Legislator D'Amaro Announces Fall Senior Advocates Schedule

I would like to take this opportunity to alert local residents about the Suffolk County Office for the Aging’s Fall 2013 Senior Advocates Schedule.  Senior advocates are County representatives who come out to the local community and assist seniors with information gathering, completion of eligibility or recertification applications and referrals to appropriate community agencies.

Senior Advocates meet with interested and needy seniors aged 60 and over at regularly-scheduled times in specific locations throughout the community.  This fall, they are visiting the following locations in the Town of Babylon:

• Deer Park Library, 44 Lake Avenue, Deer Park: Tuesday, November 26 from 9 am – 11 am

• Lindenhurst Library, 1 Lee Avenue, Lindenhurst: Mondays, October 28 and December 23 from 10 am – 11:30 am

• North Amityville Nutrition Center, 48-C Cedar Road, Amityville: Tuesdays, November 12 and December 3 from 10 am – 1 pm

• Rainbow Center, 293 Buffalo Avenue, Lindenhurst: Wednesdays, November 6 and December 4 from 9 am – 11 am

• Spangle Drive Center, 483 Spangle Drive, North Babylon: Monday, December 2 from 9 am – 12 pm

• Tanner Park Nutrition Center, #2 Tanner Park, Copiague: Wednesdays, November 20 and December 11 from 9 am – 1 pm

• West Babylon Library, 211 Route 109, West Babylon: Thursday, November 21 from 1 pm – 3 pm

• Wyandanch Nutrition Center, 28 Wyandanch Avenue, Wyandanch: Fridays, November 1, November 15 and December 6 from 9:30 am – 1 pm

Advocates provide assistance with food stamps, Medicare savings programs, Medicaid applications and Heating Emergency Assistance Program (HEAP) applications.  They also answer questions and make additional recommendations and referrals.

For more information about available services, or for directions to any of the locations, please call the Suffolk County Office for the Aging at (631) 853-8200.  Appointments are encouraged but drop-ins are also welcome.  No individual will ever be turned away.

I urge every senior resident to take full advantage of this professional community outreach program so that they don’t miss out on the County’s network of services.