This number has been printed on each one of our newsletters and hopefully you have noticed, but what is it?

HISTORY: 211 Brevard started in the 1960s as a grassroots volunteer organization dedicated to providing support for individuals and families affected by mental illness. The nonprofit was instrumental in starting one of Florida’s first teen and suicide hotlines, which soon expanded in scope in response to community need. Recognizing that callers frequently needed
ongoing services, phone counselors began collecting and maintaining information on local social services, organizations and programs.

In the early 1980s, this information became part of the area’s first comprehensive database of community services. In 2001, 211 Brevard became the first in Florida and the seventh in the nation to implement the 2-1-1 dialing code following the Federal Communications Commission ruling designating the number for accessing information on local services.

2-1-1 is a special abbreviated telephone number reserved in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) as an easy-to-remember three-digit code to reach information and referral services to health, human, and social service organizations. These services are for anyone in need, not limited to seniors. Check it out and look at all the services they offer!!

www.211brevard.org.

GET CONNECTED. GET HELP.

From hello to help, 211 Brevard provides immediate assistance and connects people to community resources in times of personal, financial and community crisis. Trained specialists are available 24/7 when people call or text because they don’t have enough to eat, can’t pay rent, need COVID-19 testing or struggle with thoughts of suicide, plus much more.

Specialists actively listen and offer information on resources to meet needs such as food, utility bills, housing, mental health, substance abuse, primary health care and disaster. In July of 2022 they added the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, a United States based suicide prevention network of over 160 crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 9-8-8. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. www.988lifeline.org

As requested, we have added magazines! Sept 28, at 1:00pm, at the DRS Center. Bring any used jigsaw puzzles, books, or magazines you would like to trade. This is an easy & casual event! Stay and visit for a bit or trade and leave. All items that you bring must be taken home if not traded. Please do not drop off items. Tell your friends! NOTE: Both the Volunteer Meeting and Puzzle, Book, and Magazine exchange are on the same day, at the same place.

Wednesday, Sept 28, at 11:00am at the DRS Community Center. This casual meeting is for any member who is  looking to help the club or find out more info. Come and learn what our needs are. The 55+ Club only functions with your volunteerism. We hope you’ll join us!

Carl & Michelle Ciccarello
Theresia Coker
Gloria Dolan
MArgaret Lalonde
Kiwi Nicholson
Roger Targowski

Join this newly formed group! Bring anything you may have already written or ideas on what you are interested in writing. The purpose of this group is to encourage creativity and help give you that little push needed to learn how to write creatively! These sessions will be led by Tina (Filomena) Troso, who was born and raised in Italy. She is a new 55+ club member, who is a writer that has authored and published the books “Whispers” and “Through the Mist of Time”, along with several writings of poetry.

This Creative Writing session will run for 8 weeks, meeting each Monday starting on September 26, 2022, at 2:00pm in the DRS Community Center. This course is exclusive to 55+ Club members and we ask a nominal donation of $2 per session to cover supplies. In addition, think of a name that you feel would be fitting to call this group. Please call 321/773-6458 to add your name to the list so Tina can plan accordingly.

If you did not attend the July 27th Nat’l Bingo Day, you missed out on a good time! A total of 83 people were in attendance! Besides playing bingo, there were lots of opportunities to win prizes and everyone went home with something! Thanks to all the helpers that made this event a success. Bingo is held every Monday at the SB Civic Center. Doors open at 9:30am and play
begins at 11:00am. Card fees apply.