Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
RCS- aoio- 030 2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />TO NAME THE NEW CENTRAL ORANGE ADULT DAY HEALTH <br />PROGRAM FOR FLORENCE GRAY SOLTYS <br />WHEREAS, Florence Soltys was an outspoken advocate for the needs and <br />rights of all older adults the past 30 years, especially frail elders both in the <br />community and institutional settings and gave countless hours of community <br />service to improve the quality of life for Orange County's older residents; and <br />WHEREAS, Florence Soltys was a guiding force in the planning and designing <br />of the current Central Orange Adult Day Health Program and was the President <br />of Senior Care of Orange County, Inc., the organization which operates the adult <br />day health program on behalf of the County, from 2004 until her passing in 2007; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Florence Soltys made numerous contributions on behalf of older <br />adults by serving in leadership positions on the Orange County Advisory Board <br />on Aging, the County Master Aging Plan Task Force, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro <br />Meals on Wheels program, the Orange County Nursing Home and Adult Care <br />Home Community Advisory Committees, the Community Coalition on Continuity <br />of Care, the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council and the N.C. <br />Study Commission on Aging; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Senior Care of Orange County, Inc. in <br />February 2008 and the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging in March 2008 <br />and again on February 9, 2010 voted unanimously to request that the new Adult <br />Day Health Program facility located within the Central Orange Senior Center in <br />Hillsborough be named in her honor; and <br />WHEREAS, the new Central Orange Adult Day Health Program opened on <br />January 29, 2009 and the Board of County Commissioners adopted a property <br />naming policy on March 3, 2009; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners do hereby acknowledge the years of hard work and dedication to <br />the community by Florence Soltys and do hereby name the new Central Orange <br />Adult Day Health Program as the "Florence Gray Soltys Adult Day Health <br />Program". <br />This the 20th day of April, 2010. <br />Valerie P. Foushee, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />