Current Programs and Services
Today, Dr. Ella Piper’s passion is still burning through the Board of Directors and Staff of the Dr. Piper Center. Dr. Piper Center is a proud sponsor of: Senior Employment, Community Connections, Senior Companion and Foster Grandparent Programs.
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The Senior Employment Program provides employment opportunities to low-
income seniors 55 and older who are actively seeking for permanent jobs. It aims to benefit participants by giving them the skills, training, and experience necessary to re-enter the workforce through referral and or volunteer services. The Senior Employment Program offers computer classes, job search skills, money management workshop, interviewing skills as well creating a professional appearance at job interviews.
The Community Connection Program is a program of multicultural and 
intergenerational events for the purpose of sharing cultural tranditions, reducing social isolation, and building/enhancing a network of friendhsip among residents of local neighborhoods. The events will occur approximately four to six times peer year and consists of an evening of local community presentatios, a shared meal prepared by a local group, and facilitated small group discussions. The focus of the discussions is to find common ground in universal themes that affect the lives of everyone and are the basis of family and cultural legacy.
The Senior Companion Program provides meaningful and challenging 
volunteer opportunities and community involvement for seniors 60 and older while providing services to homebound frail elderly and developmentally disabled adults. Senior Companions help ease loneliness and illness. They bolster self-esteem, help clients solve problems and provide personal assistance. They do not serve as home health aides or drivers or social workers. They are companions…friends. They help people…what friends do for friends. For a frail elderly person, a Senior Companion is often the difference between life of independence and dignity or mere survival. For the Senior Companion, serving means activity, accomplishment and purpose. Fort both clients and companions, Senior Companion Program means enjoying the best life has to offer.
The Foster Grandparent Program also provides meaningful and challenging 
volunteer opportunities and community involvement for seniors 60 and older to serve as mentors and tutors to at-risk youth and children with special needs. The Foster Grandparent Program provides a unique service built on the natural bond between the young and the old. Many of these children are victims of abuse, neglect, chemical dependency, illiteracy, disability, etc. Many older Americans need to share their love, wisdom and experience. The program is the bridge that connects these generations. The heart of the program is the one on one daily attention that Foster Grandparent Volunteers provide. The grandparents bring an openness and sensitivity to the challenges of helping troubled children. The Foster Grandparent Program Volunteers enrich the lives of the children they serve, while profoundly enriching their own. They restore and reinforce a sense of community and family values with the children.
For more information about the Dr. Piper Center programs and services, please call (239) 332-5346.