Festival & Conferences
Save the Date:
Annual Successful Aging Festival
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Stockton University Campus Center
Detalis to Follow ... Help us commemorate the contributions and career of Dave Burdick, our founding director who will retire in June 2024.
Past Festivals ...
2023 Successful Aging Festival
Tuesday May 23, 2023, 10am - 2pm
Stockton University Campus Center
SCOSA's Annual Successful Aging Festival returned after three
years of COVID-19 related cancellations. By many accounts, this was one of our best, with packed meeting rooms, enthusiastic exhibitors and approximately 300 guests.
Thanks to everyone who assisted, sponsored, exhibited, presented or attended and congratulations to the Aging Unbound Award Winners.
The Festival Theme coincided with the national Older Americans Month Theme: Aging Unbound, and "explored diverse aging experiences and discuss how communities can combat stereotypes" and promote flexible thinking about aging – and how we all benefit when older adults remain engaged, independent, and included.
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Keynote Presenter & Panel:
The festival keynote presentation titled "Vibrant Villages
Empowering Communities" was presented by Barbara Hughes Sullivan, National Director of the Village to Village Network. Barbara was joined by Kathy Kuzma, representing the North Jersey Village, and Tina Serota, representing Village By the Shore.
Sessions:
Performance of "The First Street Liar's Club" by Players & Playwrights by the Jersey Shore
GetFit for Seniors
Smart Phones: Unbound Benefits
Mindset Matters: The Role of Grit & Growth Mindsets in Successful Aging
Cooking Up Your Personal Recipe for Successful Aging
Tap Dancing Performance (Ms. Lois Allen & The Silver Tappers)
Stockton University Retiree Association Breakfast
Musical Performances: Pan Gravy
'Aging Unbound' Contest Entries/Winners Exhibits
Public Hearing: Atlantic County Area Agency on Aging
2023 Sponsors, Exhibitors & Advertisers
Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well (NJAAW)
Stockton University Office of Human Resources
Village to Village Network
William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy
Bronze Sponsors
Comfort Keepers
Complete Care Linwood
Fox Rehab
Preferred Care at Absecon
South Jersey Gas
United Methodist Communities- The Shores
Session Sponsors
Bayada Home Health Care
Journey Hospice
Partners in HomeCare Services LLC
Spring Home at Galloway
Additional Support Provided By
Frances Leonilda Acerra Christopher Memorial Fund
Marea Teski Gerontology Fund
Southern New Jersey Council on Issues of Aging Endowment Fund
Stockton University Retiree Association
2023 Exhibitors
AlternaHealth Plex/Vital Integrated Therapy & Wellness
Atlantic County Division of Intergenerational Services, Dept. of Human Services
Atlantic County Division of Public Health
Atlantic County Surrogate's Office
Bratton Estate & Elder Care Attorneys
CarePatrol of South Jersey and Jersey Shore
Council on Compulsive Gambling of NJ, Inc.
Fix-it Program by Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton
JAG-ONE Physical Therapy
Jeffries and Keates Funeral Home
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
JFS's Lynn Kramer Village by the Shore
Milton and Betty Katz Jewish Community Center
NJ Health Hospice & Palliative Care
Partners in HomeCare Services LLC
Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services
Royal Suites Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Seacrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare
United Methodist Communities- The Shores
2023 Marketplace:
Rabbi Ilene Schneider
Pinelands Adventures
Pine Barrens Post
2023 Advertisers
AlternaHealth Plex/Vital Integrated Therapy & Wellness (1/8 page)
Bayada Home Health Care (1/2 page)
JBA Insurance (1/4 page)
Jeffries and Keates Funeral Home (1/4 page)
Life Force Senior Care (1/4 Page)
Partners in HomeCare Services LLC (Full page)
Ruffin Medical Group (1/4 page)
Visiting Angels Atlantic County (1/4 page)
Support Also Provided By
Atlantic County Area Agency on Aging (Older Americans Act Funds)
Ocean County Area Agency on Aging (Older Americans Act Funds)
2019 Annual Successful Aging Festival
Click Here for Story about Festival
Click Here for Festival Photos
Click Here for Additional Exhibit Hall Photos
Click Here for Photos from the MSOT Student Displays
Click Here for Full Program Booklet
CLICK HERE for 2019 Press Release
Click Here for Pre-Festival Story in Press of AC story by Claire Lowe
