Successes Celebrating

Bill Harris Board Chairman Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio

Billie Johnson President/CEO Area Office On Aging

Northwestern Ohio

There are some successes which happen seemingly overnight and there are successes that are decades in the making through slow steady progress being made day-after-day. The pages of this Annual Report celebrate both of these types of successes that the Area Office on Aging has been able to accomplish with the help of our Board, staff, volunteers, family caregivers, public officials, provider network, and other partners. The beautiful Lakewoods Campus pictured on the campus is one of those accomplishments that has been decades in the making. We are delighted that this campus is continuing to grow and improve with the accomplishments over the past year including Ohio Housing Finance Agency providing tax-credit funding valued at $11 million to AOoA and its partner National Church Residences to build a new safe, affordable, accessible, and beautiful place to call home for at least 52 older adults on the empty land next to the Area Office on Aging’s building.

The cumulative effect of successes building upon prior successes has resulted in incredible accomplishments. Serving over 1 million meals and handling 25,000 calls for those needing to be connected with services are just two accomplishments over the last year. Having such a large impact as this was far more than we dreamed of accomplishing when we started as an Agency of four staff over four decades ago.

We deeply appreciate all of the Board, staff, volunteers, family caregivers, provider organizations, elected officials, and others who have joined us on this journey of helping older adults with living and better. We are confident that with your continued support, we will have even more successes to celebrate together in the future.