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| BOWL-A-STRIKE-4-SENIORS!
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Registration is NOW OPEN - Sign-up today for the 6th Annual Bowl-A-Strike 4 Seniors! This lively event will take place on Saturday, June 21st 2008 at Presidio Bowl in San Francisco. There are 2 heats (11am-2pm or 2pm-5pm) with 12 teams of 5 in each heat. Registration is $25 per person with a fundraising goal of $250 per person. Food, wine, music, prizes and of course BOWLING are all included. To sign-up now, please visit www.firstgiving.com/LBFE or contact Aimee at aforster@littlebrotherssf.org or call 415-771-7957 x106.
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| Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly Philosophy
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What sets Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly apart from other elder care organizations is our philosophy of “flowers before bread”. This motto and the rose in our logo reflect the spirit with which we do our unique work. What we mean by “flowers before bread” is that everyone, especially the elderly, deserves to have the special touches that make life worth living. Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly recognizes that hearts can starve as well as bodies and that along with the “bread” everyone needs the flowers.
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| Programs
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LBFE-SF’s over 1,000 volunteers serve isolated and “family-less” elderly people in San Francisco. All programs operate year-round, replicating what many do for the elderly in their own families. Approximately twenty-one in-home, holiday and social events are sponsored each year.
Visiting Volunteer Program – Our core program, this program offers lonely or isolated elders living independently opportunities for companionship with individual volunteers who visit them regularly. Visiting Volunteers commit to visiting an elder friend at least twice a month for one year.
Medical Escort/On-call – Volunteers drive elders to medical appointments or home after a stay in the hospital.
In-Home Events – Visiting events for those elders too frail to attend the parties and outings. All events have holiday and seasonal themes.
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| Volunteer!
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We welcome volunteers
to accompany us to recognize and accept each of our elders as a
complete and unique person and to respect them in their dignity, their
intimacy and their essence; to be their advocate and their witness; to
help them remain independent and encourage them to make their own
choices; to see them as people that are always growing and changing.
Our mission is a collective project. Commitment and teamwork between
volunteers and staff are at the heart of our organization. For
information contact Aimee Forster at (415) 771-7957 ext 106 or aforster@littlebrotherssf.org |
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