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DECEMBER 2014
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See our calendar for more details about upcoming events. Find it on our website and blog!
Wishing you a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season 
As the holiday season gets into full gear, we wanted to thank you for your readership and your support over the past year.  
As Helen Keller noted, "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."  

So give beautiful things this holiday season to make your neighborhood a kinder, less lonely place.
Help Transform Lives this Holiday Season
Join us in building Aging- and Disability-Friendly neighborhoods throughout San Francisco! Together, we can continue

building connections that older adults and persons with disabilities need to age and thrive in their own homes and neighborhoods.


If you're able, please donate to help us connect even more neighbors and to keep our programs and activities accessible to all. 
Join Us for These December Events
TAPcare - Connecting with Affordable Homecare Options
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CLC is working with the IHSS Consortium to showcase their new online service: TAPcare. The service helps match trained, screened, culturally appropriate personal care attendants with individuals looking for either IHSS or affordable private pay workers. CLC will host a presentation at 360 Valencia on Monday, December 8 from 1:00 to 2:30. If you're interested in a presentation at your senior center, faith community, or other organization, contact Marie at (415) 821-1003 x1. More info at www.tap-care.org.
Free MUNI Rally Dec. 2 Noon at City Hall 
senior with Free Muni signs
Time for another push to win Free MUNI for seniors and persons with disabilities.  Join us on Tuesday, December 2 at Noon for the Rally, on the Carlton B. Goodlett steps of City Hall, followed by the MTA hearing on the issue at City Hall at 2:00 in Room 400.  For more information, contact Senior and Disability Action (SDA) at (415) 546-1333. 
Geoff Hoyle Talks about Empathy & the Actor's Brain
Many of you know Geoff Hoyle from his one man shows at the Marsh or from his performance at the
this year's CLC Annual Event. 

Geoff, who is this year's Hellman Visiting Artist at the UCSF Memory and Aging Clinic will be part of FREE performance at: UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, 600 16th Street, San Francisco
Thursday, December 4, 2014, 7-9 p.m.

Geoff Hoyle will present his observations and reflections on aging through the experience of several characters of his creation. The conversation will continue with Drs. Robert Levenson and Katherine Rankin who will share their research findings on emotion, empathy and performance. By bringing together these scientists and artist, we reflect on how the arts can increase our connection and deepen our human experience. To reserve a space, email info@memory.ucsf.edu.
Senior and Disability Action Holiday Party 
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SDA invites all members, volunteers, community partners and friends to join them at their office (and CLC's too) on Friday, December 12 from 4:00 to 6:00 at 1360 Mission Street #400.  Bring food to share if you can, enjoy music by Anthony Harris and leave your fragrances at home as we are striving for a scent-free office that is accessible to everyone. 
Cayuga Holiday Sing-Along December 13

CLC's Cayuga Community Connectors are hosting a holiday sing-along on Saturday, December 13th at 3:00pm at Bethel Church at 2525 Alemany Blvd.


 

Meet at the piano! Bring a friend, neighbor or family member.  There will be a talented musician that will help us sing-a-long!

 

Holiday Cookies, Fruit or drinks to share are welcomed. Also, bring a Gift & Get a Gift...for the White Elephant Gift Exchange! Something you already have will do. Gifts can be new, gently used, funny, useful or just silly! Bring your item gift wrapped.

 

The Cayuga Connectors continue to weave community with senior exercise classes, a neighborhood potluck and and a class on gardening. For more information contact Patti Spaniak at pspaniak@me.com.
 

News and Updates 
Food Networks Change and Grow in December

food network volunteers with grocery boxes The volunteers for the OMI Food Network packed their last delivery at Temple United Methodist Church last week and are seeking a new site in the neighborhood.  This dedicated group of volunteers have not missed a delivery since the program began in 2011 and will be working with CLC and the San Francisco and Marin Food Bank to keep deliveries coming over the holiday season.  

 

In addition to regular deliveries in OMI, Parkmerced and Bayview, CLC is helping coordinate the December 17th delivery of 550 turkeys in those communities, thanks to the generosity of Glide Food Program for the 3rd year in a row. Over 20 local groups are working together to meet the growing need for nourishing food. 

If you have suggestions for neighborhood sites, have questions, or need more information, contact Marie at (415) 821-1003 x1 or

 

 
What Will It Take for Seniors to Survive in San Francisco? 
old man pushing cart loaded iwth recycling In the Mission neighborhood, an elder, bent and weary, stops every few feet to catch his breath as he wheels a grocery cart laden with cans and bottles to a far away recycling center. That is his survival plan.  What's yours?  If you live on a fixed income and all the expenses in your life keep going up, why is your plan? We think that there needs to be more employment opportunities for older adults and people with disabilities so that we can age in our own homes and communities.  If this is an issue of interest to you, contact Marie at marie@sfcommunityliving.org. 
Swap Meet #3 Highlights Resources for Access
panel at swap meet being videosThe 3rd Technology Swap Meet gathered those wanting to increase access to technology on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 at the First Unitarian Center.

A special panel presentation highlighted resources available to help individuals with disabilities try out and learn about assistive technologies.  To learn more about all kinds of resources available to hearing and vision impaired individuals, visit our SF Healthy Aging blog or contact LaNay Eastman to learn more about our Francis Goldsmith Hearing and Vision Initiative at lanay.sfcommunityliving@gmail.com. 

A special thank you to those that participated, including the SF Public Library, Independent Living Resource Center, Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California, ReliaTech, Self-Help for the Elderly, Community Technology Network, Bay Area Video Coalition, Dept. of Aging and Adult Services - SF Connected. See more Swap Meet 3 pictures here


Mark Your Calendar for January Events 

Next Connections for Health Aging Workshop
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Our Connections for Health Aging Workshops have been a way for us to build partnership and introduce new ideas and models for empowerment into existing communities. Thanks to Openhouse for the great front page article about jointly sponsored Connections Workshop held recently at their site.  See the whole article here.

The next Connections workshop will start
Thursday, January 8,10:00 to 1:00

Rosa Parks Senior Center, 

1111 Buchanan (at Golden Gate). 

  

Workshop dates are Jan. 8, 15, 22 & Feb. 5 - participants should attend all 4 dates. Lunch is included at no charge. This work has been made possible with support from the May and Stanley Smith Trust.  Download a flyer with more information here.  Sign up today to attend by contacting Marcia Peterzell at marcia.peterzell@comcast.net or by calling (415) 359-1816.
Upcoming Computer 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. This month's classes include:

TAPcare in Action - Dec. 8, 1:00 to 2:30 

Help Desk with Bethany Schwarz - Dec. 15, 10:00 to 3:00 (Lunch at Noon!)

Genealogy with Felton Cogell - Dec. 22, 1:00-3:00 

 

bus with clc logo Presentations On The Road  Join us this month for a lively array of free presentations on online coupons, using Pinterest, and much more. For 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.  

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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.

 

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