11/24/09 Grant aids seniors

Family Centers will increase activities and support for the town's older adults through a $3,000 grant from the Alliance for Children and Families.

The funds will add recreational, educational and support programs at McKinney Terrace and Parsonage Cottage, two of the Greenwich Housing Authority's senior residences. Programs will include art classes, music classes, exercise classes, mental health services, nutrition workshops and socialization events.

Greenwich-based Family Centers was one of 21 organizations to receive the grant through the Alliance for Children and Families' New Age of Aging Initiative, designed to help prepare nonprofit human-service organizations throughout North America to best provide services for older adults as the baby boom generation ages.

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