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Old Colony Elder Services Honored with Three Community Service Awards
OCES is the non-profit agency proudly serving older adults and individuals with disabilities throughout greater Plymouth County.
Shown (L to R): Diane Clinton, Maria Janvier, Miriam Monteiro, Marthe Ultimo-Alcindor, Betty DosSantos, Glenda DeVincentis of OCES' Senior Care Options team. Photo courtesy Janet Trask, CSGB.
Community Services of Greater Brockton (CSGB) has honored Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), the non-profit agency proudly serving older adults and individuals with disabilities throughout greater Plymouth County and surrounding communities, with three awards acknowledging the work that they do in the community and for their consumers.
One of OCES' key programs and two OCES team members were honored with awards during CSGB's Annual Award Dinner in June.
OCES' Senior Care Options (SCO) program was honored with the "Outstanding Human Services" award. Glenda DeVincentis, LSW, MassHealth Community Programs Director for OCES, presented the award to Betty DosSantos, OCES' SCO Program Manager, who represented SCO's 30 team members. The SCO program seeks to ensure that older adult participants can remain living safely in the community as long as possible. Special note was made of OCES' emphasis on cultural competency, interpreter and language skills availability and their focus on wellness.
The "Excellence in Volunteer Services" award was presented to Sandy Ivers, Nutrition Supervisor at OCES (and Brockton resident) for her 16-year commitment in the production of Community Options, OCES' cable show. Community Options is volunteer-led and provides information about programs and services available to the community in the greater Brockton area.
The "Excellence in Leadership" award was presented to Lynn Smith, Development Manager at OCES (and Brockton resident) for her efforts to bring community organizations together to work cooperatively and establish new events and programs that benefit the whole community, such as the Little Free Library Program, the Stride Toward Freedom History Path in the Frederick Douglass Community Garden, and her founding of the Keith Park Neighborhood Association.
"OCES is delighted and humbled by this recognition of our commitment to our consumers and our community," said Nicole Long, CEO.
For more information about OCES and all the services provided to the community, visit www.ocesma.org.
