The following library success story was posted on the MCMLA-L LISTSERV by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell.
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Senior_Outreach
The Grillo Health Information Center http://www.grillocenter.org/outreach.html is a community organization located at the Tebo Family Medical Pavilion in Boulder, CO, It is committed to increasing health care knowledge and the decision making ability of health care consumers through free individualized research of credible sources and through public lectures. The Grillo Health Information Center Senior Center Outreach Project was supported with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services under contract with the University of Utah. The purpose of the project was to increase health information literacy, in partnership with the City of Boulder, by providing on-site health information resources to the 1200 seniors who patronize the Boulder West Senior Center. [scb]
