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Join us over Zoom on Wednesday, August 28th at 2pm as Wild Mountain Bird Rescue expert Annie Mardiney demonstrates the birds she rescues and rehabilitates! You will also be able to ask Annie any wild bird related questions!

To join, please register at tinyurl.com/wildbird2024

This event is FREE for adults age 60+.

For assistance with registration, please speak with Jacob at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or email at [email protected]

Wild mountain birds

This past Saturday, Search and Care hosted its monthly Technology Help Event brought to you by the Silver Circles tech help team! During this event, participants were shown how to access the telehealth application MyChart so you can view appointments, message, your doctor, and check lab results.

This event had a great turnout and was a huge success! We hope to see you come September for part 3 of our MyChart series!

Beginning tomorrow is Summer Streets in Manhattan! Join the fun on carless streets from 7am -3pm from W125th Street all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge.

The current dates for Summer Streets are as follows:
Saturday August 3rd, 10th, and 17th

For more information about this event and the walking/biking route, please go to the following site: https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml

Today Search and Care hosted an outdoor presentation on farmers markets thanks to Susie Spodek from GrowNYC . During this discussion, participants were given information about reading nutrition labels, sugar intake, and funs ways to add flavor to drinks without losing it's nutritional value! Susie also provided wonderful fruit infused water.

Thank you to everyone that showed up to this event!

Looking to cool off?

Across all five boroughs you can find cooling sites that will let you pop in and take a break from the heat — many welcome pets and are also accessible.

Find locations here: https://finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters/

Just type in your ZIP code and all centers nearby will be shown on a map.

Search and Care is proud to announce that we have two bilingual IT interns that have joined our Silver Circles team for 1-on-1 technology assistance at our office!

They will be with us starting this week until around August 19th. They will be able to perform technology assistance with those age 60+ at our office

Intern #1
Melvin Hernandez - Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm
(212) 289-5300 Ext. 237
[email protected]

Intern #2
Wendy Palma - Tuesday - Friday 10am - 3pm
(212) 289-5300 Ext. 212
[email protected]

Office Address
207 East 94th Street, Mezzanine (Between 2nd & 3rd Ave)

If you or anyone you know that is age 60+ and would like to receive free 1-on-1 technology help, please call Jacob Gonzalez at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or call our interns at the numbers/emails provided.

Search and Care wishes everyone a safe and happy 4th of July!

This past Saturday, Search and Care hosted its Technology Help Event! During this session, volunteer David presented to participants on how to use MyChart, specifically how to locate all the key features of the software.

After the presentation, participants were able to receive 1-on-1 assistance with their mobile devices from our wonderful technology coaches on either MyChart or other tech needs.

Our next Technology Help Event will be on Saturday, July 20th from 11am - 2pm. If you or someone you know who is 60+ and would like to RSVP for this group, please contact Jacob Gonzalez at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218

Join us this coming Monday, June 24th from 2pm - 4pm for our Tea & Creativity: Arts and Craft session! During this group, facilitator Nancy guides participants in creating works of art with paintings and drawings.

If you or someone you know age 60+ would like to join this in-person group at our office, please RSVP with Jacob at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or email at [email protected]

Due to hot weather (94F) and a high chance of thunderstorms, we are rescheduling our Game Club group from Friday, June 21st to Friday, June 28th from 12pm - 1:30pm

In this group, participants come and play fun card and board games! If a participant is not sure of the rules of a game, facilitator Jalin will be available to assist!

If you or someone you know age 60+ would like to this group, please contact Jacob Gonzalez at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or email [email protected].

Happy Juneteenth from Search and Care!

Please be aware that for the holiday, Search and Care will be open with limited services available.

Search and Care is happy to announce that this month we have started a limited time socialization group called Art for Health!

In this group, participants are given prompts to help spark creativity and to have a therapeutic outlet to express what's on their mind through painting, drawing, and/or writing! During our first session, facilitator Amanda did a wonderful job of guiding the group in making beautiful works of art that started off as just scribbles on the paper.

Art for Health is taking place all June long every Tuesday from 11am - 12pm at our office location. If you or someone you know who is age 60+and would like to join, please contact Jacob Gonzalez at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or email at [email protected]

Search and Care is proud to announce that we had our very first in-person PET Pro Workshop at our new office location today and we could not have asked for a better event or weather!

Many of our clients brought in their pups to learn tips and tricks on encouraging non-aggressive behavior in their dog's social interactions. This workshop was presented by experienced dog trainer Rachel Lane from Leash and Learn.

We hope to see more participants in the future!

Search and Care wishes you all a happy Memorial Day! Due to the holiday, our office will be closed.

Search and Care is always looking for additional volunteers for technology assistance for our clients! If you would like to be a volunteer for our upcoming technology help event for Saturday, May 25th from 11am - 2pm.

Please click on the link below for more details about this opportunity and share with anyone who may be interested.

5/25 Tech Savvy Volunteers Needed for Senior Technology Help Event (60+) Greetings from Silver Circles at Search and Care! Our goal is to recruit tech savvy volunteers who can coach seniors on a variety of digital devices at our senior technology coaching event located...

April marked the end of the current cycle of our Stronger Memory program - A free 12-week long cognition and socialization based program for older adults.

Here are some of our lovely participants that have all come together to celebrate their commitment to the Stronger Memory program during yesterday's award ceremony.

This past Saturday, April 20th marked the beginning of Search and Care's monthly in-office technology help events! We had our largest tech-related event yet where we had 14 participants!

A huge thank you as always to our wonderful technology coach volunteers as they have once again knocked it out of the park when it comes to helping our older adult clients understand how to use their tech devices confidently.

If you are age 60+ and would like technology assistance, we hope to see you at our next event! Call Jacob Gonzalez at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 to get more information and to RSVP.

If you're age 60+, you are invited to our Technology Help Event this Saturday, April 20th from 11am - 2pm.

Come join us at 11am as there will be a presentation discussing purpose the telehealth service MyChart and why you should sign up!

After the presentation, you will then have a chance to receive 1-on-1 assistance with one of our wonderful technology volunteers on either MyChart or if you need general assistance with your phone, tablet, or laptop, we've got you covered!

If you would like to RSVP for this event, please call Jacob Gonzalez at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or email [email protected]

Last Friday, April 12th the Corsi Older Adult Center in East Harlem opened their doors to have Search and Care host a technology help event for their members which included a presentation on how to sign up for the telehealth service MyChart!

After the presentation, we provided participants 1-on-1 assistance with our wonderful technology volunteers where they could follow up with the presentation topic or receive general technology assistance. We look forward to having more events in the future!

Housing Justice for All

Free mammograms are taking place at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House on Tuesday, April 16th from 9:00am - 4:30pm.

To be eligible:
* Woman age 40 - 79
* Currently living in New York City
* No mammogram in the past 12 months.

To schedule a no-cost mammogram today, please call (212) 860-1950 or (877) 628-9090

Last Friday's Game Club at Search and Care was a huge success!

Participants love having a place to come relax and socialize over a nice board/card game! Thanks to our facilitator Lexy for running such an amazing group!

BIG NEWS: just announced that City-contracted human services workers will receive over 9% in wage increases over the next 3 years. This is a major win for , and is the result of thousands of calls, emails and actions from human services workers!

Here’s what to expect:
- A 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for FY25 – on top of the $170 million already allocated for the Workforce Enhancement Initiative from the last two years
- A 3% cost-of-living adjustment for FY26
- A 3% cost-of-living adjustment for FY27

Since we launched the JustPay campaign in 2021, we’ve been calling on the City to make long overdue investment in the essential human services workforce. There is much more advocacy to do to ensure human services workers are paid fairly. But with decades of divestment and underfunding, this City COLA announcement is a step in the right direction.

Thank you Mayor Adams, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives Ana Almanzar, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom, and all our City Council champions – including Speaker Adrienne Adams, Councilmember Justin Brannan, and Councilmember Althea Stevens – for listening to our voices!

This Saturday, March 16th from 9am - 4pm the IRS will have their offices open downtown and in Harlem to provide folks with tax payer assistance.

If someone has questions about a tax bill, an IRS audit, or they need help resolving a tax problem, they'll receive assistance from IRS employees specializing in those services. If these employees aren't available, the individual will receive a referral for additional help on these services. IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service employees may also be available to help with some issues.

For more information, please go to: https://www.irs.gov/help/irs-face-to-face-saturday-help

Office Locations (9am - 4pm):

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center
290 Broadway (On Duane Street)
New York (Downtown), NY 10007

IRS Office New York (Harlem)
2116 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.,
New York (Harlem), NY 10027

Thanks to the families at The Brick Presbyterian Church of New York's Day of Discipleship (03/02/24).

Many little hands made over 150 catnip knots for our friends at PAWS NY. Yay for happy cats and their guardians!

Today's the last day to register for Search and Care's FREE Zoom event tomorrow, March 5th at 2:00pm. During this presentation, a member from the IRS will be discussing tax season updates for the year 2024.

During this session learn:

- Who needs to file a tax return in 2024
- Scams and Tax Related Identity Theft
- Time for Tax Related Questions

This presentation will be held over Zoom with an option to call in. You must register to participate in this event. Please register at tinyurl.com/filingseason2024 or contact Jacob at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or [email protected]

Join us on Tuesday, March 5th at 2pm for an important presentation from the IRS on tax season updates for 2024. During this session learn:

- Who needs to file a tax return in 2024
- Scams and Tax Related Identity Theft

This presentation will be held over Zoom with an option to call in. You must register to participate in this event. Please register at tinyurl.com/filingseason2024 or contact Jacob at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or [email protected]

*This event is FREE for adults age 60+

Join us tomorrow, February 27th at 2pm as Search and Care will be running our Medication Education group over Zoom. During this hour, get your medication questions answered by pharmacist Luba Ilyaich from Uptown Care Pharmacy. While this group is being hosted over Zoom, you will have the ability to call-in if you'd prefer.

To get more information on how to join this session, please contact Jacob at (212) 289-5300 Ext. 218 or email at [email protected]

This Saturday, February 24th from 9am - 4pm the IRS will have their office open downtown to provide folks with tax payer assistance.

If someone has questions about a tax bill, an IRS audit, or they need help resolving a tax problem, they'll receive assistance from IRS employees specializing in those services. If these employees aren't available, the individual will receive a referral for additional help on these services. IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service employees may also be available to help with some issues.

For more information, please go to: https://www.irs.gov/help/irs-face-to-face-saturday-help

Address
IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center
290 Broadway (On Duane Street)
New York k(Downtown), NY 10007