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Huntingdon Valley Bertucci's and Seniors Helping Seniors® Raise $400 at Alzheimer's Fundraiser

Bertucci’s of Huntingdon Valley, in collaboration with Seniors Helping Seniors® of Bucks County, hosted a fundraiser in November to support Alzheimer’s research. Following the fundraiser, Bertucci’s general manager Pablo Rey presented a donation for nearly $400 to Seniors Helping Seniors® of Bucks County to support their fundraising efforts on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Barbara Marte, owner of Seniors Helping Seniors® of Bucks County, stated, “It is an important part of our work in the community to support the Alzheimer’s Association.” She continued, “In our business, we work with Alzheimer’s patients everyday and recognize the importance of raising money to help fund research to eradicate this disease.”

For more information about the Alzheimer’s Association visit www.alz.org.

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About Seniors Helping Seniors®:

Seniors Helping Seniors® in-home services is a national caregiver and companionship organization and the only one that matches seniors who need in-home services with seniors who want to provide them. Seniors Helping Seniors® of Bucks County is one of more than 100 offices operating throughout the United States. The mission is to provide seniors with the ability to choose an independent lifestyle in their own homes, for as long as possible, with the dignity and respect they deserve, by finding dedicated, caring seniors to help each other.

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If family members do not live close by or do not have the ability to provide the care that their loved ones require, Seniors Helping Seniors® services provide the assistance that will give distant family members assurance that their loved ones are receiving the support they need.

Seniors Helping Seniors® supports seniors and their family caregivers by matching them with people who will understand them the most - other seniors. Seniors Helping Seniors® Providers have the heart of a volunteer and understand the ups and downs of life. From that understanding, what begins as a Provider and Receiver relationship becomes a Friendship. Seniors Helping Seniors® Providers believe true joy lies within helping others.

Seniors Helping Seniors® services include companionship, light housekeeping, cooking, shopping, transportation, yard work, mobility assistance, home maintenance, overnight stays and more. Senior Providers are there because they really want to be and services are performed with the utmost of love, care and compassion.  For more information about Seniors Helping Seniors® of Bucks County, contact Barbara Marte at 215-675-6402 or visit the website at:  http://www.seniorshelpingseniors.com/PABucks/ or follow them on Facebook at Seniors Helping Seniors of Bucks County.

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