March - May 2024 Volume 25, Number 1
COMPLIMENTARY
Sponsored in part by Beaver County Office on Aging
Linda Hall retires from Beaver County Office on Aging Linda officially retired from the agency on February 1. “It has been my honor and privilege to serve the 44,000 older adults in Beaver County, and to help grow programs and services over the years that better their lives,” Linda shares. “It’s always been my passion to work with older adults and continue the agency’s mission.”
BCOA Advisory Council members: [from left] Linda Ondrusek, Linda Hall, Theresa Lukes and [sitting] Fanny Farmer.
By Gina Mazza
T hose who’ve worked
with Linda Hall during her span of 39 years with the Beaver County Office on Aging know her to be a humble, behind-the-scenes person whose heart was deeply embedded in the agency’s mission to help older adults in the county have a better quality of life, stay safe and preserve their dignity.
“Linda has always been very much in touch with the problems and tribulations that affect the lives of Beaver County seniors, including the need for support and advocacy to navigate the wide range of issues they face,” comments Susan Lintz Pollack, Deputy Administrator for the Beaver County Office on Aging. “Creative solutions and compassion are an inherent part of Linda’s character.”
Linda has seen a tremendous amount of positive changes since she began working at BCOA in 1985. “Back then, there were 11 employees and now there are 35, which is due in great part to the expansion of new programs and the increasing demand for services.” Linda came into the agency as a care manager, then worked in the Information & Referral Department before moving into the administrative side handling contracts before becoming administrator in April 2015. Much has happened during her tenure as administrator in terms of the growth of the senior population and the agency’s response to meeting their needs. Continued on page 8
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