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Annual Impact Report

A celebration of the impact by our volunteers, staff, and donors woven into services in 2022, our 50th year. With your help we can continue to provide crucial resources in the years to follow.

We hope you are inspired by the stories of our brave clients. They were helped last year by our incredible volunteers, donors, and staff.  Our work was fueled by contributions from people like you who supported our life-changing and life-enhancing services.

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Stories about the impact Island Senior Resources had in our community

After 70 years of marriage, Simon was his wife’s only caregiver in her final years. He was suffering from burnout and grief when he called Island Senior Resources, experiencing depression. Simon needed help. Widowed, and in his 90th year, he had never lived alone before. We helped Simon navigate grieving processes and then, in time, cast a new set of life goals as part of our Aging & Disability Resources program, which integrates care with multiple collaborative agencies. Throughout 2022, Simon began to unfurl like an island fern, slowly at first and then with new vigor. He is now doing 70 pushups daily, is planning a new business as an artist, and is considering dating.
After 70 years of marriage, Simon was his wife’s only caregiver in her final years. He was suffering from burnout and grief when he called Island Senior Resources, experiencing depression. Simon needed help. Widowed, and in his 90th year, he had never lived alone before. We helped Simon navigate grieving processes and then, in time, cast a new set of life goals as part of our Aging & Disability Resources program, which integrates care with multiple collaborative agencies. Throughout 2022, Simon began to unfurl like an island fern, slowly at first and then with new vigor. He is now doing 70 pushups daily, is planning a new business as an artist, and is considering dating.
Nellie and her husband moved to the island in 1952, purchasing their small home on the water in Oak Harbor for $15,000. Nellie is now 95 and lives alone after her husband’s death two decades ago. She bustles around, serving on boards and helping her neighbors, but her income is reduced, and Nellie was often eating crackers for dinner. She began receiving Meals on Wheels so that she had a healthy, tasty meal every night. She can afford her $50 annual gift to Island Senior Resources. Nellie is remembering the agency in her will with a bequest of her home.
Nellie and her husband moved to the island in 1952, purchasing their small home on the water in Oak Harbor for $15,000. Nellie is now 95 and lives alone after her husband’s death two decades ago. She bustles around, serving on boards and helping her neighbors, but her income is reduced, and Nellie was often eating crackers for dinner. She began receiving Meals on Wheels so that she had a healthy, tasty meal every night. She can afford her $50 annual gift to Island Senior Resources. Nellie is remembering the agency in her will with a bequest of her home.
Living comfortably in a tiny home, Jeremy is 75. Born and raised on Whidbey, he takes care of himself, always saying proudly, with a grin, “I’m never sick.” Which was true, until it was not. One day he needed an emergency room visit and a prescription. He tried to reach Medicaid but could never get through to a person. He had never called Island Senior Resources, not wanting to be a bother. But one call for help with Island Senior Resources specialists resulted in answered questions, an evaluation, and help from four other programs. Jeremy is back to his healthy self, his questions have been resolved, and he knows that we are here for him if he ever needs help as he ages.
Living comfortably in a tiny home, Jeremy is 75. Born and raised on Whidbey, he takes care of himself, always saying proudly, with a grin, “I’m never sick.” Which was true, until it was not. One day he needed an emergency room visit and a prescription. He tried to reach Medicaid but could never get through to a person. He had never called Island Senior Resources, not wanting to be a bother. But one call for help with Island Senior Resources specialists resulted in answered questions, an evaluation, and help from four other programs. Jeremy is back to his healthy self, his questions have been resolved, and he knows that we are here for him if he ever needs help as he ages.
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Why we must care for our Seniors

Charles LaFond is a potter and cook who combines both crafts in this beautiful film explaining why we must care for aging seniors. Click here to start watching (YouTube video) this short film produced and donated by Chris Douthitt on healthy aging.

Our Community Impact

  • Clients served. Number of phone calls

    In 2022 the number of clients we served reached 3,000.  Client ages ranged from 25 to 104 with over 90% of age 60 or more.

    In total, we took 24,000 phone calls from people seeking help or information

  • Number of meals served

    ISR served almost 85,000 meals in 2022 to over 945 clients including:

    • 12,045 Community or Takeout Meals in Langley, Coupeville, Oak Harbor, and Camano
    • 66,923 home-delivered Meals on Wheels across Island County
    • 5,552 liquid meals for supplementation
  • Senior Thrift is much more than a store

    Our Senior Thrift store sold over 200,000 affordable items to approximately 35,000 customers seeking inexpensive household goods and clothing, keeping things out of landfill and making them available to many families in financial need.

  • Taking clients on essential drives could circle the world 10x times

    The distance agency volunteers drove, taking clients on essential drives, equaled 10x around the planet’s circumference, alongside thousands of hours of human connection and conversation.

Like to learn more? Please contact Charles LaFond, ISR Senior Director, at 360-210-3011 or charles@islandseniorservices.org

2022 expenses $4.170 million, revenues $4.070 million. Difference between revenues and expenses was covered using reserve funds.

“I wove the ISR Story Cloth with the blues and greens of the islands and the silver of our aging seniors. I made the cloth a gift to this agency I love.”  Danette Sulgrove

Over 1,000 pieces of medical equipment are provided through our lending library each year. Equipment is borrowed free of charge.

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