition days, farmer’s market voucher day, elder law seminars by Atty. Dan Lucas and Ronald McDonald House volunteer opportunities.

The Dunmore Activity Hub food menu is catered by Metz Food Service. A variety of nutritious lunch choices are provided five days a week.

Fred Battaglia is Site Council president for the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors.