Summit Fire Department Receives Neighbor Award

Employees and others were recently honored by SAGE Eldercare for service to the community.

July 16, 2012

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Summit Fire Chief Joseph Houck was on hand to receive the Good Neighbor Award on behalf of the Summit Fire Department from SAGE Eldercare’s Executive Director, Jessica Rosenzweig Gruber, at their 58th Annual Meeting on July 11 in Summit. This award was initiated in 1996 to honor local organizations that generously share their resources in support of SAGE Eldercare and older adults in the community. SAGE Eldercare

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Marianne Kranz, SAGE Eldercare Director of Volunteers, presented Peter Daley of Summit with the Agnes N. Badgley Award on July 11 at SAGE Eldercare’s 58th Annual Meeting in Summit. The award was created in 1989 to recognize the invaluable contributions of SAGE Eldercare’s many volunteers. Mrs. Agnes Badgley was an active volunteer and President of the Board of Trustees who devoted many years of service to SAGE.

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Dr. Michele Elkins, left, a Geriatrician with Overlook Medical Center, was presented with the Community Partner Award by SAGE Eldercare’s Executive Director, Jessica Rosenzweig Gruber, at SAGE Eldercare’s 58th Annual Meeting on July 11 in Summit. Established in 1996, this award honors local individuals or businesses that generously share their expertise in support of SAGE Eldercare and older adults in the community.

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Summit Fire Chief Joseph Houck was on hand to receive the Good Neighbor Award on behalf of the Summit Fire Department from SAGE Eldercare’s Executive Director, Jessica Rosenzweig Gruber, at their 58th Annual Meeting on July 11 in Summit. This award was initiated in 1996 to honor local organizations that generously share their resources in support of SAGE Eldercare and older adults in the community.

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Ellisa Lee, left, Director of HomeCare for SAGE Eldercare, presented Donna Gillens with the Home Health Aide of the Year Award at SAGE’s 58th Annual Meeting on July 11 in Summit. The award is given to the individual who is recognized for their continuous dedication and service to providing quality home care to SAGE Eldercare clients.

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Julie Revzin, a resident of Summit and student at the University of Chicago, was this year’s recipient for the Outstanding Youth Volunteer of the Year Award for SAGE Eldercare. Pictured on the right, Julia’s mother, Betsy Revzin, was on hand at the Annual Meeting on July 11 to receive the award in her daughter’s honor from SAGE Eldercare Director of Volunteers, Marianne Kranz. The award was created in 2005 to acknowledge ongoing volunteer involvement by local youth who have committed their time and service to SAGE.

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SAGE Eldercare employees were honored for varying years of service. Nana Acheampomaa, Karen Corson, Beverly Evans, Marie Francois, Angelita Garcia, Maria Godek, Dawn Knill, Roxanne Sanchez and Oxane St Louis were all recognized for five years of service at SAGE Eldercare.

Two people, Phyllis England Cardone and Helen Laryea, were recognized for fifteen years of service, Adlyn McAnuff was recognized for 20 years of service, and Mary Ann Maher was recognized for 25 years of service to the organization.

SAGE Eldercare supports the independence, well-being and quality of life of older adults, their families and caregivers, through the provision of client-centered health, social and support services. Founded in 1954, SAGE is both the oldest and one of the few non-profit eldercare agencies in the United States that offers a broad and comprehensive array of services under one roof that assist elderly, often frail, adults to remain independent in their own homes.

Programs at SAGE Eldercare include: HomeCare; Meals On Wheels; Spend-A-Day Adult Day Health Center; GPS (Guidance Planning Support) Services; InfoCare free information and referral service; Fall Prevention Initiative; Home Repair Service; Grocery Shopping and Errand Service; Bill Paying Service; Holistic Living Services; Alzheimer’s and PREP caregiver support groups; Community Education; and Union County Medicare SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program). In addition, SAGE has operated a Furniture Restoration Workshop, run by volunteers who specialize in caning and rushing chairs and refinishing furniture, and a Resale Shop for more than 50 years. Both provide essential funding that supports the organization’s programs and services for seniors in the community.

SAGE Eldercare serves over 6,000 people throughout Union, Essex, Morris and Somerset Counties, as well as across the United States. For more information, call 908.273.5550 or visit www.sageeldercare.org.

Related Topics: Awards and SAGE Annual Meeting

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