Currently, Redefining Retirement is working with
the five Bergen County “Age Friendly” Communities— Englewood, Garfield,
Ridgewood, Teaneck, and Westwood — plus Hackensack, leading once-a-month
informal Information Sessions in those towns.
2018
Information Sessions are currently scheduled as follows:
·
Englewood
Library, Tuesdays 1:00 – 3:00: October
9, November 13, December 11
·
Garfield
Library, Mondays 11:00 – 1:00: October 1, November 5, December 3
Hackensack--Johnson
Public Library, Wednesdays 12:00 – 2:00: October 3, November 7, December
·
Ridgewood
Parks and Recreation Department, 10:00 – 12:00:
Tuesday October 9, Wednesday November 7, Monday, December 10
·
Teaneck
Library, Tuesdays 11:00 – 1:00: October
2, November 6, December 4
·
Westwood
Community Center, Thursdays 9:00 – 11:00:
October 4, November 1, December 6
“One of
our overarching goals is to help Bergen County as a community understand the
asset and valuable resource older adults are and will continue to be as our
society ages chronologically, but not necessarily mentally or physically,” says
Louisa Hellegers, who leads the Redefining Retirement program.
Since the launch of Redefining Retirement a year
ago, over 50 volunteers have been matched with volunteer roles. Volunteers have
been placed at Meals on Wheels North Jersey; Bergen Family Center, Englewood
Community Chest, Holy Name Hospital, Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Ridgewood
Historical Society/Schoolhouse Museum, Mahwah Environmental Volunteers
Organization, and Garfield YMCA, to name a few.
For more information, contact Louisa Hellegers,
Manager of Redefining Retirement, at lhellegers@bergenvolunteers.org or call 201-489-9454, x205.
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