Spending time with Gene Verdu, or as his friends refer to him, “Uncle Gene,” was such an amazing day for me! This episode was created to be the kick-off podcast for The Love A Senior Day in St. Clair County, (Belleville, IL) in October 2021. We unfortunately had to postpone the event until June 10, 2022, so we decided to move forward with the podcasts and share the great stories Uncle Gene has to share about his work over the years with children in Belize AND seniors in the St. Clair County area.
Uncle Gene never stops thinking about new things to do to enhance people's lives and the programs he has created will live on for generations to come!
The Uncle Gene Foundation is the host for the Love A Senior Day in Belleville, IL and you will hear why it is such a great fit. This podcast will be featured on The Love a Senior Day podcast platform as well, along with the other sponsor podcasts.
Grab a cup of coffee and sit back, relax and enjoy Uncle Gene’s story as he shares with me on the show.
For more information about the Uncle Gene Foundation, visit https://unclegenefoundation.org/
To be a part of the Love A Senior Day in Belleville, IL on JUNE 10, visit https://loveasenior.org/love-a-senior-day-belleville-il/ Sign up to be a sponsor or a vendor!! It will be an amazing day!
Senior Moments
The Senior Moments podcast is designed to explore the positive stories of aging. Stories about people living their best lives in retirement and sharing their secrets to happiness. Finding companies and individuals with innovative technologies, ideas, and making a difference for our nation's most treasured individuals; our seniors! Join us to hear for yourself what great stories are waiting to be told.
Meet the Host
Carol Chiarito worked as a financial representative since 2004.
As a former teacher and coach, education has become the center of her business. In 2009 Carol began looking for elder care for her mother and found the experience harrowing. Since then she has been working with seniors and their families to create a plan for aging, senior living and retirement.
Through the experiences with her Mom, Carol started the non-profit "The Love A Senior Company" to bring awareness to seniors of products, ideas, technology, and where to find the answers to the questions everyone has as well as to teach the celebration of aging. The popular "Love A Senior Day" (available for any city to bring to town to create a celebration for the community's seniors, as well as the newly released "Senior Moments" Podcast, the Love a Senior Pen Pal program and the coming soon; "Teach Your Grandma Technology" You Tube series are all a part of the workings of The Love A Senior Company.
Carol is active on many boards in her community, statewide, and nationally. She is a past President of Kiwanis Club of Pueblo as well as the clubs' foundation, and has served on the National Governance Committee board for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), as well as many positions with Million Dollar Round Table Foundation, and served on the foundation of the local Parkview Hospital.
Carol and her husband Rick have five children and eleven grandchildren. In her free time she enjoys traveling, snowmobiling, four wheeling, and visiting the children, and grandchildren.
