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Event name

Living Your Best Life Speaker Series: Senior Fraud Schemes - How to Avoid Them

When

Tue 05 / 31 / 2022
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Where

St. James Community Center
4136 Southport - Supply Road, Room A
Southport NC 28461

Who can attend

Open to all

Limited Capacity: 139 spots available

Price

Free

While advance registrations are now closed for this program, walk-in registrations will be accepted at the event.

Session Description:  Scammers cheat seniors out of approximately $2.9 billion annually, according to the Senate Special Committee on Aging. No one is exempt from being a potential target of a fraud, and many con artists prey upon seniors who are well-educated and have above-average incomes. They use sophisticated, convincing sales pitches that sound legitimate, making it easy for anyone to become a target. Deputies from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office will share with you what you need to know and how you can protect yourself and your family and a representative from the Area Agency on Aging (Cape Fear Council of Governments) will share how to avoid getting caught up in Medicare Fraud.

Speakers:

  • Deputy Willie McRae, Brunswick County Sherriff's Office
  • Deputy James Geiger, Brunswick County Sheriff's Office
  • Holly Henderson Pilson, Director - Area Agency on Aging, Cape Fear Council of Governments

Deputy Willie McRae grew up in Brunswick County and went to Brunswick County schools (K-12). He played baseball at Brunswick Community College until he was awarded an opportunity to attend Winston-Salem State University University, where he also played baseball, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He did an internship with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office and afterward went to work in the county detention center in 2018. In 2019, he graduated from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy and worked on road patrol for two years. In 2021, he was selected to join the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department's I.M.P.A.C.T. (Improving Public Awareness and Community Training) unit; the purpose of which is to drive community policing and educating the public.

Deputy James "Bo" Geiger was born in Guilford County, NC and started his law enforcement career with the Greensboro Police Department. After Greensboro, he went to work for the Stokes County Sheriff's Office in Stokes County, NC  before moving to Brunswick County in 2016, where he worked on patrol, then worked as a Detective, before joining his partner, Deputy Willie McRae, in the I.M.P.A.C.T. Division in 2021. 

Holly Henderson Pilson has always had a love for older adults; receiving a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Gerontology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She interned with the New Hanover County Department of Aging in college and became the manager of the Home Community Care Block Grant In-Home Aide Program with a local home care agency after graduation. Holly has been employed by the Cape Fear Area Agency on Aging for 22 years, starting as the Aging Program Developer then transitioning into the Caregiver Resource Specialist in 2001 after Congress passed and funded the National Family Caregiver Support Program under the Older American’s Act. She enjoyed helping caregivers navigate the aging support system, facilitating support groups, managing caregiver grants and providing caregiver education in that role. In December, 2020, she was promoted to the position of Director of the Area Agency on Aging.

The program will run from 3:00pm to 4:30pm with a question and answer session included. Please plan to arrive for the program a few minutes early such that the program can begin on time.

The program will be held at the St. James Community Center in Room A and are FREE to attend, but we strongly suggest you pre-register due to limited seating capacity, in order to ensure you are able to participate.

Please register by clicking on the Registration button, or via the Help Desk at (910)250-8388. Registration closes the day before the event on May 30th.