A Retired Principal Keeps Long Island Seniors Connected
Newsday profiles Jeanne Kull-Minarik, 73, named Suffolk County’s 2026 Senior Citizen of the Year for extraordinary volunteerism. After retiring as an elementary-school principal in 2019, she began focusing on older adults across Long Island. Through RSVP Suffolk, she teaches eight-week classes on fall prevention, diabetes and chronic-disease self-management, and tai chi for arthritis at libraries and 55-and-over communities.
She also makes weekly telephone-reassurance calls to as many as two dozen local seniors, helps place refurbished computers with veterans and low-income residents, and previously assisted people with vision loss through Helen Keller Services. Kull-Minarik says she values the benefit of the work more than recognition. What programs could residents in your community create or expand to help neighbors stay healthy and connected?
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