Overview of the Service to Seniors Award Program
The Society of Certified Senior Advisors feels it is important to recognize the outstanding achievements of our members who are helping improve the lives of seniors through volunteering. We are searching for nominees and to award them with a Service to Seniors award. The Service to Seniors awards are held every other year with 2011 being the next.
The Service to Seniors Awards are presented for 3 categories:
- CSA Trailblazer: recognizes a CSA who has created a new program that helps seniors and can show results for a minimum of 3 months.
- CSA Community Citizen: honors a CSA who went above and beyond in giving time, effort and talent to a senior-related organization or senior-related community cause that improves the quality of life for seniors.
- CSA Samaritan: recognizes a CSA who has provided exemplary service in a one-on-one effort in meeting the needs of seniors.
Each winner of a Service to Seniors award will receive a $250 donation to a senior service organization of their choice and free registration to the CSA Summit 2009. Selection of the award recipients will be done by a panel of CSAs and representatives from senior-related organizations.
To nominate yourself or another CSA for this award in one or more of the above three categories, please fill out the nomination form and submit with a letter of recommendation.
Wally Buyer won the 2007 CSA Trailblazer Service to Senior award for initiating and establishing four different bereavement groups ranging in lengths of time up to eight years. The seniors that Wally organized the groups for were searching for support and socialization after losing a loved one. He provided a safe, understanding environment for these seniors to deal with their loss.
Kevin used his talents from working as the CEO of Senior Care of Alaska to help with the non-profit group, Older Persons Action Group. As President of the group Mr. Turkington facilitated numerous fund raisers and the creation of new services. One of the services he helped to create was a newspaper geared towards senior citizens, which went on to win state and national media awards.
Wade felt that helping his local Alzheimer’s Alliance’s “Project Lifesaver Program” was something that he could contribute to. Mr. Emerson branched out of his comfort zone of working professionally in insurance and financial services to assist with this tracking program created for elderly clients who had a dangerous tendency to wander, mostly due to their battle with the Alzheimer disease.