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Next MASC Board Meeting and Training Event |
The next MASC Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 9 a.m. at the Rockville Senior Center in Montgomery County. Everyone welcome to attend, especially the senior center staff in the host county!
Join us for the MASC Spring Training on Friday, March 26, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Glenwood Senior Center in Howard County. Learn and discuss specific tips on how to continue to offer programs and services with fewer resources and how to deal with the increase in seniors attending our centers with mental illness and aggressive behavior. Only $10 for MASC members and $15 for guests.
Registration form.
Baltimore County Resident Wins Maryland Senior Idol |
Valerie McIntosh from the Ateaze Senior Center in Baltimore County was selected as the winner of the 4th Annual Maryland Senior Idol, sposnored by MASC. The event was held on Friday, January 22 at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. Eighteen contestants from 9 counties participated in the event.
A crowd of over 500 watched Valerie perform a soulful a capella version of "I Believe in You and Me". Valerie was born in Pennsylvania, has 5 children, 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Her hobbies include fishing, traveling, swimming, singing and working on cars! Beginning at age 3, Valerie sang morning, noon and night and for meals.
The Runner-Up Winner was Margaret Lee, a member of the Southwest Senior Center in Baltimore County. Margaret sang "What a Difference a Day Makes."
Valerie McIntosh (left) and Margaret Lee (right) Picture by: Craig Gotschall
NCOA/NISC Pre-Conference Intensive:
Senior Centers: Make a Connection to Opportunity!
March 14, 2010 |
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Do you want to make your senior center the best it can be? Discover inexpensive ways to change your image and become more attractive to new members and funders. Join the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC) as we connect your center with its potential! Register today for our pre-conference intensive on March 14 in Chicago, immediately before the Aging in America 2010 Conference.
Learn how to craft a compelling story about your center with Terrence McNally, radio host, writer, and coach on message and media mastery. Plus, discover how to enhance the power of your marketing with photographs, make the most of social networking, find new fundraising ideas, and engage in a discussion with cutting edge senior center professionals and discover how to inspire others with vision, commitment and courage.
Register online today!
Visit the Main Conference Website
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Congratulations to Bowie Senior Center on their
NISC Accreditation! |
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The Bowie Senior Center became the 174th senior center in the United States to become accredited by the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC). Bowie is only the second jurisdiction in Maryland to achieve this honor. Bowie joins Baltimore County which has sixteen accredited centers. If you are interested in learning more about the accreditation process, feel free to contact Kathy White or Laurel Raymond in Bowie, or any of the staff in Baltimore County.
Bowie Senior Center Director Kathy White displays the accreditation plaque from NCOA/NISC. NCOA representative Maureen Arsenault (left) and Assistant Director Laurel Raymond (right) look on.
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Past Presidents Help Kick Off 30th Anniversary
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Ten of the MASC Presidents who have led the association over the past 30 years attended the annual meeting at the Catonsville Senior Center to offer their congratulations and reminisce about what MASC was like during their tenure.
Shelley Garten, MASC President from 1982-1983 who now works as the Deputy Administrator for the Howard County Office on Aging, said MASC was established because senior centers were relatively new in Maryland and staff needed a networking venue. Tina Dubas, MASC President from 1992-1993, drove almost 200 miles from New Jersey to share in the event. Newly retired, Tina re-joined MASC as a retiree so she can keep abreast of what is happening in Maryland's senior centers. Julie Lynn (2005-2007) and Kathy White (2004) both spoke about how personally gratifying it was to be involved with MASC and shared stories of navigating through the legislature in Annapolis to raise awareness of MASC.
In total, twenty individuals have served as MASC President from 1980 through 2010. A 30th Anniversary Committee will be formed to plan celebratory events for the year. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please e-mail Jill Hall at jphall@baltimorecountymd.gov.
Pictured Back Row: Upton Thomas, Bob Callahan, Ed Casey. Front Row: Tina Dubas, Julie Lynn, Shelley Garten, Nancy Allred, Ann Wagner, Kathy White and Jill Hall.
MASC Awarded NISC
"State Association of the Year" Award |
Maryland Association of Senior Centers was honored with the “State Association of the Year Award” by the National Institute of Senior Centers, an interest group of the National Council on Aging at its conference in Las Vegas in March. MASC was recognized for its “outstanding creative technical assistance in promoting the growth, development and expansion of state associations of senior center organizations”.
Members of state associations across the nation were particularly impressed with the diversity of resources offered by MASC to professionals working in senior centers. Noreen Best, NISC Delegate from New Jersey and chair of the State Association and Membership Committee which unanimously selected Maryland for the award, said “Maryland provides so much for their members including a weekly e-mail programming tip, a wonderful website, great workshops and program excellence awards that are the envy of other state associations.”
Above: Jill Hall, MASC President, receives the award, and the $1,000 cash prize, from Noreen Best, NJ Delegate and Chair of the State Association and Membership Committee at the NCOA/ASA Conference in Las Vegas in March 2009.
This is the second time MASC has won the "State Association of the Year" award. MASC also accepted this honor in 2004.
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