Thanks To Island Community For Support Of 2024 Senior Expo

To the editor: Thank you to the Nantucket community for making our 2024 Senior Expo a success. The event, on October 19 at Nantucket High School, gave seniors, their families, and caregivers a chance to meet and learn about senior service providers. We’re grateful for the community’s ongoing enthusiastic support of Nantucket seniors.

Thanks to the many people who contributed:

—speakers and demonstrators Shae Jones and Brianna Feerick of Hingham Institution for Savings; Rebecca Spinner and Karen Leary of Surprenant & Beneski, P.C.; Rachel Dixon, LMT; Alison Forsgren and Kathy Grieder of Friends of Our Island Home; Craig Piper of SMRT Architecture & Engineering; Visiting Nurses Association; Vilma Haddad of Hearing LIfe; Erin Lynch of TuckedIn Eldercare; Brandon Jellison of Lavender Farm Wellness; Nancy Rappaport; Sheri Perelman and Suzanne Fronzuto;

—essential volunteers: Brenda Johnson, Jill Lentowski, Kathy Batchelder, Margaret Eger, Deborah Nicholson, Paddy Nicholls, Mary Naughton, Carol Nash, Lisa Sherburne, Rocky Fox, Betsy Braun, Heidi Tannenbaum, Stormy Lyons, Randy Wight and Eve Messing;

—Nantucket Public Schools Administration for use of the high school and the support of Tom Proch, Linda Peterson, Michel Kremer, Francisco Deras, and Barry Mailloux;

—Stop & Shop for generously providing gift cards for door prizes;

—the American Legion for the loan of tables;

—Matt Fee and Something Natural for cookies;

—Your Friend With a Truck for moving services; and

—the Council on Aging, Nantucket Center for Elder Affairs, and Saltmarsh Senior Center for co-sponsoring the event.

Mary Anne Easley
Linda Williams
Co-chairs, 2024 Senior Expo