Mercy Care Friendship Volunteers and Elders participate in the Mercy Care Technology Assistance workshop in March 2024. (Provided photo)

SARANAC LAKE — Mercy Care for the Adirondacks has scheduled a technology assistance workshop on Aug. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at BOCES Adirondack Educational Center in Saranac Lake, led by Mercy Care volunteer and experienced instructor Scott Baerman.

This workshop will focus on the basic skills needed to use technology effectively with hands-on, one-on-one learning opportunities.

The workshop is free of charge but registration is required. To register, contact Lexi Bevilacqua, program director, at abevilacqua@adkmercy.org or at 518-523-5446.

The Adirondack Educational Center is located at 711 state Route 3.

Mercy Care’s mission is to enhance in every dimension the fullness of life of elders living in this community. Mercy Care hosts social impact engagement events to strengthen friendships and relationships in the Tri-Lakes area among Mercy Care volunteers, parish nurses and elder friends.

Mercy Care is experiencing many new requests from elders in this community who need friends and informal supports to help them age in place more successfully. Mercy Care serves any older adult in need within its capacity.

Can you help?

Mercy Care receives requests for a friendship volunteer from elders themselves, their families, or friends, to help them with informal supports and ease their isolation and loneliness.

Mercy Care’s next friendship volunteer training will be held Sept. 24 at High Peaks Church in Saranac Lake. Mercy Care invites anyone in the Tri-Lakes region and surrounding communities who is interested in becoming a Mercy Care Friendship Volunteer to take the training.

To register, visit www.adkmercy.org or contact Bevilacqua.

Mercy Care for the Adirondacks is governed by a local board of directors and relies solely on grants and charitable gifts from individuals, businesses and foundations for its support.