Baltimore County, MD Time of Your LIfe, 26 Jan 2022

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From YouTube: Community Resources 2022

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Celebrating 25 Years of Supporting Baltimore's Communities!
Debbie J. Orlove, Community Business Liaison
Baltimore County Department of Aging

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Welcome back to the time of your life., I'm your host, ethel, rasmussen., valuable and up-to-date information has everything to do with making.

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Well-Informed decisions based on your resources and options.

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Community resources 2022, is that informational source and is now available.

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With us today to share news about community resources,.

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2022 is debbie orlove community business liaison.

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At the baltimore county department of aging.

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debbie, welcome to the show.

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ethel, thanks so much for inviting me.

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community resources. 2022 is a well-known publication.

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Can you share information about this resource?

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yes, of course.

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Community resources is an annual regional publication.

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Printed in partnership with the baltimore county commission on disabilities,.

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Which is now under the baltimore county department of housing and community development,.

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Along with baltimore city government., we are so pleased to be able to offer baltimore.

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Residents the opportunity to use this powerful resource.

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It's now celebrating its 25th edition,.

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25 years of senior resources,, which has helped so many communities and individuals along the way.

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The publication's content targets, information for adults,.

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Baby boomers, caregivers, families,.

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Children, and adults, with disabilities.

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of course, professionals, use the resource on a regular basis to support their clients and patients.

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Debbie,? Why is a publication like community resources, important?.

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That's such a good question.

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Community resources is important to connect individuals,.

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Communities, and even professionals with the information they need to know.

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In our opinion,, good decisions are made when consumer options are readily available,.

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When they're up-to-date, and diverse in content to meet the needs and requests of the population that bcda serves.

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We believe that this publication supports one-stop shopping and packs.

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Both convenience and critical regional information into one publication.

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Each year,, the content of the book, is enhanced with features to provide.

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Our user-friendly experience, as well as an enriched content.

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Can you share some of the changes made with this latest edition?.

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Yes., that's such a good question, because every year we.

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Always strive to make the publication user-friendly.

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Because it's so important that everyone that reads.

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The publication understands how to identify the information and resources that they need.

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The contents of community resources spans.

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Categories from adult day care to volunteer opportunities.

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The book is diverse and subject matter., as you can imagine, the audience that uses the book is just as diverse.

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Each listing in the publication is verified on.

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An annual basis and updated so the content contains.

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The most current information available and that.

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Changes year to year and to support the uses of the resource.

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We also pay particular attention to categories.

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That intersect, multiple topics in the book.

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We place significant emphasis on course, referencing.

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I think it's important to give an example of cross referencing.

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I'd like to take caregivers support is an example.

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Information to support caregivers may be found in nine of the categories.

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If you're the reader, looking for information on this subject,.

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You may not know all the categories in which this information would be found.

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So that's where cross-referencing comes, into,.

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Is so significant because at the beginning of each category,.

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It'll tell you, where else, to look for information about caregiving.

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The book is also online., it should be on the screen too,, but it's a www.baltimorecountymd.gov/communityresources.

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Again, this is so important because it has accessibility, features.,.

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Again, we're making the book user friendly to.

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A diverse population so that you could either enlarge the font.

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It also has a read aloud: feature,, which is wonderful.

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If you're vision, impaired, you're able to hear the content of the book and also obtain the information that you need.

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Thank you for sharing that this is an online publication as well.

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But if interested parties, are, businesses and organizations are interested in receiving copies,.

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Are picking up copies.? Where can they go??

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We are so happy that our 20 senior centers are open,.

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Last year was a bit of a challenge,, but we successfully got the book out into the communities,.

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Both the city and county., but this year,, please pick up your copy at one of our 20 senior centers.

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Baltimore county libraries are a wonderful partner in helping to distribute the book.

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The our map- office, baltimore, county,, maryland access point, will mail one copy by calling 410-887-2594.

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Our office offers bulk distribution of 100, copies or more.

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You could either call 410-887-2002 or email sponsorbcda@baltimorecountymd.gov.

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This information will be on your screen..

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Please include the name of your organization,.

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How many copies you would like, the contact person and your hours that you're open and someone from our office will contact you.

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We're also very grateful to have geresbecks food market in middle river, be a distribution point for the book,.

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As well as rite aid pharmacies in baltimore, county,.

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Where you could also pick up copies there as well at rite, aid,.

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The rack for community resources is usually located near the pharmacy department.

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Please go back to the pharmacy department and you'll see copies there.

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Again,, as I mentioned, previously,.

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You could call our map office and because the book is.

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A regional book which includes baltimore city,, please call.,.

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I encourage everyone in baltimore city to call their map office,, which is 410-396-2273.

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Also, if you need information, that's in the book and you can't pick up a book,.

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You could always go online. I'll repeat: that.

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online is available 24/7.

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the luxury of having an internet source available to you at www.baltimorecountymd.gov/communityresources.

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Community resources is a revenue producing publication.

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Can you explain? yes.

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I would be happy to explain because this is such an important part of the book.

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And making it available free of charge to the constituents of baltimore, county and baltimore city.

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There's highlighted listings and large ads throughout the book that support not only the printing of this book,.

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But also bcda's volunteer program.

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It's also from a business perspective.

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The book is a powerful opportunity for businesses to.

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Showcase their services and their products.

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So, even though this book is printed,, there's next year, which, as soon as this book is printed,,.

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We start accepting ads for the following book,.

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Whether it's highlighted or large heads., please feel free to call me directly at.

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410-887-2012 or feel free to email me at dorlove@baltimorecountymd.gov.

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Not only do we have opportunities for this book to support your products or services,.

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But also, there's a wide range of events that we're having this year.

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We're thrilled that we'll be able to offer most of our events in person.

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So there's so many things that we could offer,.

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I would be happy to plan your marketing budget with you.

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So again,, please give me a call at 410-887-2012.

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Debbie,, thank you for being a guest on today's show to.

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Share information about bcda's community resources, 2022.

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It's my pleasure.

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Thank you again for inviting me. we're going to take a short break when we return.

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Learn about bcda's center connection, program.