Any adult age 65 and older who gives at least 15 hours per month of volunteer service can be nominated for the Maine’s Outstanding Senior Volunteer award, given through the Salute to Senior Service program of Home Instead Senior Care.
Members of the community are asked to nominate and vote for nominees between Jan. 15 and March 1 at salutetoseniorservice.com. State winners will be determined by popular vote. A panel of senior care experts will then select a national Salute to Senior Service winner from among the state honorees.
Home Instead, Inc. will donate $500 to each of the state winners’ designated and approved nonprofit organizations, and their personal stories will be shared online on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame. In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s designated and approved nonprofit charity.
To complete and submit an online nomination form and the official rules, visit salutetoseniorservice.com. Completed nomination forms can alternatively be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005.
For more information, call 985-8550.
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