Encore Community Services

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[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Thank you, @LizKrueger ensuring our older New Yorkers are protected!

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

No AC in the middle of a heatwave is no way to treat our city's older adults. The Department for the Aging is the lowest funded agency in the city. We need a budget that invests in our older adults!

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[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

@ebottcher @PIX11News @monicamoralestv Thank you @ebottcher and @monicamoralestv for your support!

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Thanks to Councilmember @ebottcher and @monicamoralestv for spotlighting our failing HVAC. We need the city's support to keep older adult centers (OACs) safe when temperatures soar. Its past time for the city to give NYCAging a capital budget to invest in OAC infrastructure.

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

@JeremyLKaplan on aging in New York City : "Acknowledge to yourself that this isn't somebody else's problem. We're all getting older, and we need to take care of one another. Its easy to say 'That's the government's job' - but really, caring for older adults is our job"

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Thank you Chair Hudson for your advocacy. Older Adults built this city and is the fastest growing demographic. Cutting older adult center funding shows misguided priorities. The administration MUST fully fund New York’s Older Adult Centers so every Older New Yorker can thrive.

[Council Member Crystal Hudson @CMCrystalHudson]

NYC is set to see billions in previously unprojected revenue. Despite this, @NYCAging's Prelim Budget is full of unnecessary cuts. Join me tomorrow for the @NYCCouncil Committee on Aging's Preliminary Budget Hearing at 1PM, and let's talk 💰!

Live Stream: https://t.co/nYVpMF27KF

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

#JustPay It's time for fair compensation and more funding for our aging pop and those who care for them. The Mayor's vision for NYC must include #olderadults and care providers! They are essential to our city's fabric. Yet, overlooked in the latest State of the City address.

[LiveOn NY @liveonny]

Cary, 70, has been in showbusiness all his life. He used to perform at @EncoreCommServ fundraisers as Frank Sinatra, and he continues to charm people and excel as a master communicator as a tour guide for all sorts who want to learn more about our city.

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

@liveonny We love having Cary join us in our center for lunch every day!

[LiveOn NY @liveonny]

Monica, 74, has been a part of @EncoreCommServ Community Services community for decades. She accompanied her mother to the center until she was 103! Now Monica has been working on writing plays, and had her first play, Oatmeal Story, performed earlier this year.

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

@liveonny Age is just a number… creativity knows no limits!

[LiveOn NY @liveonny]

Peter, 75, is an artist and a writer who was a NYC Sanitation Worker for 20 years and started acting at 39. Thanks to Encore Community Services Playwright’s program he wrote his first play this year and had it performed by professionals.

#sayyourage #ReframeAging

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

@MauraKellyMedia We love to watch the older adults in our community thriving- they are amazing 🤩

[LiveOn NY @liveonny]

Rhonda, 69, is an author, poet, and songwriter. She has been able to publish a book of her own work, and has had her first play, entitled A New Day, performed earlier this year thanks to @EncoreCommServ 's new playwright program. She plans to continue writing, particularly music!

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

We know providing one meal a day is not enough to truly address #food insecurity among older adults. This investment will help us do more in supporting an #EncoreforLife for all!

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

We’re proud to share we just completed a major kitchen renovation at our flagship Older Adult Center. Thanks to a grant from @NYCAging, we have TRIPLED our capacity, and will be able to provide 1.25 MILLION meals per year to older New Yorkers!

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Our state-of-the-art equipment, expanded storage capacity, and new status as a commissary kitchen means that our center will be able to better support our members and our sector in meeting the nutritional needs of aging NYers.

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Team Encore provides more than just a meal… we bring the smiles, too!! #endseniorhunger #providemore #encoreforlife

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Thank you to all our supporters. Together, we're ready to deliver care for thousands of older adults living their Encore for Life. We need your help more than ever. Our fight continues for the city’s 125,000 human service workers and the older adults that rely on them.

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

Despite annual battles for funding, @NYCAging faced severe budget cuts this year. We've rallied, campaigned, and testified on the huge impact cuts would have on our city's elders. Our advocacy saw no bounds – from opinion pieces to city hall camp-outs 🧵

[Encore Community Services @EncoreCommServ]

We’re also incredibly dismayed that human service workers' calls for a cost of living adjustment are ignored. It's time to end poverty wages and #JustPay our essential workforce. @liveonny