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The Friendship Brigade takes a stand against loneliness by recruiting, training, and connecting over 100 caring volunteers with 1,000 isolated seniors and disabled adults living in local community care and nursing facilities in person or by phone.

07/23/2025

7/23 Today’s pop-up at Fairmount Park has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see everyone next Wednesday at Englewood.

06/30/2025

JOIN US EVERY MONDAY in July for this summer's mini workshop series! 🤩Monday July 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th at Center 50+ from 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM. 🤩 Strengthen connections with neighbors, start a summer tradition, or prepare for the unexpected. This series will help you build a connected and resilient neighborhood for aging in place—one smile, story, or shared lemonade at a time! Call 503-588-6303 or email connect50plus@cityofsalem.net to RSVP today!

06/20/2025

UPDATE: Today's summer Carnival at Tierra Rose has been canceled due to weather! They have postponed the event for NEXT FRIDAY, June 27th.

06/17/2025

Come down to Center 50+ next Monday from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM! this is a great event for older home owners to learn about energy efficient solutions that will make aging in place easier!

SAVE THE DATE: Get ready for an electrifying experience at the Energy & Resource Fair hosted by Center 50+! 🎉 Join us on June 23rd from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM for a FREE and fun-filled afternoon showcasing climate-friendly, sustainable, and energy-efficient solutions designed just for you and our amazing community! 🌍💚
With over 20 fantastic partners joining us, this is your chance to discover innovative resources and connect with others who share your passion for a greener future! Don't miss out on this quick, informative, and exciting event!
Mark your calendars and bring your friends! We can't wait to see you there!

06/09/2025

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! This is going to be a great event! 🤩🌍💕🌿

05/27/2025

THIS THURSDAY! Join us at Center 50+ from 10 AM - 12 PM on May 29th to discover the latest research on the power of social connection and learn how to use “connection as medicine” to enhance your well-being. We're thrilled to partner with Marion County Health Department and to welcome Nirmala Dhar from the Oregon Health Authority for this FREE event! 🎉 Call 503-588-6303 to sign-up.

05/13/2025

Join us: Power of Connection
This free event offers information for seniors to live independently in their own homes, to stay connected, reduce isolation and loneliness. Take this opportunity to learn to stay connected as you age. Thursday May 29, 10am-12pm. Salem Center 50+

04/29/2025

Here are links to the survey:
https://salemor.gov/belonging-survey
https://salemor.gov/pertenencia-comunitaria

04/24/2025

HUGE Thank You to Eric Rafferty, Realtor linktr.ee/your_oregon_realtor_eric and staff for helping out a senior in need during Center 50+ Friendship Brigade April Service Week. They went over and beyond to remove debris, tree branches, mow the grass, spruce up the yard, and add bark mulch!! WOW! Partnerships make it happen and we are all thankful for our partners. 😀🌞

03/24/2025

It's that time of year again to honor our exceptional volunteers by nominating our Volunteer of the Year! This award is open to anyone who serves at Center 50+ and has made a meaningful impact in the life or lives of others. Want to nominate and celebrate one of our volunteers? Contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Jasmine Celio. Email: jcelio@cityofsalem.net

03/05/2025

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Salem, OR

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+1 503-588-6303

Website

https://www.friendsofcenter50plus.com/

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No One Should Feel Forgotten Or Alone. Not Now, Not Ever.

WHO ARE WE?

Center 50+, the City of Salem’s Senior Center, is a growing, dynamic organization poised to meet the changing needs of the population , age 50 and over. As a part of fulfilling their mission, Center 50+ formed the Network of Kind People. The vision of the network of Kind People is to enrich the lives of seniors living in nursing facilities by connecting them with caring people with extraordinary compassion and a heart for others.

WHAT IS OUR GOAL?

Our goal is to train & connect caring volunteers with isolated seniors living in community care and nursing facilities throughout the Salem/Keizer area. We have more then 100 volunteers now reaching at least 800 residents a week.

HOW CAN YOU HELP DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC?

We’re collecting friendly messages, pictures, and inspiring stories to share with local residents living in community care and nursing facilities whose lives have been impacted by the crisis. You can post you friendly message on your page and tag @friendshipbrigade, you can post directly to our page or group, or you can email friendshipbrigade.salem@gmail.com

Here are a few examples of messages and pictures sent to us over the last few weeks:

LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS TO BE INVOLVED?

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

Friendly “Pen Pals”– to write weekly messages, etc. to residents living in care facilities. We are especially in need of short, personal messages sent to us electronically. Please review this week's newsletter for ideas and feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have. We are working with the facilities to include handwritten notes and cards as well. So, if you are a crafter or have a special interest in making physical cards for our resident friends let us know!

Friendly Callers – to make phone calls to residents in care facilities and/or shut-ins or those “sheltering in place” in our community who need support. (The activity director’s at our partner facilities have started to send their list(s) of residents who would like a friendly phone visit once or twice a week. We also need phone volunteers to help connect with seniors who are shut-in or “sheltering in place” due to the virus.)

Food/Care Package Volunteers – We've moved our staging/packing area to Center 50+ and both packing and deliveries will take place Tuesday - Thursday in the afternoon, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. 5-8 able-bodied volunteers are needed to assist with assembling and/or delivering food/care packages to area shut-ins.

REMEMBER: Nothing is more powerful than friendship and a community that works together! To SIGN UP or if you have any questions please email us at friendshipbrigade.salem@gmail.com or message us on facebook. Please join us!

NOTHING IS MORE POWERFUL THAN FRIENDSHIP AND A COMMUNITY THAT WORKS TOGETHER

Everyone needs family and friends with whom they can spend time whether that is virtually or face to face. You can make a difference by “adopting” an individual and forming a one-on-one relationship. As a nursing home visitor and volunteer, simple acts of kindness such as visiting them in their nursing facility or calling them on the phone, remembering them on their birthday or during the holidays, playing a musical instrument for them either in person, video, skype, etc., taking them flowers from your garden or showing them a picture of your garden, guiding them on a stroll in the gardens on a sunny day or sharing a beautiful scenic photo of a place you visited once can add so much to the lives of those who may not otherwise have this interaction. Join our team of volunteers as we enrich the lives of seniors in our community. Are you ready to join a Network of Kind People?