Speaker 1: It's the thirty fifth annual Salute to Seniors. It is
Speaker 1: part of the Colorado Gerontological societies thirty fifth celebration. And
Speaker 1: joining me now is the executive director of the Colorado
Speaker 1: Gerontological Gerontological Society, Eileen Doherty.
Speaker 2: Eileen, welcome to the show, Nuche.
Speaker 3: I'm happy to be here with you.
Speaker 1: First of all, what is the Colorado Gerontological Society.
Speaker 2: Let's start with that.
Speaker 4: Non process organization that was established in nineteen eighty and
Speaker 4: we work in three basic different areas. We work in education,
Speaker 4: training and information. We work in some legislative public policy work,
Speaker 4: and then we do some we don't call them. They're
Speaker 4: like not direct services in the sense that it's not
Speaker 4: like a home care agency, but we like I have
Speaker 4: a grant program to help people with dental services, and
Speaker 4: we match volunteers with telephone buddies, and we deliver a
Speaker 4: Christmas baskets and holiday baskets over the holidays.
Speaker 3: So we do some of those kinds of programming, right.
Speaker 4: And then, like say, we do some legislative work, mostly
Speaker 4: at the state level, but sometimes we get drawn into
Speaker 4: the national stuff on Medicare or social security as well.
Speaker 1: I think that's all incredibly important because I used to
Speaker 1: sell Medicare supplements.
Speaker 2: This is where this is coming from, what I'm about
Speaker 2: to say, And.
Speaker 1: Just at a point when some seniors, certainly not all seniors,
Speaker 1: maybe have some trouble grasping things right, understanding things complicated new,
Speaker 1: we throw them into the Medicare system, which is completely
Speaker 1: different and complicated. I'm glad you guys work on that
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. Let's talk about the thirty fifty and
Speaker 1: it will salute to seniors.
Speaker 2: What is this event all about?
Speaker 4: So it's an senior expo, if you will, and we've
Speaker 4: always prided ourselves in making it a fun event that
Speaker 4: is also then filled with lots of education, information and resources.
Speaker 4: So there's entertainment, there's lots of games. There's lots of
Speaker 4: food vendors joining us this year, so there'll be a
Speaker 4: lot of opportunity to just experience different things, play trivia.
Speaker 3: Play bingo.
Speaker 4: We're doing a new program this year called Triangles, which
Speaker 4: is a math program, so there'll.
Speaker 3: Be lots of things to do.
Speaker 4: And we have about fifty different vendors that have joined
Speaker 4: us with information on resources for seniors as well, so
Speaker 4: they range the gamut from housing, to medical alert equipment
Speaker 4: to a wide variety of things home care agencies, et cetera.
Speaker 1: So pretty much anything you would need for yourself or
Speaker 1: an aging parent. It sounds like you're going to be
Speaker 1: able to get some information here at this event. You're
Speaker 1: also giving away a couple of pairs of Broncos tickets.
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got some fun stuff going on. Is
Speaker 1: there going to be food? Is there going to be music?
Speaker 1: Is it going to be a fun party.
Speaker 3: It's going to be a fun party.
Speaker 4: So yes, Sprouts and Target and Sam's Club are all
Speaker 4: donating snack kinds of food and drinks, so there's lots
Speaker 4: of snacks and foods going on. There's instrums candy, so
Speaker 4: we've got lots of good support from the food vendors.
Speaker 4: There will be some entertainment. Eddie Kendrick from Pork Collins,
Speaker 4: who's a guitar player, will be joining us with some
Speaker 4: country music, and then there'll be a trio that will
Speaker 4: play like rock and kind of soft music.
Speaker 3: As I said, there's bingo.
Speaker 4: Additionally, the Bronco tickets are pre season tickets.
Speaker 3: There's also lots of drawings.
Speaker 4: Sprouts is giving away one hundred dollars a couple of
Speaker 4: hundred dollars gift cards as Giano's given away one hundred
Speaker 4: dollars gift card.
Speaker 3: Waterway has given us five.
Speaker 4: Free car washes, both inside and outside your car.
Speaker 2: I want one of those, yes, exactly.
Speaker 4: Enter, so sorry, it'll be available for somebody else. We
Speaker 4: also got a large number of candles and plants and
Speaker 4: various things donated from Target, and so there'll be lots
Speaker 4: and lots of drawings and different things to give away tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I put a link to the blog on my blog
Speaker 1: at mandy'sblog dot com to your website so people can
Speaker 1: sign up. Do you have to r s VP? Does
Speaker 1: it cost anything to come? What does that process look like?
Speaker 4: You do not have to r s VP, it's suggested,
Speaker 4: but at this like date, don't worry about it.
Speaker 3: The event is free.
Speaker 4: Additional, we are at the Greek Events Center, which is
Speaker 4: at forty six to ten East Alameda, so there is
Speaker 4: parking on the Greek Events campus. Additionally, we have some
Speaker 4: parking that's available at the Jewish Community Center, which is
Speaker 4: on the other side of Dallias Street and Leedsdale, and
Speaker 4: there's also parking at Augustana Lutheran Church in of Age
Speaker 4: is going to rotate their buses, so there'll be a
Speaker 4: central place where you can get picked up and you
Speaker 4: just park your car in one of those lots and
Speaker 4: then they'll bring you up to the campus, so that
Speaker 4: hopefully people will be able to navigate that easier.
Speaker 3: The other thing I've.
Speaker 4: Forgot to mention in terms of things to do, which
Speaker 4: again I wish I had wasn't running the show, but
Speaker 4: the Assumption Cathedral Church is going to be doing a
Speaker 4: guided tour of the church with and if you have
Speaker 4: never been in the church, there's an incredible amount of
Speaker 4: art and statuary there and they're going to be running
Speaker 4: a tour of that, so that's another feature. Additionally, Forny
Speaker 4: Museum of Transportation is going to be bringing four classic cars,
Speaker 4: so if you're into old cars, come join us and
Speaker 4: talk with the folks from forty So there are lots
Speaker 4: lots of things to do.
Speaker 3: There will also be a farmer's market. It sounds photo booth.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds like a great way to spend a day.
Speaker 1: I mean a great way. It starts at nine thirty
Speaker 1: goes until three. I've got a link to the website.
Speaker 1: The website is Senioranswers dot org and from there it's
Speaker 1: very easy to find the information about the event. Eileen,
Speaker 1: this sounds absolutely fantastic. I hope you have an absolutely
Speaker 1: smashing Saturday as you celebrate seniors at the thirty five
Speaker 1: annual Salute to Seniors event.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for making time for you.
Speaker 3: Hey, thank you. I hope all your listeners can join us.
Speaker 1: All right, that is Eileen door Arnie. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: And that sounds like a very nice way to spend
Speaker 1: a day with your with your folks. If your folks
Speaker 1: are older, or maybe you're getting older, head on down
Speaker 1: and get
Speaker 2: All that good information.