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Wanted: Best Older Worker of 2009 for
Missouri...The race is on for the best older
worker in Missour for 2009
Missouri’s annual Older Worker of the Year
contest seeks to honor a Missouri resident
who is 65 or older, employed at least 20
hours a week, and displays dependability and
new skills on the job.
The winner and regional finalists will be
recognized at a two-day awards ceremony in
September in Jefferson City.
“Older workers go above and beyond the call
of duty every day,” said Margaret Donnelly,
director of the Department of Health and
Senior Services, a contest sponsor.
“They’re
an asset to any organization. I urge
Missouri employees to think about their
older co-workers and nominate one of them
for this award.”
Last year’s Older Worker of the Year was Jean Hines. At 84,
Hines works at Carden Machine Shop in
Sullivan, finishing parts for aircraft
including the F-18 Hornet and the Osprey
helicopter deployed in Iraq.
Some of the parts are worth $6,000 each. A few seconds of
grinding in the wrong area can result in the
part being scrapped, but Hines has never
ruined one. In seven years, she has never
been late or missed a day of work.
Nomination forms for 2009’s Older Worker of
the Year are available on the Department of
Health and Senior Services’ Web site, by
clicking here.
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/2009OlderWorkerNomForm.pdf.
Completed nomination forms must be
postmarked, faxed or e-mailed by August 1,
2009.
Mail entries can be sent to: Missouri
Outstanding Older Worker Contest, Division
of Senior and Disability Services, Bureau of
Senior Programs, P.O. Box 570, Jefferson
City, MO 65102-0570. They can be faxed to
(573) 522-3024; or e-mailed to Evelyn.Patino@dhss.mo.gov.
Nomination forms must include a narrative
explaining why the nominee deserves to be
selected Older Worker of the Year.
Now in its 199th year, the annual
Older Worker of the Year recognition is
sponsored by the Missouri Senior Employment
Coordinating Committee, consisting of the
AARP Foundation; Experience Works; Catholic
Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph; MERS/Missouri
Goodwill Industries; Department of Economic
Development/Division of Workforce
Development; and the Department of Health
and Senior Services/Division of Senior and
Disability Services.
For more information, please call
573-526-8574.
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