Punta Gorda Office
311 West Retta Esplanade
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
Telephone: 941-639-2222
Fax: 941-639-6330

Port Charlotte Office
2702 Tamiami Trail
Port Charlotte Florida 33952
Telephone: 941-627-2222
Fax: 941-627-9730

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Chair: Claudette Baines, Charlotte Technical Center
Committee Members:
Emma Acosta, Amedisys of Southwest Florida
Claudette Baines, Charlotte Technical Center
Nancy Bowman
Kelly R. Boykin, Sterling House of Punta Gorda
Marlene Buttery
Jim Carroll, PrePaid Legal Services - Independent Associates
Judith Chorazak
Millie Coughlin, National Cremation Society
Dolly Dessart, OCEAN Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network
Robert M. Dickinson, Ameriprise Financial Services
Carol Dunkak-Dunekirchen, OCEAN Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network
Patty Gillespie
Edward Hill, Brookdale Senior Living
Leroy Jackson, Century 21 Sunbelt Realty
Denise Jaworski, Sterling House of Punta Gorda
Pamela D. Keller, Moore & Waksler, PL
Beth Kohl, Sterling House of Punta Gorda
Dusty Maino, Charlotte County Public Schools
Julie Mathis, Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce
Sherry Mearns, AllPro Home Health LLC
Julie A. Odenweller, Masterpiece Financial Services
Barb Patton, National Cremation Society
Dale K. Phillips, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office
Joan Reinhard, Council on Aging
Thomas Rice, Fawcett Memorial Hospital
Jenny Thomas, Collingswood Animal Hospital
Marty Thomas, Charlotte Regional Medical Center
Jo Ann Tompkins, A Preferred Nursing Service, Inc.
Kay Tvaroch, Center for Abuse & Rape
Meets: First Wednesday of the month, 8:00 a.m., Port Charlotte office

Mission: To enhance community relations between Chamber members and the elder population through an ongoing series of programs, activities and events.

Objectives and Goals:

- Develop and promote the use of a universal medical form to seniors and physicians in the community.
- Offer a fraud and safety seminar for seniors in January.
- Enhance the reading buddies program and expand it to other areas as needed, e.g., math buddies.
- Explore the possibility of becoming an elder certified community.
- Work with the County on the annual Senior Games.
- Train local employees with the senior sensitivity kits.

For more information on, or to become a member of, the Senior Outreach Committee, email Julie Mathis, Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director.
- Program of Action
- Board of Directors
- Member Services Division
- Business Services Committee
- Membership Recruitment
- Government Affairs Division
- Community Affairs Division
- Education Committee
- Senior Outreach Committee
- Christmas Parade
- Leadership Charlotte Steering Committee
- Junior Leadership Charlotte Steering Committee
- Leadership Charlotte Alumni Association
Charlotte County has a total of 70 parks and recreational areas.

The county has about 12.5 miles of coast beaches along the length of its barrier islands and spits.