Senior Citizens Center (12/31/78)

Senior Citizens Center

Hello again to the UNA Senior Citizens. It's that time of the year again, to remind you of several things. Almost half a year has passed since we wined, dined and danced at Soyuzivka and left there all full of high hopes and new plans. It's now six months later, and I haven't heard a word from anyone.

On October 19, the new executive board of the UNA Senior Citizens Committee met with Dr. John O. Flis at the UNA building in Jersey City, to discuss the matter of the senior citizens building. After a lengthy discussion, we departed full of hopes about a senior citizens building. The new president of the UNA was very receptive to our wishes, and told us that he had visited a couple of senior citizens centers and investigated how they operated. He told us that Dr. Myron Kuropas has had meetings with Housing and Urban Development personnel in Washington, D.C., regarding the possibility of receiving federal funds for such a project. Everything looks very rosy, and a new application will be submitted on or about March 1, 1979, asking for 44.5 million. However, in order to submit the new application we must have an up-to-date list of persons requesting living quarters in the proposed building. Please submit a new application regardless if you have submitted one earlier. This new application has all information that we required. Please sent this to Miss Anne Dubas, 180 Nesbitt Terrace, Irvington, N.J. 07111 before December 20, 1978.

After you've made out the application above, take another minute and send a $2 check to Mr. Avramchuk at 100 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. Now you have paid your 1978-79 dues and you are ready for the fifth conference of UNA seniors at Soyuzivka in June 1979.

The second order of business are the local senior citizens centers. Everyone went home last June to start a UNA senior citizens center their community. Remember? The local senior citizens center will give you an opportunity to serve you members and yourselves, in many fraternal ways. In my last column I told you of the active St. John's Social Service Center in Newark, N.J. You are missing a chance to enrich your life if you put off. In Newark we just had our Thanksgiving dinner on November 20, and a good time was had by all. The Rev. Joseph Denischuk of the Holy Family Church in Washington, D.C., was our special guest and what a wonderful time we had with magic, stories and songs. Of course Father Denischuk did remind us of the Memorial Building Fund for the National Shrine that will be built in Washington, D.C., and the charitable community that Newark, N.J., has always been, listened and responded.

In the meantime I'll be waiting for your letters and applications.

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