35th Annual Salute to Seniors
Grand Prize: Two Pre-Season Broncos Tickets!
Date: August 24, 2024 | 9:30 am to 3:00 pm (live and in-person)
Location: Greek Events Center | 4610 E. Alameda Ave. | Denver, CO 80246
(located on the property of the Assumption Cathedral)
The venue for the 35th annual Salute is the Greek Events Center, located at the intersection of Leetsdale Drive and Alameda Avenue. On the same grounds is The Assumption of Theotokos Cathedral, a Denver landmark and site of the popular Greek Festival, one of the city’s longest-running cultural events.
We Salute Our Virtual Ambassadors!
The Salute Online provides an option for members of our seniors’ community who are unable to attend in person.
The Salute to Seniors Virtual Event
Please join us on Zoom from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25. Bring your questions about senior issues in an open Q & A forum! Also enjoy trivia, prizes, a talk about Happiness and Emotional Health, and more!
Meet The Colorado Gerontological Society
The Colorado Gerontological Society provides educational resources and a range of services for older adults to help promote healthy aging, independent living, housing and home care options too:
- Tax Rebates: Get help with filing for tax rebates (if you are low income)
Vision, hearing and dental applications – pick up an application, fill it out and leave it to add your name to the waiting list to receive services. - Telephone Buddy Volunteers:Volunteer to be a Telephone Buddy to call an older adult one or two times per week to check on their well-being OR sign up to have a Telephone Buddy call you one to two times per week to check in on you.
- Housing and Home Care Locator: Look for help researching home care or new housing options
- Holiday Baskets Volunteers and Sponsors: Sign up and volunteer to deliver holiday baskets to low income older adults
- Senior Resource Guidebook Pick up your personal copy
- Advance Care Planning Guides: The Society offers educational guides to help older adults with essential planning
The Salute Welcomes Back Emcee Adam Morgan!
Adam Morgan is a broadcast media professional in the Denver area. He hosts Groove Jazz Rendezvous every Saturday night at 8 pm.
Presentations
10:00 a.m. – Avoid E-Mail and Other Scams
10:30 a.m. – Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medicare Part D in 2025
11:00 a.m. – Learn Self-Care Strategies to Take Care of Yourself
11:30 a.m. – Portability of Senior Homestead Exemption
12:00 p.m. – $800 Senior Housing Income Tax Credit
1:00 p.m. – Property Insurance and Replacing Your Roof
1:30 p.m. – Getting Rid of the “Precious Stuff Your Kids Don’t Want
Your Source for Expert Planning and Advice
CGS Advance Care Planning experts provide training workshops throughout the year to help older adults stay safe and up-to-date on topics ranging from technology, business and legal affairs. Be sure to visit the CGS YouTube Learning Center, containing valuable educational resources ranging from Medicare, estate planning, tax planning and more!
Special Features
- Mini Health Fair (Courtesy of Optum)
- Tips for Emotional Well-Being (Courtesy of We Work for Health)
- Classic Car Show (Courtesy of Forney Museum of Transportation)
- Family History/Genealogy Searches (Courtesy of Denver Public Library)
- Farmer’s Market (free fruit and vegetables courtesy of Devoted Health)
- Bingo! (Courtesy of Devoted Health)
- Oral Care Kits (Courtesy of Comfort Dental)
- Ice Cream, Photo Booth and Tie-Dye (Courtesy of CIGNA)
- Meet Addison, a 3D Virtual Caregiver (Courtesy of Electronic Caregiver)
Parking
Parking is FREE at the Greek Events Center, Jewish Community Center, and Augustana Lutheran Church, with shuttles courtesy of InnovAge
Directions
Plan your commute using Google Maps.
Food
Food vendors will give away food samples and food coupons.
Entertainment
10:30 a.m. – Eddie Kendrick Real Country Music
10:30 a.m. – Tour of Assumption Cathedral
11:30 a.m. – The Fasaria Trio
12:30 p.m. – Dancing
1:45 p.m. – The Fasaria Trio
Door Prizes and Give-Aways
SNACKS, PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS!
Sponsors
CIGNA is joining forces again this year and the Title Sponsor for The Salute to Seniors. Media sponsors include:
Fox31/Channel 2
Prime Time News
50+ Marketplace News
Prime Time News