Health and Wellness Instructor Connie Harris, standing, leads a group in the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program at the Clearfield Center for Active Living.
CLEARFIELD, PA. – Individuals living with arthritis can benefit from a free, successful Health and Wellness Program offered by Mature Resources Area Agency on Aging. The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program (AFEP) has been scheduled from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. each Tuesday and Friday from April 2, through June 7, 2024, at the Clearfield Center for Active Living, located at the Clearfield Presbyterian Church, 119 North Second Street, Clearfield. This program was offered in the fall, and class size is growing, but there are still spaces available in this popular exercise class.
AFEP is a community-based recreational exercise program developed by the Arthritis Foundation. Trained AFEP instructors cover a variety of range-of-motion and endurance-building activities, relaxation techniques, and health education topics. All of the exercises can be modified to meet participant needs.
This program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Connie at MRAAA at 814-765-2696 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
This program is offered through the MRAAA Health and Wellness Initiative. For information on other Health and Wellness programs offered by MRAAA, visit https://www.mraaa.life/_files/ugd/716c47_8f0550d56a214cee94971216aa0bd70d.pdf
Clearfield County Commissioners Dave Glass, John Sobel, and Tim Winters visited with recipients of Meals on Wheels and More on Monday in celebration of “March for Meals”. The commissioners have signed a proclamation declaring March 2024 as “March for Meals Month”.
CLEARFIELD, PA. – Clearfield County Commissioners Dave Glass, John Sobel, and Tim Winters participated in “March for Meals” on Monday. The commissioners, who signed a proclamation declaring March 2024 as “March for Meals Month”, helped to deliver meals to recipients of the Mature Resources Area Agency on Aging (MRAAA) Meals on Wheels and More program, and spent time visiting with those consumers.
The annual March for Meals celebration commemorates the historic day in March of 1972 when President Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include a national nutrition program for seniors 60 years and older. This critical support and federal funding have fueled the growth of the Meals on Wheels network for more than 50 years.
During the month, community-based Meals on Wheels programs from across the country will join forces for the annual awareness campaign to celebrate this successful public-private partnership and garner the resources needed to reach every senior in need of a nutritious meal, friendly visit, and safety check.
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From left to right, Mid Penn Commercial Relationship Manager Dan Baronick, MR CEO Kathy Gillespie, Mid Penn Relationship Manager Vicki Myers, Mid Penn Director of Trust and Wealth Management Joseph Paese.
WEST DECATUR, PA. – Mid Penn Bank, a comprehensive financial services company operating in 19 counties throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has awarded Village of Hope a $50,000 grant through the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP). This funding will be used to fund, in part, the construction of a kinship family home within the Village of Hope site near West Decatur, PA, along Route 322 in Clearfield County.
Kinship families predominantly consist of grandparents raising grandchildren or greatgrandchildren, others raising children of their close relatives, and those in similar situations where family members step in to assist in childrearing when biological parents are not able to be fully present. Almost three-million children live in grandparent-headed homes and over one-million of these children have no parent present in the home, according to census data stretching all the way back to 2010.
Mid Penn’s support in providing a newly constructed two-bedroom, three-bathroom house that a kinship family in-need can call home, also helps to support the overall mission of Village of Hope. Village of Hope is situated on nearly 50 acres in Wallaceton Borough and Boggs Township, Clearfield County near West Decatur. It is an inclusive M.A.G.I.C. Community (multi-ability, multi-generational, inclusive, community) where individuals of all ages and abilities are welcomed and appreciated as unique and important to the overall functioning of the community. The mission is to provide more options outside of traditional assisted living or nursing home environments for people who can live independently but may need some assistance with daily tasks. This may include individuals experiencing cognitive changes, adult children with disabilities, and grandparents raising grandchildren, as well as families and single individuals.
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CLEARFIELD, PA. - Service-based nonprofit organizations seeking volunteers to help further their mission are invited to reserve a spot for a table at the Clearfield County Volunteer Fair planned for 4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19, in the Agricultural Building at the Clearfield County Fairgrounds.
Registration is open through Friday, April 5, 2024. Those who wish to register are asked to contact Mary Beth Geppert at the Children’s Aid Society at 814-765-2686, ex. 202 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Registration is free. Organizations are asked to bring a door prize and raffle tickets for their table and offer a chance to win to those in attendance.
Clearfield County nonprofit organizations registered for the volunteer fair will have the opportunity to set up information tables outlining the needs of their agency and ways in which volunteers can help. Attendees will have a chance to learn about Clearfield County services and the pathways to becoming involved in the community as a volunteer.
Free and open to all members of the public, the volunteer fair is organized by the Children's Aid Society, the Clearfield Revitalization Corporation, and Mature Resources.
CURWENSVILLE, PA. – Two additional sites will host a one-day only Tax-Aide Day to assist seniors in need of help filing their income taxes.
The Mahaffey Center for Active Living will host a Tax-Aide Day on March 13. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 814-277-4544.
The Coalport Center for Active Living will host their Tax-Aide Day on March 20. Appointments can be scheduled at Coalport by calling 814-672-3574.
These dates and locations are in addition to Tax-Aide scheduled for Mondays and Tuesdays at the Curwensville Alliance Church in Curwensville starting February 6, and running until April 15. Consumers will be seen by appointments only. Those who wish to register at the Curwensville location may call the Tax-Aide hotline at 814-765-2691 and leave personal contact information. A tax aide volunteer will then call to set up an appointment. Participants are asked to have all their tax documents ready.
Mature Resources Area Agency on Aging, AARP, and the IRS have partnered to sponsor the free Senior Tax-Aide program.
Since 1968, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide has provided free tax help to over 75 million taxpayers, with a focus on older adults with low to moderate income. Tax-Aide volunteers are located nationwide, and are trained and IRS-certified every year.
