Agenda - 02-16-2016 - 4-b - Re-naming of the Central Orange Senior Center to the Jerry M. Passmore Center

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i • 7 multifunctional senior centers in meeting the needs of older adults,which led to a Senior Center Bond approval in November,2001. i 8.He provided hands-on supervision and stiff support to the BOCC°appointed senior ■ center planning committees that.led to the construction and opening of two beautiful Orange County senior centers: O The Robert gr.Pearl Seymour Center(May,2007)and A The Central Orange Senior Center(February,2009) 3 . t 9.He advocated for tile mobility needs and rights of all elderly and special populations,especially the low income and those with physical disabilities,and 9 Established/administered,;as a division of the Department on Aging,the Orange County Coordinated Agency Transportation(CAT)and its Advisory Board(1985) Q Administered/planned/obtained grants(several million dollars for vehicles/operations) as CAT expanded into public service provided by Orange is Public Transportation(OPT). ' - . • 10.He established the Department on Aging's free functional screen program in 2005,later partnering wi€th-UNC-CH and the Triangle SportsPlex. . ® The program's goal is to keep seniors Hying independently,by promoting healthy - behaviors'and providing evidence-based wellness programming at the County's multipurpose"wellness"Senior Centers. A With a focus on functionality,falls prevention,and physical activity,individuals f receive a standardized Senior Fitness Test and Falls Risk Screen.Written test results provide feedback on comparative normative data for one's age and gender, recommendations for exercise and/or physical activity programs and - • --encouragement to join one of a variety of appropriate exercise/movement classes. 11.Jerry has been a role model for civic involvement for over 30 years in Orange County,with membership hi or acting as support staff to the following organizations, . among others: Co-founder and first President,North Carolina Association on Aging,formerly the . North Carolina Association of Local Offices on Aging(1974). g Secretary,Orange County.A:dvisory.Board on Aging(1980-2010) O Secretary,Orange County Transportation Advisory Board (1985-2010) - 9 Member,North Carolina Public Transportation Association(1990-2010) . Member,Friends of the Chapel Hill Senior'Center/Robert&Pearl Seymour Center(1991-2010) O Member,Orange County Healthy Carolinians Advisory Council(1998-2010) O Member,Triangle UnitedWay Orange County Investment Planning Committee (2007-2008) O Board Member,The Peopleq Channel (Public Access TV),Chapel HiII,N.C.(2000- r • 2004) , 9 Member,Friends of the Senior Center for Central Orange(2000-2005) O Secretary,Friends of the Senior Center for Central Orange (2000-2002) l 'x.