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Page 35 SENIOR REPORTER Online@www.Sunset-Publishing.com FEBRUARY 2012<br />
Searching<br />
for Top<br />
<strong>Senior</strong><br />
Volunteers<br />
by Les Goldberg<br />
Do you know any senior volunteers<br />
who are making a difference<br />
in people’s lives? Are<br />
you one of them?<br />
If so, you or the person you<br />
nominate could be recognized<br />
as one of the nation’s most<br />
outstanding senior volunteers,<br />
an honor bestowed by Home<br />
Instead <strong>Senior</strong> Care and its<br />
“Salute to <strong>Senior</strong> Service” program.<br />
Volunteers must be 65 or older<br />
and give at least 15 hours a<br />
month to their communities.<br />
Winners will be chosen from<br />
each state and then a national<br />
winner will be selected during<br />
Older Americans Month<br />
in May. State <strong>Senior</strong> HeroSM<br />
winners will receive plaques<br />
and their stories will be told<br />
on the Saluteto<strong>Senior</strong>Service.<br />
com website.<br />
Also, $5,000 will be donated<br />
to the national winner’s nonprofit<br />
charity of choice.<br />
To nominate yourself or someone<br />
you know, go to the Saluteto<strong>Senior</strong>Service.com<br />
site<br />
and submit your story and fill<br />
out the online form, or you<br />
can request a form from Home<br />
Instead, Inc., c/o Cat Koehler,<br />
13323 California Street, Omaha,<br />
NE 68154. Deadline for<br />
nominations is March 15.
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