Older Adult Services Archives

A Message from the CEO and Board Chair

By Bryan Cohn in Annual Report, Early Learning, Financial Empowerment, Older Adult Services | Posted October 23, 2023

Dear PFS Friends, FY 22-23 was a rewarding and challenging year for all of us, and I am pleased to report that PFS is thriving. Our staff has completed the first year of our 2022- 2026 strategic plan, approved by the PFS Governing Board. We have five strategic goals to focus on: High- Quality Programs; Financial Resources; Marketing and Communications; Inclusive, Diverse and Equitable Culture; and Organizational Development. We are thrilled to announce that we…

Peninsula Family Service: Getting Older Adults Connected to the Internet in San Mateo County

By Bryan Cohn in Older Adult Services, Success Story | Posted August 11, 2023

Patricia Duarte, the Technology Navigation Program Manager at Peninsula Family Service (PFS), was recently featured in a Partner Spotlight on Community Tech Networks’ (CTN) website. CTN’s mission is to transform lives through digital equity, and its partnership with PFS has become multifaceted. Through this partnership, PFS refers learners to CTN’s Home Connect services, providing free tablets and one-on-one technology training, as well as hosting Affordable Connectivity Program workshops helping individuals sign up for low-cost home internet.…

Longtime Peer Counselor Retires After 10 Years

By Bryan Cohn in Older Adult Services, Volunteers | Posted August 1, 2023

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein. These days, successful people tend to get more out of life than they put in. But a person of value will give more than they receive. Longtime Peninsula Family Service (PFS) Peer Counselor Charles Woods recently retired from volunteering after 10 years of service where he had a positive impact on dozens of older adults.…

Helping older adults help other older adults

By Theresa Myers in LGBTQ, Older Adult Services, Spanish, Success Story, Thought Leadership, Volunteers | Posted September 22, 2022

This opinion piece was published in the Daily Journal on September 21, 2022: The U.S. population is growing older, and that is especially apparent in our local community. According to California Department of Finance population projections, San Mateo County will grow by more than 150,000 residents 65 and older by 2050. As the population increases, their needs increase as well, specifically those related to housing, transportation, social isolation, mental and physical health, and employment. Unfortunately,…

Spring 2022 Program Updates

By Theresa Myers in Early Learning, Financial Empowerment, Newsletter, Older Adult Services, Success Story, Uncategorized, Volunteers | Posted May 31, 2022

Child Development Associate Program PFS has launched our Early Learning Child Development Associate (CDA) Training Program in early 2022, and have gone through the first cohort. We are exiting the pilot phase and now planning our second cohort for the fall. The purpose of the CDA program is to support individuals with a pathway to a rewarding career working with children and at the same time to increase our teacher pipeline. Graduates will earn not…

Peninsula Family Service “La Esperanza Vive” needs volunteers

By Theresa Myers in Older Adult Services, Spanish | Posted March 7, 2022

The group “La Esperanza Vive” of the Peninsula Family Service Agency in Redwood City is looking for volunteers who speak Spanish to provide company to grandparents who due to life circumstances have been left alone. Rosa Aurora, a participant in the group, is 24 years old in the US and assures that the program has helped her. “It has helped me a lot because loneliness sometimes attacks very badly,” said Rosa. Volunteers help these people…

LGBTQIA+ book club for older adults, 5 years of success

By Theresa Myers in LGBTQ, Newsletter, Older Adult Services | Posted July 6, 2021

Five years ago, the Senior Peer Counseling program at Peninsula Family Service (PFS) hosted the first meeting of the LGBTQ+ Book Club in San Mateo County. Senior Peer Counseling staff and volunteers believed the book club would create a sense of community for all who participated. Membership was open to all in the LGBTQ+ community, including allies and advocates, and the books selected were as diverse as the members of the Book Club. During those…

Got Wheels! members get free rides to SFO for drive-through vaccination

By Theresa Myers in Older Adult Services | Posted March 4, 2021

Got Wheels! members get free rides to SFO for drive-through vaccination UPDATE: PFS staff and writer, Cherie Querol Moreno, has been featured in Philippine News Today on March 8, 2021. Read the article, Free rides to San Francisco airport drive-thru vaccination, by clicking here: https://pnewstoday.com/free-rides-to-san-francisco-airport-drive-thru-vaccination/ SAN MATEO, Calif. – Effective immediately, members of Got Wheels! may take FREE round-trip rides for drive-through vaccination at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Got Wheels! is the Peninsula Family…

Café Saludable Grows During COVID-19

By Theresa Myers in Older Adult Services | Posted February 1, 2021

Café Saludable Grows During COVID-19 Peninsula Family Service announces partnership with Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community Benefit Programs SAN MATEO, Calif. – Peninsula Family Service (PFS) announces growth in our continued partnership and grant award from Kaiser Permanente to provide healthy and nutritious meals to adults age 60+ at the Fair Oaks Adult Activity Center in Redwood City, CA. The participants of Café Saludable have significant and diverse health needs that have been exacerbated by…

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