Join your colleagues at the 2013 Public Health Preparedness Conference set for June 19-20, 2013 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri. The theme for this year’s conference is “You’re Not Alone… Resources Available Before, During and After a Disaster.”  The conference offers informative sessions, dynamic speakers and provides attendees with an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues.  Sessions will focus on non-governmental, local, state and federal resources available to community partners during a disaster. Conference break-outs will address some of these resources and the process to access and request them.

Go on-line to http://health.mo.gov/emergencies/ert/phpconference.php by June 3, 2013 to register for the conference.  If you have questions, please
E-mail certreg@dhss.mo.gov or call 573.526.4768.  There is no registration fee to attend the Public Health Preparedness Conference and space is limited to the first 350 individuals registering.

Please share this with your partners.  We look forward to seeing you at the 2013 Public Health Preparedness Conference.

Nonprofit organizations, government agencies and universities are invited to apply for the sixth annual Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Award. The application is available on the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) website at www.caregiver.org.

Through a grant to FCA’s National Center on Caregiving from The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, three awards of $20,000 each will be given to organizations to recognize unique programs that address the needs of Alzheimer’s caregivers. One award will be granted in each of three categories

*Creative Expression*

 *Diverse/Multicultural Communities”

 *Policy and Advocacy* 

Family Caregiver Alliance oversees this national awards program. Click to view details about the awards at http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=2188 and  to complete an online application at http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=2191

The deadline for applications is August 16, 2013. Winners will be announced in late November 2013.

The Warrensburg Senior Center welcomes your support for its 1st Annual “Teeing Off For Our Seniors” golf tournament slated for May 10, 2013. The 2-person scramble format tournament begins with lunch at 11:30 AM at Keth Memorial Golf Course in Warrensburg, with a 1:00 PM shotgun start.

Opportunities still exist for sponsorships and players – so don’t hesitate to contact to contact Melissa Gower at the Warrensburg Senior Center today. Call 660.747,2642 or email mgower@goaging.org for details or CLICK HERE for the official flyer.

It’s a great time for a great cause. Tell your friends and sign up today.

The Mid-Missouri Grannies, a basketball team made up of senior women athletes, will take on a Jefferson City celebrity basketball team to raise funds for the Cole County Senior Center. The charity game will take place April 20, 2013 in the Rackers Fieldhouse located on the Campus of Helias High School the event will begin at 6:30 PM.

Tickets for the event are $5.00 and can be purchased at the door or in advance from any one of the Grannies or at the Nutrition Center in Jefferson City.

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