b'Helping the Frail ElderlyBoca RatonHELPING SENIORS IN MANY WAYS IN BOCA RATON/DELRAYThe Volen Center (TVC) offers a myriad of programs designed to bring better health, fun, laughter and companionship into the lives of senior citizensall based on a preventative concept designed to nurture the mind, body, and spirit to foster continued good health.Throughtheyears,HOThasmademultiplegrantstoTVC,including(i)threechallenge grants that other donors to the Volen Center met that permitted the offering of quality food to financially troubled seniors at 50% of cost, (ii) a successful pilot program using Nurse Practitioners, (iii) a grant to TVC to cover the basic cost of a build-out of a treatment room for this program, (iv) a challenge grant that was met by the Volen Board which when combined met the terms of a Federal 9-1 granttopurchase4vans,creating19-1leverageon HOTsgrant,(v)computers,(vi)agranttomeetthe shortagefromsequesteringthatwouldhaveotherwise resultedinseniorsbeinghungry,(vii)funding25Life Enrichment Memberships for residents of both the Gould and Weinberg Houses, (viii) subsidizing the expansion of TVCs computer literacy program, (ix) funding of lunch for themonthlygatheringsofHolocaustsurvivors,and childrenofsurvivors,thatwashostedattheTVCasa collaborativeeffortofTVCandboththeAlpertJewish Family Service and JFS, and (x) the last dollars needed to pay for a breakfast program for seniors who come to TVC without having had breakfast. We have also approved 64 grants totaling $22,625.60 from a fund we set up at TVC to pay one time emergency aid (rent, electric, etc.) to seniors. Think of it, at an average grant of $354.37 ($235.68) when we count spouses) we changed the lives of 96 people who had varied problems ranging from getting their water and electricity turned back on, to a payment to a landlord to avoid eviction, to paying emergency medical expenses and prescriptions. As in all of our emergency aid funds, nothing can be paid unless all other possibilities of aid have been exhausted.We would like our donors to consider: $3,000tocontinuecomputerliteracy program (see picture at right) $4,000 for exercise & nutrition program $5,000inmultiplesof$50for100Life Enrichment scholarships$7,000 for a weekly art class $15,000 to match a challenge grant for no cost door to door rides for seniors to doctors, food and drug shopping, etc. $24,000for8newlydiagnosedAlzheimerpatients@$3,000eachtostarta program that has been shown to slow the progression of cognitive decline36'