Baltimore County, MD Time of Your LIfe, 7 Sep 2016

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From YouTube: The Power of Age 2016 - Gift Sponsors

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Ethel Rasmussen talks with Michael Davenport, Manager of Community Affairs at BGE and Kim Davenport, Community Relations and Event Manager from GBMC, two gift sponsors of The Power of Age.

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Welcome back to the time of your life., I'm your host, ethel rasmussen..

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The department of aging is fortunate to have the generous support of corporate sponsors.

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michael davenport, manager of community affairs at bge,.

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And kim davenport, community relations and event manager.

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From the greater baltimore medical center are with us, today.

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Kim and michael, welcome to the show.

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thank you. thank you.. Let's begin with gbmc.

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kim, gbmc has generously been the gift sponsor of the power of age for many years., can you discuss gbmc's commitment to the show?.

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Sure. gbmc is always proud to partner.

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With the baltimore county department of aging,, but this event is very special to us..

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We feel that the information on the services that are provided.

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At this event, perfectly align with what we do at gbmc,.

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And that's why we support it. Every year.

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Thank you for that, and what is gbmc going to be offering to our attendees?.

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Sure. so, this year, as always,.

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We will have some free screenings at our booth,.

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We will have medical experts available to answer questions.

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About our programs and our services., we will also be talking about a new program called support. Our elders.

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And this is a program where seniors in the community.

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Can access medical care within their homes.

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There's a care plan that is specifically developed for them.

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And also a plan that's put in place for the caregiver in the home as well.

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We think this is a really important program for the community..

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It sounds like it.

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If our viewers would like to learn more about gbmc in the interim before expo,, where should they go?

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sure. so, the best place for them to get information.

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Would be at our website,, which is gbmc.org.

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And if they want information about that, program, support our elders,.

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They will go to gilchristservices.org/supportourelders.

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All right. thank you, kim. thank you.

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Let's look at bge., you've been a gift sponsor for five years for the event.

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And always have an exciting feature. Area.

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can you talk about bge's commitment to the show and what you will be offering?, well, ethel,? First of all,, it's always a pleasure to partner.

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With the baltimore county department of aging., we enjoy this long-term partnership and, as usual,.

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We're looking forward to meeting all of our visitors, many customers,.

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And oftentimes, what we find is that a lot of retirees,.

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Bge retirees, stop by our exhibit just to catch up.

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On how the company is doing, and also just to learn about.

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New information and programs that we're putting on.

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so we're always excited to meet with them and also to just be a part of the expo..

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Now this is a big anniversary year for bge.

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Yes., can you talk about how you'll be celebrating in the community?.

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Yes., this is our 200th anniversary.

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And in fact, the anniversary celebration began this past spring.

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We have done a number of things:. We had a bge family day at the baltimore zoo in baltimore.

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We also had a bge day at camden yards.

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Where we offered discount tickets throughout the month of june.

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To a lot of our customers.- and we also are looking forward to some of the legacy gifts.

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That we'll be rolling out later on this year as well., we sponsored fireworks for independence, celebrations.

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Throughout the service territory. so, in each part of our service territory,, we sponsored fireworks in all the different counties where we operate.

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Sounds wonderful. if our viewers would like to learn more about bge,?

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Where would they go to find that information?, yes, so, the best place to go is to go to our website,.

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Which is bge.com and there you'll see information.

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Not only about ways in which you can save on your energy usage.

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But you'll also see some of things that we've been doing for the 200th anniversary. and I didn't mention that we do have a number of legacy gifts,, one of which is mosaics. That we'll be installing.

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Throughout schools and community organizations throughout our service territory., we also will be announcing details about a scholarship program.

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Later this year. and also,. In partnership with under armor,, we will be establishing a new ballpark in west baltimore.

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Named after the orioles hall of famer, eddie murray,.

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Which is going to be the eddie murray field at bge, park.

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So we're looking forward to announcing those things as well., so it's an exciting year, looking forward to expo,, and we thank you for having us as well.

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Thank you for sharing all that information with us.

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on the behalf of the department of aging,. I'd like to thank you for your continued sponsorship of our event.

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Thank you. when we return, we'll conclude today's show with exciting news about travel, senior box office, and what's happening at your local senior center., but first, a reminder about medicare part d enrollment for 2016,.

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Which is from october, the 15th to december 7th.

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Please contact ship at 410-887-2059.

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For assistance in determining the best prescription drug plan to meet your needs, or visit ship at the power of age expo for a prescreening.

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For a free consult at expo,, please bring a list of your prescription drugs with dosage and frequency,.

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Your medicare card, and other healthcare insurance cards,.

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Along with your gross income and assets to determine whether you're eligible for assistance with medicare costs.

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