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Senior Expo offers abundance of information for Baby Boomers BY MEGHAN MCCOY
The 24th annual Senior Expo, a free educational and informational event, will showcase a plethora of vendors for attendees. Sponsored by the Mayor’s Committee for the Aging, the Senior Expo will feature 60 vendors from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Chandler Community Center, 125 E. Commonwealth Ave. Chandler Senior Center Manager Nancy Jackson says the Mayor’s Committee for the Aging wanted to provide an all-inclusive event that has unlimited information for the senior population. Ann Marie McArthur, Senior Expo chairwoman and a committee member, says the organization helps promote services for the elderly in Chandler. It is dedicated to improving the welfare, dignity and quality of life for Chandler’s Baby Boomers. Jackson says the committee’s functions are to develop and disperse information to the aging, their families, caregivers and others who provide service for them; help the aging population through promoting volunteerism; educate the City Council and the community on issues that affect the aging population and track and study proposed legislation at the federal, state and local levels. “As the population is growing older by the minute, we try to primarily put the expo on, which provides a variety of information for the seniors,” she explains.
HELPING SENIORS: The 24th annual Senior Expo, which features 60 vendors, is Wednesday, March 19, at the Chandler Community Center. Submitted photo
Maxing out at 60 vendors annually, the event keeps a waiting list for potential exhibitors. Attendance reaches between 1,000 and 1,200. “It’s quite busy through a three-hour period,” Jackson says. “They know when they come to the expo there will be a good variety of vendors for them to see.” Representatives from health care agencies, leisure services, senior-related product firms, city departments and local organizations will be in attendance to provide information for those who attend. McArthur will promote her organization, About Care, through the fair. “My organization has a table because we give free service to the elderly,” she explains. The volunteer-run organization has approximately 400 clients who receive
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HELPING HAND: Sixty vendors will make up the 24th annual Senior Expo providing information about health care agencies, leisure services, senior-related product firms, city departments and local organizations on Wednesday, March 19. Submitted photo
services such as transportation to medical appointments and the senior center, shopping and errands, reassurance phone calls, computer assistance program and minor home repairs. “It’s a really rewarding service,” McArthur says. In addition to the vendors, the expo will also include free blood pressure screenings provided by the fire department and a limited number of cholesterol and glucose tests. Free coffee and entertainment will also be a part of the event. McArthur says the mayor and City Council typically make an appearance as well. “It’s free, it’s really fun,” McArthur says
about the expo. “It’s just a really fun event to help our elderly.” The Youth Committee will provide a helping hand during the expo by setting up the center, cleaning up afterward and acting as tour guides for the attendees. For more information call (480) 7822720 or visit www.chandleraz.gov/senioradults. The 2014 Chandler Senior Expo is presented by Dignity Health and cosponsored by Cigna and Prime Times Magazine. Meghan McCoy is the Neighbors and Business section editor for the SanTan Sun News. She can be reached at meghan@ santansun.com.
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CO-SPONSOR: Cigna is one of the cosponsors for the 24th annual Senior Expo, a gathering at the Chandler Community Center on Wednesday, March 19, for the aging population to obtain information from 60 vendors. Submitted photo
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