Full house for 15th Senior Expo at Highland Golf Club
Speaking to Senior Expo attendees at the Highland Golf Club on Tuesday, Rachel Davison of Lakestate Industries explains how the organization helps people with barriers to employment find opportunities. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
The Highland Golf Club prepares a lunch of salads, soups, sandwiches, baked goods and beverages for the 15th-annual Senior Expo on Tuesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Remnants Barbershop Chorus sings between speakers at the Senior Expo on Tuesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Speaking to Senior Expo attendees at the Highland Golf Club on Tuesday, Rachel Davison of Lakestate Industries explains how the organization helps people with barriers to employment find opportunities. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
The Highland Golf Club prepares a lunch of salads, soups, sandwiches, baked goods and beverages for the 15th-annual Senior Expo on Tuesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Remnants Barbershop Chorus sings between speakers at the Senior Expo on Tuesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
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ESCANABA -- Speakers from 10 different organizations presented to a full dining room at the Highland Golf Club on Tuesday for the area's 15th-annual Senior Expo.
The event, organized by the Daily Press, provides senior citizens with resources that may be relevant to their needs or interests, plus a luncheon. Tickets to the expo were distributed to the first 300 people to request them. Admittance cost only a canned food donation, which was later passed on to the Salvation Army.
Featured guests this year were: Melissa Broeders, physician assistant at UP Health System, discussing heart health; LakeHouse Senior Living Sales Director Cindy Gendron; Dr. Amanda Bruemmer from OSF St. Francis Hospital, talking about how people can advocate for their wishes in late-life care; Gary Willoughby, who spoke about a number of programs offered through the Community Action Agency; Delta Area Transit Authority, or DATA, Mobility Manager Amy Fudala; elder law attorney Jacob Lynch, who works with Ryan & Lynch Law in Iron Mountain; Krista Mattson and Rachel Davison, Lakestate Industries of Escanaba; from Skradski Family Funeral Homes, Funeral Directors Jeff Waege, Scott Steichert and Jenna Leisner, plus Pre-Need Counselor George VanDreel and Pancake, grief comfort dog; and Gayle Deshambo, president of the Delta County Cancer Alliance.
A special highlight was a performance by the Remnants Barbershop Chorus just before the lunch break. The buffet lunch was catered by the Highland Golf Club.
Prizes -- gift cards to Elmer's County Market -- were drawn between speakers. Attendees also had the opportunity to buy raffle tickets to benefit the Delta County Cancer Alliance during the event. Each person present also received a goodie bag containing various small tokens.
This year was the second time the Senior Expo took place at Highland Golf Club; previously it had been at the Terrace Bay Hotel and the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds' Ruth Butler Building.
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R. R. Branstrom can be reached at 906-786-2021 or rbranstrom@dailypress.net.