Celebrating Seniors Week is worth your support

Celebrating Seniors Week comes to an end, Thursday, May 18. Fifty events, honoring those who have helped build our community. The schedule of events can be found at https://celebratingseniors.net/events

Launched in May 2011, Celebrating Seniors is dedicated to honoring, recognizing and serving seniors in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park The organization concentrates on four main objectives:

■ Collaboration: fostering business, gov- ernmental and nonprofit agency collaboration in support of seniors

■ Awareness: raising public awareness of issues affecting seniors

■ Promotion: promoting senior groups and organizations that serve persons 60 and older

■ Fundraising: generating funds to support at-risk and vulnerable elders.

You can support Celebrating Seniors as a volunteer, sponsor or by posting a yard sign via the website https://celebratingseniors.