Lew Evangelidis pictured with seniors from the
Uxbridge Senior Center during a senior safety lunch and learn.
(Blackstone Valley Tribune)
UXBRIDGE — Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis recently had the pleasure to host a Senior Public Safety Lunch & Learn at the Uxbridge Senior Center on Nov. 1.
The sheriff hosted the forum as part of the Sheriff ’s Senior Citizen Safety Initiative for Worcester County. The Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office TRIAD Program works closely with local law enforcement, elder services and the council on aging and serves communities throughout the region by providing seniors with continuous education on elder safety tips and public safety.
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis
pictured with Uxbridge Senior Center
Executive Director Marsha Petrillo in front
of the Uxbridge Senior Center during the Sheriff’s
recent visit to meet with Uxbridge seniors to
discuss the senior safety programs offered by the Sheriff’s Office.
During his visit, the sheriff highlighted the many services offered to seniors through the Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office such as special illuminated custom house numbers, 911 emergency cell phones, first responder file of life cards, iris recognition technology and the LoJack SafetyNet Program utilized in the event a senior with a condition such as Alzheimer’s or dementia were to wander off or go missing.
“It’s always a pleasure to spend time at the Uxbridge Senior Center, today’s lunch and learn was a wonderful opportunity to share important public safety information with our senior community. Our TRIAD Program as well as the many other services offered by the Sheriff ’s Office work to effectively identify and address the public safety needs and concerns of our senior population, as sheriff I am committed to making our seniors feel safe and secure in their communities,” said Evangelidis.
Worcester County Sheriff pictured with
Uxbridge residents Gail Boutiette and her mom
Shirly Sehultzberg who was celebrating her
85th Birthday that day during the Sheriff’s senior
safety lunch & learn recently held at the Uxbridge Senior Center.
“We can not thank Sheriff Evangelidis enough for coming to our senior center to discuss the many safety programs offered to our seniors by the Sheriff ’s Department. We are very fortunate to have a sheriff who is so committed to the public safety of our seniors and our community,” said Uxbridge Senior Center Executive Director Marsha Petrillo.
The Sheriff ’s senior safety lunch and learn will also be shown on Uxbridge Community Television (UCTV).
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis pictured with Uxbridge Senior Center Director Marsha Petrillo during the Sheriff’s recent visit to the Uxbridge Senior Center where the Sheriff hosted a senior safety lunch & learn.
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis demonstrates
the house-numbering program available to
seniors through the Sheriff’s Office at a recent
senior safety lunch and learn recently hosted by
the sheriff at the Uxbridge Senior Center.
