Page 9 - January 2017 Newsletter
P. 9
News from Our Distinguished Daughters
By Dorothy G. Kapenstein
Linda Mill (June 1981) is the and $4.5M in restitution and
manager of recoveries. Linda’s work was
the Old Pine recognized in September 2016 when
Street she was awarded with the inaugural
Church Barbara J. McGinity Service to
Saturday for Seniors Award at the National Adult
Seniors Protective Services Association
(SFS) conference in Philadelphia.
Program. Since 1978, this program Linda returned to banking last year
has provided a free meal to 50 as the Director of Account Servicing
Philadelphia senior citizens 48 weeks for Ally Bank. Linda is still fighting
a year plus Christmas Day. The for elder justice through the
program was created to fill the gap prevention program she created at
on the weekends when the city senior Ally and continues to serve on the
centers are closed. Not only do the taskforce she co-founded with the
seniors get a free hot meal at noon; Philadelphia Corporation for Aging.
the program also fills the gap of
loneliness many seniors face. Sally Wendkos Olds (June 1951)
Starting this year, GHS students are has been continuing to write articles
volunteering in support of the and getting them published here and
program. Thanks to the connection there. The last article she wrote
between Linda (225) and church for The Pennsylvania Gazette, "March
member and current GHS senior on the North Shore Suburbs: A White
Emma Graff (261), the SFS program Civil-Rights Activist Looks
satisfies the student service Back," appeared in the December
requirement and the seniors love 2015 issue. It was about the 50th
interacting with the young women anniversary of a fair housing effort
each week. she was very active with in the
Chicago area. Her major activity this
Linda’s love for seniors also extends
to her work preventing elder abuse. past year has been
Linda created a model bank training chairing the First
and prevention program in 2003 that Amendment
received national acclaim. She also Committee of the
co-founded the Philadelphia Financial American Society of
Exploitation Prevention Taskforce in Journalists and
2010. After 25 years in banking, she Authors, the
took a 5-year career detour to work national
as a Certified Fraud Examiner, organization of
helping social workers and law independent
enforcement investigate and writers. The
prosecute financial exploitation committee was founded during her
throughout Pennsylvania. The tenure as president of the Society in
cooperative program between Temple 1981. She continues to be a member
University and the PA Department of of committee.
Aging led to dozens of arrests, 15
successful prosecutions,
