Council on Aging, February 1, 2018
Town Of Holden
MASSACHUSETTS
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COUNCIL ON AGING
Louise Charbonneau
Director
HOLDEN COUNCIL ON AGING
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Conference Room – Senior Center
Present: Susan Sullivan, Faye Ellis, Maureen Locke, Wayne Howard,
Eric Johansen, Rebecca Tornblom, Louise Charbonneau, Maureen Buffone.
The Meeting was called to order by Sue Sullivan at 8:00 a.m.
The Minutes from the December 14, 2017 meeting were approved and accepted.
F.H.C.O.A. REPORT
Faye reported the account balances as follows:
Commerce Bank $16,877.54
Leominster Credit Union (furnishings acct.) $2,851.67
Leominster Credit Union C.D. $24,206.46
LCU Trip Account $6,552.15
The Fair Follow-up Committee chose to continue holding the fair on the first Saturday in November, after discussion on whether or not to move the date. Wayne Howard and his daughter are willing to set up a Facebook website to try to appeal to a younger audience, as well as the seniors. This will attract the vendors and the 35 to 65 year old audience. The Friends decided not to use robo-calls, as most people do not like them. Louise will contact Peter to see if a link can be put on the town website to the Friends’ Facebook page.
The committee also agreed to contribute $50.00 to Clare’s hat and mitten program at Columbus Park School.
HELP AT H.O.M.E. REPORT ~ Jim Robinson
Jim submitted a report dated January 24, 2018 showing a combined balance of $68,876.71.
Sue and Faye reported that they are getting calls for different things. Paula and Cindy don’t call unless they go through the process. Louise acknowledges all of the donations with a thank you note.
BOARD OF ELDER SERVICES REPORT ~ Richard Mansfield
No representation.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT ~ Louise Charbonneau
FEBRUARY EVENTS
Monday, February 12 … 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. … Free Legal Clinic … Attorney Arthur Bergeron from the firm Mirick O’Connell will be here to offer free legal advice. Fifteen minute appointments are available and are REQUIRED. No Walk-Ins. To schedule your appointment please call 508-210-5570.
Senior Center · 1130 Main Street · Holden, MA 01520 · Phone 508.210.5570 · Fax 508.829.0214
Wednesday, February 14 …1:00 p.m. … Valentines Old and New … Join us for a special treat. Shirley Burdick will display her Valentine collection of old and new valentines and tell us her story of collecting Valentines. If you have any special Valentines you’d like to share, we invite you to bring them. We will continue our celebration with tea and sweets following the program. Please call 508-210-5570 to reserve your seat.
Thursday, February 15 … 10:00 a.m. … Book Discussion Group … The book discussion group will be reading In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware.
Monday, February 19 … The Senior Center will be closed in observance of Presidents Day.
Wednesday, February 21 … 12:00 p.m. … Summer in Winter … Please join us as we bring summer into the middle of winter with a home-cooked lunch. Our menu will be grilled hamburgers and hotdogs with all the trimmings. Reservations are a MUST and can be made by calling 508-210-5570. Cost of this meal is $4.00 for Holden elders and Senior Center volunteers, $6.00 for out of town Elders. Reservations will be accepted through noon on Friday, February 16 or until we reach capacity.
CHANGE IN MEETING TIME FOR THE FRIENDS
Beginning with their January meeting, the Friends now meet on the first Monday of each month at 9:00 a.m. rather than 1:00 p.m. The hope is they will have a larger number of attendees.
FY19 BUDGET
Our FY19 budget is scheduled to be heard by the Finance Committee on Wednesday, March 7. Other budgets are heard that night as well and where we are on the “agenda” is at this time not known. The hearing starts at 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Light Department. As always, we encourage Board members to attend in support of our budget. Please put this date on your calendar, however I will remind you again at our March meeting.
ZUMBA GOLD – We will be starting a Zumba Gold Class in late March
NUMBERS FROM DECEMBER
Boxwood Tree Workshop with Tina Bemis - 15
HFD Fall Prevention/Smoke Detector Replacement - 22
Rusty Guertin Concert – 26
Emma Riffelmacher Concert – 22
Wachusett Community Band Concert – 29
Mountview Christmas Breakfast – 136
Rotary Club Christmas Breakfast – 130 Holden/280 Total (numbers are those who registered)
Senior Center Christmas Party – 93
New Year’s Celebration - 50
OLD BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
The board established a policy in the event of snow. If school is delayed or cancelled because of snow on the day of an HCOA meeting, the meeting will be cancelled.
Senior Center · 1130 Main Street · Holden, MA 01520 · Phone 508.210.5570 · Fax 508.829.0214
CITIZENS ADDRESS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
It was unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 a.m.
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 8:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Maureen Buffone
Senior Center · 1130 Main Street · Holden, MA 01520 · Phone 508.210.5570 · Fax 508.829.0214