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Area VI RSVP Staff
Director:
Sharon Bladen
Volunteer Coordinators:
Lake County
Maxine Garcia
Mineral County
Mary Jo Berry
Lincoln County
Kate Huntsberger
Ravalli County
Charlene Stevens
RSVP Office Volunteers:
Wendy Susott
Patti Carmen
Lee Weber
Vol. Newsletter & Website Editor
Susan Jones
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Office Locations:
Ravalli County
310 Old Corvallis Rd. Ste 200
Hamilton, MT 59840
406-363-1102
RSVP@Montana.com
RSVPRavalli@Montana.com
Mineral & W. Sanders Counties
St. Regis Community Center
St. Regis, MT 59866
406-493-5356
Superior - 102 River St.
RSVPMineral@Montana.com
Lake, E. Sanders Counties
Flathead Reservation
110 Main Street, Suite #5
Polson, MT 59860
406-883-7284
1-800-266-4188
RSVP@Area6Aging.org
Lincoln County
Libby Senior Center
406-291-4490
RSVP Lincoln@Montana.com
RSVP ONLINE:
www.rsvpmontana.org
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Statistics
Jul 2010 - Jun 2011
327 Active Volunteers
101 Inactive Volunteers
97 Sites
38,090 Hours of Service
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Winter 2012
NEWSLETTER
OPERATION HONOR CARD
Follow-Up
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LAST CHANCE!
GET YOUR 2012 Pocket Calendars
Calendars can be picked up at your local RSVP office. Extras will be given out in communities beginning January 15, 2012.
Operation Honor Card has successfully collected over 14,000,000 pledged hours of service from Americans who want to honor military families and veterans through acts of kindness, big and small, showing appreciation for their sacrifice. With more than 5,740,000 hours already served, Operation Honor Card has inspired communities across the nation to come together in a grassroots effort to proudly honor military families and veterans.
A joint project of Blue Star Families, American Red Cross, Points of Light Institute, ServiceNation, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, Operation Honor Cards is part of the First Lady's Joining Forces initiative for military families, which aims to create an atmosphere of shared service and a WWII sense of 'all give some' by encouraging Americans to perform service in honor of military families and veterans.
In Montana, what started as a small service project expanded into a statewide effort, where Senior Corps volunteers have collected pledges totaling more than 300,000 hours, The drive culminated on Veterans Day, with the pledges displayed on a Wall of Service at Montana State University. The impact of these Senior Corps volunteers in Montana is truly inspiring, showing how a little kindness can blossom into a movement to help military families and veterans.
WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR ...
Your Healthy Retirement Lifestyle
What does retirement mean to you? For many it is a chance to finally do all the things there wasn't time for when you were part of the mainstream workforce. Retirement can mean more time for hobbies, travel, family, friends, education or even a second career. Having an active retirement lifestyle can lead to better health and longevity.
4 tips to keep you involved and motivated:
1. Become a volunteer and give of your time, talent and expertise. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to interact with new people, make new friends and learn new skills.
2. Keep your brain working. Challenge your brain by learning new things or simply by doing things differently. Change your routine so you have to think about what you're doing instead of just doing it.
3. Keep physically active. You don't have to join a gym or walk 10 miles a day. Use your large supermarket as a place to walk in winter if you aren't close to a mall. Make several walking laps around the store to keep your muscles moving and your heart pumping. Avoid the easy chair!
4. Eat healthier. If you don't already, it's time to give serious thought to what you eat. Skip the potato and add an extra veggie. Pass up the cookies and enjoy an apple or orange. Even little changes can make a difference.
Be always at War with your vices,
at Peace with your neighbors,
and let each New Year find you
a better person.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The Hidden Dangers of Over-the-Counter Drugs
Just because non-prescription drugs are available to anyone doesn’t mean that they are harmless. Often over-the-counter medications are simply lower doses of regular prescription medication, with the same side effects and cautions that are associated with the higher doses. Without some care, non-prescription medications can cause harm instead of helping. To ensure that you and your family are safe, keep these guidelines in mind next time you make a trip to the drugstore.
As a general rule, do not consume alcohol when using any medication. Some medications can induce drowsiness, which is made worse with alcohol. And some drugs, like Tylenol, can cause liver damage if used long-term by regular drinkers.
Do not mix medications without asking the advice of your physician or pharmacist. There are risks when taking some types of over-the-counter medication with other drugs. Because many people don’t really consider over-the-counter products as true drugs, they don’t consider the risks they might pose in certain circumstances. Don’t forget that antacids, laxatives, and diet aids are also considered drugs and should be taken with the same precautions.
If you have any underlying medical condition, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, glaucoma, diabetes, or any other condition you are receiving treatment for, talk to your physician before taking any type of medication. Diabetics may develop problems simply because many medications are coated in sugar or contain high levels of sugar, like cough syrup.
Read the labels carefully. Take only the recommended dose. Many people get into trouble when they take too much of a drug they think is harmless. The drug itself may be completely safe when taken as directed, but can become toxic when even a small overdose is taken. Do not take any medication for longer than is recommended.
Often prescription and non-prescription drugs may contain the same ingredients, and when taken together, constitute an overdose of that drug. For example, a person taking an allergy medication may receive too high a dose of antihistamines if they also take some common cough and cold products. Aspirin taken with prescription blood thinners can lead to difficulties in the bleeding process.
Pay special attention to herbal remedies. Although many are very safe, some can be life threatening when taken with other drugs or used incorrectly. Check with your doctor or pharmacist first to be sure.
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
~Edith Sitwell
