Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services hosted the Annual Essex County Older Americans Heritage Month Celebration on May 10 in the Essex County Robert O’Toole Building in Essex County Cedar Grove Park in Cedar Grove. West Orange resident Nancy Trewhella received an Essex County Legends Award. Ms. Trewhella has been a volunteer with RSVP since 2015. RSVP matches people 55 years and older with volunteer opportunities and is sponsored by JFS MetroWest. Ms. Trewhella has helped over 175 seniors navigate the Medicare system as a counselor with the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and has mentored new SHIP counselors. She also volunteers with A Lot to Grow, a community garden that grows food for local pantries, soup kitchens and senior residences, and with Literacy Volunteers of American as an English as a Second Language teacher, and as a counselor to assist seniors who are applying for SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, in Newark, Nutley and Montclair.