West 7 th Community Center Celebrating 40 Years: Supporting Neighbors, Creating Community

1. West 7th Community CenterCelebrating 40 Years: Supporting Neighbors, Creating Community Located in the Historic West 7th Neighborhood of Saint Paul

2. Programs and Services • Family & Youth Program • Afterschool Program • Summer Program • Outreach • Circle of Parents • Teen Girls Circle

3. Senior ServicesMission:Our goal is to help seniors remain healthy and safe in their homes and connected to the community.

4. Senior Services & Programs • Meals on Wheels • Homemaking/Respite • Caregiver Program • Care Management • Education • Health and Wellness Programs • Activities • Volunteer Services • Living at Home/Block Nurse Program

5. Community Power: Simple Ways to GreenMain Goal: To provide seniors and community members of the West 7th area, practical, simple and effective ways of reducing waste, reducing toxins in the home and recycling by providing information and hands-on activities.

6. Aging Well Expo Booth

7. Aging Well Expo Booth, Continued…… Volunteers were trained on how to read labels on hazardous household products: Warning Danger Toxic Poison Volunteers educated participants on how to properly dispose of pharmaceutical waste.

8. Aging Well Expo Booth, Continued…… Cloth Bag Pledges and Green Gifts Table

9. Women’s Health Fair May 2012 Reducing Junk Mail Hazardous Household Products Cloth Bag Pledges

10. Plant Sale Junk Mail Reduction

11. Staff & Summer Program Kids Relay Races

14. Relay Races

15. Greening our Events! Offered a vegetarian option. We will continue to do this at all of our events. Served condiments in bulk instead of single serving packets. We will continue to do this at future events.

16. Challenges • Calling participants • Keeping volunteers on track