Beth Fox, RSVP Director, (middle) at the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Headquarters, accepting a grant award of $5,000 for the Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance program (SHIBA) from Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Pictured with Fox are Chris Mercier, Tribal Council Member and Shelley Hanson, Fund Director.10,000 people are turning age 65 every day in America, making Medicare a hot current issue. The 2010 Annual Enrollment Period is going strong, with Community Services Consortium’s (CSC's) RSVP/Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA) volunteers assisting clients out of eight locations across Linn and Benton Counties. Volunteers meet one-on-one with individuals to explain their options in Medicare insurance. Volunteers in each county have also been teaching monthly workshops for those people that are new to Medicare or more extended Medicare A, B, C & D workshops – always packing the room.
