Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • January 30, 2013 Area Volunteers keep pastoral care program running the elderly just shines, and it’s a very beautiful thing. If anyone is interested in volunteering as a Pastoral Care volunteer or in any other capacity, call Dot Faasse, Coordinator of Volunteers, at (201) 848-5797. Throughout the year, pastoral care volunteers offer their services at The Courtyard at The Longview Assisted Living Residence. Pictured are Courtyard chapel leaders from Franklin Lakes Baptist Church Rev. Matthew Carpenter, Kevin Paddeu, Don Hellar, and Linda Bruce. (Photo courtesy of Julie Haboob.) Volunteers are essential to pastoral care offerings at The Longview Assisted Living Residence and The Courtyard at Longview at Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff. Chaplain’s Hours, Sunday worship services, and quarterly memorial services are served by a variety of pianists and a harpist. At special times of the church year, such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, volunteer musicians have helped to form and accompany a small choir of residents who enhance the services. “The messages of these volunteers stimulate faithful reflection and motivate caring acts and words throughout the week ahead,” said Rev. Kathy Jo Blaske, Longview chaplain. “Their prayers express heartfelt concern for others, offer encouragement for daily life, and celebrate God’s abundant blessings.” “Our Pastoral Care volunteers are very faithful and it is evident they enjoy what they do,” said Cheryl Wolf, ADC, Longview Activities Director. “Their compassion for Seminar via Skype Jewish Family Service of North Jersey Executive Director Leah Kaufman introduced the Sam and Nina Wolff Caregivers Support Center to an audience of 100 at Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff. Alex Witchel, NY Times Magazine writer and author of ‘All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia, With Refreshments,’ addressed the audience and answered questions via Skype. Lisa Clare, program coordinator, described how the center provides practical and emotional support to people caring for a loved one suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Services include counseling, support groups, and referrals to community resources. Eileen Wolff, representing the Wolff family, told the audience her family is thrilled that the Wolff Caregivers Support Center will provide these vital services families so desperately need. For further information, call (973) 595-0111 or e-mail lclare@jfsnorthjersey.org.