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GiveBIG 4 Seniors! Mark your Calendars for Early Giving starting 4/23!

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Aging gracefully is something that we all want to achieve.

We all deserve a just society where aging adults and those who care about them can lead their best lives. Now is YOUR CHANCE to give back to someone who has given so much to their community, and ensure that they have the same experience you would hope for yourself.

How You Can Help

  • SHARE!

    Check out givebig2019.org/soundgen and help us spread the word via social media, email, and word of mouth! Click on the “Fundraise button, create a profile, and set up a fundraising campaign for Sound Generations. Challenge your family and friends to support King County’s seniors!

  • EARLY GIVING 4/23 – 5/7.

    Remove the pressure of remembering to make a gift on our official GiveBIG 2019 day, May 8. Mark your calendars! Starting April 23rd until May 7th, you can help us kick off a fantastic start by scheduling your gift to be applied on May 8.

YES- I’d like to schedule my gift & join others in King County to GiveBIG 4 Seniors!


givebig2019.org/soundgen
Thank you so much for your support!
#GiveBIG4Seniors

Register for our upcoming Powerful Tools for Caregivers Class (for family caregivers)

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Sign up TODAY and join us at the Lake City Community Center for our free Powerful Tools for Caregivers six-week class series hosted by Lake City Seniors!

DATES: Mondays, March 4 – April 8, 2019
COST: Free. Class series presented by Sound Generations and graciously hosted by Lake City Seniors.
REGISTER: Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please contact Bill Bengtson at 206.727.6260 or williamb@soundgenerations.org
LOCATION: Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is an educational program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend.  You will benefit from this class whether you are helping a parent, spouse, friend, someone who lives at home, in a nursing home, or across the country. View the flyer.

We are inclusive and welcoming of the LGBTQ community! If you have questions about feeling safe in this space, please call us.

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Day

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Sound Generations and our Community Partner Sites are closed on Monday, January 21 as we pay tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is still a long road ahead to achieve his dream of equity and justice for all.

• King County’s growth between 1990-2010 have mainly been from people of color.
• By 2025, one in four older adults in our region will be age 65 or older.

Now, more than ever, aging seniors’ voices are critically needed in discussions regarding equity and inclusion.

“You may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90!…You died when you refused to stand up for right. You died when you refused to stand up for truth. You died when you refused to stand up for justice.”  – MLK, Jr., 1967

Here are several MLK events in our area:

Help Us Double The Impact! King County Seniors Still NEED Your Support! Donate Before Dec. 31!

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Thanks to the generous donations on #GivingTuesday, Sound Generations will be able to provide over 1,000 meals to seniors throughout King County this holiday season!

Help us double the impact, invest in our community and make a real difference in an elder’s life. Just $5 provides a nutritious meal to a homebound senior.

You can help us maintain vital services for older adults and launch into 2019 with the strongest possible start!

Donate before Dec. 31!

“Mobility For All” Transportation Summits

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Click to download the flyer

Two “Mobility for All” Transportation Summits held on October 23 and November 3, engaged the creative talents of seniors and persons with disabilities as well as drivers, dispatchers, managers and transportation planners from all over King County. Over one hundred and twenty persons, including Sound Generations customers and staff, participated including our own CEO Jim Wigfall.

The Summits, organized by the King County Mobility Coalition, of which Sound Generations is a partner, focused on “bold Ideas” for improving the front-end experience of finding and securing transportation for special needs populations. Facilitated by Mark Smutny, Hyde Shuttles Operations Manager, using a World Café format, the Summits identified the need to communicate about available transportation services in multiple languages and the need to embrace new technologies that enable better, same-day customer service, among other key goals.

The Summits were one part of an ongoing effort of Sound Generations, the King County Mobility Coalition and other paratransit providers to strengthen transportation solutions for seniors and persons with disabilities throughout our area.

For more information about the Summits, contact Mark Smutny at marks@soundgenerations.org or Rachel Lanera at rachell@soundgenerations.org.

   

    
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