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The Aging and Disability Resource Center
8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 700
San Antonio, Texas 78217-6228
(210) 477-3275
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Please Join Us at:
Silver Solutions
Resources for Living Long and Aging Strong
Saturday, May 3, 2014
from 10 am - 2 pm at the Medical Arts and Research Center at 8300 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, Texas
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The Alamo Service Connection (ASC)---- the Aging and Disability Resource Center for the AACOG region---- would like to provide you with the following newsworthy information. Our goal is to have an informed community that promotes personal choice and is connected to long term services and supports. |
Register Now!
National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE)
Webinar: Working for Yourself with Ticket to Work
Achieving Financial Independence
Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 3:00 PM, EDT
If you are a Social Security disability beneficiary and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support you need to transition to financial independence.
The April 23 national WISE webinar will present information about special Social Security programs and rules can help you on your path to self-employment! A special guest speaker will teach you about:
- Factors to consider when you think about self-employment
- Ticket to Work, Work Incentives, and self-employment
- Where to find more information
Register online at www.chooseworkttw.net or call 1-866-968-7842 (V) or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY). |
2014 Alamo Regional Coordination Annual Workshop
Volunteer - Assisted Transportation Alternative:
How to Start this Service in Your Community!
Join us:
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG)
Al J. Notzon Boardroom, 1st Floor
8700 Tesoro Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78217
This FREE workshop will cover how volunteer-based services can start their own transportation service to better serve the community.
Come hear from expert speakers who operate very successful volunteer-assisted transportation programs. Speakers from the Jefferson Outreach for Older People, SWOOP (Southwest Outreach for Older People), NESA (Northeast Senior Assistance), and SCOOP (Southeast Outreach for Older People) will present and be available to answer any questions you may have about starting a CoOp near you!
Seating is limited, so please make your reservation today!
RSVP: blutz@aacog.com or rryan@aacog.com |
5th Annual Texas Justice Involved Veteran's Conference
May 12-14, 2014
Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Presented by the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Veterans Commission
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Robert T. Russell, Jr., creator and Presiding Judge of the first Veteran's Treatment Court in Buffalo, New York, founded in 2008.
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SEEKING SENIOR ARTISTS
For Art Show Scheduled for
Friday, September 12, 2014
3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Commander's House Senior Center
645 S. Main St., SAT 78204
Bravo for ArtAbility is a Juried Art Show sponsored by AACOG's Bexar Area Agency on Aging Senior Advisory Committee, Information and Special Events Subcommittee and the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department.
Categories for Competition are as follows: Painting/Drawing; Photography; Jewelry Making; Pottery/Ceramics/Sculpting and Fibers/Crafts.
For more information or to receive an exhibit registration form, please contact Ms. Gloria De La Cruz-Sandoval, Recreation Supevisor at (210) 207-3010. |
Age Well, Live Well
Huge Success at the 2014 Síclovía
AACOG Bexar Aging's Health and Wellness programs had a very successful event on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Approximately 50,000 persons were in attendance enjoying all of the fun festivities scheduled throughout the day.
Thank you to all of the Age Well Live Well Consortium community partners and the AACOG Bexar Area Agency on Aging staff who helped make this event such a success! |
Learning sessions on a variety of caregiver topics, hosted over the phone by professional facilitators and experts are being offered in both English and Spanish.
For more information on the topics, please call (210) 877-7987, toll-free at (866) 390-6491 or (210) 477-3275. |
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Alamo Service Connection
The Aging and Disability Resource Center
A community partnership working together for you: Alamo Area Agency on Aging, Bexar Area Agency on Aging, Alamo Local Authority for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ALA-IDD), Bexar County, City of San Antonio Program for Seniors and Families, Center on Independent Living (COIL), San Antonio Food Bank, Goodwill Industries of San Antonio/Bexar County, San Antonio Coalition for Veterans (SACV), San Antonio Independent Living Services (SAILS), Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (TDADS), Texas Health/Human Services Commission, and United Way of San Antonio/Bexar County. |
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Contact Information |
To submit suggestions, articles, news releases, links or events to be considered for use in future issues, please send them no later than
May 2, 2014 (in a MSWord format, attachments in PDF format) as an attachment to an email message to Elena Hernandez, email: ehernandez@aacog.com; Voice (210) 362-5274; Fax: (210) 225-5937. | |
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