Seniors On A Mission Inc

SENIORS ON A MISSION, INC EXISTS TO LOVE, HONOR, AND ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT SENIOR ADULTS INSPIRING THEM TO LIVE INVIGORATED LIVES FILLED WITH PURPOSE AND GRACE.

2021 WAS LIKE AN AGONIZING REPEAT OF 2020. SENIORS CONTINUED TO FEEL ISOLATED AND FEARFUL BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. SENIORS ON A MISSION SHIFTED FROM NURTURING SENIORS LIVES THROUGH GROUP ACTIVITIES TO TEACHING OLDER ADULTS HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD THROUGH THEIR HANDHELD DEVICES. WITH OUR 40' MOBILE UNIT (PAID IN FULL), WE PILOTED TECHNOLOGY POPUPS, AND FOUND OUR NEW AVENUE TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH SENIORS. EVEN WITH THE CHANGE IN EFFORTS DUE TO COVID, OUR 1,900+ SENIOR ADULTS HAVE DONATED $3,011,000 OF EXCELLENT SERVICE HOURS TO 120 COLLABORATING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHICH TOUCHED THE LIVES OF 5,536,000 INDIVIDUALS. 2021 IN-KIND DONATIONS TOTALED $31,783.75. ALL IN-KIND SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL.

IN 2021, SENIORS ON A MISSION FLORISHED WHEN A LOT OF NONPROFITS CLOSED THEIR DOORS. AT YEAREND, 120 SENIOR ADULTS HAD ATTENDED 45-60 MINUTE, ONE-ON-ONE TECHNOLOGY SESSIONS CREATED SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTCRY FOR HELP FROM THE SENIORS THEMSELVES. WE EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY POPUPS TO TWO NEW COUNTIES AND 80% OF OUR TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS ARE NEW TO OUR ORGANIZATION. THE INITIAL SURVEYS REFLECT THAT OUR COVID SHIFT WAS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 100% OF SENIOR RESPONDENTS AGREED, OR STRONGLY AGREED, THAT THE TRAINING WAS BENEFICIAL; THE SENIORS STATED THEY WERE MORE CONFIDENT USING THEIR DEVICES, AND WOULD SUGGEST THE TRAINING TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER. 98% THOUGHT THE TRAINING ENHANCED THEIR ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS. MOST SENIORS SERVED WERE LOW-INCOME, WITH 50% LIVING BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME (AMI). 70% OF THE SENIORS WERE OVER 70 YEARS OLD, AND EVERYONE WAS THANKFUL THE TRAINING WAS FREE AND IN A LOCATION NEAR THEM!

SOAM'S LONG HELD BELIEF THAT TO ULTIMATELY CHANGE ISOLATION, LONELINESS, AND DEPRESSION IN THE SENIOR POPULATION, YOU MUST ENHANCE THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT, WHICH LED SOAM TO RESEARCH SENIOR HOUSING. LIVING A HEALTHY, PURPOSE-FILLED LIFE ISN'T JUST FOR THE YOUNG, IT'S ALSO FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART. WITH TWO DECADES OF PROGRAM SUCCESS, THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP IS TO GROW OUR 'PROGRAM' INTO A 'LIFESTYLE'. SOAM DESIGNED A MIDDLE-INCOME, SENIOR LIVING, AGRI-VILLAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW ALL WHO LIVE THERE TO FIND PURPOSE, BUILD CAMARADERIE, GET HEALTHIER IN A WELLNESS FOCUSED COMMUNITY THAT STRIVES TO HONOR, LOVE, AND ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT 55+ SENIORS, BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. THIS PURPOSE-FILLED LIVING ENVIRONMENT ALLOWS FOR UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFSET RENT BY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION OR "SWEAT EQUITY". UNLIKE ANYTHING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN TODAY'S HOUSING MARKET, IT IS THE BEST OF ALL AREAS OF LIVING. 100 ACRES OF DONATED LAND IN NE FL IS OUR 2022 GOAL TO START THE "G3 VILLAGE" INITIATIVE. IT'S A $70M PROJECT, W/LIFELONG SUSTAINABILITY.