Delaware Celebrates National Employ Older Workers Week

The Senior Community Service Employment Program recently celebrated National Employ Older Workers Week, honoring six older Delawareans and three employers. 

Delaware’s program provides work experience and training, supportive services and job search assistance each year to more than 350 seniors who have limited incomes and who are age 55 or older. 

This year’s celebration was held on September 24, 2008 at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover.

Pictured left to right are:  Terri Quinn, New Castle County’s Outstanding Older Worker; James Robinson, New Castle County’s Oldest Participant Honored; Dorothy Harmon, a guest speaker who shared her Older Worker Success Story; Debra Wirt from St. Anthony's Community Center, New Castle County’s Outstanding Employer; Ruth Pugh from Whatcoat Social Service Agency, Kent County’s Outstanding Employer; Samuel Stewart Seymour, Jr., Kent County’s Outstanding Older Worker; Eleanor M. Backus, Sussex County’s Oldest Participant Honored; Elizabeth J. Reed, Kent County’s Oldest Participant Honored; Donna L. Lednum, Sussex County’s Outstanding Older Worker; and, Sally Beaumont from Easter Seals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore, Sussex County’s Outstanding Employer.

The Senior Community Service Employment Program is sponsored by the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD).  Please contact DSAAPD if you would like information about:

• enrolling in the Senior Community Service Employment Program
• becoming a host training site
• hiring qualified job candidates

Further information about the program is also available on the Senior Community Service Employment Program page of this web site.