Senior Centers
A multipurpose senior center is a community facility where older adults come together for services and activities that reflect their skills, interests, and diverse needs. Centers are a resource for the entire community, providing services and information on aging, and assisting family and friends who care for older persons. For older persons at risk of losing their self-sufficiency, senior centers are the entry point to an array of services that will help them maintain their independence. Any variety of services to individuals or groups may be accessed depending on local community circumstances.
Examples of individual services at senior centers are information and referral, home-delivered meals, job finding and training, legal assistance, health insurance counseling, transportation, and volunteer opportunities. Examples of group services are group meals, educational sessions, cultural events, health and wellness activities, retirement planning, community service projects, intergenerational programs, volunteer opportunities, and recreational trips.
Certification of senior centers is an initiative designed to enhance their operation and programming. It is a two-tiered model: The Center of Merit and The Center of Excellence. In order to get either of these designations, a Self-Assessment tool known as the SCOPE (Senior Center Operations and Program Evaluation), is used to measure centers for merit or excellence or define areas where improvement is needed. Such designation allows a center to be recognized as a viable, fundable, and qualified provider of best-practice services within the community. They can use their state-certified Center of Merit or Excellence in their literature, grant applications, and marketing materials. Certification will also eliminate the need for future HCCBG Standards monitoring. All certified centers receive additional funding for monies allocated by the General Assembly.
Region G Senior Centers
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John Robert Kernodle Senior Activities Center (336) 222-5135 CENTER OF EXCELLENCE |
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Caswell County Senior Services (336) 694-7447 Contact Person: Donna Kopec CENTER OF EXCELLENCE |
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Lexington/Davidson County Senior Center (336) 242-2290 Contact Person: Thessia Everhart-Roberts Thessia.everhart@davidsoncountync.gov CENTER OF EXCELLENCE |
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Thomasville Senior Center (336) 474-2754 Contact Person: Thessia Everhart-Roberts Thessia.everhart@davidsoncountync.gov CENTER OF EXCELLENCE |
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Greensboro Senior Center (336) 373-4816 Senior Line (336) 333-6981
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John O. Harper Senior Center (336) 449-7650 Contact Person: Heidi McBride DEVELOPING SENIOR CENTER |
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Mabel Smith Senior Center
Contact Person: Cindy Hipp |
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Roy B. Culler, Jr. Senior Center
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Troy-Montgomery Senior Center Contact Person: Mike Rood |
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Archdale Senior Center
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Asheboro Senior Center
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Liberty Senior Center Contact Person: Kaffy Kivett CENTER OF EXCELLENCE |
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Randleman Senior Center
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Garden of Eden Senior Center
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Madison-Mayodan Senior Center
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Rockingham Community College
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Reidsville Senior Center
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