SPRING 2015 Spring – A Time for Growth The days are growing longer and breezes are blowing warmer. Spring —a time for renewal—is finally here. It’s the time to plant seeds and start again—whether in our gardens or in our souls. CJE SeniorLife is planting seeds throughout the community and seeking great people to join our volunteer team. We know that volunteers who come into our
organization through referrals are the best candidates for helping us serve our older adult population. Do you know someone—a family member, a neighbor or a friend—who wants to make a difference in others’ lives (as well as in his or her own)? Is there someone you think would be a great addition to our CJE volunteer team? If so, please have them call
847-929-3040 or email: volunteers@cje.net. We hope all who celebrated Passover had a wonderful and meaningful holiday. Thanks for all you do for CJE! CJE’s Volunteer Services Department Monica Eorgoff, Director Deborah Granite, Coordinator Nina Sykes, Program Specialist
Friendly Visitor Team at Lieberman Center Who doesn’t love seeing a friendly face? Lieberman Center Friendly Visitor volunteers are that and more to the residents they visit. Telling stories, reading together and doing crossword puzzles are among the activities they share with their resident friends. To help maximize the experience for the volunteers and residents they visit, the Lieberman Friendly Visitor volunteers formed a team that meets quarterly. At these meetings, the sharing of
Lieberman’s Friendly Visitors (left to right): Stanley Grossman, Boris Pasman, Anne Feuerstein, Terry Schwartz, Barbara Saltzman, Jeff Meyerowitz and Mark Przybylinski
experiences helps establish best practices for procedural improvement . Making a positive difference in others’ lives is a key motivation for the friendly visitor volun-
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teers. The relationships formed between residents and volunteers are heart-warming. Everyone loves a friendly face; do you have a smile you’d like to share?
”I look forward to the team meetings to share our experiences with one another. We bond over the enjoyment from being with our Lieberman Friends. As a Friendly Visitor, we not only enrich someone’s life by spending quality time with them, we also enrich our own. We forge unique relationships that focus on what the other has to give, even if it is as basic as a smile or a hug.” — Terry Schwartz, Team Captain of Friendly Visitor Volunteers