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Leadership Symposium
North Carolina Senior Center Alliance
Alliance News
Alliance Committees Are Here To Help YOU!
North Carolina Senior Center Alliance (NCSCA): What’s It All About?
NCSCA exists to provide a statewide organization for senior center professionals to advocate for
senior centers, network and collaborate on common issues, share information, co-market initiatives,
and provide for additional staff training and development. The Alliance was established to work in
collaboration with the Senior Center Section of the NC Division of Aging & Adult Services, the
NCAOA and to promote awareness of the National Institutes of Senior Centers.
In a nutshell….we’re here to help you!
Alliance members will not be required
to join the NCAOA to become a member.
The new fee structure will be: $10 for NCAOA members and $30 for
non-members. As with MOWANC, the
membership fee is per agency/individual.
Summer 2015 □ Premiere Issue
Meet the Director Suzanne Merrill, Division Director
North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services
more on page 3
Thessia
Everhart
-Roberts
Senior Center Alliance
Committee Chair
Marketing & Communica-
tions Committee
Calvin Vaughn
Advocacy Committee
Alex Langley
Mentoring and
Training
Committee
Torrey Blackmar,
Senior Center Alli-
ance, Vice-Chair
Membership/
Nominations Committee
Miranda Strider Allen
Senior Center Alliance Secretary Projects Committee
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Registration information can be found on page 3
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Alliance Committees Are Here To Help YOU!
Advocacy – Calvin Vaughn (Serving as the Senior Center Advocate and gathering support for Ad-vocacy with SC Professionals throughout the year. Taking part in Advocacy events, etc. Keeping Sr. Center Alliance members aware of advocacy efforts and opportunities on a National and State level, etc.) Marketing and Communications – Thessia Everhart-Roberts, Senior Center Alliance Committee Chair (Develop and distribute marketing materials regarding the Alliance as well as Senior Cen-ters. Present the Alliance and membership opportunity at AJI, NCAOA, Senior Center Symposium, etc.) Membership/Nominations – Torrey Blackmar, Senior Center Alliance, Vice-Chair (Work to secure Alliance Committee membership representation from across the state. Work with NCAOA secre-tary to have up to date membership roster. Conduct elections each January for Alliance Commit-tee Officers. Make recommendations to the Alliance Committee for voting of vacant committee seats. etc.) Mentoring/Training – Alex Langley (Planning Sr. Center Symposium, possible training/presentation at AJI or NCAOA conferences, other mentoring/training programs the sub-committee feels will benefit professionals throughout the year, etc.) Projects – Miranda Strider Allen, Senior Center Alliance Secretary (any special projects that may arise throughout the year not connected with current sub-committees) This could be fundraising for senior centers.
N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services (NCDAAS) Representatives:
Leslee Breen is the NCDAAS senior center development specialist. Her professional background includes Executive Director of the Beverly Council on Aging and Senior Community Center in Mas-sachusetts and Contracts/Program Manager for the West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging. She is currently responsible for the management of the statewide senior center programs and operations funded with federal and state funds, management of the senior center certification process, compliance monitoring and senior center development. She received her BA in Psychol-ogy and a minor in Gerontology from the UNC at Greensboro and her MA in Gerontology from the University of South Florida.
Rebecca Freeman is the senior center program specialist for the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services. She manages the division’s senior center programs and statewide train-ing events, works with the senior center certification process, and manages the NC senior center listserv. Her career began at Resources for Seniors at the Northern Wake Senior Center. She later served as community services director for Communi-ty and Senior Services of Johnston County. She holds a Master of Public Health. In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys teaching Les Mills BODYJAM™ and BODYPUMP™
and spending time with her husband and three children.
Other Alliance Committee Members:
Janice Tyler, Kim Shuskey, Mary Brymer, Ruth Mitchell, Susan Musselman and Teresa Kiser
North Carolina Senior Center Alliance
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Meet the Director
Suzanne P. Merrill, MSW, is the director and former Adult Services section chief with the Di-vision of Aging and Adult Services. Ms. Merrill has been employed with the NC Department of Health and Human Services since 1985. Prior to her employment with state government, Ms. Merrill worked in the Forsyth County Department of Social Services for nine years as an adult services social worker and supervisor. She received both her BA in Psychology and Master of Social Work degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Mer-rill has numerous responsibilities in her current position such as oversight of the adult and aging programs and services administered by the one hundred county departments of social services; facilitation of strategic planning, program evaluation and system and resource de-velopment activities for North Carolina's aging programs; and coordination and collabora-tion with North Carolina's sixteen area agencies on aging.
Miranda Strider
Allen at "Blast
from the Past"
Volunteer
Awards Celebra-
tion; Eastern
Wake Senior
Center
In these times of financial and
political uncertainty, the heat is
on to do more with less. Senior
center providers often find it
challenging to plan for the fu-
ture with the heat index rapidly
rising. This year’s symposium
is all about empowering you
with tools you need to over-
come heat exhaustion and pre-
vent heat stroke!
Tues, August 25
8:30 AM Registration/
Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 4:15 Training
*Lunch Served Onsite
Wed, August 26
7:30 AM Check In/
Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 2:15 Training
*Lunch Served Onsite
Featured Topics
Opportunities & Challenges
Talk Like a Leader
Threat and Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
Senior Center Performance Measures & Assessment
Making Your Case to the General Assembly
Advocacy Panel
Featuring an esteemed panel of experts in aging and ad-
vocacy!
Scams & Frauds
Empowered Decision Making
2015 NC Senior Center Leadership Symposium
The Heat is on… To Do More with Less!
August 25-26, 2015
The Sheraton Hotel/ Chapel Hill
Training Registration Deadline: Tuesday,
August 10th
Open only to graduates of the
Ann Johnson Institute for
Senior Center Management
LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SENIOR CENTERS AROUND THE STATE
Susan Musselman
with the couple
married the longest
at Golden Anniver-
sary Celebration;
Rufty-Holmes
Senior Center
Mary Brymer
with 98 year
old bingo play-
er, Frank;
Fayetteville
Cumberland
Senior Center
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Two Great Organizations for Aging Professionals
Join both…Join one…Join Today!
Membership Application
NCAOA represents a diverse membership of agencies and professionals in the field of aging and provides members with oppor-
tunities to influence policy in government and academic settings. Known across North Carolina as an association with an empha-
sis on service provision at the local level. NCAOA members serve on regional and statewide committees that help shape the fu-
ture of services for North Carolina’s older population. For more information on NCAOA please see our website at
www.ncaoa.org.
NCSCA - A section of the North Carolina Association on Aging (NCAOA), the North Carolina Senior Center Alliance exists to pro-
vide a statewide organization for senior center professionals to advocate for senior centers, network and collaborate on common
issues, share information, co-market initiatives, and provide for additional staff training and development. For more information
on NCSCA please see our webpage at www.ncaoa.org/alliance.org
Name_____________________________________________________Title_________________________________________
Agency:_______________________________________________________________________County:___________________
Address:______________________________________________ City/State/
Zip:_________________________________________________
Work Phone:____________________________ Fax:__________________ Main E-mail________________________________
*List additional email addresses on back of form (up to 25 per agency or organization)
Agency website___________________________________________ Is Your Agency ___Public ___Not-for-Profit ___For-Profit
NCAOA Membership categories (please check only one):
_____ Agency/Organization/Individual Member, $120 per year
For agencies, organizations, or individuals that are involved in providing services or administration in the field of aging or closely
allied field. Membership includes all employees of an agency or organization. Only one mailing address will be used, but organi-
zations may have up to twenty-five emails addresses included for the receipt of newsletters and bulletins. Voting privileges are
limited to one designated employee. Any one employee of said agency or organization may hold office.
_____ Friends of NCAOA, $75 per year
For individuals who are not directly involved, but interested in aging and the mission of NCAOA, who are not part of an agency
organization that qualifies above. Friends are not eligible to vote or hold office.
_____ Student/Senior Member, $35 per year
For individuals currently enrolled in a Degree Program, or a senior age 60+, who are not part of an agency or organization that
qualifies above. Students/Senior Members are not eligible to vote or hold office.
NCSCA Membership categories (please check only one):
_____ $10 per year - For Agency/Organization/Individual Members of the NCAOA
_____ $30 per year - For Agency/Organization/Individual Non NCAOA Members
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Enclosed is my check or money order for membership with the North Carolina Association on Aging and/or North Carolina Senior
Center Alliance. Membership is renewable July 1 of each year.
Signature_____________________________________________________________
Date:________________________________________
Make check payable to: NCAOA and mail to: NCAOA ● PO Box 10341 ● Raleigh, NC 27605-0341
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