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Looking Out for One Another

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Molly Holmes, chair of the Seattle-King County Advisory Council on Aging & Disability Services, reflects on the success of the past year and the uncertainty in our future.

In my final month as chair of the Seattle-King County Advisory Council on Aging & Disability Services, I reflect on the success of the past year. Our volunteer council held a planning retreat in January, met 10 times during the year; and participated in Senior Lobby Day in Olympia, the annual Washington State Council on Aging/Washington Association of Area Agencies on Aging conference and Washington State Senior Lobby annual conference.

In addition, we co-sponsored Age Wave legislative candidate forums in Auburn and Bellevue. We also sponsored three issue forums—“Responding to the Needs of LGBT Elders” (February), “Becoming a Citizen Activist,” with former Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata (March), and “It Takes a Village to Age in Place” (July) with representatives of PNA Village, NEST, and Wider Horizons—and a listening session on “Your Age-Friendly Future” with Seattle City Councilmember Debora Juarez and 32nd District State Representative Cindy Ryu (August).

We have also produced 12 issues of AgeWise King County, which you are reading now. I encourage you to review the range of issues we have addressed. If you haven’t subscribed, please do that by clicking on the Subscribe button at the top of this page. It’s free.

It’s been a productive year, and I am proud of these accomplishments. I am also thankful for the time commitment and support that each Advisory Council member has made this year.

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