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BK:00026 PG - 0871 programs and services in the community through local churches, news bulletins, physician's offices and banks. Our weekly calendar is printed in the newspaper and special programs and events are also printed. Announcements are made monthly on local radio stations and local public service announcements on radio and television stations are used as advertisement for our programs and services. Our web -site and other social media sites will advertise our programs and services. Staff members present agency information in rural churches and community centers. Senior Services collaborate with other local agencies to provide health and wellness information at low income housing communities and programs are presented to tenants which include the Hispanic population. Many of them are unaware of the services offered at the center. Several staff members plan to take flyers translated into Spanish to all Hispanic businesses and churches. We will seek a contact person at each business and church to communicate our services and programs with and to help us increase this awareness to the Hispanic population. We will have a bilingual older adult accompany us for translation purposes. Certified staff will plan to teach an Evidenced Based Class, Living Healthy with Diabetes at some of our senior apartment complexes. An annual Black History Celebration is held in which volunteers make contacts in communities and local churches to reach minority and low income and rural elderly. Staff participates or provides flyers and information about services and programs at the center. We are invited by minority churches and churches in rural areas during the year to participate in their Health Fairs. We attend as many as possible to provide information regarding our services and programs. The annual Christmas Angle Tree Project has served approximately 150 clients in which 45% or more live in rural areas. The Angel Box includes paper goods, canned goods, clothing, hand -made afghans, severe weather awareness materials, disaster planning and smoke detector information. UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing in which students are placed at the center providing blood pressure checks and health information. Example: exercise, eating, disease, safety issues. We will continue a "Walking Club" which was started in 2014 by the UNC Nursing students. This will be a regular activity in our Diner's Club programming. They had 30 plus participants and many of who joined them did not participate in any of our other fitness programs. The Sanford Herald is providing free newspapers to the home delivered meal clients via the volunteer who delivers the meal. Most of these clients are in rural areas and are minority and /or low income. Home Town News, a predominantly African American based newspaper is now available at The Enrichment Center and included in the publication is programs and services detail for senior adults. Blood Pressure checks are provided regularly in collaboration with Community Home Care and Hospice at the center. They are checked the 2n Monday of each month. Our annual Boomer Senior and Caregiver Expo is held in August and we provide transportation to our Diner's Club participants to attend this event. This allows them the opportunity to receive information on many services that may be needed and they are not aware of and they can take advantage of the 20 + health screening's that are offered at the Expo. Many participants would not have this opportunity available to them without the collaboration of the center and COLTS transit system of Lee County. TJAAA Addendum Form July 2014 — June 2015