Meet Scott Walkup, Meritan's Board Member
Meet Scott Walkup, Meritan's Board Member

Meet our Board Member, Scott Walkup. He works for the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning & Development as the Administrator for the Shelby County Department of Housing. The Department provides critical affordable housing resources including down payment assistance loans, lead-based paint hazard reduction services and housing rehabilitation, financing for affordable housing development and support for large scale community initiatives like Resilient Shelby. Learn more about Scott and his involvement with Meritan by reading his interview.

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MERITAN: 60 YEARS OF SERVICE
MERITAN: 60 YEARS OF SERVICE

Meritan, Inc., the Mid-South’s leading non-profit provider of healthcare and social services for people in need, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Founded in 1961 as a small agency to serve the unmet needs of senior citizens in Memphis, Meritan has grown into a multi-service organization offering an array of programs for homebound seniors, children living in foster care, victims of elder abuse, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as senior employment opportunities.

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April is National Volunteer Month!
April is National Volunteer Month!

This week, April 18-24, is National Volunteer Week in Canada and the United States, and we wanted to take a moment to thank all of our amazing volunteers for writing letters to our homebound seniors receiving in-home personal care. Your volunteerism means the world not only to the seniors that we serve but also to Meritan. We could not do what we do without all of our amazing volunteers. We wanted to highlight our Volunteer of the Month, Courtney Spencer.

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Meet Nirali Patel, one of Meritan's Interns!
Meet Nirali Patel, one of Meritan's Interns!

With National Intern Day being the last Thursday of next month, we wanted you to meet one of our amazing interns named Nirali Patel. Nirali Patel is a native Memphian and first-year Master of Health Administration graduate student at the University of Memphis, where she a member of the Master of Health Administration Student Association (MHASA).

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Congratulations Jeanette on receiving the Above and Beyond Award!
Congratulations Jeanette on receiving the Above and Beyond Award!

Congratulations to Jeanette Barbee-Cowans for being recognized as an Above & Beyond recipient! Meritan’s Above & Beyond award is presented to staff who have gone above and beyond their job duties at Meritan. Jeanette was nominated for her tireless efforts in assisting with this year's Silver Bells program, organizing the gifts, coordinating shipping, and helping ensure that the process went smoothly. Jeanette also does a stellar job of keeping staff in Memphis safe and COVID-19 protocol compliant.

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Meritan Vaccinates Homebound People in West Tennessee.
Meritan Vaccinates Homebound People in West Tennessee.

On March 16, 2021, Meritan began its homebound COVID-19 vaccinations program thanks to a grant from the Tennessee Association for Home Care. The Tennessee Association for Home Care (TAHC) received a grant from the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability (TCAD) to vaccinate homebound people in the TCAD programs that include home-delivered meals, OPTIONS, and the Family Caregiver Program.


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