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SEASON OF CARING
Community Caregivers say 'thank you' to volunteers and clients
DERRY — It was a caring atmosphere on Dec. 16 as Community Caregivers of Greater Derry hosted its annual holiday open house to honor its volunteers and clients.
The event was held at the Masonic Temple and more than 75 people showed up to share holiday spirit, enjoy treats, and greet each other in friendship and support.
Caregivers hosts the holiday open house each year to thank its list of supporters and volunteers and to celebrate another year where people are being helped and taken care of in the community.
In the last year, Caregivers' almost 400 volunteers logged in over 21,000 hours of helping elderly and disabled people stay independent in their homes. Volunteers have also driven more than 85,000 miles to help hundreds of clients get to medical appointments, or for food shopping and other errands.
Caregivers also lends out medical and other home care equipment as part of its Loaner's Closet program, housed in the upper floor of the Masonic Lodge building on East Broadway where Caregivers has its home base and office.
Caregivers' Executive Director Cindee Tanuma said new volunteers are always welcome to find out about becoming part of the Community Caregivers of Greater Derry. Thousands of hours and miles have been logged over the last year as part of the program's success.
To learn more about Caregivers, to be a volunteer, or to get help, contact Tanuma at 432-0877.
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Woman celebrates 109th birthday
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photos A birthday party for Catherine Dion, who just turned 109, was held at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Center in Derry on Monday afternoon. She was surrounded by many members of her family and residents of the center. She is blowing out the candles on the cake that spell out her name.
Derry's oldest resident was pretty in pink when she celebrated a milestone birthday Monday. Catherine Dion turned 109 on July 26 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center, where she is a resident.
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