Press Releases
Silver Planet Launches Initiative to Help Caregiving Boomers
Bainbridge Island, WA – As the population ages, a growing number of baby boomers find themselves caring for their aging parents. Silver Planet® CEO Karen Klein notes that this often-unexpected responsibility leads to worry and stress:
"Boomers worry that Mom will fall when she's home alone, that Dad won't limit his driving to daytime, or that they don't understand Medicare well enough to get the most benefit.
"Although caregiving sites are numerous, they are primarily self-help resource guides and do not offer independent professional consultations to help boomers resolve their specific caregiving challenges.
“That's why we've initiated our unique Independent Living Issues pages and Silver Advisors™ service.”
The Independent Living Issues pages encompass Silver Planet's latest articles and blogs on falls, driving, Medicare, and other aging-related topics. The pages are updated often and include the work of nationally recognized writers and authorities.
Silver Advisors are independent professional geriatric care managers and other experts who provide phone consultations on preventing falls, navigating Medicare, evaluating senior driving challenges, and other issues boomers typically face while caring for an aging loved one.
Silver Advisors clarify concerns, suggest a plan of action, help prioritize next steps, and furnish personalized written reports and recommendations. The first 15 minutes of each consultation are free, and a money-back guarantee is offered.
"We believe our new initiative will prove invaluable," said Klein. "Boomers no longer have to waste hours looking for information or seeking expert assistance. Now they can come to a one-stop resource, access the information and professional expertise they need to help their parents, and reduce their own stress level in the process."
For more information about Silver Planet, or to schedule an interview with Karen Klein, visit SilverPlanet.com or contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet helps boomers guide their parents to age in place by providing services and products related to aging at home and housing options.
Silver Planet combines its personalized advisory services with relevant, high-quality content from nationally known speakers and authors, timely webinars, blogs, and senior scam alerts in one place, making it an essential resource for boomers.
SilverPlanet.com is owned by Silver Planet, Inc. Its business offices are located on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
The Sandwich Generation Struggles to Care for Parents and Teens
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Bainbridge Island, WA – As many baby boomers age, they enter the "Sandwich Generation" and struggle to care for aging parents while maintaining careers and dealing with teenagers still at home. Complex family issues, a profusion of services, and health care red tape build frustration. Doubt, anger, running around in circles—it all adds up, resulting in stressful days and sleepless nights for the caregiver and less-than-ideal care for the senior in need. Boomers are too often left with nowhere to turn for help as the burden of myriad responsibilities crushes them.
Karen Klein, CEO of Silver Planet®, a Web site dedicated to alleviating this growing societal issue, has a solution: Silver Advisors™.
"Silver Advisors are professional care managers who offer telephone consultations on various issues of interest to caregivers and seniors and provide personalized written reports summarizing discussions and recommendations. They clarify concerns, recommend a plan of action, and help prioritize next steps," according to Ms. Klein.
"To help introduce these services, Silver Advisors will be available for FREE, 30-minute problem-solving consultations from July 6 through July 9," she continued. "People just need to call (877) 458-3767 to make an appointment for their particular caregiving issues.
"Everyone worried about an aging parent or loved one should call, especially if they're tired of finding dead ends when looking for answers to caregiving questions. There's no reason to suffer alone. Often the best decision is to reach out for help," Ms. Klein concluded.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® helps boomers guide their parents to age in place by offering personalized, professional consultations and related products and services on aging at home and housing options. Silver Planet is a unique company in the boomer space because we combine our personalized advisory services with over 20,000 pages of content and related products and services in one place.
For more information about Silver Planet, or to schedule an interview with CEO Karen Klein, visit SilverPlanet.com or contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Partners with Elderlife to Offer Line of Credit
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Elderlife Financial Services, which helps families finance their senior housing needs.
The Elderlife Financial Services Senior Living Line of Credit provides immediate financial assistance for senior housing and allows multiple family members from different parts of the country, as well as friends, to apply together as co-borrowers. More than 2,500 senior living communities across the nation accept this type of payment. Applications for the line of credit can be made through Silver Planet's Resource Directory.
"We are delighted to have Elderlife Financial among the services we can offer our readers," said Karen Klein, Silver Planet CEO. "This resource empowers boomers helping their parents by providing immediate financial help during a crisis period. Elderlife Financial enables qualified borrowers to receive up to a $50,000 line of credit quickly, to use for relocation without having to sell the family home in a rush."
Partnering with Elderlife Financial is part of Silver Planet's business initiative that builds on the comprehensive services it has been providing to seniors since 2008.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet's team provides live, professional Silver Advisors and the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus giving you the knowledge you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Advisors Help Boomers and Seniors Navigate Life Transitions
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, continues to build on the comprehensive services it has been providing since 2008 by launching a new resource that will help boomers and their aging parents navigate through complex times of transition.
Silver Planet has introduced Silver Advisors—trained, knowledgeable, and experienced eldercare professionals who can help boomers and their parents sort through complicated issues and solution options. For a small fee, Silver Advisors provide problem-solving care assessments and consultations by phone.
Silver Advisors will talk to callers about Medicare, Medicaid, in-home care, supportive housing options, aging-in-place home modifications, family conflict, and taxes. Emergency assistance is also available. A mediation expert will also soon be added to our consultant lineup.
"Silver Planet is the first place to offer personalized professional counseling supported by relevant content and products and services on a national scale," said Karen Klein, CEO of Silver Planet. "We're very excited to be able to offer this service to the public."
Click here to contact a Silver Advisor.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet's team provides live, professional Silver Advisors and the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus giving you the knowledge you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Join Silver Planet at Boomer Business Summit
Bainbridge Island, WA – The country's leading strategists for marketing to the 50-plus consumer, along with the organizations that market to that age group, will gather for the 7th Annual What's Next Boomer Business Summit, on March 19, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, will be among those attending and participating.
The daylong event will focus on the most effective strategies for selling products and services to the baby boomer market. Top industry analysts will share the latest research on what drives boomers' purchasing behavior as well as strategies for selling to boomers and seniors in a post-recession economy. Mark Graham, senior vice president of iVillage.com, and Dr. Stan Humphries, chief economist of Zillow.com, are among the featured speakers, and workshops will take place throughout the day.
Karen Klein, CEO of Silver Planet, will join a panel of successful publishers to discuss "Reaching Boomers and Seniors in Media" at 3 p.m. Klein brings 25 years of legal and entrepreneurial experience to the discussion, which will include four other panelists.
"We are excited to be part of the summit and part of the effort at strategizing on the best ways to serve boomers, the fastest-growing segment of the population," Klein said.
Produced by Mary Furlong & Associates, the 2010 summit will also emphasize integrated, social, and mobile marketing, and innovative distribution channels. In addition, it will provide a profile of business segments that have moved into the rapidly growing sector of caregiving, an $800 billion market.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet's team provides live, professional Silver Advisors and the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus giving you the tools you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Launches Official Adult Day Services Directory
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA). NADSA, a nonprofit group, is the leading voice of the rapidly growing adult day service industry, and it has created a database of more than 4,500 day service providers in every state and the District of Columbia. This brand-new directory is available exclusively at Silver Planet.
Adult day centers provide a coordinated program of professional and compassionate care in a safe community setting that offers social and therapeutic activities, meals, transportation, and help with personal care. NADSA has made the process of finding a facility nearby much easier. The online directory allows you to click on any state to review a list of cities that offer day centers. Clicking on a city produces a list of providers and complete contact information.
"This is the only official adult day services directory published by the organization, and it has the most current list of these facilities," said Karen Klein, CEO of Silver Planet. "Adult day care is wonderful for the older adult because of the many services it offers, and it's a lifesaver for the caregiver in need of a break. Knowing what choices are out there is invaluable. We are thrilled to partner with this nonprofit and share this service with our readers. "
"Making information available to families is very important," said Sara Myers, managing director of NADSA. "Our partnership with Silver Planet is leading the way to ensure that essential long-term care information is accessible and usable. "
Partnering with NADSA is part of Silver Planet's new business initiative that builds on the comprehensive services it has been providing to seniors since 2008.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet's team provides live professional Silver Advisors and the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus providing the information you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Launches Senior Housing Maps
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, announces a new partnership with Life Events Media, which has created an online locator map that allows seniors and their caregivers to easily find assisted living facilities in a desired area. The Silver Planet Senior Housing Map enables you to search for a facility by state or ZIP code. It's part of Silver Planet's goal of helping guide readers through the maze of eldercare choices to make important decisions.
Life Events Media, an online provider of tools and guides for consumers over 50, has a suite of "locator" tools that display directory listings for key services on digital maps. The Silver Planet tool provides a bird's-eye view of the addresses and contact information for the more than 43,000 assisted living facilities in the United States.
"The mapped display of available facilities provides an innovative and practical way for users to easily find and compare assisted living facilities," said Tony Cook, president of Life Events Media. "We are delighted that Silver Planet has chosen to distribute this valuable information via the site's housing pages for the benefit of its members."
Information—including the locations of hospitals, clinics, and other relevant health industry providers—will continue to be added to the map.
"When older adults and their caregivers are looking for a new housing arrangement, they need to know what services are nearby," said Karen Klein, CEO of Silver Planet. "What makes this housing locator different is that it visually displays both the locations of the facilities and the surrounding resources. The map will continue to grow and offer more in the way of resources."
The partnership with Life Events Media builds on the comprehensive services that Silver Planet has been providing since 2008.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet provides the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus providing the information you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Announces New Partnership with Key Life Benefits
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice since 2008, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Key Life Benefits, which offers individuals, businesses, and organizations supplemental insurance and noninsurance products and services at a savings.
Key Life will administer a Silver Supplemental Wellness Package for Silver Planet. Included in the plan are discounts for hearing and dental services as well as for alternative medicine. TelaDoc™ is a unique part of this benefits package. TelaDoc is a national network of physicians available for telephone consultations 24/7. The physicians use electronic health records and the phone conversations to diagnose illnesses and recommend treatments. This service—which allows unlimited calls to physicians—is especially helpful when your primary care doctor is not available, when you have a problem after hours or while on vacation, and for nonemergencies.
Within the Silver Planet Wellness Package are free hearing screenings and discounts on hearing aid products at retail locations and by mail order. The dental program includes more than 76,000 locations that offer general dentistry as well as specialty services. The Alternative Medicine Network includes more than 16,000 practitioners nationwide providing acupuncture, nutritional counseling, chiropractic service, and holistic medicine.
A link to Silver Planet Supplemental Benefits can also be found on Silver Planet's Aging at Home page.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet provides the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus providing the information you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Enters Care Services World with Sound Options
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, announces a new business initiative that builds on the comprehensive services it has been providing since 2008. Through a new partnership with Sound Options, a care management company, seniors and their caregivers will have the opportunity to receive care assessments, consultations, and planning and monitoring services from Silver Planet's Silver Advisors.
Silver Planet's home page offers easy access to Silver Advisors, experienced professionals who will guide seniors through the maze of housing options, in-care home services, and Medicare and Medicaid. For a small fee, advisors are available by appointment or, in case of emergency, by immediate phone consultation.
"We are excited to launch our new service model in which we have advisors on hand to help you navigate times of transition in your life," said Silver Planet CEO Karen Klein. "To provide this expert assistance, we are partnering with Sound Options. Silver Planet's 20,000 pages of content supplement the services targeted to seniors, offering concise information and opinions to empower seniors to make informed decisions."
Sound Options has been in the care management services business for two decades and is powered by a team of nursing, health care, and social work professionals. The company was founded by Mary Lynn Pannen, who has worked in the health care and chronic care fields for 35 years and is past president of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. "The online world of eldercare resources has reached a new high," Pannen said. "Silver Planet and its owners have developed a Web site that is family friendly, intelligent, and truly concerned about its customer and the care of older adults in this country."
New features and resources related to the Silver Advisors' site will be added regularly to Silver Planet's Web site.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet provides the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus providing the information you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Expands Caregiver Services with ElderCarelink
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, has added ElderCarelink, a home and health care directory, to its network of service providers.
ElderCarelink is a free referral service that quickly connects caregivers with local senior care services and providers that match the specific needs of their aging family member. Through Silver Planet, you can access this nationwide network of carefully screened eldercare providers for home care, private duty nursing, and care management.
Every week, ElderCarelink helps thousands of families in every state solve their long-term care needs. In 2009 alone, the company assisted 250,000 families in their search for high-quality eldercare. Unlike many online referral programs, there is no obligation to buy anything. The referral service was founded by Robert Brooks and Kenneth Housman, who collectively have nearly 50 years' experience in health care and technology.
Partnering with ElderCarelink is part of Silver Planet's new business initiative that builds on the comprehensive services it has been providing to seniors since 2008.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet provides the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus providing the information you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Announces Partnership with NewRetirement
Bainbridge Island, WA – Silver Planet®, a Web site empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice since 2008, is pleased to announce a partnership with NewRetirement, a leading destination site dedicated to helping people concerned about retirement find the information they need to create a secure future. In addition to providing tools for assessing retirement needs, NewRetirement can match consumers with prescreened service providers such as lenders, insurance brokers, certified financial planners, and other retirement experts.
At NewRetirement.com, readers can find articles on reverse mortgages, refinancing, debt consolidation, annuities, relocation assistance, insurance, and other related subjects. On the discussion board, seniors can ask questions about options they're considering. NewRetirement was founded in 2004, and its management team draws from numerous nationally known organizations, including Charles Schwab, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, and E*Trade.
"The NewRetirement.com team consists of devoted adult children of retirees," says Stephen Chen, founder of the site and head of Operations and Management. "We hope to assist hard-working Americans who, like our parents, are already retired or involved in retirement planning."
A link to NewRetirement.com can be found on Silver Planet's Money channel.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet® empowers boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet provides the latest information on scams, housing, financial planning, caregiving, spirituality, elder law, health, and new tech tools for staying at home, thus providing the information you need to make aging with choice a reality.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Expands Management Team with Addition of CFO
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Colorado Springs, CO – Silver Planet®, an online provider empowering boomers and seniors to age with choice, has added Kyle C. Murphy as chief financial officer (CFO) to its management team. Silver Planet provides services, products, and information to baby boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options.
Kyle C. Murphy brings more than 20 years of experience building customer-centric companies. He has repeated success helping to grow early-stage companies to profitability and to successful exits for the investors. He also serves as the president for SwitchStream, a growth strategy firm. Previously, Murphy was EVP and CFO of a venture-funded software-as-a-service company located in Los Angeles. He earned his MBA from Pepperdine University.
As CFO of Silver Planet, Murphy will be responsible for guiding the company in its next stage of growth, including financial, operational, and strategic functions.
"As Silver Planet reaches toward its next level of growth, I am delighted to have someone of Kyle's caliber joining our management team," stated Silver Planet CEO Karen Klein. "Silver Planet's unique consumer solution for housing and aging advice is staged to grow significantly over the next few years, and Kyle's experience scaling companies with an emphasis on consumer satisfaction fits well with our strategy."
Silver Planet will be introducing several new business initiatives in early 2010 that will continue to build on the comprehensive solution it provides to consumers, which is more extensive than available anywhere else online. Significant business growth at Silver Planet is expected from the new initiatives, which Murphy will play a significant role helping to execute.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet is the premier online source of services, products, and information that empowers baby boomers and seniors to make informed decisions about aging in place and housing options. Silver Planet's services and products include counseling, resource identification, and educational information.
For more information about Silver Planet, contact Amy Babcock, ababcock@silverplanet.com, (719) 488-9266.
Silver Planet Announces Silver Star of 2008
Marion, 95, pioneered the first hearing screening programs for newborns. As a result of her efforts, 90% of all newborns in America today are screened for hearing loss. The Marion Downs Hearing Center at the University of Colorado Hospital – Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, was created to honor the legacy of Marion Downs. The Center is recognized worldwide for its unique leadership and progressive innovations in the realm of hearing and deafness.
The upbeat, spirited Dr. Downs—who officially retired decades ago but hasn't really sat back and relaxed—has written a "guide to living to a ripe old age" titled Shut Up and Live! While she offers some of the usual tips—like exercise and laugh more—she also throws out some advice to get off your duff, love and enjoy sex, rebel against your aches and pains, and live out your passions. Her incredible zest for life is shown in her lectures and gold medals won competing in the Senior Olympics well into her 90s. Read Marion's full story, and view Silver Planet's video tribute to her.
Silver Planet Awarded $10,000 Rose Foundation Grant to Spur Boomer Involvement
Denver, CO – January 2, 2009. Silver Planet, www.silverplanet.com, a content and resource-rich website designed to “inform, inspire, and interact” with the 55+ generation as they embrace positive aging, has been awarded a $10,000 matching grant from Rose Community Foundation as part of its Boomers Leading Change initiative. Through the grant, Silver Planet will leverage its online expertise in supporting the Foundation’s initiative to expand opportunities for those age 55+ in work, service, and learning and thereby strengthen and support their communities.
Silver Planet will use these funds to: 1) link the www.silverplanet.com web site to other web sites that serve the 55+ age group, and 2) to pilot at least three Silver Planet Boomer Network Groups, led by volunteer Silver Ambassadors, in the seven-county Rose Community Foundation Greater Denver service area. The Network Groups will focus on activities of interest to boomers and seniors, provide the participants with local and online resources, and aim to "inform, inspire, and interact" as they become part of the national Silver Planet online community.
About Silver Planet
Silver Planet, LLC is a private Colorado Springs-based company founded in 2007 by 74-year old Florence Klein, a local entrepreneur who developed the site to provide a trusted website to serve the everyday needs of the 55+ community. This online community encourages seniors and baby boomers to adopt the concept of Silver Planet aging---a lifestyle that focuses on living active, fulfilled, informed, and inspiring lives.
About Rose Community Foundation
Rose Community Foundation makes grants to organizations and institutions serving the seven-county Greater Denver community in the areas of Aging, Child and Family Development, Education, Health, and Jewish Life. “These grants are a way for Rose Community Foundation to stimulate creative thinking about ways to engage the baby boom generation in addressing social and economic needs in our community,” said Sheila Bugdanowitz, president and CEO.
Contact
Dr. Elinor Greenberg
Project Director
303-771-3560
ellie.greenberg@ucdenver.edu
Fifteen $10,000 Grants Awarded to Spur Boomer Involvement
Denver, CO – December 3, 2008. Rose Community Foundation has awarded 15 grants of $10,000 for efforts to mobilize the experience and knowledge of the baby boom generation for social benefit. This matching grants program is part of Rose Community Foundation’s Boomers Leading Change initiative, which is working to expand opportunities for baby boomers to live meaningful and productive lives in their 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond.
The 15 grantees include nonprofit organizations, government institutions, higher education, consultants and entrepreneurs. All recipients were required to submit budgets with their proposals that included at least $10,000 from other sources. Eight of these projects (indicated with an asterisk *) were initially supported by a $5,000 Boomer Innovation Grant from Rose Community Foundation in 2007.
“These grants are a way for Rose Community Foundation to stimulate creative thinking about ways to engage the baby boom generation in addressing social and economic needs in our community,” said Sheila Bugdanowitz, president and CEO.
Rose Community Foundation is one of more than 35 community foundations across the nation participating in the Community Experience Partnership, an initiative of The Atlantic Philanthropies (atlanticphilanthropies.org) to expand opportunities for people 55+ to help strengthen their communities through work, service and learning.
The following grantees were awarded $10,000 each unless otherwise noted.
*AARP Foundation WorkSearch: To expand the number of over-50 individuals served by WorkSearch’s job-training programs.
aarpmmp.org/worksearch
*Arapahoe Community College Foundation: To conduct research and planning efforts leading to the establishment of a Boomer Resource Center.
arapahoe.edu
The Boomer Group: To launch What’s Next Consulting Services, a new line of business providing boomer clients with tools needed to find meaningful work.
theboomergroup.com
Boomer Optioneers: For research to support Informed Choices About Death, an initiative to raise awareness about “medically induced longevity” (MIL) and advocate for alternative approaches to death and dying.
boomop.net
The Civic Canopy: To create the Civic Connections online platform to connect individual boomers to civic engagement opportunities.
civiccanopy.org
*Colorado Department of Human Services: To refine and expand Colorado Experience Bank, an online service to connect older adults to public- and private-sector resources and opportunities in employment, volunteer service and lifelong learning.
coloradoexperiencebank.com
Connections Unlimited: To partner with JVA Consulting to launch Boomers and Beyond in Edgewater, Colorado, a neighborhood-based pilot project to create a network of boomers committed to making lasting change in their community through work, advocacy, learning and leadership.
jonisconnections.com
jvaconsulting.com
*JFFixler & Associates: To partner with Metro Volunteers for a pilot program utilizing boomer volunteers to train six nonprofit agencies to extend their capacity through the engagement of highly skilled boomer volunteers.
jffixler.com
metrovolunteers.org
Mi Casa Resource Center: To enroll Denver-area boomers over 50 in the organization’s 13-week entrepreneurial training program, available in both English and Spanish. Mi Casa Resource Center will receive an additional $5,000 to evaluate the effectiveness of the program for their 50+ clients.
micasaresourcecenter.org
Neighborhood Resource Center of Colorado: To help launch a three-year effort that advances the “Aging in Community” model of involving boomers in grassroots efforts to create supportive neighborhoods for all ages and abilities in four metro-area zip codes.
nrc-neighbor.org
*Karen L. Newman Ph.D.: To support the launch of ExpertSource, an enterprise focused on developing and disseminating knowledge intended to improve employers’ practices in engaging experienced talent in the workforce.
Silver Planet: To support the early development of this new website enterprise focused on the 55+ market with age-relevant content, social networking functions and self-publishing opportunities and to pilot a new effort called Silver Ambassadors.
silverplanet.com
*St. Anthony Hospitals Health Passport: To evaluate and expand the recently launched ReConnect Leadership Project, which trains boomer volunteers to improve health-care quality through a variety of patient-centered activities.
myhealthpassport.org
*University of Denver: To develop a business plan for the Center for Life Renewal, housed within University College, which will offer boomers transition counseling, learning opportunities, job training, social networking and connections to other community partners.
universitycollege.du.edu
*Veterans Helping Veterans Now: To help expand this new program that recruits, trains and supports mostly Vietnam-era volunteers in providing a range of services for other veterans.
vhvnow.org
For more information, visit http://www.coloradoboomers.com.
Contact
Phil Nash
303.398.7444
pnash@rcfdenver.org
Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats® Sweepstakes Winners Announced!
Silver Planet is pleased to announce the final winners of the 2008 Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats® sweepstakes. The winners from the October drawing are Richard Packard, Bee Anderson, and Jennifer Lawson. Harry and David will deliver a beautiful Deluxe Tower of Treats® directly to each winner’s home.
Thanks to the Silver Planet members who participated. Please “stay tuned” for future sweepstakes!
Note: Winning entries are subject to verification and compliance with sweepstakes rules. In the event of an unclaimed prize, a new winning entry will be selected.
August Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats® Sweepstakes Winners Announced!
September 8, 2008
Silver Planet announces the three August winners of the Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats®. The winners are Karen Olsen of Washington State, Jane Duhl of Virginia, and Rochelle G of Colorado. Harry and David will deliver a beautiful Deluxe Tower of Treats® directly to each winner’s home.
Any newly registered user on www.silverplanet.com during the month of September is eligible for the final drawing, which will be held on September 30, 2008. Another three lucky winners will receive a Free Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats® in the final drawing.
Stay tuned for the final winners!
Note: Winning entries are subject to verification and compliance with sweepstakes rules. In the event of an unclaimed prize, a new winning entry will be selected.
July Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats® Sweepstakes Winners Announced!
August 11, 2008
Silver Planet announces the three July winners of the Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats®. The winners are Ron Tankersley, Doug Barg, and Sadie Stern. Harry and David will deliver a beautiful Deluxe Tower of Treats® directly to each winner’s home.
The next drawings will be held on August 31, 2008, and September 30, 2008. Three lucky winners in each of those drawings will receive a Free Harry and David Deluxe Tower of Treats®. Newly registered users and all MySeniors.com registered users will be eligible for the drawings.
Stay tuned for more winners!
Note: Winning entries are subject to verification and compliance with sweepstakes rules. In the event of an unclaimed prize, a new winning entry will be selected.
Camcorder Prize Winner Announced!
Silver Planet was a featured exhibitor at the Colorado Convention Center on May 14, 2008, as part of the annual Salute to Seniors convention sponsored by the Colorado Gerontological Society. Silver Planet staff used a live monitor to demonstrate how to access the wealth of information available on the exciting new Web site designed to Inform-Inspire-Interact with the 55+ generation.
A drawing was held at the end of day, and a sleek camcorder was awarded to Mr. John G—, a gentleman from the Denver area. This was the first of many prizes, drawings, and contests planned by Silver Planet. Stay tuned!
