SeniorDiscounts,
Recommended by Consumer Reports Money Adviser
March 2006
Friday, April 7, 2006
Senior Special Section: SeniorDiscounts has joined forces with the National Association of Working Seniors in order to help bring working seniors and businesses together. We hope this will bring further discounts to our members and to the senior community at large.
SeniorDiscounts Card News: Now over 5,000 business locations that offer exclusive discounts for members of the SeniorDiscounts Card. For more information on becoming a member of the SeniorDiscounts Card program, click here.
Senior Discounts Section: We highlight SeniorDiscounts Card Member discounts available on car rentals, lodging, and vitamins, among others.
Challenge Section: SeniorDiscounts announces a new winner for the Add A Discount Challenge and Weekly Newsletter Challenge every week. Check out our Challenge Section below for more details, this week's winner and for other ways to win a free SeniorDiscounts Card Membership.
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Joyce, from Florence,
KY tells us that Bluster's Icecream Shop provides a discount to customers
60 and older.
Becky from Chicago,
IL tells us that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra offers discounted tickets
for people 64 years of age and older. Tickets can only be purchased
at the Box Office on the day of the performance.
James in
Iowa City, IA reports that Iowa City Optical provides a 10% discount
on services to patients 65 and older.
Thanks for all of your submissions.
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senior discounts,
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For great deals on books containing senior discounts, click here.
National Association
of Working Seniors
In its continual effort to provide information on discounts for seniors,
SeniorDiscounts has partnered with the National Association for Working
Seniors (NAWS). Through this partnership, SeniorDiscounts hopes to expand
the number of discounts available on its web site and to its members and
to reach a larger number of seniors who can benefit from money saving
discounts and deals.
Many businesses are reaching out to working seniors, and this new alliance
will provide a direct link between working seniors and those businesses
that currently offer discounts or would like to offer discounts to this
demographic. Working American Seniors are a great asset to this country
and SeniorDiscounts looks forward to introducing our complete listing
of national discounts to NAWS members.
The National Association of Working Seniors (NAWS) is dedicated to addressing
the needs and interests of working people age 50 and older.
Through information and education, advocacy and service, NAWS' stated
purpose is to enhance the quality of life for all senior workers by promoting
independence, dignity and purpose. NAWS believes that the social security
system will not provide adequate retirement income for everyone and that
many in the senior age group will want to continue working in their current
occupations or reenter the work force in a new career. NAWS believes that
the continuation of seniors in the work force will become the best way
to address the projected worker shortage beginning in 2010.
The NAWS vision is to excel as a dynamic presence in every community by
shaping and enriching the experiences of its working senior members. NAWS
focuses its efforts and resources to help its members understand their
own strengths and interests and to find career options that meet their
needs. It also helps employers understand the benefits of hiring or retaining
senior workers. NAWS
also advocates for its members at the state and federal level and keeps
its members informed on issues that impact their lives as working seniors.
For more information on the National association for Working Seniors,
visit its web site, click here.
Do
you know of a senior discount that we don't? Tell us and you could win
$100.
Click Here.
Rodeway Inn offers SeniorDiscounts Card Members a 20%-30% savings at all of its hotels across the United States. Simply call the toll free number 800-4CHOICE and quote the discount #00062600. Card members can also save online by going to www.choicehotels.com and entering the code in the Special Rate ID field. May be required to produce SeniorDiscounts Card at check in.
Find
a retirement or assisted living community, nursing home or Alzheimer's
care that matches your needs at NewLifeStyles.com.
View maps and online tours or get driving directions. Check out their
new, easier search, click here.
Find
elder care at EldercareLink.com.
This free referral service helps you find everything from Home Care and
Assisted Living to Financial Planning and Personal Emergency Responses.
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Here. 
Add
a Discount Challenge
Each week in this newsletter we announce a new winner in the Add A Discount Challenge. Let your fellow senior discounters know about any new discounts you find and keep those discounts coming.
We are looking for any and all NEW Senior Discounts. This means discounts that we don't already have on our web site. Ask at your favorite place of business and find out if it offers a senior discount. If it does, simply submit it on our web site. Click here.
You
can also tell us about businesses you think would be interested in offering
a senior discount. Provide us with the business' information and we will
contact that business and invite it to offer a senior discount. The more
discounts you enter, the better your chances of winning. Click
here.
As always, we greatly appreciate your participation in adding value to
our service.
Our
winner this week, Joyce Beeson of Florence, KY will receive a one
year SeniorDiscounts Card membership. Joyce, please e-mail us at:
newsletter@seniordiscounts.com to claim your prize.
Weekly Internet Challenge
Answer the trivia question and you will be entered to WIN a complimentary SeniorDiscounts Card Membership with included SeniorDiscounts Guide Book.
This Week's Challenge:
Which country allowed women to vote in an election for the first time
on April 4, 2006?
To
answer: Click Here and tell us your answer to the Weekly Challenge.
Good luck!
Last Week's Challenge Question:
In which country was the March 29, 2006 solar eclipse first visible?
Last Week's Challenge Answer:
Brazil
Our winner this week, Diane Tascione of Colton, CA will receive a one year SeniorDiscounts Card membership. Diane, please e-mail us at: newsletter@seniordiscounts.com to claim your prize.
Corrections Challenge
We can always use help keeping our database of discounts current and our web site free of errors. If you find a discount that is not correct, no longer valid, or an error on our web site, let us know and we will send you a gift. Just e-mail us at: mistakes@seniordiscounts.com with the correction you have found and please include a description of the mistake. We appreciate your help.
Taken from Newsweek's 7 Most Endangered Wonders of the World.
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Here.
Luxor, Egypt
Construction of the Aswan Dam has caused salt to build up in the soil
around the temples, eroding their ancient foundations and filling many
tombs with water.
Babylon, Iraq
The largest ancient settlement in Mesopotamia has been damaged and contaminated.
Hussein installed a giant self-portrait there and U.S. troops built
trenches and crushed ancient roads.
Coral Triangle, Indonesia
Home to one of the most diverse collections of marine life in the world.
This ecosystem faces a growing threat from over fishing as well as destructive
fishing, in which explosives or poisons are used to kill the fish, and
also permanently destroying their habitat.
Machu Picchu, Peru
The ancient Inca city is in danger of becoming a victim of its own popularity.
Development near the site is exacerbating the problem of landslides,
which threaten to dislodge Machu Picchu from its alpine perch.
Maldives
A nation of 12,000 islands that contain some of the richest marine life
in the world is at risk from rising sea levels caused by global warming.
The 2004 tsunami, which devastated the country’s infrastructure,
has already erased some tiny atolls.
Venice, Italy
The city has been sinking at a rate of more than one centimeter a century.
Industry workers pumping groundwater from below the city and huge tidal
wakes left by freighters and ships have added to the rising water.
Great Wall, China
Today nearly two thirds of the 6,352 km wall has been destroyed by erosion,
crass commercialism and unchecked development.
Experience
is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.
- Submitted by Norma Sutherlin
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