Administration Offices & Activities Center
1504 S. Harrison Street
Shelbyville, In 46176
(317)398-0127
Contact Us
Transportation: 317-398-7614
Information and Assistance: 317-398-0127
Services are funded by: Donations from private
individuals, churches, businesses, city and county
sources, fundraisers, grants and foundations, CICOA, and
SCUFFY.
Tune in to WKWH 1520 AM Radio every Saturday morning at
6:30a.m. to hear “The Sky’s the Limit” with Shelby
Senior Service’s Executive Director Dianna Pandak
featuring timely issues facing adults 60 years and
older.
SHELBY SUPER SENIOR AWARD
Do you know a super senior? Someone who is at least
60 years old who has made a exceptional contribution to
family, our community or an organization?
If so, nominate them to be a "Super Senior".
The Super Senior Award recognizes extraordinary
accomplishments in areas of family, leadership and
guidance, volunteer services, fundraising and
development, community involvement or any other aspect
of life.
Anyone can submit a nomination that includes a
written essay about what makes this senior "super".
Members of the Shelby County Council on Aging will
review the applications and one Super Senior
of the Year honor will be awarded during the Senior
Health Fair in April.
Every nominee will receive special recognition during
a spring reception in The Horizon Center. A date will be
announced later, and a letter will be mailed to all
nominees notifying them of their nomination.
The Super Senior of the Year will be invited to
participate in events in Shelby County scheduled for the
month of May, which is recognized as Older Americans
Month. Shelby County’s Super Senior will advance to the
Golden Hoosier Awards competition, sponsored by Lt.
Governor Becky Skillman.
Send letters of nomination before March 12 with the
name, address, city, state, and phone number of nominee,
along with the name, address and phone number of the
person submitting the nomination to:
Shelby Senior Services, Inc.
1504 S. Harrison St., P.O. Box 241
Shelbyville, IN 46176
or via email to:
www.dpandak@shelbyseniorservices.org
MEMBER SPOTLIGHTAT
Nora Benefiel comes to the Horizon Center two to
three days a week to spend time with friends and to
oftentimes learn something new. It’s been part of her
daily routine for many, many years and she sees no need
to change it.
"I really enjoy coming down to the Center," the
77-year-old Shelbyville resident said. "I never even
thought about coming down here until my sister-in-law
(Lois Scroggham) invited me." Benefiel routinely plays
Euchre, hand and foot, and bingo, and just enjoys the
companionship with everyone who visits The Horizon
Center. She also volunteers during the annual Strawberry
Festival.
She comes regularly to the center on Monday evenings,
too. "It’s nice. It gives you something to do that’s
different from the activities in the day time," she
said. "A different group of people come than during the
days. And, I love the trips, especially when we go
shopping at the Mall."
A 1950 graduate of Waldron High School, Benefiel is
also a seamstress. She and her late husband, George, for
years owned and operated the Singer store in town. He
and her brother-in-law, John Hite, also operated the
Yellow Cab station for years.
She likes spending time with her family that includes
five grown children, all of whom live in Shelby County
(Karen Miller, Brenda Wilson, Kevin Jim and David
Benefiel), 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
AARP Tax-Aide Program
Tax filing time will be here before we know it!
Appointments are being scheduled now for volunteer
tax preparers to assist taxpayers of middle to low
income in filling out simple tax forms. Special
attention will be given to residents ages 60 and older.
Appointments may be made for Wednesday mornings and
afternoons from Feb. 3 through April 15, and Thursdays
until noon. Call 398-0127 to schedule appointments and
come to Shelby Senior Services, Inc., 1504 S. Harrison
St. the date of your appointment.
Please bring: copies of last year’s filings, W2
forms, 1099s, property tax or rent information from last
year, and tax forms or booklets received from the IRS.
AARP-trained tax preparers will also make special
arrangements for homebound seniors.
ShelbyGo is
available to transport participants to and from
appointments. Schedule early by calling 398-7614.
Is There Something On Your Mind?
Please let the staff at Shelby Senior
Services, Inc. know what activities you’d like to see
brought to The Horizon Center, what services you or a
loved one are in need of, what the staff might improve
on to meet your needs and desires . . . just let us know
what is on your mind.
Call 398-0127 or write it down and
bring it to us.
Donate Unused, Workable Cell Phones
A coalition of Law
Enforcement Agencies and Non-Profits across the United
States, recently came together to collect and
redistribute used cell phones to any community member
who needs a 911 phone in the event of an emergency.
Secure the Call Foundation, a non-profit organization,
leads this coalition.
Shelby
Senior Services, Inc. is a collection site for these
phones. Just bring them by the agency office, 1504 S.
Harrison St., and when several have been collected, the
agency will send the phones to Secure the Call
Foundation.
Once
received, the foundation members take the phones,
inspect them, cleans then, charges their batteries and
then reprograms them to be used as free 911 emergency
phones. According to T. Michael Morgan, executive
director of the foundation, any phone that can be turned
on can access 911 services even without a carrier
service plan. The phones are then distributed to
domestic violence shelters, senior centers, neighborhood
watch groups, school crossing guards and other agencies
with an immediate need for 911 access. This service is
available to individuals and organizations nationwide.
For more
information on the program or to download a tax receipt
for your donation, please visit the
website at
www.donatemycellphone.org or call
1-888-883-6628.
Please
send only cell phones and batteries; no chargers.
Help! Drivers Needed
Volunteers are needed to
periodically drive Shelby County seniors to and from
out-of-county medical appointments, and to assist
veterans in getting to and from appointments at the VA
Hospital in Indianapolis. Applicants must be licensed
drivers in good standing. Driving records will be
checked through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles Division in
Indianapolis.
Volunteers
will be reimbursed 37 cents a mile. Applications are
available at 1504 S. Harrison Street. For more
information, call 398-0127.
Create Telephone Links
Buy a pre-paid phone card or
a gift certificate for a soldier you know or for a
soldier in need, through the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service; AAFES.com or 1-800-527-2345. Donate to
Operation Uplink which will purchase and distribute
phone cards to troops — Operationuplink.org Connect with
USO’s Operation Phone Home by calling 1-800-901-1501 or
log on to uso.org
Send Care Packages
For a $25 donation,
Operation USO Care Package, which is approved by the
Department of Defense, will put together a package and
send it to a loved one, or any service member, complete
with a personal message from you:
Operationusocarepackage.org or 1-800-876-7469. If you
don’t know anyone overseas, but still want to send a
soldier a gift, try Treats for Troops, Inc. Soldiers
register on the site and are matched with gift-giving
civilians. Treatsfortroops.com
For Your Information
Shelby Senior Services Board
of Directors meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 9
a.m. The meetings are open to the public.
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