Paul & Alma Schwan Aging Trust Fund
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The Paul and Alma Schwan Aging Trust Fund is committed to promoting productive aging for senior citizens in southwest Minnesota. The Aging Trust Fund provides leadership, technical assistance, and grants to projects that engage seniors in community life, promote intergenerational relationships, and capitalize on seniors as a resource.
The Aging Trust Fund, a designated fund of the Southwest Initiative Foundation, was established in 1990-1991 with a generous gift from Marvin Schwan. Marvin named the fund after his parents and endowed the fund as a means to provide a permanent resource to help communities prepare for and respond to the opportunities and challenges of an aging rural society.
Goals
The Southwest Initiative Foundation believes that elders are an economic, social, and cultural asset to families, communities, and the entire southwest Minnesota area. Through distinctive programs and activities, the Aging Trust Fund enhances the quality of life for people of all ages, now and in the future. The goals of the Aging Trust Fund are:
- Maximize the social and economic contributions of seniors by keeping them well and engaged in community life.
- Prepare individuals and communities for an aging society by developing senior-friendly communities.
Aging Trust Fund Projects Generally:
- Address region-wide issues of age isolation and segregation
- Enable seniors to live healthy lifestyles (Parish Nursing PDF)
- Engage seniors in new or expanded leadership, work, or volunteer roles
- Engage seniors in community
The Best Projects Generally:
- Approach challenges and opportunities in new and creative ways
- Involve people of all generations
- Utilize volunteers
- Empower seniors
- Demonstrate a lot of passion
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