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OCTOBER 2014
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See our calendar for more details about upcoming events. Find it on our website and blog!
Join us for the 3rd Technology Swap Meet! Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, 9:30 - 12:30 at
the First Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary). Learn new things, share your ideas, and help more San Franciscans get connected.
  • Resource tables about affordable computers, internet access, volunteer opportunities and more
  • Hands-on training on computers, Skype, email and accessible technology
  • Presentations by those ready and able to provide training and support
  • A giant wall to Swap offers and requests for computer assistance
  • Refreshments and free prize drawing.
It's free, but space is limited! Call CLC at 415.821.1003 or register online at: bit.ly/TechSwapMeet-3 to save your space.
Vial of Life Project Has a Renewed Vitality 

vial of baggie iwth sticker Many of us have seen signs of the Vial for Life Project: bright red stickers on the front door and on a baggie on the refrigerator. This simple little idea has helped tens of thousands of people get better emergency care by providing paramedics and other health professionals with important information about prescription drug, allergies, and emergency contacts. CLC is working to expand awareness about this simple tool through our Connections for Health Aging Workshops and our partnership with the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA).  
Check out our blog for more information and to print your own form and sticker.
 
CLC's Annual Benefit Highlights
It Was An Honor (and Fun, too!)

Hadley Hall
Marie JObling, Hadley Hall, Debby Satten and Davide Knego with awards
Geoff Hoyle with violin

On September 18, CLC awarded the third Norma Satten Community Service Innovation Award to Hadley Dale Hall at our annual benefit. A wonderful crowd joined us to recognize Hadley's long history of innovation and leadership in the field of elder care and long-term care services and support. His work, and the work of the many others he mentored and inspired will ensure that seniors and people with disabilities have real options to age in community.   

  

The event was a great success, filled with thoughts about friendship, leadership, mentorship and the future ahead. With funds raised, the Community Living Campaign will continue to foster, support and honor the efforts of other leaders who pursue aging with dignity and human rights. If you'd like to add your support, you can donate here.

 

Another highlight was Red Bottoms (aka Geoff Hoyle) who mingled and chatted with folks at the tables before taking the stage to make us smile. 

 

You can view pictures of the event on our blog, and for more about Hadley, the Community Living Campaign, and the Norma Satten Award, download our program book here (PDF).
Thanks to Benefit Sponsors & Auction Donors
silent auction table
This special benefit - and CLC's work - would not be  possible without the generous donations from our major sponsors: Kaiser Permanente, the Denebeim Family, the Satten Family, On Lok/30th Street Senior Center, Openhouse and Bethany Center Senior Housing, along with  all of our other supporters. And many thanks to the generous San Francisco restaurants of all types who donated gift certificates for our SF-wide Silent Auction. Please patronize their businesses and let them know you appreciate their support. 

Other Upcoming Events 
Special Tech Access Events at S.F. Library 
Tuesday, October 14, 2014.  2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
In the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, Main Library, 100 Larkin St. 2nd Fl. computer tablets
Are you tech-savvy and wish to share your expertise? Or, do you wish to learn about adaptive technology? Together explore computer applications, talking book players, apps and more. Learn a skill and share what you have learned with others. Flyer attached.

Thursday, October 16, 2014. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
big button phone
Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, Main Library,
100 Larkin St. 2nd Fl.
Join in for this free demonstration by the California Telephone Access Program (CTAP). An expert will explain this state-funded program. You will have the opportunity to handle the phones. There is no cost, obligation or income requirement. Flyer attached.

October 27, 2014. 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. film promo for Saving Mr. Banks
Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, Lower Level  Movie Monday - Audio described showing Saving Mr. Banks 
Audio-described films include a second soundtrack to describe the sets, costumes and any visual cues that the director uses to establish place, create mood and foreshadow events. The movie Saving Mr. Banks is the story about how Walt Disney courted P. L. Travers into letting him option the rights to Mary Poppins. Stars Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, and Collin Farrell. Flyer attached.
Come Join Us for More October Events 

Annual Breast Cancer Luncheon, Thursday, October 16, 11:00 to 1:00. 
Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 1011 Garfield Street. It will be Pink Thursday in the OMI. Please wear something pink! Don't miss speaker Pamela Ratliff, MPA

Sr. Community Partnership Manager for the Community Partnership Program at the Stanford Cancer Institute. For more information, please Contact: Barbara Tate LCOS Senior Director: 650-873-1955 or Deloris McGee, Community Living Campaign: 415-585-9859.

 
Mission Sunday Streets, Sunday, October 19, 11:00 to 4:00, Come hang out with CLC folks at Mission near 22nd Street. Click the link for overview of route and activities. 

OWL October Meeting (Older Women's League) - Sat. Oct. 25, 10:00 to 12:00 

Flood Building, 870 Market Street, Room 1185.

  • Should physician aid-in-dying be legalized in California? 
  • Who should make end-of-life decisions? 
  • Oregon legalized Death with Dignity 15 years ago. What has been the effect of this in Oregon? 
OWL is giving the opportunity to discuss this with Fran Moreland Johns, author of "Dying Unafraid" and long time Board member of Compassion and Choices.  Learn more by check out OWL's monthly newsletter. 

News and Updates 
Be the Change that Helps End Elder Abuse  
woman with hands covering face Isolation provides a place for elder abuse to grow. Learn about the Red Flags of Elder Abuse, how to watch out for financial scams, and where to turn for help on a new resource page on our blog.  A special thank you to Shauna Reeves of the Elder Abuse Consortium and Jason Adamek from the Department of Aging and Adult Services for helping provide the resources linked on our blog at www.sfhealthyaging.org.
3rd Annual Aging While Black Forum 
speakers at aging while black forumDeloris McGee receiving award
Pilgrim Community Church and IT Bookman Center was the site for this year's Aging While Black Forum. IT Bookman Director Jackie Wright is pictured with panelists Dr. Raymond Tompkins (Aging in a Toxic Environment), Lorenzo Dill (Aging as an African American Veteran) and Anne Warren (Aging with Bills and Legislation). The forums' co-sponsors presented Deloris McGee, the forum founder and organizer, with a lovely thank you gift.  As we reported last month, Deloris will be leaving next month to return to her home town in Mississippi and will be greatly missed.    
Spreading the Word about Connections for Healthy Aging 
CLC Disply at CARA ConventionInsurance Commissioner Dave Jones

CLC is a member of the California Alliance for Retired Americans and is partnering with them to take our "Connections for Healthy Aging Workshops" on the road to their CARA Action Teams (CATS) around the state.  We launched our joint effort at the first of 3 CARA Forums held in Richmond.  Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to support Proposition 45 to provide more oversight of the health insurance industry.   
assembled seniors at CARA convention
See more pictures and learn about Proposition 45 and why senior groups are supporting at www.californiaalliance.org. 
Connections Workshop at S.F. Village
participants around a table
CLC is partnering with San Francisco Village to co-host our Connections for Health Aging Workshop.
Members of San Francisco Village with a guest from Ashby Village in Berkeley introduced themselves and share insights about healthy aging on first day of the workshop. 
CLC in the News
Our active Board Communications Committee, chaired by Jill Center and Meg Cooch, has helped us improve how we describe our mission and activities and increase our visibility and that of our partners. Don't miss these recent stories!
Upcoming Classes
360 Valencia Street Computer Lab Free computer classes and one-on-one assistance continues at 360 Valencia on Mondays starting at 9:00 a.m.  
 
on the road logo Presentations On The Road  A lively array of free presentations on genealogy, using tablets and phones, the joys of collecting and much more. For more information about these and other hands-on presentations, contact Judy Auda at 415-826-3194 or judyauda@yahoo.com

Regular CLC-Supported Computer Labs - CLC sends tutors and trainers to senior and community centers around the City as part of the San Francisco Connected program.  Download a full list of classes, presentations and supported labs here or go to the calendar at www.sfconnected.org.  

Community Living Campaign Logo on green background

The nonprofit Community Living Campaign (CLC) has been working since 2007 to deliver programs and rally advocates who want to live in communities where people are less isolated and everyone is called to contribute.

CLC reweaves the relationships that people need to age and thrive in their own communities. We believe that seniors and people with disabilities are their own valuable assets -- they already know what their community needs. Working with these neighbors and local organizations, CLC develops free and low-cost programs to:

  • Reduce isolation
  • Increase access to technology
  • Promote advocacy and other skills
  • And make new friends

Because aging in community requires change at all levels, we also advocate for better, more realistic local, state and national government policies and funding.

 

Transforming Lives by Building Aging and Disability Friendly Neighborhoods

 

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