Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for First Older Adult Center
June 2, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Penn Yan, NY - On Tuesday, June 17th, at 11:30am, Pro Action Yates Office for the Aging (YOFA) will host be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first Older Adult Center, located in the Pro Action YOFA Offices in the Yates County Building.
Future activities at the Older Adult Center will include Computer classes; Arts and Crafts; Games; various educational classes; Recreational and Social activities; Health Screenings and Services; Special Events and Guest speakers.
Currently the Center offers Discover Live Tours, typically 5 tours each month, and allow people to experience virtual travel destinations from around the globe. Pre-registration is required.
Programs will be offered in cooperation with Cornell Cooperative Extension, Finger Lakes Community Health, and the Penn Yan Public Library, and other community organizations. Programming will be open to people who are over the age of 60 and will be free of charge. Pre-registration is required for all programming as space is limited.
A list of offered programming can be found in our Newsletter, and updates will be listed on YOFA’s Facebook page.
Laura Rossman, Pro Action CEO, remarked, “The opening of the first-ever Older Adult Center in Yates County marks a milestone in our commitment to supporting independence, dignity, and community engagement for residents over 60.”
New York is nationally recognized for being the first age-friendly state in the nation. Using the state’s Prevention Agenda public and private partners work together to positively impact population health by marrying health care, preventive health, and community design, in concert with addressing social determinants of health, to improve the lives of all New Yorkers, young and old.
Older Adult Centers are places where older adults gather for services and activities that reflect their experience and skills, respond to their diverse needs and interests, enhance their dignity, support their independence, and encourage their involvement in and with the center and the community.
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) continuously works to help the state’s 4.3 million older adults be as independent as possible for as long as possible through advocacy, development and delivery of person-centered, consumer-oriented, and cost-effective policies, programs, and services that support and empower older adults and their families, in partnership with the network of public and private organizations that serve them.
Pro Action is a Community Action Agency, Pro Action is responsible for helping people and changing lives. We are effective stewards of federal, state, and local resources, using them efficiently to improve the resiliency and prospects of the people we serve. We take these responsibilities seriously and are proud of the contribution our work makes to the health of the local economy.
Pro Action administers the Yates Office for Aging in close partnership with Yates County government. Through this very successful partnership, Pro Action offers a range of services for older people including information and referral services, health and wellness services, and in-home services.
Pro Action’s comprehensive, integrated family of services support people as they strive to advance themselves. Pro Action creates pathways to prosperity using a multi-generational approach in programs in four key domains: Thriving Seniors; Resilient Children and Families; Prosperous Futures; and Basic Needs Support.
For more information, please contact Marianne Rosica-Brand at rosica-brandm@proactioninc.org or by calling 315.279.4321.
