North Shore Senior Center Celebrates Super Seniors!

Every day, older adults devote countless hours of their time as volunteers to nonprofit organizations across the county. They may assist with administrative tasks, greet customers, plant flowers, drive people, serve in leadership roles, mentor children, and serve in myriad other ways. It is difficult to quantify the impact of these efforts on our society.

These older adults take on very special roles as role models. Their caring deeds, expertise, and community involvement signify their commitment to their fellow citizens and to the areas in which they live. These seniors are a shining example of how the individual, in any number of ways, can contribute to the betterment of society.

Each year, North Shore Senior Center honors these older adults and their volunteer service at our annual Super Senior Day celebration. On Thursday, May 26, over 30 volunteers from organizations throughout the northern suburbs will be recognized and celebrated at a luncheon and awards ceremony in their honor.

The names of these Super Senior volunteers will be added to the Honor Roll Book, which lists the more than 2,000 seniors who have been awarded “Super Senior” status since 1973. That volume is on display year-round in the North Shore Senior Center’s library.

Below is a list of this year’s Super Seniors and the organizations they serve. North Shore Senior Center in congratulates these Super Seniors and thanks them for their remarkable contributions to our communities. Please join us in congratulating these Super Seniors!

Harold Baum, Maine Township MaineStreamers

Henry Betka, Niles Senior Center

Becky and Dick Block, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation

Barbara Bronson, Evanston Levy Senior Center – Mon-Wed Club

Dorothy Clarke, Mather Place of Wilmette

Elise Covey, Meals at Home

Robert Crowe, Winnetka Presbyterian Church

Judy Dold, The Neighbors of Kenilworth

Anne Drucker, The Lodge of Northbrook

Donna Fugazzotto, Mallinckrodt Center of the Wilmette Park District

Jacqueline G. Gilbert, Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Gail Gill, Samaritan Counseling Center

Judy Graff, NAMI Cook County North Suburban

Robert Gubin, North Shore Place

Kathryn Harr, Glenview United Methodist Church

Helen Jacobsen, Frisbie Senior Center

Sharon Kessler, Temple Judea Mizpah

Don Klein, Chestnut Square at the Glen

Dr. Stephen B. Lindell, Kiwanis Club of Glenview-Northbrook

Barbara Linsner, Centennial Activity Center

Dolores Maatman Mallinckrodt Center of the Wilmette Park District

John Maxson, Patty Turner Center

Cecilia Moran, Northbrook Historical Society

Richard Murphy, Chicago Botanic Garden

Dick Neidhardt, Historic Wagner Farm

Pat Quinn, Centennial Activity Center

Raymond Ratajczak, St. Peter Community Church

Carol Reagan, Glenview Art League

Jean Sodemann, Covenant Village of Northbrook

David Solovy, Skokie Public Library

Jack Spangenberger, North Shore Senior Center

Debra Sus, Friends of Des Plaines Library

Joe Szwiec, The East Wing Glenview Senior Center

Robert D. Tranter, Shore Community Services, Inc.