Templeton
COA Newsletter
Senior Sentinel Newsletter is full of vital
information for all seniors. In this newsletter, COA Director Bethany Loveless
outlines the process taken to “Weather the Storm” of budget cutbacks.
Distance
lunch /day trips have been discontinued until July 1st. One local
lunch will be offered on Wednesday June 18th to the Gardner Ale
House. Please call 1-978-632-4592 to reserve your space.
SNAP
is a Federal program to provide assistance to seniors for groceries. The
average benefit for seniors is $122/month. Please contact Cindy Shea (978-632-4592 or coaoutreach@templeton1.org) to apply!
Veterans
Luncheon will be held on Monday June 9th at noon. Please call our
Veterans Service Officer John Caplis 978-894-6971 or he can be contacted veteransservices@templeton1.org
The
Golden Age Club meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Mondays
of each month. The meetings take place at the Otter River Sportsman’s Club at
1:30 pm.
If
you are planting a garden this year, the Food Pantry is accepting donations of
fresh produce. Donations are accepted when the food pantry is open:
For
the month of June Tuesdays from 9:00 am – 1 :00 pm at 3 Elm St. in
Baldwinville.
Or
donations can be dropped off at the Senior Center Monday – Friday from 8:00 am
– 1:00 pm at Scout Hall.
Upcoming
events-
Friends
of Templeton Elders is sponsoring a Comedy Appraisal Night on Friday August 22nd.
This event will take place at Kamaloht. Save the date!
First
Annual Farm Tour will take place on July 12th from 10:00 – 2:00 pm.
This tour will raise funds for a new charitable organization Hearts for Heat.
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The
Town Accountant update included a Thank You! To
the seniors in town who were “by far the
largest group pre-paying their final tax bills. It is this group that single
handedly stabilized the town’s cash position.”
All of the programs Bethany has written about are important to everyone in our town. So you don't think the Senior Center matters ? In a heart beat you will find yourself edging toward the 50's, and before you know it you are sixty. I remember when I thought 65 was old. It is, in a way, but because we have much better medicines and health care, compared to the people who are buried in the older part of any of the town's cemeteries, we will live much longer. Programs that Bethany puts on provide entertainment and fellowship. These programs also give a hand to those who need a little extra help to make it through the month. I understand many of the older people in our community did not make the money the younger people make today. I also know it is hard to stretch the money we receive from the beginning of the month to the end, so that is why the SNAP Program may be of some help. If you are a veteran, go to see our new agent John Caplis. He may be able to give you a hand to make sure you are receiving the benefits you deserve. It seems our last agent did not do such a good job. Don't forget to thank Bethany and John for the good job they are doing. Bev.
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