Due to dozens of urgent phone calls from seniors struggling with the tough economy,  Senior Legal Hotline, Meals on Wheels and the Volunteer Center of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento, have come together to create SENIOR CONNECT a direct service event bringing help to those who need it. The event will be held from 10am – 2pm on Friday, November 14 at the Oak Park Community Center, 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Sacramento.

No ordinary information and referral fair, Senior Connect will include more than 20 agencies, providing important information and on-site services including: SMUD with immediate utility assistance, consumer debt assistance from Senior Legal Hotline, HUD-Approved Housing Counselors answering questions, Food Stamp Eligibility Screenings and more.

There will also be free services, such as, on-site Blood Pressure Screenings, a specially erected clothing closet, and dry haircuts given by MTI College A Paul Mitchell Partner School. Free morning snacks will be available and free lunch will be available to the first 100 seniors (over age 60).

On-site Seminars include: 10am Fraud Prevention, 11am Foreclosure & Predatory Lending, 12:30pm Planning for Long Term, and 1:30pm Healthy Aging.

For more information please contact Jennifer Anders, Senior Legal Hotline at (916) 930-4930 or janders@lsnc.net or Christine Wallace, Volunteer Center of Sacramento at (916) 567-3100 x106 or cwallace@volunteersac.org for more info.