||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER |||
The Orcas Senior Center (OSC) non-profit is thrilled to welcome Jim Glozier as the new Companion Services Coordinator. This program currently encompasses both Hearts and Hands and Buddy Check-In. Jim has the background and experience that will allow the OSC to expand the program to more services over the coming years.
This experience includes more than 30 years in the non-profit field, beginning with working with parents of children with disabilities in Wisconsin. Subsequently, he worked as Co-Executive Director for the Tri-County Patriots for Independent Living in Southwestern Pennsylvania. There, he helped seniors and people with disabilities through advocacy and training. This work entailed building a national in-home attendant care program. After that, it was on to Chicago for Access Living, where he helped develop housing policy, with a focus on providing housing options and understanding the barriers to moving people from nursing homes and institutions back into the community.
After moving to Orcas Island ten years ago, Jim has enjoyed raising goats. Currently, he has twelve “senior goats” which, he says, he is helping to “age well on Orcas” in a pasture near the Lum Farm. When asked if they all have names he said, “Yes, of course. And they each come when they are called by their names, too.” He also keeps two domesticated wild turkeys, Irving and Edna, both which allow him to hand-feed them.
Please join us in welcoming Jim to the Orcas Senior Center. We are excited to have him as part of our team and we look forward to expanding Companion Services under his direction.
