From NCC Volunteer To Full-Time Employee

Michelle Lang — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:14:37 +0000

Anne Moran became a care coordinator at Associates June 1. Before that she worked as a Home Friend and volunteered at the Family Resource Success Center.

Newark resident Anne Moran has moved up within 91��Ƭ, going from a volunteer referred through the Community Work Experience Program (CWEP) to a part-time worker to a full-time employee.
Moran became a care coordinator at 91��Ƭ Associates, 180 South Orange Ave., Newark, June 1. In that position she conducts home visits of residents to check on them and ensure their apartments are well kept, updates residents’ medication changes, files weekly and monthly reports and assists with creating the building calendar.
She filled a void at Associates that had been left since March 1, 2017, when longtime resident Elnora Haynes died. She had helped Care Coordinator Lourdes Fuentes fulfill the duties of an additional care coordinator role. After Haynes’ passing, Fuentes, who is now a care coordinator at Manor Senior, needed help and the decision was made to hire another care coordinator for Associates.
Moran was working part-time as a Home Friend at that time, providing light housekeeping and running errands for three senior clients per day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., when Health and Social Services Assistant Director Donnette Burrowes-Williams asked her if she was interested in applying for the full-time care coordinator position. She jumped at the chance.
“I like office work,” Moran said. While she didn’t mind the work she did as a Home Friend, she said, “I like to learn different things. And I’m a quick learner.”
Her application came with good recommendations.
“Anne is a wonderful and beautiful person to work with and she truly excels at anything she puts her mind to. It was truly my pleasure to have her as an employee,” said former Home Friends Program Coordinator Doreatha Wertz. “I know that she will be a wonderful care coordinator because she cares about people and their needs.”
Former Home Friend client Shirley Kellam, who lives at Commons Senior, agrees.
“She was like a daughter that I didn’t have,” Kellam said. “I enjoyed being around her.”
Kellam said Moran did grocery shopping for her and always called to ask about purchasing substitutes if she couldn’t find exactly what was on the list.
While Kellam misses Moran, the two have stayed in touch. “I’m glad for her,” Kellam said.
Family Resource Success Center Director Joann Williams-Swiney referred Moran to Burrowes-Williams when she learned about the care coordinator position. Moran had been a volunteer at the center since April 2014. Even after becoming a Home Friend in March 2015, she stayed on as a volunteer at the center in the afternoon.
“Anne is one of those individuals who comes along that truly embodies the mission of 91��Ƭ. She sees our purpose for us being in the community and she wants to help out,” Williams-Swiney said. “She had a desire to help out and that’s why she continued on.”
Williams-Swiney said Moran was loved by her peers and clients at the Family Resource Success Center. While Williams-Swiney will miss Moran, she’s grateful she had the opportunity to become a care coordinator.
“I miss volunteering at the Resource Center,” Moran said. But she is still involved in NJ SHARES, a nonprofit that partners with organizations like NCC to help families in financial crisis pay their energy bills. She was the main point of contact for that program while volunteering.
Moran is enjoying her care coordinator role. “So far, so good,” she said.

Editorial: Honoring Elnora Haynes

Michelle Lang — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:23:29 +0000

Editorial By Monsignor William J. Linder
Elnora Haynes was truly one of a kind. It is with deep sadness that the 91��Ƭ family mourns her loss. Her influence was felt far and wide.
I first met Elnora many years ago at 91��Ƭ. She was a faithful member of the 91��Ƭ Senior Advisory Board and her gift of leadership shined. She and the other leaders from NCC’s senior buildings brought their concerns to each month’s meeting, representing their respective senior buildings in Newark, Orange and Jersey City.
For 19 years, Elnora humbly volunteered as a social services aide at her building, 91��Ƭ Associates, where she touched every single person who walked through the door. She was such a positive influence. She worked tirelessly as a voice for the most vulnerable members of our society—seniors and disabled residents—and ensured that their needs were met, whether it was material, emotional or spiritual. As a person of deep faith, Elnora received satisfaction from witnessing others being successful. It was in giving that she experienced the most joy.
In local politics, Elnora served as a district leader in a way that exemplified the very best of civic engagement and community activism. Very rarely do you have a district leader like Elnora, whose sole motivation in holding the post was to serve others and not to stroke her own ego. In a time where we see so much selfishness, Elnora was a refreshing presence.
Elnora represented what we are trying to be here at 91��Ƭ. She not only challenged others, she also inspired them.
It was a privilege to have Elnora briefly stay at 91��Ƭ Extended Care Facility. She took care of others and it was our turn to take care of her.
Whatever age limited, it didn’t limit Elnora’s spirit even at age 82. She passed away just two weeks before her 83rd birthday.
After the funeral service on March 8, I met with Elnora’s loved ones gathered at St. Joseph Plaza for the repast. As they embraced each other and offered words of comfort to everyone who came to honor Elnora’s legacy, you could plainly see her positive influence radiating from her family, right down to her great grandchildren. A slideshow created by her family showed photo after photo of Elnora with her grandchildren, who were obviously very close to her. She transcended age with ease.
Elnora Haynes truly represented the best of 91��Ƭ. May we honor her life and legacy by “loving thy neighbor” in the way that she taught us, which was as an outpouring of her love and devotion to the Lord.

Elnora Haynes – 91��Ƭ

From NCC Volunteer To Full-Time Employee

Editorial: Honoring Elnora Haynes