Senior Citizens
| Address: | 17 Lavoie St.
Jay, ME 04239 |
| Phone: | (207) 897-6048 |
| Contact: | Doris Winters |
| Services: | A club for seniors in the housing complex. Talks about various issues, and has speakers come to address issues.
Meets every second Tuesday of every month at 1-3 p.m. |
| Location: | Murry Hall
Livermore Falls |
| Contact: | Shirley Couture |
| Services: | A group for senior citizens to meet and talk. |
| Address: | 304 Hancock Street
Bangor, ME 04401 |
| Phone: | 941-2347; 1-866-298-0896 (toll free) |
| Website: | http://www.kinshipconnections.org |
| Clients: | Grandparents raising grandchildren |
| Services: | Maine Kids-Kin is formerly known as Family Connections and is a program of Families And Children Together for Maine's Grandfamilies.
When caring for a relative's child, you may have more questions than answers. Every question is welcome and appropriate when it comes to the safety and care of your family. Call to find out what Maine Kids-Kin can do for you. Services are free, and every conversation is confidential. Information and Referrals: Legal, Financial, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, and Childcare/Respite. Individualized Case Management: Help resolving problems, family decision making, and researching services. Resources: Individual "Key Conversations" on children's special needs, library, fund for respite and stability, and clothing exchange. Support and Activity Groups: Meet other Grandfamilies, social and recreational events for families, and a variety of locations and times. Maine Kids-Kin assists extended family members who are stepping in to care for a relatives child(ren). The family member may be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, cousin or good friend of the family. The children may be in the relative’s care, or the relatives may be working towards that goal. Grandfamilies is a term for families headed by an extended family member: grandparent, aunt, uncle or other relative. |
| Phone: | 1-800-424-8867 TTY: 1-800-833-3722 |
| Website: | http://www.seniorcorps.org/ |
| Services: | Senior Corps is a network of programs that tap the experience, skills, and talents of older citizens to meet community challenges. Through its three programs – Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions, and RSVP (the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) – more than half a million Americans age 55 and over assist local nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations in carrying out their missions. Senior Corps, part of the USA Freedom Corps, is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that also oversees AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America. Together these programs engage more than 2 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year. |
| Address: | Wilton United Methodist Church
PO Box 517 Wilton, ME 04294 |
| Location: | 600 Main St.
Wilton |
| Phone: | (207) 645-2689 |
| Contact: | Florence Pike |
| Services: | Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month (during fall-spring, no meetings in the summer months) at 12:00 p.m.
Fundraisers, help with getting to doctor’s appointments, brings holiday cheer packages to those who are sick. |