Welcome

Shepherdstown Area Independent Living (SAIL) enables its members to remain active, connected, independent, and in their homes and community as long as possible. SAIL was the first “Village” in West Virginia and is recognized as a model for non-urban villages nationwide.

info@shepherdstownSAIL.org

The February Follies are coming!

Saturday, February 22nd, at 6PM.
War Memorial Building, 102 E. German St.

Act now to purchase your tickets for this exciting event.

SAIL News:

Newsletter

Read the latest news in the Winter Newsletter 2024. Also, check out our new brochure!

Annual Report

Read about SAIL's activities throughout the year and all the committee reports detailing what they did in SAIL's 2024 Annual Report.

Brown Bag Lunch, Friday, February 28th, 11:30 AM

The next Brown Bag Lunch will start at 11:30 AM at the Trinity Episcopal Fellowship Hall. Bring your lunch and hear our speaker, Mary Alvaro from Jefferson Security Bank, discuss banking scams. The lunch presentations will be available on Zoom.

Navigating the Future -- Friday, February 7, at 1:30pm
Workshop #5: End of Life Care (at the Shepherdstown Public Library)

Jim Klein, business outreach manager at Hospice of the Panhandle, will join Tracy Seffers, certified end of life doula for this presentation. Jim will share Hospice’s wide variety of supportive care, free grief services, inpatient facility, well as a brief overview of recent community partnership with Panhandle Palliative Services, and volunteering with Hospice of the Panhandle. Tracy Seffers is an end-of-life doula and therapeutic musician, trained by multiple national and international organizations. She will describe the work of an end-of-life doula, also called a death doula or end of life coach, in assisting a dying person and their loved ones.

All SAIL members are invited. Bring a guest. No reservation is required. Refreshments will be available. Bring your own beverage.

Workshop will be available on Zoom. For those attending via Zoom, you can access all the "handouts" on our SAIL website. Look under the Resources tab or link here to Navigating the Future. Please note that most of these resources will be downloads that may not automatically open. Click on the link, then find them on your computer wherever your downloads typically appear.

Get ready for The February Follies, Saturday February 22 at 6pm

SAIL will have a Fundraising Event, The February Follies, on Saturday, February 22nd at 6pm at the War Memorial Building. There will be a catered dinner and a theater performance by the SAIL players, cash bar, and a Silent Auction featuring local merchants. Tickets are $50 per person or $350 for a table of 8. Limited seating. Deadline to RSVP to the office is February 18th. Office number is 304-870-7245.

Navigating the Future: A SAIL Series

SAIL is excited to offer a series of workshops highlighting lessons learned by our discussion groups who tackled “personal 5-year planning.” Come to engage with fellow SAILers and community experts about key topics that emerged from our discussions. While thinking about the future and considering options, you will be empowered with new ideas and information for your healthy aging toolbox.

The following sessions will be offered at the Shepherdstown Library, and also on Zoom, from 1:30-3:00 (note the new time). See details and related resources here.

1. Our Age-Friendly Community – Friday, Sep 6

2. Home Safety and Livability – Friday, Oct 4

3. What About Care Communities? – Friday, Nov 1

4. Legal Matters Matter! – Friday, Jan 3, 2025

5. End of Life Care – Friday, Feb 7, 2025

Put these dates on your calendar. For more information, contact Carolee, Barbara Shaffer, Carolyn Rodis, and/or Linda Spatig.

THE WINNING PHOTO!! Tai Cai Class by Mary Bell

Tai Chi Class in Meditation - Winning Photo for 2024.

Congratulations to Mary Bell for taking the photo.

HELP WANTED

At this time, Shepherdstown Area Independent Living (SAIL) is in need of volunteers to fill several very important roles in our organization. The board is depending on you, SAIL members, to step forward and help sustain and strengthen the programs and services we have all come to appreciate.

We need volunteers for these roles: SAIL Newsletter Editor-in-Chief, photographers, board members, activity leaders, and member support volunteers.

For details, read more Help Wanted - Want Ads.

To learn more, or to volunteer to fill one of these roles, please contact Carolee Youngblood, Program Coordinator (info@shepherdstownsail.com) or Barbara Shaffer, President (barbara.shaffer@oswego.edu).

Upcoming Events

Enter the web addresses for the appropriate boxes to link to. Enter in the whole URL, including http://. (e.g. http://www.google.com). Enter the URL of the image source for each box e.g. //s3.amazon.aws... Images will be replaced at runtime. Gray boxes will appear in structure below

Box Number	Image URL	URL Destination
BOX 1	//s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/211534/graphics/Box_0003_Join_Renew-_1159648572.png	https://sail.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=211534&module_id=98370
BOX 2	//s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/211534/graphics/Box_0002_Volunteer-_1824422044.png	https://sail.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=211534&module_id=98100
BOX 3		#
BOX 4	//s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/211534/graphics/Box_0001_Donate_521391362.png	https://sail.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=301&club_id=211534
BOX 5	//s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/211534/graphics/Box_0000_Request-Help_757736207.png	https://sail.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=211534&module_id=489968
BOX 6		#

Join

Volunteer

Donate

Request Help
(Members Only)