SAGE INVITES PUBLIC TO ANNUAL MEETING

SAGE Eldercare, a major local resource for the elderly and their families, will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday September 22nd at 6:00 pm, at their headquarters at 290 Broad Street, Summit. The event is open to the public, and SAGE invites area residents to attend the meeting to help celebrate SAGE's fifty-six years of serving the community.  Proceedings will include a presentation of awards to volunteers and staff who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to SAGE and its mission to support the independence, well-being and quality of life of older adults, their caregivers and families.

Honorees, being acknowledged for their years of partnering with and supporting SAGE, include The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, The Rotary Club of Berkeley Heights Medical Alert Program, Summit resident, Mary Close, Grace Holzer, Outstanding Youth Volunteer of the Year, also from Summit, and Stacey Siddon of East Orange will be recognized as SAGE's 2009 Home Health Aide of the Year.

If interested in attending the Annual Meeting on September 22nd, please contact Barbara Camera at 908-598-5502 or email bcamera@sageeldercare.org.    Please visit SAGE's website at www.sageeldercare.org to see the latest news and offerings at SAGE.

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SAGE Eldercare supports the independence, well being and quality of life of older adults, their families and caregivers, through the provision of client-centered health, social and support services.  Founded in 1954, SAGE is both the oldest and one of the few nonprofit eldercare agencies in the United States that offers a broad and comprehensive array of services under one roof that assist elderly, often frail, adults to remain independent in their own homes.  SAGE Eldercare programs include: HomeCare; Meals on Wheels; Spend-A-Day Adult Day Health Center; InfoCare free information and referral service; Fall Prevention Initiative; Home Repair Service; Grocery Shopping and Errand Service; Bill Paying Service; PREP caregiver support group; and SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program).  SAGE Eldercare serves over 5,000 older people and their families annually in Union, Essex, Morris and Somerset counties.  For more information, call 908.273.5550 or visit www.sageeldercare.org.