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• insurance assistance, employment opportunities (JTPA) , volunteer opportunities. (RSVP) , surplus food distribution (DSS) and infor- mational pamphlets (Social Security Officej,t.. 2_) Group Activities such as Mr. Gatti's Movies- at Lunchtime program (Rec. Depts., DoA) , recreational programs and low-cost trips (Orange County Recr.) , Senior Tar Heel- Travel Club, health programs, guest speakers; 3.) Meeting- Space for various groups including Daily Congregate Meals (JOCCA) , Gray Panthers, Widowers Support Group (DNC_. Nursing) , Visually Impaired Persons Group (C.H.. Rec.) . 4.) Educational Activities Arts- and. Crafts classes for all five Orange. County Nutrition Sites (with. Durham Tech_) , materials and co- ordination with the Shared Learning program, Village Elders' Lee.- ture Series (.UNC, Chapel Hill Rea., DoA, Carol Woods) , City and County Library's Bookmobile_ and. movies, various classes offered through Durham Tech or Technical College of Alamance. 5.) Transportation to and from the daily nutrition programs, activ- ity and tie9.d trips, for shopping and doctor appointments a.ra..cogrdYn- ated through the senior centers. The senior centers function as a central resource to make community services: more available to older people through cooperative agency agreements. The two centers have continued to identify and encour- age agencies, organizations, and individual providers to coordinate their services through the senior centers. The Senior Center staff consists of the following: _ (1) one senior center coordinator at each center who develops and implements the center's overall wort plans, .(2) two part time Title V senior ' worker receptionists at each center who handle many incoming in- formation and referral calls, room scheduling, issuing Senior Tar Seel Cards, signing up people for classes and typing assignments and (3) volunteers- who do- a variety of jobs. 3. Highlights -. Chapel Sill--Carrboro Senior Center During its first. full- year;of existence the new Chapel Hill-Carrboro Senior Center has, exceeded its service objectives serving well over 800 senior citizehs involving 14,000 contacts. Many of the center activities and services,were coordinated with a variety of groups, some programs being offered at satellite locations such as the UNC General Administration, Carrboro Art School, Glen Lennox and Phillips Junior High School. Notices of trips and activities were printed in monthly newspaper articles, the quarterly DoA Newsletter, special program brochures, and a new monthly Senior Center calendar. In the past year, the center calendar has grown from zero to well over 400 readers.