Annual Membership Drive

Dear Friends of TSCOR,

It’s time once again for the Annual Membership drive of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond.  Please become a member or renew your membership today.

Last year, TSCOR taught over 300 students at The Open University, traveled to Montpelier, VA and the Norfolk Botanical Gardens with Group Travel and provided over 1,400 free rides to seniors, offered by volunteers, through our Transportation Program.

In the coming year, we envision strengthening the Open University program, expanding Group Travel, increasing our team of drivers and maximizing volunteer involvement throughout the organization.

Your membership makes you an integral part of the vital and caring community of individuals who do so much to improve the lives of older people in Richmond and surrounding counties.

Benefits of a TSCOR Membership:

  • Free attendance to all Open University Lunch Speakers
  • Reduced Open University tuition
  • Reduced TSCOR Group Travel rates
  • Invitation to the Annual Volunteer Celebration
  • The knowledge that you are contributing to the betterment of your community
  • Supporting our mission to encourage older adults to remain active and independent through enrichment programs and volunteer service to their peers

Our annual membership cycle runs July 1 through June 30, concurrent with our fiscal year.  The $25 membership may be paid anytime beginning July 1st. Please note that joining later in the annual cycle does not allow for reduced or pro-rated dues.  Membership can be mailed to our office, submitted with your Open University registration, or select the second link below to pay online with your credit card.

For membership form and to pay by cash or check, click here.

If you would like to pay with your credit card, please click here.

Thank you for being a member of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond!   We can’t do it without ewe!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Yes, it is only July, but July 1st marks the beginning of a new fiscal year for TSCOR.

July 1st also kicks off a new membership cycle for TSCOR.  Keep a lookout for the Annual Membership renewal notice coming to one of your mailboxes right after July 4th (email or snail mail, or you can always find it on our website).  Please check your email spam or junk mail folder to be sure we didn’t end up there.  If so, please mark us as “not spam.”

Membership is only $25 for the entire year (July 1 – June 30) but it means a great deal to our organization.  Membership can be mailed to our office or submitted with your Open University registration.  And now, for the first time, you will be able to pay online with your credit card.  There is a link on our website homepage that will take you to a secure site (GoEMerchant) where you can pay membership.

Your financial support and participation means everything to us.  Remember to tell your friends and neighbors about us too – your recommendation is worth so much more than any kind of advertisement.  Thank you so much and here’s to another wonderful year to come!!  Enjoy your summer – Julie

Almost a new year for TSCOR

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I was looking through some files for something entirely different from what I found and I thought it would be fun to share it with you.  We are about to start our 34th year of service to the older population of Richmond on July 1st and it is great to look back at our 30th, when the article below was written by our pal, Bill Lohmann.   Enjoy the article and remember, our volunteers, members, students and clients are why we are still here!

Article: “Shepherd’s Center to mark 30 years of helping seniors”

Happy Summer!!

– Julie

And you thought we forgot….

Happy National Volunteer Week!!!!

In fact, we would not exist without our volunteers!

Many, many thanks to ALL of you for making us the great organization we are and for helping us to create a more caring community for older adults here in the River City. 

We really couldn’t do it without ewe (big grin) – Julie

Spring 2017 Gray Matters Newsletter

The Gray Matters for Spring 2017 is now available on our website and at the link right here.  Hope you enjoy!

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PS – It says that our Annual Volunteer Celebration is in April, but in fact, it will be in May – Tuesday, May 2, 2017, to be exact.  Mark your calendars!

TSCOR Field Trip

Remember, there is a field trip to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) for a tour of the South Asian Art exhibit led by our own Dr. Shantaram Talegaonkar.  Dr.  Talegaonkar will meet the group in the VMFA main lobby, near the gift shop on Tuesday, January 17 at 2:00 p.m.  The tour will be approximately 2 hours.

Anyone who attended Dr. Talegaonkar’s lectures will find this especially interesting, although anyone wanting to know a little more about this culture would also benefit greatly.

Please email Paula at pgrimes@TSCOR.org  or call the office at 355-7282 and tell us if you will be attending.   It would be nice if you could let us know by Friday, January 13.  Thank you.

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Shepherd’s Center Field Trip to VMFA

This past fall, there was interest expressed in a field trip to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) for a tour of the South Asian Art exhibit led by our own Dr. Shantaram TalegaonkarWell, it’s a go!!  The plan is that Dr. Talegaonkar will meet the group in the VMFA main lobby, near the gift shop on Tuesday, January 17 at 2:00 p.m.  The tour will be approximately 2 hours.

Anyone who attended Dr. Talegaonkar’s lectures will find this especially interesting, although anyone wanting to know a little more about this culture would also benefit greatly.

Please email Paula at pgrimes@TSCOR.org  or call the office at 355-7282 and tell us if you will be attending.   It would be nice if you could let us know by Friday, January 13.  Thank you.

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Field Trip – Get it??

Are you ready for school!?

Get ready to expand your minds! 

pj bookOpen University starts next Monday, September 19th, at St. Luke Lutheran and the following Thursday, September 22nd, at First Presbyterian.  A whole host of courses, lectures and speakers to choose from for one low price.  Tell your friends and neighbors to join us – they don’t know what they are missing!

And don’t forget Lunch and Life at St. Mary Catholic beginning graduate-sheep-croppedWednesday, September 21st.  Free and open to the public.  Hope to see you there!

Click here for full Fall 2016 schedule

The Open University Fall Schedule is Here!

pj bookBelow you will find the Open University Fall course schedule.  Invite a friend or neighbor to join you.  The OU is just too good to miss!

Open University Fall 2016 Schedule

Local CBS, Channel 6, Appearance

The Shepherd’s Center appeared with MEDARVA on Channel 6’s Virginia This Morning today.  We are partnering to bring an informative medical series to the Open University this spring.  If you missed it, you can hit the link below.  We hope to see you at the OU starting Monday, April 4th!happy spring lamb

  TSCOR & MEDARVA on Channel 6