<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>meals on wheels Archives - Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT, CPG</title> <atom:link href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/tag/meals-on-wheels/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.nancyrhine.com/tag/meals-on-wheels/</link> <description>Specialist in Issues of Midlife & Older Adults</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2014 23:20:15 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">35362792</site> <item> <title>Whistlestop – 60 Years and Getting Even Better!</title> <link>http://www.nancyrhine.com/2014/02/28/whistlestop-marin-senior-coordinating-council-march-newsletter/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 23:48:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Volunteering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Whistlestop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[growing older]]></category> <category><![CDATA[meals on wheels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[older adults]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paratransit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[senior services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[service]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nancyrhine.com/?p=2491</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Whistlestop is Marin County’s largest and oldest senior service agency. 2014 marks Whistlestop’s 60th anniversary. In 1954, a grass roots community group decided to band together to make sure their elders were not forgotten. This was before the time of senior centers, considerations for people with disabilities, or specialized transportation. They started the Marin Senior Coordinating Council […]</p> <p>The post <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/2014/02/28/whistlestop-marin-senior-coordinating-council-march-newsletter/">Whistlestop – 60 Years and Getting Even Better!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com">Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT, CPG</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WS-60th-Logo.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2493" src="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WS-60th-Logo-150x150.jpg" alt="WS 60th Logo" width="150" height="150" /></a>Whistlestop is Marin County’s largest and oldest senior service agency. 2014 marks Whistlestop’s 60th anniversary.</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In 1954, a grass roots community group decided to band together to make sure their elders were not forgotten. This was before the time of senior centers, considerations for people with disabilities, or specialized transportation. They <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/early-whistlestop-shuttle-1954.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2795" src="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/early-whistlestop-shuttle-1954-150x150.jpg" alt="early whistlestop shuttle 1954" width="150" height="150" /></a>started the Marin Senior Coordinating Council (aka Whistlestop), a non-profit agency dedicated to providing creative programming, helpful advice and administrative services to other organizations serving seniors.</span></span> <span style="color: #292929; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Over time, Whistlestop has grown to become the primary local provider of:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">paratransit and subsidized transportation services for older and/or disabled citizens in Marin (60 vehicles, 500 trips a day plus subsidized taxi vouchers)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Meals on Wheels (to over 250 homebound adults each week) </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">a rapidly expanding range of classes, support groups and events in the Active Aging Center</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">the hoppin’ Jackson Cafe – a <span style="color: #292929;">collaboration with </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: #4161a3;" href="https://hbofm.org/Culinary-Academy.html" target="_blank">Homeward Bound of Marin’s Fresh Starts Culinary Academy</a><span style="color: #292929;">. Delicious meals are prepared by culinary students and served by our awesome Whistlestop volunteers. </span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Whistlestop is where I served one of my Counseling Psychology internships while in graduate school. I was blessed to be able to help facilitate the long-running and popular Seniors Circle Wednesday drop-in support group which brought me to Whistlestop every week. Once that began, I saw firsthand what a tremendous resource Whistlestop is for Marin seniors and also what potential it has to do more.</span> <span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wstop-rendering-of-future-building.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2798" src="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wstop-rendering-of-future-building-150x150.jpg" alt="wstop rendering of future building" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">Now Whistlestop is about to undertake an expansion campaign called Whistlestop 2.0 to provide even more rides, meals and services, plus some affordable apartments in a state of the art, beautiful living center. With Whistlestop’s prime location near shops, cafes, theaters and even the soon to be completed Smart Train, and with Marin being the fastest aging county in California, the timing of this project couldn’t be better!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">I am proud to serve as an Executive on Whistlestop’s Board of Directors. See announcement in the newsletter below.</span> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><a href="http://www.whistlestop.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WSXP_March2014_For-Web.pdf?utm_source=Whistlestop+Express+March+2014&utm_campaign=W.E.+-+Feb+2014&utm_medium=email">Whistlestop Express March 2014.</a></strong></span> <span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14pt;">To kick-off our fundraising campaign and to celebrate our 60th Anniversary we are holding a huge party at Rancho Nicasio on September 28th, 2014. Join us!</span> <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Whistlestock.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2799" src="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Whistlestock-300x235.jpg" alt="Whistlestock" width="300" height="235" /></a></p> <p>The post <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/2014/02/28/whistlestop-marin-senior-coordinating-council-march-newsletter/">Whistlestop – 60 Years and Getting Even Better!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com">Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT, CPG</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">2491</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Older Adults in Mill Valley</title> <link>http://www.nancyrhine.com/2012/03/30/1259/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:53:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aging in place]]></category> <category><![CDATA[assisted living]]></category> <category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brown bag]]></category> <category><![CDATA[counselor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doctor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[healthy aging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marin Village]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[meals on wheels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mill valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nursing homes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[older adults]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senior Peer Counselors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Redwoods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[therapist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[volunteering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wellness]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nancyrhine.com/?p=1259</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>As Mill Valley Commissioner on the Marin County Commission on Aging, in October 2009 I presented my annual report to the Mayor and City Council members on the status for baby boomers and older adults living in Mill Valley. Here is a link to my report presentation notes – I hope you will find it […]</p> <p>The post <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/2012/03/30/1259/">Older Adults in Mill Valley</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com">Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT, CPG</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Mill Valley Commissioner on the Marin County Commission on Aging, in October 2009 I presented my annual report to the Mayor and City Council members on the status for baby boomers and older adults living in Mill Valley. Here is a link to my report presentation notes – I hope you will find it helpful to give you an idea of some of the opportunities and challenges for older people in Mill Valley as of autumn, 2009. Some things have changed – statistics, numbers, contact information perhaps, so do note that this report is from 2009. <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Older-Adults-in-Mill-Valley1.doc">Older Adults in Mill Valley</a></p> <p>The post <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com/2012/03/30/1259/">Older Adults in Mill Valley</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.nancyrhine.com">Nancy Rhine, MS, LMFT, CPG</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1259</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>