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PEERS: Seniors in Partnership provides community education, outreach and volunteer support to people age 60 or older living in Baltimore County.
Seniors helping seniors
Just a few hours a week could change your
life-- and the life of
someone who needs you. The Volunteer Program matches seniors
who are isolated
and withdrawn with senior volunteers who are willing to make home
visits or provide
telephone support. You choose whatever schedule is best for you.
If you or someone you know would like to do something worthwhile and meaningful, please join us as a PEERS volunteer.
Volunteers are at least 52 years of age and willing to provide support to seniors in Baltimore County.
Educational
talks for seniors
We offer free talks--for senior groups living
in Baltimore County--on topics that are important to their mental,
physical and social well being.
Our talks focus on both the problems and benefits of living in later years. Some of our topics include:
Laughter
is Good Medicine
Accentuate
the Positive
Gray Hair
as a Crown of Glory
Avoiding
Holiday Blues
Senior
Power
When the
World is Asleep and You're Awake
The PEERS staff can also develop unique, custom presentations based on group needs.
More information:
Susan Parks, 410.235.1178
ext. 205
sparks@mhamd.org
"Promoting
mental health for all Americans will require scientific know-how, but even
more importantly, a societal resolve that we will make the needed investment. The
investment does not call for massive budgets; it calls for the willingness
of each of us to educate ourselves and others about mental health and mental
illness, and to confront
the attitudes, fear, and misunderstanding that remain as barriers before us."
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
U.S. Surgeon General
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