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Area VI RSVP Staff
Director:
Sharon Bladen
Volunteer Coordinators:
Lake County
Maxine Garcia
Mineral County
Monica Ray
Ravalli County
Derry Kempf
Project Coordinator:
Rashall Pierce
Vol. Newsletter & Website Editor
Susan Jones
Winter 2010
NEWSLETTER
Copyright 2006 ~ RSVP Area VI ~ All Rights Reserved
Office Locations:
310 Old Corvallis Rd.
Ste. 200
Hamilton, MT 59840
406-363-1102
110 Main St., Suite #5
Polson, MT 59860
406-883-7284
1-800-266-4188
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Statistics
2009
424 Active Volunteers
97 Sites
39,248 Hours of Service
Have you moved recently or changed your address or phone number? Don’t forget to notify the RSVP office in your area.
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Most Medicare beneficiaries will continue to pay the same $96.40 Part B premium amount in 2010. Beneficiaries who currently have the Social Security Administration (SSA) withhold their Part B premium and have incomes of $85,000 or less (or $170,000 or less for joint filers) will not have an increase in their Part B premium for 2010.
For all others, the standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $110.50 in 2010, which is a 15% increase over the 2009 premium. The Medicare Part B premium is increasing in 2010 due to possible increases in Part B costs. If your income is above $85,000 (single) or $170,000 (married couple), then your Medicare Part B premium may be higher than $110.50 per month.
For more information on Medicare visit:
Remember you can now submit your time sheets online.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
- Help needed to coordinate and/or man sign in tables for Suicide Prevention classes
- Help scheduling child ID events with schools and other children’s organizations
These two projects are operating to varying degrees in the 3 counties, depending on the volunteers who are working on them. We really hope to find more volunteers to work on them, especially in Lake County, where we have grants that require we expand these programs.
- Also in Lake County we are working with the Commemoration 2010 group that is putting together a variety of events to show the links between the Indian nations and the early pioneers to build Lake County. Our specific contribution is two “quilts” made by area children. The first quilt has been completed, but we will need people this spring to work on the project with school groups and to cut and iron. There is no real quilting in the project.
For more volunteer opportunities check out the RSVP page for your area.
MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS FOR 2010
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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Learning something new!
These sources offer free classes, instruction, tips and information online:
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles, to be sure but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
~ unknown
“Give a Day, Get a Disney Day”
Volunteers are eligible for one day of free admission to a Disney Park when they give one day of volunteer service.
If you think you might be going to Disney Land or Disney World during 2010, let us know so we can get you signed up for a free ticket.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Making Life Easier
As we age some tasks just aren't as easy as they once were. Following are some sites that offer assistive tools and items to help with everyday chores.
B-Independent website offers has a treasure trove of everything from reachers and grabbers to medication aids.
Senior Super Stores has some wonderful gadgets for making work in the kitchen simpler.
The Wright Stuff offers adaptive living devices for around the home and in the garden.
