Our Program:
A Gift of Time is rest- restructuring program.
Executive Director and Founder: Mrs. Josie Zamora, President and founder has been a resident of Georgetown since 2012. A Registered Nurse for twenty-two years, she graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1994 and a Masters of Science in Nursing from The University of Incarnate Word in 2001 also in San Antonio.She is founder and chair of the Jilly Earle Waddy Nursing Endowment at the University of Texas School of Nursing at San Antonio. Her nursing experience includes medical-surgical nursing, critical care, home health, nurse educator, and clinical instructor. She is board certified as an Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist (ACNS-BC) by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC). She is recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Nurse. She has worked as an ACNS-BC in the area of sleep medicine and hospice nursing. She was inducted to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing in 1994. She a current of member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. She served on the Georgetown Commission on Aging Board from 2015-2016. She is currently and active parishioner at St. Helen Catholic Church. Her passion for working with the elderly is rooted from her own personal experience in caring for her aging parents for over 22 years. Her mother lived with Alzheimer's for fourteen years. Josie is dedicated to helping other families dealing with the same challenges she and her family faced while caring for aging parents.
President: Mr. Vic Figurelli. After a successful career with Shell Chemical Company, Vic Figurelli and his wife moved to Georgetown in 1998. He has been active in a number of community activities, serving on the boards of Partners in Education, Senior University Georgetown, Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County, and the Georgetown Symphony Society. He has been a mentor for the Georgetown Independent School District for twenty years. Vic is the Founder of the Williamson County Institute for Excellence in Nonprofits, an organization dedicated to helping nonprofits learn and apply principles of excellence. He has taught classes at Southwestern University on nonprofit management. He is a Fellow of the Quality Texas Foundation. Vic holds a B.S. in chemistry from Wagner College and a M.S. in management science from Stevens Institute of Technology. He has five children and seven grandchildren. In 2016, Vic lost his beloved wife of almost 59 years to Alzheimer's.
Vic Figurelli honors the memory of his wife by serving as Board President of A Gift of Time
Secretary: Mrs. Carol Glasco and her husband, Richard Glasco, have been residents of Georgetown since 1999. She is currently involved in the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (CPAAA). She has served on CPAAA for ten years. She is also involved with the Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS). These organizations assist police in various programs such as Take Back the Drugs in Sun City, Chase the Chief, and Blue Santa. She has participated every year since first joining the organization. She is also a Core Leader for the Georgetown Community Bible Study (CBS). CBS is a national Bible study group. She is an active member of Church on the Rock. She was raised by her grandmother and, consequently, has a special place in her heart for senior citizens. She felt service on this board would be a perfect way to help give back to the seniors (and their families) who have to contend with the things that can occur as we age, such as early memory loss (EML) and Alzheimer's.
Treasurer: Mr. Vern Gonion is a native of Green Bay Wisconsin. He graduated with a degree in accounting from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. He has extensive private sector experience working with several major corporations over a thirty year period. He retired to Sun City, Texas in 2006. He has served as treasurer of the Sun City Horticultural Club and been otherwise active in his community.
Vice President: Dr. Char Hu, Ph.D. After completing his doctorate at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Char Hu translated his biomedical research experience into Alzheimer's and dementia care. As a founder and director of Georgetown Living, Certified Alzheimer's Assisted Living, and CEO of The Helper Bees, he is actively involved in supporting the needs of the senior community in Central Texas. Today, Char brings his passion and industry experience to his mission of transforming in-home senior care. Char spends his free time working with local nonprofits focused on issues related to aging. He also serves on the board of directors at AustinUp, and Alzheimer's Texas. He was recently appointed to the Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. His work with A Gift of Time fulfills his wish to give back to the community where his family has lived for over 23 years.
Board Member: Ms. Mary Calixtro. is a Georgetown native with more than twenty years of experience in volunteering and service to families and communities in central Texas. Passionate about giving back to the community, she continues to support several organizations with focus to the non- profit sector. At present she is a facilitator of Ethics and Integrity in Ministry for the Diocese of Austin, an active member of St. Helen Catholic Church, Co-founder and member of Southeast Georgetown Community Council, Courageous Conversation member, and City of Georgetown Housing Advisory Committee. Former Hispanic Ministry Coordinator St. Helen Catholic Church, board member of Getsemani Community Center, Neighborhood conference committee- truancy diversion program, Hispanic Parents in Action lead & community liaison, served on GISD District Performance Council. Mary has been married for 35 years to Andres. Has six children and enjoys caring for her grandchildren.
LEGAL ADVISOR: ELIZABETH MCFARLAND
Ms. McFarland has ten years of experience as an attorney, six of which were spent as a U.S. Army Judge Advocate. She graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and spent four years as a military intelligence officer before attending law school at the University of Texas at Austin. She then served as a JAG at Fort Hood, Texas and Mosul, Iraq before leaving active duty to pursue private practice.
She earned an LL.M. in Tax Law at the University of Florida before returning to Georgetown to raise her family.
Highlights:
- 2011 Georgetown Aging Initiative Study identifies the need for an Adult Day Center
- December 2016- Founder Josephine Zamora, RN presents the A Gift of Time concept to former Georgetown Mayor Leo Wood and the Men's Steak Fry Group. They fund the project with an initial $3000 donation that allows Ms. Zamora to apply for 501(c)3 status.
- May 2017- The Georgetown Health Foundation awarded A Gift of Time $5000
- September 2017- A Gift of Time receives a $17,000 grant from the Georgetown City Council to continue program planning and development.
- October 2017- Communities Foundation of Texas Donates $2,500 on behalf of Dr. Char Hu
- November 2017- St. Helen's Catholic Church donates $3,000 for the participant fund
Our History:
Georgetown does not have a full-time, licensed adult day center (ADC.) The need for an affordable ADC was identified by the Georgetown Aging Initiative study published in 2011. The City Council of Georgetown created the Commission on Aging Board (COA) to address the needs found in the study. Mayor Ross appointed Mrs. Josie Zamora to serve on the COA Board. It was during her time on the board that Mrs. Zamora discovered that the need for an adult dementia day center was continuing to grow with the increasing population of Georgetown seniors. After completing her term on the COA Board, collaborated with Mr. Steve Howard, a non-profit advisor from the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE,) and created A Gift of Time (AGOT). A Gift of Time is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
