Director’s Report
Each month Director Juli Moreno presents a report highlighting the Senior Center’s activities.
May 11, 2023
Director’s Report
Administration: Juli Moreno
Site:
- Anyone know someone who would cart away old furniture and supplies?
Network:
- Talking with SCD’s in area, especially South County regarding FRTA and multi-town issues
- Attended Rural Conference in Devens April 26th
- Partnering with Shelburne Historical Society and others for future events and specialized programming
- Digital Equity Grant, 100,00 due May 22
- Open Air committee tour walks starting in May, Birdwatching Club has started!
- Computer Store- Ian will help us with pc maintenance
Staffing:
- Agenda-driven weekly staff meetings occurring, meeting notes available
- Teddy in SHINE training May to June
Programming:
- Bird watching Club, CraftMaster group, Origami all new
- Social History project showcase in late June at Historical Society, will do Ashfield and Buckland in coming months
Marketing:
- Posts and information sharing on social media
- Revision of newsletter format and style, color, completed
- Sharing of events with various vendor newsletters
Budget:
- Surplus of roughly 60,000, letter to town auditors as to spending down.
- Completed two bill runs, coding and budgeting
- Completed three Turnover of cash and donations to Town Hall
- Completed FRTA, RSVP, Caregiver Grant monthly reports
Outreach: Teddy Doucette
SHINE training at LifePath April to June, takes half days away from usual schedule
Outreach 42 times
Outreach 30 unduplicated individuals
Home Visit/transportation - 12
Risk / Counseling:
- 10 check-in calls or home visit to at risk and/or isolated seniors
- provided supportive counseling 25 times
- provided support with Medical Management 4 times
LifePath grant status:
- coordinated home repair or technology support for 11
- co-facilitated monthly Caregiver Support Group with 10 attending
- co-facilitated monthly Memory Cafe with 16 attending
Applications:
- CISA and Farm Share- 20
- helped 1 with RMV issues
- referred 1 for Home Modification Program
- assisted 4 with housing applications and/or provided necessary information about housing
SHINE:
- SHINE appointments or resolution of insurance issues for 5 (with Leanne once monthly)
Activities: Dot Lyman (weekly counts, unless otherwise noted)
Programming Status:
Bi-Weekly Meals to Go:
- Lifepath meal inside every Thurs - average 9 per meal
- 4/11 To Go Meal- 61
- 4/24 To Go Meal - 52
Health and Clinics:
- April 10- 12 (B-3, S-5, A-3)
- April 24 – 12 (B-5, S-5, A-2)
Fitness:
- Yoga with instructor 8
- Chair Dance exercise – 8 per session
- Healthy Bones & Balance exercise program in person, Weds at 10 in Senior Center - 10 people, 2 instructors , Thurs at 10 in Ashfield – 13 people, 2 instructors
- Tai Chi for Energy- every Tuesday - 10
- Tai Chi for Arthritis every Thursday – 10
Social:
- BINGO every Thursday – 10-12 people each time
- Movie – 3/21-“Where the Crawdads Sing” - 11
- Knitting group – every Thursday 8-12 people
- Ashfield COA lunch – 4/6- 10 people
- Men's Night – 4/12-12:30 Men’s Night to Great Falls Aquaculture- 8
Education and Expression:
- Social History Project Meeting – 7
- 4/4- 1:00 SLN “Frontier Army Museum: History of Fort Leavenworth”- 5
- 4/25- 1:00 SLN “The Petrified Forest National Park” - 5
- Memoir Writing by Zoom (held every Friday) – 10 people per time
- Novel Idea Book Club – - 10 people, Ashfield- 2
- Drumming – every Monday – 15 people
Transport- Bob Szafran
Transport:
- April 2023- Total miles completed by FRTA vans- 2,247
- Wal-Mart trip 4/21 - 10
- YTD Unduplicated riders- 94
- Trips- A- 41, B- 23, S-61, Other towns- 66
- Big Y- 80