Director’s Report

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