August is typically a hot month and the resurgence of hot temperatures validates that once again. In spite of the hot weather, this past weekend (August 9-11, 2024) the non-profit Thomye Delle “Celebrate Our Seniors” program kicked off its 21st year of honoring senior citizens in Brenham and Washington County. As has been the case since 2005, the program spearheads a celebration of senior citizens who have given so much to their community, without the expectation of any reciprocal benefits.

On Friday, August 9th, co-founder and program organizer Mrs. Veronica Ferguson Maxie and a cohort of volunteers delivered bundles of personal care packages to senior citizens in area nursing homes, including High Hope Care Center, Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and Argent Court Assisted Living Center. Beginning on Saturday, August 10th, 10+ teams of volunteers began delivering 160+ individual care packages to senior citizens in private homes in Brenham, Burton, Chappell Hill, Washington, and places in between.

These personal care packages included essential items such as socks, hand lotion, hand sanitizer, tooth paste, tooth brushes, blankets, puzzles, coloring books, and gift cards. Also included in the care packages were handmade greeting cards from youth in our communities.

“The continued success of the Celebrate Our Seniors program is a testament to the untiring support of the community,” said co-founder Tre Maxie. During Sunday morning worship services at Mt. Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Brenham, Mrs. Maxie and other program organizers took the opportunity to thank the church’s youth and congregation for their unwavering support, and by extension, all the area churches, businesses, organizations, and volunteers who make the program possible.

Thanks is also due to the civic leaders of Brenham and Washington County for recognizing the tremendous importance of the Celebrate Our Seniors program. Each entity proclaimed August 10th (or the second Saturday in August) as “Celebrate Our Seniors Day” with a proclamation heralding the benefit of the program to our senior citizens.

The nonprofit now begins to focus on developing its 2025 program. For more detailed information about the program and its activities over the years, view its website at www.celebrateourseniors.com. Anyone desiring to support the program in any capacity is asked to contact Veronica Ferguson Maxie via email at celebrateourseniorsday04@gmail.com, telephone (979) 830-5555, or by mail at Celebrate Our Seniors, 2628 Hwy 36S, Suite #244, Brenham, Texas 77833.