Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
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"We are serving the senior community," said Lester Moon about Hands in the Community (HNC), the charitable organization he founded over 15 years ago. "Ninety-five percent of our clientele are seniors," he said, adding that HNC does a wide range of tasks for them, including building ramps, performing household repairs, painting homes, building fences and providing rides. "We're the only place these people have to go," said Moon. "We don't charge for services." HNC holds...
AmeriCorps is looking for senior volunteers in the South Valley. The AmeriCorps Seniors Program gives individuals aged 55 and up opportunities to become active and make a positive difference in their communities. Volunteers are those who are interested in working with children and adults with disabilities, and are able to serve at least 15 hours a week. Locally, AmeriCorps Seniors is affiliated with the Central Valley Regional Center (CVRC). "Both agencies have the same goals...
New Year's resolutions offer an opportunity for people to consider the positive changes they can make in their lives. Some of you will join a gym, others will learn to play an instrument, while others may finally write the book they have been talking about for years. For some seniors, the new year is a time to consider ways to get more involved in the community and put their talents and years of experience to good use by helping others. If you fall into the last category, you...
In 2020, the Kings County District Attorney's (KCDA) Office collected more than 100 blankets and personally delivered them to the residents of Valley Christian Home. "This year, we want to double our efforts and collect 200 blankets that will similarly be delivered to senior-assisted living facilities throughout our community," Executive Assistant District Attorney Phil Esbenshade told The Good Life in mid-December. "Once again, we want to show this often overlooked aspect of...
With the world opening up again and California's mask mandate having been lifted, many local seniors who have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine may be wondering how they can get vaccinated. One solution, especially for those who are homebound, may be American Ambulance of Visalia, which has partnered with the Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency to establish a vaccination POD (point of distribution) program to increase vaccine accessibility in the South Valley....
Area seniors who may be struggling to afford to feed their pets have a resource to turn to for Fido's food. Moose's Meals, Inc. is a pet pantry started by Sarah Vinet after she recognized the need when she moved to the area in 2016. "There are pet pantries in Fresno and Bakersfield, but none in between," she said. Moose's Meals, named after Sarah and Matt Vinet's husky-pitbull mix, began in May last year and has distributed more than 17,000 pounds of dog and cat food to...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has established presumptions for service connection for veterans who were on Active Duty, Reserves or in the National Guard, and served at Camp Lejeune a minimum of 30 days (cumulative) between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987, and have been diagnosed with any of the following conditions: - Adult leukemia - Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes - Bladder cancer - Kidney cancer - Liver cancer - Multiple myeloma -...
The Visalia Police Department is now accepting applications for the Citizen's Police Academy. The Citizen's Police Academy is a ten-week course designed to acquaint the public with the inner workings of the Visalia Police Department. The Citizen's Police Academy is open to anyone who meets the participation requirements and successfully goes through the screening process. All instructors are Visalia Police Department personnel trained in various areas such as Police Ethics, Cr...
"We are serving the senior community," said Lester Moon about Hands in the Community (HNC), the charitable organization he founded twelve years ago. "Sixty to 70% of our clientele are seniors." These elderly clients usually need things like ramps, home repairs, or yard and home clean-up. Sometimes their needs reveal a sad situation. Moon shared the story of one client he called "Althea," an 81-year-old woman who lived in an 850-foot apartment in the north part of Visalia. She...
Few people in the Central Valley know that there is a huge operation right in our backyard that sends literally tons of free local fruit and dried soup mix to desperately hungry people in many countries around the world, and many seniors play a big part in this endeavor. Since 1982, Gleanings for the Hungry has provided dried fruit to needy people around the world. Gleanings is a non-profit organization located in Sultana (near Dinuba) that functions as a ministry arm of Youth With A Mission, an interdenominational Christian...
If you are at least 55 years old and meet a few other requirements, the California Highway Patrol wants you! The CHP is looking to increase the numbers of people involved in its Senior Volunteer Program, which currently has more than 875 volunteers in its 90 offices across the state. These volunteers donated a total of 188,541 hours of work in 2016, which the CHP estimates to be worth more than $5.3 million. There are currently 20 senior volunteers working out of the Visalia...
Two area animal shelters are seeking volunteers to socialize dogs and cats, and to help them find loving homes. No doubt, it is difficult to see animals that have been abandoned, or born because the owner didn't opt to have their pet spayed. Even more difficult is seeing animals that have been neglected or abused. But through volunteers, these pets have a second chance for a good life. Most shelters have limited personnel and funding. That is where volunteers come in. And even...
As the local population ages, and the unemployment rate continues to hover around 11% in Tulare and Kings Counties, there are those living in our cities and towns with ongoing needs or emergency situations that require help from area agencies and nonprofit organizations. Hands in the Community is one such nonprofit, an organization started in February 2008 by Lester Moon, who had relocated to Visalia after working in the biopharmaceutical industry in the Bay Area, along with...