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Our new Aging and Memory Mobile Clinic is the only mobile unit in the country dedicated to memory screenings for people of color.

Our Foley Phantoms Special Olympics team have never let their disabilities get in the way of achieving their goals. They recently accomplished another one, earning the Outstanding Non-profit Community Service award for their float in the annual Foley Fun Days parade.

​Estate & Elder Law Services attorney Lori Skibbie has been selected to the 2018 Minnesota Super Lawyers list for her work in Estate Planning. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the Super Lawyers rating service to receive the distinction.

Minneapolis – July 11, 2019 — Volunteers of America (VOA) – Minnesota/Wisconsin announced today that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Paula Hart, 64, will retire from her position in October 2019 in order to move near family in Texas. A national search will be conducted for her successor and an interim CEO will be named no later than the end of October.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) this week conferred one of its top honors on Volunteers of America – Minnesota (VOA-MN) — the Commissioner’s Circle of Excellence Award. Commissioner Emily Piper presented the award at the DHS offices in St. Paul.

At the organization’s annual TRUST Forum, President and Chief Executive Officer Paula Hart (left) received the Jean Harris award from the Women’s Health Leadership Trust. Dee Thibodeau, Chief Executive Officer of Charter Solutions presented the award.

The Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging and the MN Board on Aging invite you to attend the 2016 Legislative Summit on Dec. 6, 7:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Eagan Community Center. Register at this link –www.mnlcoa.org/summit . $50 registration includes breakfast and certificate of attendance. Scholarships are available.

The George Family Foundation’s Catalyst Initiative Invites you to join us on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 for Building Resilience: Restoring our Human Capacity to Heal

For Tynessia, Debbie’s visit with her in prison began a powerful, lifelong friendship 

Are you happy? That’s what Kelly wants to find out soon after you meet her. Kelly lives at Armour House, one of our ten residential care homes in Wisconsin. She has an intellectual disability, meaning that she thinks like a two-year-old, in a 42-year-old body.

Tony, Craig, Karen, and Kelly have cared for their 86-year-old father for two years, since he was diagnosed with dementia. He still lives in the family home, surrounded by love and memories that come and go.