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New Feature - Our Favorite Blogs  
Looking for something to read in-between CLC Newsletters?   Well, there is our SF Healthy Aging blog, but we have come to appreciate some other great bloggers, one of whom we will introduce each month. This month, meet Paul Hendrickson.   Want to learn more about blogs and to write your own?   Contact Judy Auda at judyauda@yahoo.com.  
    
How Do the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal Expansion Impact Seniors and People with Disabilities?
We've posted handouts and other information from the October 11th Health Care Reform Forum on our blog on the ACA, Medicare and Medi-Cal page.
 
The forum  (pictured below) tackled the complex issues related to Medicaid (Medi-Cal) expansion and who will benefit, as well as how healthcare reform impacts seniors and people with disabilities on both Medicare and Medi-Cal. To view pictures, go to our recent blog post.  For more information contact: James Chionsini at Senior & Disability Action 415-546-1333, Ext. 304, james@sdaction.org.  
NOVEMBER 2013
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Gain Computer Skills and Get a Chance to Win $100 with Community Living Campaign's Computer Training Birthday Club 
We are continuing to offer computer trainings and host computer labs throughout the city as part of SF Connected - with a special added attraction.  If you attend one of our computer labs or training sessions, you can sign up for the CLC Birthday Club.
You'll get a special email on your birthday and will be entered in a monthly drawing for $100.  If you join in November, you will have a chance to win every month through June 2014!  Just plan to attend a class at 360 Valencia or any of our other training locations and ask to join the Birthday Club.   
    
Know Your Rights and Claim Your Money
Social Security and the LGBT Community  

Federal Social Security benefits are now available to married same-sex couples.  A packed house of over 200 people at the LGBT Center on October 30th heard how recent changes are opening the door for more equal access to benefits.  The forum was hosted by Openhouse, the Committee to Preserve Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and host of community organizations including the Community Living Campaign.  To learn more or to sign up for benefits, visit the Same-Sex Couples page on the Social Security Website.   

To see more pictures, visit our SF Healthy Aging blog.    

    
Find Resources for Assistance with Hearing and Vision Disabilities   

If you're facing vision or hearing loss, there are many new tools such as assistive technology and social media that can help. Funded by a grant from the Francis Goldsmith Fund through United Way of the Bay Area, Community Connector LaNay Eastman has compiled a Directory of Resources for Assistance With Vision and Hearing Disabilities. The directory includes resources to help people stay connected and engaged with their community as well as to health and educational and supportive services,

 

We are building community-based and online networks of support for isolated and at-risk seniors and individuals with disabilities.  The priority with the Francis Goldsmith Hearing and Vision Initiative is on assisting those with vision and hearing loss, which can lead to isolation and more rapid decline in health and well-being. Learn more here.

Pictured above, LaNay is working with Maria Cristina Salem to teach typing using various online programs that make it easier for individuals with vision loss use the computer.  

    
Communications is Key to Connections: Learn More About Your Smartphones, Tablets, and other Technologies
Bethany Schwarz, one of our most knowledgeable tech teachers, provides personalized assistance to a group seeking to learn how to better use their cell phones and tablets. See our full schedule of classes to find out when her next session will be. Or visit   
Valencia Gardens, at 360 Valencia every Monday for a variety of classes. From 9:00 to 3:00, we host a supported lab with free one-on-one tutoring and classes.  Then from 3:00 to 5:00, we host an open lab with tutoring in Spanish. View and/or download a full schedule of Monday classes and open labs on our November workshop flyer.
    
CLC Connectors and Supporters Out and About  
Sunday Streets in the Richmond District 
CLC closed out the season of Sunday Streets in the Richmond district.  We got to chat with Joyce Jackson and she found a new friend.   By the way, Elephanti is a new cell phone application that lets you shop online for things you need in your own neighborhood.   I typed in rice pudding and found 3 restaurants within walking distance.   Pretty cool.   They also had a charming mascot.   Don't you think CLC needs a mascot?  Send any suggestions for our own Community Living mascot to marie@sfcommunityliving.org.
 
St. Francis Episcopal Church Builds Connections for Healthy Aging 
CLC just completed a 4-part workshop with St. Francis Episcopal Church and are working with leaders to prepare a follow-up session to keep the momentum growing forward into November.  Great advance planning and the warmth and friendliness of participants made for a positive experience for all involved. From the evaluation,  "I loved every minute of them (the sessions). Thank you all so much!' 
 
Upcoming connections for healthy aging workshops are planned in partnership with the Bayview community in November (wait list only), Openhouse in January, and the Northern California Hearing and Speech Center in March. If your would like more information about workshops or to partner for a future session in San Francisco, contact Marcia Peterzell at marcia.peterzell@comcast.net.  
Die-In Brings Government Back to Life
On October 16 at the Federal Building, the community gathered to stage a "die-in" to urge an end to the federal government shut down and the continuing attacks on Medicare, Medi-Cal and other safety net programs. The federal government re-opened that evening (nice work folks!) 
 
But the fight to preserve these other programs continue.  Keep informed through the CARA at www.californiaalliance.org. Enjoy more of the pictures on the CLC Facebook page.  And if you like what you see, "like " us.  
Breast Cancer Luncheon Support Grows   
The Community Living Campaign is happy to support efforts of "communities working to help themselves."   One way is with the annual OMI Senior Breast Cancer Luncheon, held on October 17th at the Lutheran Church of our Savior in the Oceanview-Merced Heights-Ingleside (OMI) neighborhood  Guest speak Pamela Ratliff, Sr. Community Partnership Manager for the Community Partnership Program of the Stanford Cancer Institute is pictured at right with Sandra Carr, who assembled the gift basket and made a blanket to be given away.  See our blog post here for more pictures and learn more about who helped out.
Bayview Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fight Hunger 
For over 4 months, CLC has worked in partnership with St. Paul Tabernacle Baptist Church, the San Francisco Food Bank, and a group of committed volunteers who pack and deliver groceries to those who would otherwise not be able to access the Food Pantry program. The delivery happens every 2nd and 4th Friday, starting at 9:30 am.  
  
CLC is seeking strong volunteers who can help bring food from the pallets in front of the church through the back of the church, traversing 2 sets of stairs along the way.   If you want to take your morning exercise and work some muscles with us, contact Bayview Community Connector Etta Jones at (415) 574-8763 or ettaj828@gmail.com.

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FEATURED BLOG(S) OF THE MONTH
Each month, we'll introduce you to someone who does a regular blog that informs and inspires us.  This month, we would like to feature the Blogs of Paul Hendrickson paulhendrickson.   Paul is leader in the  CLC-supported Computer Club at Laguna Honda and an avid and interesting writer for the LHH publications.  We LOVE his blogs for the choice of interesting, uplifting, inspiring and often humorous topics.  You can learn more about Paul and view some of his blogs (he does many) at: http://considerthisresident.blogspot.com (LHH Resident Perspective) 
http://bropete7.blogspot.com (LHH Computer Club)

 

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