Paula Otenti

Paula Otenti's Fundraiser

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Support Healthy Aging in Central Vermont during Age Outdoors!

We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing.”

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$1,101 towards $1,000

Leg issues and then back surgery has prevented me from riding my bicycle in close to two and a half years.I’ve gotten my trusted bike down off the wall rack, dusted her off, filled the tires with air and taken her for a short spin. The motivation to get back in the saddle is my desire to support healthy aging programs offered by the Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA) for Vermont’s aging population.

CVCOA is organizing the Age Outdoors! event to raise funds to support the many programs they offer to their clients in Central Vermont. The event is a bicycle/walkathon to be held on Saturday, September 10th, on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, starting from Oxbow Park in Morrisville.

CVCOA's funding helps provide essential items and services:

  • Purchasing grocery card, gas cards for medical appointments, or heating fuel assistance
  • Purchasing Creative Care Kits to provide skill building opportunities and meaningful connection
  • Respite for Caregivers
  • purchase and install accessibility upgrades in the home
  • provide iPads or other technology and internet connection to help someone connect with others
  • supports a community meal at partner meal sites across Central Vermont

I’m participating in the bicycle portion of the event and my goal is to ride from Oxbow Park in Morrisville to Jeffersonville and back, a total of 36 miles. I’m asking for your encouragement and support in my endeavor by making a donation or pledge an amount based on the milage I will ride. The need to support the elder population in central Vermont is huge, and I will carry that thought with me throughout the ride. I will accomplish my goal of riding the route come rain or shine!!! Please consider a donation at whatever level you can afford and help me reach my goal of raising $1000 for this event.

Come play like a child, register for the event, and ride along me.

Register at: Central Vermont Council on Aging - Age Outdoors: Bike & Walk for a Healthy Future (networkforgood.com)

Paula