Vigor, CJE SeniorLife Quarterly Volunteer Magazine, Summer 2017

Vigor

CJE SeniorLife’s Quarterly Volunteer Magazine for and about those who strive to make a difference

SUMMER 2017

volunteers@cje.net v 847.929.3040 Project Connect CJE is recruiting volunteers to make friendly calls and visits to older adults living in the community.

With your friendly call, you will …

• Provide a social connection • Develop friendships

• Make a life-changing contribution to the wellbeing of older adults • Add to your own routine with pleasant conversations

• Any person 18 years or older with a desire to volunteer is eligible • Calls and/or visits are expected on a regular basis

• Calls can be made from your home or a CJE location

• Volunteers can be paired with one or more older adult

• Volunteer calls can evolve into visits if the volunteer and the older adult are both willing to meet in-person • Training is provided

A call can be a beautiful gift. Why not try this unique way of volunteering?

Summer at CJE You can help CJE’s residents and clients also experience the joys of summer by taking them into the courtyards of their residences or serving them an ice cold treat, and sharing stories of their favorite vacations and summer pastimes. If you are a current CJE volunteer and would like to spend more time with our residents and clients, they would greatly appreciate this. If you are interested in volunteering in another capacity or know of someone who would like to get involved, contact us at 847.929.3040. Please consider helping our seniors experience summer as it is meant to be. We appreciate you and thank you.

Volunteer Facts • In 2016 approximately 63 million Americans gave 8 billion hours of volunteer service worth $193 billion.

• The top three types of organizations where people volunteer in Illinois are: -Religious -Social or Community -Educational or Youth

• CJE SeniorLife has over 250 individual active volunteers, not including groups that volunteer many hundreds of hours

• Volunteering teaches you new skills

• You can make new friends when you volunteer • People who volunteer show higher levels of happiness in their lives

CJE’s Research Volunteers Make a Difference Several of our volunteers devote their time to helping CJE’s Leoard Schanfield Research Institute, our in-house applied research division. They have been working on a variety of exciting projects and we are thankful for their time, energy and dedication.

Miriam Kohn I spend my hours at CJE SeniorLife entering data, including results of In-service program evaluations. I also spend a portion of my time proofreading documents and presentations, a skill I honed in my previous years of employment. I have recently retired after working over 35 years in employee education—30 of those as a Learning Consultant, first for Motorola and then IBM.

Colman Buchbinder I am retired having previously worked at UIC in administrative IT, Financial Aid, and for the Office of Administrative Research providing research reports and data on students to the university, to state and Federal agencies, and for requests from the public. Since retiring I have substitute taught and volunteered at middle schools. I am working on a variety of assignments including data entry from surveys, creating reports on admission statistics, and helping to clarify and organize data in a variety of research and data collection projects. So I have graduated from counting students to counting people who are just a little bit older.

Patty Voloschin

Important Notices Save The Date

On CJE SeniorLife’s 45th Anniversary, Celebrate CJE is Honoring Our Board Chairs

Tuesday, October 3, 5:30pm

Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago Featuring music by Underwater People

Please join us to support our vital mission and honor these dedicated, visionary volunteer leaders who have devoted their time, wisdom and financial support to ensure that CJE’s commitment to enhance the lives of older adults is passed on from generation to generation, L’Dor V’Dor. Register, Sponsor or Donate:

I am a licensed mental health clinician and have worked for the past 30 years primarily as a psychotherapist and as a mental health consultant for a variety of settings. I also have a Master’s in Public Health. I have been volunteering for almost 2 years at CJE. I am the research coach for PCORI Bureau of Sages at Lieberman. I have also contributed in the past, and currently, as an interviewer for various research projects including the Population Health Study, the MAMA study, and the current Quality of Life study.

Do you know others who might want to join you and become part of the CJE volunteer team? We are always interested in welcoming new volunteers.

cje.net/CelebrateCJE2017 or call Jennifer Schnepper at 773.508.1321.

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