strain on social services meant to help the elderly but it also means a bigger portion of our population in retirement and living alone. now mary brock the executive director of seniors in service is here to talk about the ways to engage and help the seniors here locally. mary, thank you so much for coming on the show. mary brock: and thank you for having me. bennett: okay, so first off just to get us started, tell me about seniors in service. brock: okay, seniors in service, we're a non- profit agency. we've got three programs that we run through our senior companion program. that is where we have senior volunteers that are 55 and over and they visit seniors that are living independently in the community. and it's basic social support. they might do some doctors visits with them, take them to doctor's appointments, grocery shopping, out to lunch, just try to keep them socially engaged so they can stay in their homes longer. we also have a volunteer program called the foster gram parent program. with that program we have senior volunteers 55 and over and they're tutoring and mentoring children in supervised settings. so we have them in title 1 schools. we have about