The Rochester Council on Aging will hold an informational forum on Thursday, September 13 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the Senior Center’s upcoming accreditation process.

All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

The Council on Aging will be going through a year-long process to seek National Senior Center Accreditation, under the auspices of the

National Council on the Aging and the National Institute of Senior Centers.  The goal is to achieve national accreditation for the Rochester Senior Center for a second five-year term. The first accreditation was achieved in 2007.

The first six to nine months of the process involves a comprehensive assessment of the senior center’s operation, which is categorized into nine different operational standards.  This assessment is ideally accomplished through the involvement of many community friends and partners who are willing to serve on one of the nine standards’ committees.

If you can serve on a committee, your maximum time commitment may be as much as 20 hours in a year, or as little as three hours in a year, depending on the committee chosen.

For more information, call Sharon at the Rochester Senior Center at 508-763-8723.