Can You Lend a Hand?

Lemington Home for the Aged At risk of closing!
 
The elderly they serve are the poorest of poor and are dependent on Medical Assistance, a state welfare program.
Many African American elderly over the age of 70 lack the retirement incomes to pay for the supporte services to assist them in maintaining independence.
Just 40 years ago the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed, therefore a 70 year old today was 30 in 1964. Many African-Americans were not permitted to work in jobs that offered retirement benefits until late in their adult lives.

(PRWEB) June 26, 2004 -- Ms. Mel L. Causey is the administrator for Lemington Home for the Aged d/b/a Lemington Center the oldest continuously operated African American sponsored long term care organization for the elderly in the United States.

Founded by an African American female, Mary Peck Bond in 1877 and incorporated in 1883, Lemington has faithfully served African American elderly in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania community for more than 127 years!
A 501 c3 organization, they operate a 120 bed nursing home in a building that was ill constructed in 1983. Their nursing home is in desperate need of your help.

Feel free to contact the organization for additional information,at 412-441-3700 or email your qiestions to mcausey@aol.com. Or check out their web site at www.lemington.org

ALSO:
Lemington employees press union demands
by Sonya M. Toler  Courier Staff Writer

Platoria Featherstone and other Lemington employees have a message for the community. “Come up and actually see what Lemington is actually about,” she says. “We need the community to support us. We’re the only full service, Black nursing home not just in Pittsburgh but in the country.”The employee’s union, SEIU 1199P, is currently negotiating with Lemington management and wanted their voice heard after the elderly care home’s President and CEO Mel Causey started soliciting public donations last month.Causey sent an e-mail to a broad range of people both locally and nationally, asking for donations for Lemington, which was founded in 1877.  Link to article.