Scarborough Community Services is looking for volunteers of all ages to help develop programming for Scarborough seniors.

Volunteers are sought for these nine areas as they relate to seniors: Activities, education, intergenerational, health and wellness, outreach, communications, funding, transportation

and facilities.

Committees will meet regularly to discuss future plans. Members will take an active role, working with Cecelia Duchano, the seniors program coordinator, to research, plan and develop programs and services for Scarborough seniors, and to establish partnerships with local organizations or businesses who would like to offer their programs and services to Scarborough seniors.

The call for volunteers has come out of the work of many Scarborough residents. Over the past year, the town, Scarborough Community Services and community volunteers have been researching the needs of Scarborough seniors, as part of the Senior Study Committee. From this research came a five-year action plan to develop a Senior Center Without Walls, an extensive network of programs, services and community partnerships to meet the identified needs of seniors in the Scarborough community. The Implementation Committee was formed to oversee the realization of this action plan.

One of the first steps in the action plan was to hire a seniors program coordinator to be the central point of organization in the development and maintenance of the Senior Center Without Walls. Duchano joined the Community Services staff in January in that position, and she began work with the Implementation Committee and the town-sponsored Senior Series board, which offers weekly programming and trips for Scarborough seniors.

The next step in the action plan is community involvement. Those interested in volunteering to help to expand programming and services for Scarborough seniors can contact Duchano at

730-4150, or e-mail cduchano@ci.scarborough.me.us.