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Our unsolicited Website of the Month is S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. There are plenty of reasons for this recognition, but most important of them all is the continued focus that the company management team places on its most important resource...its employees!

 

For more details on why the 50 Plus Crowd has chosen S.C. Johnson for this recognition, please visit our Site of the Month page. It is a very informative and interesting read or visit the S.C. Johnson website to see for yourself why AARP has listed the company as one of the top 50 Best Employers for workers over 50, four years in a row. They are also recognized by Fortune Magazine in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 as one of the top 100 "Best Companies to Work For".

 

Please let everyone know which organization or business you think should be voted the next Site of the Month via the Comments box below. 

We have lots of great links for you to use to access free information and services, such as State and Federal Government websites right on our LINKS page.  Click on the link for your State for links to Vehicle and Licensing services, Health Agencies, State Lotteries, and more.  The Federal Government links include organizations like the IRS, Immigration Services, Medicare, and NOAA for up to the minute weather information. There are also links for the VA, the US Geological Survey, and more.

 

You will also find miscellaneous links to organizations or companies that are friends of the 50 Plus Crowd because they provide unique services for us or they have organizational policy that favors the 50 Plus Crowd, such as hiring and retaining older workers.

 

If you are interested in some rather unique vacations that are just what the doctor ordered, visit the Time-out Vacations page to learn about gold prospecting, digging for diamonds, screening for sapphires and other gems, etc.  These are all vacation opportunities right here in the US, and some of them are right in your own backyard….both figuratively and literally!

 

In my work related travels around the country, I have even eaten at restaurants that I personally feel would qualify as contenders for being recognized as a Site of the Month.  I know there are a lot of Coney Island restaurants in Michigan, but I have to mention the SENATE Coney Island in Dearborn.  While doing some contract work at a site in Dearborn, a co-worker introduced me to the SENATE Coney Island Restaurant at 3345 Greenfield Road.  When I last checked, their hours were from 5 AM to 9 PM everyday except Sunday when they open at 7 AM.  Their phone number is 313-441-1027.

 

The storefront is located in a strip mall and may go un-noticed by many passing through the area, but the place is always jumpin'.  I was not only impressed with the delicious piping hot lunches, but totally amazed at how fast our lunch would arrive at our table each time we visited.  For a period of almost three months we never had any real complaints.  The waiters and waitresses were always as friendly and helpful as they could be, and the food was always delicious.  In some restaurants it takes longer to get your check and pay your bill than it does to eat your lunch.  Not so at the SENATE in Dearborn.  Everybody in the restaurant hustles and seems to understand how important our time is when we visit them.  I noticed that most of the time there were at least two people at the cash register...one person would handle credit card payments and the other person would handle cash transactions...lightning fast!

 

If you are going to be in the Dearborn area, for whatever reason, stop in and enjoy a great lunch at the SENATE Coney Island Restaurant.  You can tell them that the 50 Plus Crowd recommended the chili fries, but watch your cholesterol!

 

Please send us your thoughts about anything helpful for the 50 Plus Crowd via the Comments box below.  Don't forget about our Links page with tons of free resources available for Boomers and Veterans.  Thanks for visiting us and please have a safe surfing experience.

 

 

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