Karl Wolfswinkel
Director
Wolfswinkel worked as community service officer for the Anacortes Police Department for seven years until he started this new job with the senior center on Aug. 2. He said a few things put him at ease from day one.
As the doors opened for the first time with Wolfswinkel at the helm, there were about 70 or 80 people in the building over the course of the day. Among those were several people who worked with Wolfswinkel as volunteers at his previous job.Wolfswinkel said he wants to build on the intergenerational programming already in place and create more connections between people. He is working on a card exchange between seniors and students now.
The seniors all have stories to share, and he wants to help make that happen, he said.
Another way to improve the center is just to continue to get the word out to people who aren’t utilizing the services here, Wolfswinkel said.