Senior Fair to Highlight Community Resources

Members of the Caring Community Advocates planning committee for the Oswego County Senior Fair display some of the information that will be available at the fair. The free event will be held September 17th from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center, 26 East First Street in Oswego. For more information contact Joelle Hutson at 680-269-0907, via email at [email protected], or visit oco.com. Pictured above from left are Alzheimer’s Association representative Vicky Sokolowski, Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) Coordinator of Community Health Joelle Hutson, Sarah Askew with the NY Statewide Senior Action Council, and Committee Chairperson Jennifer Rice of CenterWell Home Health.

FULTON – Looking for information on programs and services designed specifically for seniors? Interested in useful giveaways and free food? Then you won’t want to miss the Oswego County Senior Fair!

Presented by Senator John Mannion’s office, in partnership with the Caring Community Advocates, the Oswego County Senior Fair will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center, 26 East First Street in Oswego.

The event will feature more than 60 exhibitors and vendors representing virtually every facet of health and wellness, from nutrition and healthcare to residential care centers and insurance.

“The Senior Fair is an excellent opportunity for our community to discover the resources that are readily available to seniors through the county,” said Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) Coordinator of Community Health Joelle Hutson. “In addition to health tips and wellness information, vendors will also be giving away a number of free items, including a free meal while at the Senior Fair, a Senior Resource Guide, and a re-useable grocery bag filled with senior resources.”

Vendors at the Senior Fair include:

–        A Caring Voice for You

–        AccessCNY

–        Aetna Medicare Solutions

–        Alzheimer’s Association

–        Anthony House

–        ARISE

–        Ballard & Associates LLC

–        Bankers Life

–        Caring Transitions of Syracuse

–        CenterWell Home Health

–         CNY Fair Housing

–         CNY Folksmarch

–        CNY Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Alliance

–        Elite Home Health Care

–        Empower Parkinson, Inc.

–        Farnham Family Services

–        Fidelis Care

–        Food Bank of Central New York

–        Fulton Family YMCA

–        Hearing Aid Consultants of CNY

–        Hearing Life

–        Hill Insurance Service LLC

–        Hope for Heather

–        iCircle

–        Independent @ Home

–        InterFaith Works

–        Keepsake Village at Greenpoint

–        Nascentia Health

–        National Grid – Smart Meters

–        National Grid Gas Pipeline Safety

–        NY StateWide Senior Action Council

–        NYS LTC Ombudsman Program

–        NYS Office of the Attorney General

–        OCO Centers for Reproductive Health

–        Office of the NYS Comptroller

–        Oswego County Health Department

–        Oswego County Office for the Aging

–        Oswego County Office of Mobility Management

–        Oswego County Prevention Coalition

–        Oswego County Traffic Safety Board

–        Oswego Health Home Care

–        Park Terrace at Radisson

–        Reflections Management and Care

–        Retired Public Employees Assoc. (RPEA)

–        SAGE Upstate

–        Senior Benefits NY

–        Senior Home Care & Alzheimer’s Solutions

–        Seniors Helping Seniors®,

–        Silver Fox Adult Day Centers

–        SNAP-Ed

–        Soldier On

–        Springside at Seneca Hill

–        Superior Insulation Company LLC

–        Syracuse VA Medical Center

–        Syracuse VAMC Center for Development and Civic Engagement

–        The Manor at Seneca Hill

–        The Syracuse Orchestra

–        TruCare Connections

–        UnitedHealthcare – Edelika Becker

–        University Geriatricians

–        Upstate Medical University Triage Center

–        Upstate New York Poison Center

–        Upstate Orthopedics

–        Upstate Services Group

–        Velocity Clinical Research

–        Wayne Drug

–        Wegmans

–        Wellcare

–        Wellcare By Fidelis Care

Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association of Central New York, the Oswego County Senior Fair is free to attend. In addition to exhibitors and vendors, attendees will be able to receive complimentary flu courtesy of Wegmans.

Operating under the auspices of OCO’s Rural Health Network, Caring Community Advocates works to meet the needs of Oswego County’s senior population as well as their caregivers. For more information on the Oswego County Senior Fair contact Joelle Hutson at 315-598-4717, via email at [email protected], or visit oco.com.

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