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La Rena Hildebrand, left, and Michelle Pantaleo from the SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging talk about the services available to senior citizens when SWKAAA hosted Thursday’s Great Bend Chamber of Commerce Coffee. - photo by photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
People in their fifties, sixties and beyond make some of the best employees, but it isn’t always easy connecting them with prospective employers. That’s where the Older Kansans Employment Program can help. La Rena Hildebrand from the SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging office in Great Bend explained OKEP and other services when SWKAAA hosted the April 10 Great Bend Chamber of Commerce Coffee at the Chamber office. She was joined by Michelle Pantaleo, executive director of SWKAA, with a home office in Dodge City.