This month we are featuring Linda Devonish-Mills, who joined the board this year. A resident of Teaneck for 34 years, Linda Devonish-Mills is semi-retired from a long career as an accounting and business executive and now devotes a lot of her time to tutoring and mentoring young people and volunteering on behalf of older residents and caregivers.
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This month we are featuring Arlene Gartenberg, who joined the Age-Friendly Teaneck advisory board last year. A Teaneck resident since 1984, Arlene Klein Gartenberg has a master’s degree in public policy and spent her career in various roles focusing on health-care policy, financing and service delivery in both the public and non-profit sectors.
This month we are featuring Hildy Dillon, who joined the Age-Friendly Teaneck advisory board last year. A Teaneck resident since 1986, Hildy J. Dillon, M.P.H., is a public health professional who led national patient and professional programs at the American Lung Association, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Cancer Support Community.
This month we are featuring Ellen Rand, who has been volunteering with us for nearly seven years. A Teaneck resident for 42 years. Ellen Rand is a journalist, blogger and author who has specialized in writing about housing, real estate, aging issues and end-of-life care.
10/5/2023 0 Comments Age-Friendly Teaneck Has New Project Coordinator to Help Lead Launch of New InitativeThe Bright Side Family is pleased to announce some exciting developments to support the launch of Community Begins at Home, a new project that will offer home-safety assessments and increase advocacy on behalf of Teaneck residents aging with disabilities.
9/6/2023 0 Comments Careers in Aging Internship Offered 4 Teaneck high school students range of experiencesThe 2023 Exploring Careers in Aging internship program offered four Teaneck High School students a diverse range of experiences and learning opportunities.
A new state-grant-sponsored initiative in Teaneck aims to remedy the health and inclusivity challenges too often experienced by residents aging with disabilities. The new Community Begins at Home project launching this month is an outgrowth of Age-Friendly Teaneck.
11/8/2022 0 Comments Work Begins on New Affordable Senior Apartments, Community Center in NE TeaneckThe Bright Side Family and its partners hosted a Nov. 2 groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of a project to build a new affordable apartment building for seniors and a community center in Northeast Teaneck. Rising in place of a former public works building at 1425 Teaneck Road will be an attractively landscaped 5-story building with 40 independent-living apartments.
10/5/2022 1 Comment Age-Friendly Teaneck Leaders Among Statewide Presenters, Participants at "Virtual Fair"More than 260 people – including key government, business, non-profit and academic leaders -participated in New Jersey’s Age-Friendly Virtual Fair, a first-of-its-kind showcase of the diverse work underway to make the Garden State a better place to grow old.
6/14/2022 3 Comments Teaneck Business Discount Program will help Teaneck Seniors and Teaneck BusinessesAge-Friendly Teaneck will be joining the Township, the Senior Citizens Advisory Board, Chamber of Commerce and several Teaneck business associations in an exciting new initiative that we will bring more business to Teaneck stores and restaurants while providing an incentive to Teaneck seniors who prefer to shop and dine locally.
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