AVALON-Avalon emergency personnel paid a visit to seniors who live in Avalon on Friday, Dec. 19, spreading some holiday cheer and making sure the seniors were safe heading into the holiday season.
“This is a very special program for us”, said Avalon Police Chief David Dean. “We’re pleased to reach out to our seniors during the holiday season and show them how much they are appreciated in our community”.
Throughout the day, Avalon police, fire, and rescue officials dropped in on seniors who are part of the “Seniors Check In Program” that encourages seniors call dispatch once a day to ensure their safety and health. Special gifts were dropped off at each home visited on Friday. Seniors also received new batteries in their smoke detectors and were reassured that emergency help is just a phone call away, 24 hours a day. This is the sixth holiday season where emergency personnel brought gifts, and checked in on the seniors.
Approximately 20 seniors are involved in this special program which is open to any senior living in Avalon. If a phone call is not received by 11am, dispatchers will call that individual to check on his or her safety. If there is no answer, police will go to the home to personally check on the senior’s well being.
Seniors enrolled in this program also receive personal telephone calls from emergency personnel in Avalon in the event of a storm or other weather-related event. Avalon’s emergency officials find out if the seniors are in good health, and have all their medicine to get through the weather emergency.
For more information on this program, call the Avalon Police Department at (609) 967-3411.
Dennisville – As a parent of a Tech student it would be great if the school would update their staff directory. So many old staff still listed and no new teachers listed. What gives?
