PCACS Community Workshops Improve the Quality of Life in Porter County

There are so many success stories from our Community Workshop program. There is the couple that walked out of a workshop on Foreclosure Prevention with a plan to save their home. There is the young professional who reported that she found a job using the information shared at a workshop on "How to Find a Job." There is the senior who recently lost her husband who found great comfort during a workshop on "How to Deal with Loss." The PCACS Community Workshop program helps Porter County residents experience a better quality of life.

Winter 2010 Community Workshops

For those of you who are not familiar with Porter County Aging & Community Services' Community Workshop program, please allow me to explain. In collaboration with Pines Village Retirement Communities, we hosts several FREE Community Workshops supported and funded by Northwest Indiana Community Action. Topics are either related to the wellness of seniors (e.g. What is a Reverse Mortgate? or "Heart Attack Prevention) OR they are aimed at addressing a poverty issue (e.g. "Foreclosure Prevention" or "How to Have a Successful Interview"). We have one or two workshops each month. They are FREE and open to the public.

PCACS has several workshops coming up this winter. It is hard to get motivated to get out the door and into the cold weather and snow we experience here in the midwest, but you will definitely be missing out if you don't check out the workshops we have coming up. . . and, oh yeah, we feed you too!

Here is a list of what we have coming up:

PORTER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY in Valparaiso:
Thursday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m.
HOW TO REBUILD YOUR CREDIT
Dorcas E. Hammond, Assistant Vice President Branch Manager for Horizon Bank, will explain how to protect and rebuild your credit, how and when to read a credit bureau report and more.

CAMPBELL STREET CAFÉ (4245 Meridian Woods Drive, Valparaiso):
Monday, March 1 at 12 p.m.
WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE VA ‘IMPROVED PENSION’ CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH
Jeff McBride with American Association for Wartime Veterans will explain the three general requirements to quality for the VA ‘Improved Pension’, when it is time to pursue a claim with the VA and what resources are available to assist in this process. *Lunch will be provided to all who RSVP!*

If you are interested in coming to these workshops, please RSVP by contacting me at219.263.8300 or mbenefiel@verizon.net

VILLAGE PARK ENRICHMENT CENTER AT BANTA (605 Beech Street, Valparaiso):
Friday, January 15 at 11 a.m.
SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKING
Linda S. Whitton, Professor of Law at Valparaiso University School of Law, will educate participants on the importance of developing a plan in the event one is not able to make and carry out their own decisions pertaining to their health and property decisions.

Friday, March 19 at 11 a.m.
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Louise Thompson, Community Services Liaison with the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Indiana, will present an introductory program for anyone who suspects memory loss and/or is interested in learning about memory loss.

If you are interested in coming to the two workshops listed above, please RSVP to Jill Pfister at Village Park (219) 462-1301.