It’s October? What? How?
The new October 2020 Mid-Willamette Valley Guide is hot off the press and hit the streets last week! Unfortunately, we are sad to announce that will not be hosting a release party this year. However, our team will be handing out boxes of guides in the parking lot at the Willamette Heritage Center on October 27th from 3-5 pm. Please stop by to pick up guides and say hi to our team! Please RSVP so we can plan your goody box.

Case Management Week is October 11th. Our team is very excited to have been able to coordinate with so many providers in the community this month, to support hospital case managers. We are working with 135+ providers to deliver gift bags to more than 1400 case managers at 40 different hospitals. During COVID we have had to reschedule so many face-to-face opportunities and it forced our team to be more creative on how to better serve our sponsors and the referral sources we work with. Case Management Week is one example of how we have “found a way” to bring our community resources together. In addition to the gift bags, our team also facilitated and scheduled 40 different hospital lunches/breakfasts to serve almost 1200 case managers meals at participating hospitals. It is amazing what we are able to accomplish when we all work together to serve our communities.

During the wildfires last month, many volunteers shared Retirement Connection Guides and Care Availability with displaced families to help as a much needed resource. Retirement Connection is more than a print guide. We email you this newsletter each month to keep you up to date; post community events, coordinate resource fairs; facilitate introductions; post when there are job changes among providers; now we also post real-time availability online; and so much more. As you plan your 2021 budgets, I hope you see the value we bring and want to support Retirement Connection in your community.