Senior Programs

With our two music festivals, Redwood Coast Jazz Festival in the Spring and Blues by the Bay in the Summer, we are able to further our mission to support area programs that benefit seniors, as well as for youth music education. To date, we have been able to donate $307,000 to organizations that provide services to seniors.

Contributions to Senior Programs:

1990-94
 $164,000 to Senior Citizen’s Foundation to build their endowment fund
1993
 $20,000 was used to make up lost Title III, Older American Act dollars. This helped all Title III programs remain at stable funding for this year.
1994
 $6,500 was awarded to Humboldt Home Health for Respite Care
1995
 $7,000 was given to Senior Information and Assistance
1996
 $3,000 to HSRC Nutrition Program for Freezer Project

$1,477 DNSC Home Delivered Meal Program

$210 Southern Humboldt Community Hospital for Home Delivered Meals

$2,500 to Northcoast Advocacy Services

$2,500 to General Hospital Home Health

$2,500 to Redwood Community Action Agency

$1,000 to Food for People

$750 to Northcoast Senior Services Collaborative

$750 to Redwoods United
1999
 $3,500 - Area Agency on Aging, Linking Families to Senior Resources

$1,600 - Food for People, Supplemental Food and Supplies

$1,000 - Humboldt Classics Senior Softball Association

$4,000 - Humboldt Senior Resource Center, Computer Lab

$1,900 - Northcoast Advocacy Services, Computer Needs

$1,250 - Salvation Army, Senior Meals Program

$1,750 - Vector Health Programs, Arthritis Education & Exercise Classes
2000
 $1,000 - Easter Seals - purchase of adaptive equipment

$2,496 - Area Agency on Aging - strength training equipment

$2,754 - Food for People - protein food purchases & supplies for food safety and handling

$2,000 - Healy Senior Center - funds safety-related minor construction to accommodate new program

$1,500 - Salvation Army - funds subsidized meals for low income seniors

$3,000 - St. Vincent de Paul - funds meals targeted for low-income seniors

$2,250 - Vector Health - funds physical therapy to maintain mobility and sponsorship of an arthritis forum
2001
 $4,500 - Humboldt Senior Resource Center - building capacity to serve home delivered meals. Match for purchase of specialized van for delivering frozen home delivered meals safely and efficiently

$3,135 - Adult Day Healthcare of Mad River – equipment and supplies for building expansion and remodel

$5,000 - Vector Health – senior wellness program that will provide a comprehensive functional assessment and home program, designed to improve function and decrease risks to the elderly

$1,848 - Food for People – safety equipment to be used in Senior Brown Bag Program
2001-02
 $3,000 - Adult Day Healthcare of Mad River – armchairs to accommodate increase in participants

$3,500 - Easter Seals – scholarships for seniors on low or fixed incomes to attend independence programs

$3,000 - Area Agency on Aging – Intergenerational Visiting Program which pairs teen and adult volunteers to visit frail seniors in their homes

$1,000 - Vector Health Programs – equipment and outreach for Venous Insufficiency, diabetes, or lymphedema.

$2,000 - Humboldt Senior Resource Center – short-term emergency home delivered meals

$2,500 - The Salvation Army – meal program costs
2002-03
 $2,000 – Area Agency on Aging – Senior Information Directory

$1,500 – Easter Seals – Scholarship funding for participants

$5,000 – Food for People – Supplemental food purchases for brown bag lunch program

$2,000 – Healy Senior Center – Meal programs

$3,000 – Humboldt Senior Resource Center – Home Delivered Meals Program

$1,500 – Vector Health – Supplies for Venous Insufficiency, Diabetes or Lymphedema patients
2004
 $2,000 – To Humboldt Senior Resource Center for Home Delivered Meals

$1,500 – To Easter Seals of Northern California for Adult Day Program, scholarship funding

$1,500 – Food for People Brown Bag Program to supplement transportation costs and purchase delivery equipment
2005

$2,000 – Healy Senior Center Senior Nutrition Project –home delivered meals and Senior Dining Program

$4,000 – Humboldt Senior Resource Center – Safe and Easy Access for Seniors; installation of automatic doors at the Cente

$3,000 – Food for People – Healthy Food for Healthy Seniors

$2,000 – Area Agency on Aging – Strength Training Resources for Osteoporosis Northcoast Group (STRONG) resource materials

$2,000 – Blue Lake Rancheria – Non-Native American Senior Nutrition Program

$2,000 – Vector Rehabilitation - Chronic Swelling/Wound Care Supplies & Compression Garments