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z <br />Southern Gerontological Society <br />PMB #144, 1616-102 W. Cape Coral Pkwy. <br />Cape Coral, FL 33914 <br />Phone:239-541-2011 Fax: 239-540-8654 <br />Apri123, 2010 <br />Orange County Deparhnent on Aging <br />The Seymour Center <br />2551 Homestead Road <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />Dear Mr. Passmore, <br />It is with great pleasure that I inform you that the Orange County Department on Aging has been <br />selected by the Southern Gerontological Society (SGS) to receive the 2010 Best Practices <br />Award. <br />The SGS Best Practices Award was established in 1947 to recognize programs that demonstrate <br />an innovative and creative linkage with the aging services network, show evidence of sustained <br />effort and sustained impact on improving the quality of life of older adults, and have the <br />potential to influence aging services in the SGS region. <br />Due to your long history of fostering conununity partnerships and creative programming through <br />an interdisciplinary team of professionals both in the academic and community settings, your <br />focus on research, practice and service that champions person-centered, holistic care of older <br />adults, and in particular, your best practice programs, including the Functionality Screen and <br />Movement Clinic, the ~xlellness Screening Clinic: Mood, Memory 3c Mobility, and your <br />Preventative Home Visit Program, SGS was pleased to present this year's "Best Practices <br />Award" to Orange County Department on Aging at this year's annual Awards Luncheon. <br />/` <br />games R. Peacock, PhD <br />Southern Gerontological Society <br />Chair, Awards Committee <br />