Understanding Your Medicare Choices
You can choose from two paths to reach the Medicare coverage you need. For more information, contact The Senior Source. We’re here to help!
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Ways to Stay Cool in the Summer Heat
The Senior Source’s “Beat the Heat” program has concluded and was a success, but here are a few ways that can help you stay cool. The Senior Source is still here to help you in every way we can. Below you will find a list of resources to help give you some relief in
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Applying for SNAP Benefits
What is SNAP? SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. You may also hear it referred to as the food stamp program. SNAP provides monetary monthly assistance that can be used to purchase food at your local grocery stores. Whatever amount you don’t use will roll over until the next month. Eligibility is based off
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Tales of the Sweet and Salty Life of Ms. Jackson
We’d like to introduce Ms. Gwenderlyn Jackson. She has been a volunteer in our Senior Companion Program since 2013. Ms. Jackson shared a glimpse of her childhood memories from the 1960s and 1970s in honor of Black History Month. A Sweet Memory Ms. Jackson grew up in East Texas’ Marion County in an area with
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Harrison Family History Sets The Stage
In honor of Black History Month, we are proud to share the family history of our Senior Companion Program client, Ms. Sarah Harrison, age 91. Ms. Harrison’s great grandparents, Thomas and Isabela Harrison, escaped slavery via the fabled underground railroad. The legendary Harriet Tubman herself led them to freedom in Canada. Safe in the north,
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North Texas Giving Day Booster: The Senior Source
“According to The Senior Source Caregiver Support Program Director Kimberly Knight, “Caregiving for older adults in your life usually starts slowly. Your dad can’t drive on long trips anymore, so he needs you to drive with him to the class reunion. You are only in your 40s or 50s and you are juggling your career, your kids, and
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How volunteering at The Senior Source benefits everyone
The Senior Source helps place older volunteers in a wide variety of roles that help communities in need and boost well-being. COVID-19 dismantled the world in more ways than one, and in order to stay safe, isolation became the norm. But today, as communities welcome each other back in person, many struggles remain, from soaring
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Jub Jam XI
Join Sportsradio 96.7 and 1310 The Ticket’s George “Jub Jub” Dunham and the other Morning Musers, Junior Miller and the Great Gordo, for Macho Self Storage’s Jub Jam XI, featuring performances by George Dunham and the Bird Dogs, The Buffalo Ruckus, Bobby Duncan, Steve Helms, Michael Padgett, Deryl Dodd, and a special Texas country musical
George Dunham says his parents were the inspiration for his Jub Jam music event
Noting the care and attention needed by senior citizens, The Ticket personality made it a mission to raise money for the Senior Source. George Dunham and his siblings were able to care for their bedridden parents during the later stages of their lives. The experience, he said, struck a chord with him. “It made me
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Mav Foundation Donating $150,000 to Families Struggling with Summer Heat
The Dallas Mavericks announced in a release Tuesday that the Mavs Foundation is granting $150,000 in emergency funds to nonprofits supporting those impacted by the dangerous heat and increased living costs. The team said the funds will support programs that donate air conditioning units and cooling centers for this summer’s triple-digit heat. The team is
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