(St. Charles Redmond leadership join Redmond Senior Center board members to present a $23,000 grant to assist area seniors. (Pictured: front row, L-R, Ivette Tijerino, St. Charles Redmond-Sisters community engagement and philanthropy advocate; Maureen Dooley, Redmond Senior Center board director; Jo Anne Sutherland, Redmond Senior Center board treasurer; James Reedy, chief nursing officer St. Charles Redmond; and Suzanne Michaels, Redmond Senior Center board president. Back row, L-R, Jamie Christman, development director; Ken Iltz, Redmond Senior Center board secretary; Kathe Swanson, clinical operations supervisor of St. Charles Redmond; and Heather Durr, clinical operations supervisor of the Redmond St. Charles Family Care Clinic). | Photo courtesy of the Redmond Senior Center)
The Redmond Senior Center received a $23,000 grant from St. Charles Health System to help ensure the area’s most vulnerable seniors have basic needs crucial for their overall health and well-being, such as essential food services and access to local support and resources.
Leadership from Redmond’s St. Charles Health System joined members of the Redmond Senior Center board and staff for an official check presentation on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 outside in the spatially distanced safety of the Redmond Senior Center parking area. James Reedy, chief nursing officer, Kathe Swanson, clinical operations supervisor, Heather Durr, clinical operations supervisor of the Family Care Clinic and Redmond’s new community engagement and philanthropy advocate, Ivette Tijerino, presented the check to Redmond Senior Center board members Suzanne Michaels, president, Jo Anne Sutherland, treasurer, Ken Iltz, secretary and Maureen Dooley, director.
“We are so pleased to provide this funding to the Redmond Senior Center to help cover the costs of providing nutritious meals to some of our most vulnerable, low-income seniors. St. Charles is committed to creating America’s healthiest community, together, and to us that means helping support great organizations like the Redmond Senior Center, which provides services essential to the fast-growing and financially fragile senior population. Thank you, Redmond Senior Center, for being a vital resource that supports our community,” shared the team from St. Charles Redmond.
Board President Suzanne Michaels responded, “On behalf of our members, volunteers, staff and board of directors, we’d like to thank the St. Charles Health System for their generous gift of $23,000. The Redmond Senior Center has been serving the greater Redmond area for over 71 years and we would not have been able to do it without community partners like St. Charles. Both of our organizations are committed to building stronger, more diverse communities and that is what makes our relationship so special. These funds will be used to support our meals program, which is vital to the health and safety of our most vulnerable citizens. Thank you, St. Charles!”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Redmond Senior Center continues to provide two types of services — essential home meal services including Meals on Wheels, and virtual services including resources, advocacy and support. For more information, contact the Redmond Senior Center 9am-2pm weekdays at 541-548-6325, or at info@redmondseniors.org and check the website at redmondseniors.org.
