Federation Of Organizations Senior Expo and Luncheon

PHOTO BY CHRISTINE CONNIFF SHEAHAN

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Lorraine
Aycock, market development manager, Bank of America

Federation of Organizations hosted the 32nd Annual Foster Grandparent Senior Expo and Gala Luncheon at the Melville Marriot. The guest speaker this year was Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. They honored Federation’s foster grandparent and senior companion volunteers for their service to Suffolk County’s children and homebound elderly in the communities in which they live.

The Foster Grandparent Program partners local senior citizen volunteers with special needs children in schools, Head Start centers, preschools and other community locations. Over 170 foster grandparents serve as mentors and tutors to over 2100 children daily throughout Suffolk. Federation also sponsors the Senior Companion Program. This program allows active seniors the opportunity to help frail seniors who are homebound.
Because of the tremendous success of these programs in communities all across Long Island, numerous corporate sponsors, including Astoria Federal Savings Bank, Bank of America, CA, Inc., The Knapp Swezey Foundation, Newsday Charities and The Roslyn Savings Foundation have pledged their support.