Grant Township wants to give seniors a place to go. We want to offer help, support and activities for seniors. We invite all seniors to attend to discuss what you would like the Township to do for you. Open up your hearts and minds and give us some directions. We do not want to offer services that do not meet your needs.
Dear Senior Citizen,
Thank you for taking time to meet with us at the Grant
Township Hall on Thursday, August 3rd. It was a pleasure seeing
all of you and we appreciate your comments. We have gone over the
enclosed list of issues brought up by the attendees and we will start to
take action on some of them.
The meeting made it very clear we can go a long way by
just using our current resources and communicating information to you.
We will work on publishing a Senior New Letter and a Resource Directory.
We are still receiving input from seniors, examples:
Seminar on reverse mortgages, maintenance free homes for senior (town
home, ranch condo, gated communities, etc.).
We will be scheduling another meeting in the future to
discuss actions taken and what programs we are looking at for the
future. If you have any additional suggestions either Email us at
granttownship@sbcglobal.net
or call us at (847)546-8880 or (847)740-2233.
Sincerely,
Grant Township Senior Committee
Kay Starostovic Walter Kubalanza
Nancy Nystrom Richard Stueber
From a meeting on August 3, 2006 with
township seniors, the following were given as the most important:
-COMMUNICATION
-TRANSPORTATION (This would include transportation
outside of the Township) Note: We
do have a Transportation Transit Van, in cooperation with Antioch and
Lake Villa Townships. This, at the present time, is destination
driven, I.E., requested by residents as to destination.
-NOTICE (in July 2008): Watch for new PACE Transportation Bus to be
in service in the near future.
-SOUND SYSTEM (for Township Hall; portable
microphones)
Other
issues/concerns requested were:
-Entertainment:
Shopping Trips
(Request was also for volunteer to do the shopping)
Social Outings
Senior Lunches
Bingo
Card Parties
Craft Classes
Aerobics
-Home Maintenance/Handyman Services:
Snow Removal
Leaf Pick-Up
Grass Cutting
-Computer Classes:
Basic Classes
Support Service
Faster Internet Service
-Health Services/Screening
-Security - Parking Lot Lighting - At Senior Housing
Apartments
-Help in Dealing with Companies/corporation (AT&T,
etc...)
-Swimming Pool
As of July 2008 the Township has had 2 Senior "Splash Parties". These
were held at indoor pools.
-Telephone - "Well Being" Call
Note: It was
brought up that the Lake County Sheriff puts out a booklet, RUOK, which
deals with this issue.
-Senior Driving Classes:
Note: Grant
Township Offers Rules of the Road Classes and a Super Senior Day (once a
year) but no drivers license classes.
Some other
requests that have come in since the above note meeting are:
-Reverse Mortgage Seminars