As SOAR@Dorr – Serving Older Adult Residents – celebrates its second anniversary, many new programs include a focus on overall fitness, flexibility, physical soundness, and social well-being for older adults. […]
Elementary students from across Woodstock School District 200 have begun the servant leadership portion of their Difference Makers program by visiting local assisted living facilities and senior programs to connect […]
The activities director of a local senior center has received a statewide award after serving only one year in her Woodstock job. Laura Wassinger, director at SOAR@Dorr – Serving Older […]
Election Day here now in early voting, vote by mail Early voting and voting by mail for the Nov. 8 general election is underway in McHenry County. The first early […]
Happy first anniversary to SOAR@Dorr! The acronym – which stands for Serving Older Adult Residents – is a community program started as a collaboration of the city of Woodstock and […]
Tour construction zone inside Old Courthouse Plan to get a little dirty at the Dusty Boots Tour at the Old Courthouse, 101 N. Johnson St., from 11 a.m. to 1 […]
Older adults can find community, education, and fun at the new SOAR@Dorr Community Center in the Dorr Township building, 1039 Lake Ave. The Community Foundation for McHenry County, the city […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com A newly furnished drop-in senior community center has hired a full-time manager who will start next month as the joint venture between Dorr Township and the […]
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This space in the Dorr Township building, 1039 Lake Avenue, will be furnished and equipped with grant funds to become a staffed, drop-in community center for Woodstock residents 60 and older.
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