WARTBURG KICKS OFF OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

From left: Hugh J. Greechan Jr., Commissioner Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation; Andre Early, deputy commissioner, Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation; David J. Gentner, president and CEO, Wartburg; Mae Carpenter, commissioner, Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services; George Latimer, Westchester County executive; Judy Fink, executive director, Westchester Jewish Community Services and president of the Westchester Public Private Partnership for Aging Services Board; and Ken Jenkins, Westchester County deputy county executive.

Wartburg Senior Living Community in Mount Vernon, an integrated, comprehensive senior residential and health care services organization, recently hosted a Kickoff to Older Americans Month and announced the newly re-imagined Salute to Seniors. More than 60 leaders from government, community organizations and service providers joined together to celebrate older Americans in our community. Wartburg is a presenting sponsor for the Salute to Seniors. The first of which will be held on its campus.

Older Americans Month was established in 1963 and since that time, the month-long acknowledgment of contributions from senior citizens has become a Westchester County tradition. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the in-person Salute to Seniors event to be cancelled, but the celebration is back for 2021. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation and the Westchester County Public-Private Partnership have hosted Salute to Seniors for many years.

“”¦”My thanks to Commissioner Mae R. Carpenter and her staff for making this happen,” said David J. Gentner, president and CEO.