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10 <br /> Page 2 of 2 Holly Meschko <br /> Advisory Board on Aging <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I am aging, and it is quite a transition! <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I live in affordable housing with other aging residents. On a daily basis, I see the challenges that <br /> the aging population faces, but the general population is unaware of; transportation, food <br /> shopping (affordability)and preparation, laundry, the inability to afford entertainment, cable, <br /> telephone, internet, etc. and basics such as quarters for laundry. <br /> Contribution to the diversity of viewpoints on this board: <br /> The diversity of opinion I believe I would bring to the Aging Board or any other board, is my life <br /> experiences, which is this:: <br /> I am 63. In addition to experiencing the aging process, I have a rare disease that mainly affects <br /> women. I moved into an affordable apartment complex for residents age 55 and over after living <br /> in my own home in Ohio for 28 years. I see the daily struggles that many residents experience; <br /> loneliness, boredom, financial difficulty, difficulty preparing a meal, inability to get out(drive), <br /> being last in the lives of their children whom they raised, sadness, and, unfortunately, an <br /> unwillingness by many to accept diversity and differences in others, etc. <br /> I am also a grandmother to a bi-racial special needs teenage boy who's on the autism spectrum <br /> who's experienced bullying in school. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Boards/Commissions appointments: <br /> Other Comments: <br /> This application was current on: 1/4/2020 Date Printed: 1/6/2020 <br />