COA Official Town website: www.carlislema.gov/coa 66 Westford Street Carlisle, MA 01741 Friends of COA: www.carlisle.org/foccoa Transportation ...... 3 Message from the Director ...... Trips & More 3 ...... Trivia, and Remembering Meals 4 Outreach/Events/Misc ... 6-8 Greetings All, COA Exercise ...... 9 Events Calendar ...... 10 Trivia Question: Who are the only siblings to have both won major best acting Oscars? Please read below for a clue Intergenerational and possibly the answer.
Update on Some Older Celebs
Some strong memories have been percolating up for me with the recent passing of Mary Tyler Moore, John Glenn, Gene Cernan (the last person to walk on the moon), and Chuck Berry. So, I thought I'd pass along an update on some older celebrities who are still with us, including Doris Day who found out through a recently discovered birth certificate that she's actually a couple of years older than she realized.
First, in honor of the revolutionary theme in American Spring, Carlisle's Community Read, I'll mention that we All Ages Are Invited to recently also lost Ralph Archbold. Mr. Archbold was a An Evening of Great Music & Dancing popular re-enactor who for years portrayed Benjamin Date: Friday, June 2, 2017 Franklin in Philadelphia. He happened to marry a woman Time: Light Refreshments, 6:30 pm who portrays Betsy Ross...talk about a revolutionary war Dancing, 7 - 9 pm power couple. Place: St. Irene, 181 East Street If we keep exercising and eating our Wheaties we may join RSVP: Call the COA at (978) 371-2895 by noon, Friday, May 26 an august group of older adult celebrities who are still with us. Among them are: Dick Van Dyke (age 91), Eva Marie • Music by DJ Jon Mansfield of Mansfield Saint (92), Bob Barker (93), Betty White - Carl Reiner - & Entertainment, sponsored by Right at Doris Day (all 95), Carol Channing (96) and last but Home. certainly not least Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland • Dancing Demo by COA Ballroom Dancing who are both 100 years old. continued on page 8 Instructor Barry Kasven & Cynthia Horn. COA Hours COA Staff COA Board Officers Board Members
Monday - Friday Director: David Klein Board Chairperson Maxine Crowther [email protected] Donna MacMullan Peggy Hilton 9am - 3pm - Outreach & Prog. Mgr.: Angela Smith Vice Chair Reuben Klickstein Jerome Lerman (978) 371-2895 Office [email protected] Abha Singhal Transportation Coord.: Debbie Farrell Treasurer Associate Members (978) 371-6690 Van line [email protected] Walter Hickman - - Elizabeth Acquaviva (978) 371 6693 Director Admin. Assist.: Linda Cavallo Murphy Co-Secretaries John Ballantine, Verna Gilbert Admin. Assist.: Myriam Fleurimond Kathy DeVivo-Ash Helen Lyons, Ann Quenin [email protected] Giovanna DiNicola LICSW: Peter Cullinane Jean Sain
MAY 2017 CARLISLE COA 3 TRANSPORTATION Van Line Reservations: (978) 371-6690 or email: [email protected] COA transportation services are available to all senior & adult disabled Carlisle residents during COA office hours. Donations/Fees* Local grocery/Shopping trips Van rides within Carlisle FREE; rides within 15 Every Friday at 9am is the Weekly Shopping Trip to miles, suggested donation $2, Van rides over 15 miles, Market Basket in Westford. F R E E van ride. Call $5. *Parking fees are the responsibility of the rider. (978) 371-6690 for reservations by noon on Thursdays.
Transportation reservations (Emergency - Call 911) Shuttle pick-up for the COA monthly lunch at FRS Call at least business 2 days in advance if possible. We Benfield Farms pickup at 11am, Village Court at do not provide rides to Boston or Cambridge at this 11:15am and Congregational Church at 11:30am. time. Please call the van line to confirm ride attendance. Carlisle Transportation Services (CTS)
To meet your alternative transportation needs, consider Carlisle’s latest option, Flow Transportation Services. Flow can be reached at (978) 602-5606 for ride scheduling. Please call a minimum of 48 hours before your trip. Discount voucher-tickets for Carlisle seniors or those with disabilities may be purchased at the COA office at Town Hall. One-time registration for the voucher discount program is required. More info on the service & pricing is available at http://carlislematransportation.com/cts-transportation/ or call the COA at (978) 371-2895. RESTAURANT REVIEW / DAY TRIPS / THEATRE Nancy’s Airfield Café I Loved, I Lost, Wednesday, May 17 I Made Spaghetti We are off to Nancy’s Airfield Café in Stow for some Wednesday, June 14, 2pm fresh food prepared with love from locally-sourced ingredients. Van leaves VC at 10:15am, CC at Come see another great show at 10:30am, returning 2-3pm. Van fee $2. Please register Stoneham Theatre. Van leaves VC with Joanne Willens at (978) 371-8023. at 11:15am and CC at 11:30am. Returning between 5-6pm. Ticket Zaftigs Delicatessen price is $37/pp. Lunch on your Monday, June 5 own at Felicia’s Restaurant. To Join us as we travel to Natick for a delicious lunch at register, please contact Lillian Zaftigs. Van leaves VC at 10:30am, CC at 10:45am, DeBenedictis at (978) 369-1848 returning 2:30-3:30pm. Van fee $5. Please register by no later than Friday, May 12. with Joanne Willens at (978) 371-8023. Day Trip to Portsmouth, NH Wednesday, May 24
Join us for a wonderful day in Portsmouth, NH on Wednesday, May 24. We start with the Strawbery Banke Museum – a 10-acre living history museum with wonderful gardens and café. Museum entrance fee is $12 if we get 10+ people, otherwise it is $19.50. After the museum we are off to Downtown Portsmouth for shopping and some great restaurants. Lunch on your own. Van leaves VC at 9am, CC at 9:15am, returning between 4:30-5 pm. Van fee is $15. First come, first served. Entrance fee for museum and van are due on the day of the trip. Contact Joanne (978) 371-8023 to register. Deadline to register is May 16. Day Trip to Newburyport Tuesday, June 13
We’re off to the coastal town of Newburyport on Tuesday, June 13. Stroll around this historic town, visit the many wonderful shops, and have lunch on your own at one of the award-winning restaurants. Van leaves VC at 9:15am, CC at 9:30am, returning 3-4pm. Van fee $10. Call Joanne Willens at (978) 371-8023 to register by June 5.
4 CARLISLE COA MAY 2017 FOOD COURT If you have registered for a lunch or event and cannot attend, please call the COA as soon as possible at (978) 371-2895. If you need a ride to a lunch or event, please call the COA Van Line at (978) 371-6690 or email: [email protected] ASAP. Monthly Coffee Men’s Breakfast Wednesday, May 3, 9am Thursday, May 11, 8am
Mingle with your neighbors at this relaxed, FREE Stop by for a delicious and hearty breakfast prepared by coffee hour at the Sleeper Room at Village Court. volunteer chef Dana Smith. Breakfast held at the Sleeper Please park on Church St., or, if handicapped, in front Room at Village Court. Please park on Church St. of Unit 6. This coffee is hosted by Elizabeth Suggested donation: $3. Bring a friend! Acquaviva & Friends. COA Luncheon Chelmsford Crossing Lunch Thursday, May 18, 11:45am
Thursday, May 4, 12pm Join us for lunch at FRS. This meal, prepared by Minuteman Senior Services and St. Irene are hosting Chelmsford Crossing, is run by our wonderful team of lunch cooked by Chelmsford Crossing. Menu: COA Volunteers. Menu: beef stew, biscuit, tossed salad, Swedish meatballs, egg noodles, mixed beans, dinner hot and cold drinks and dessert. Suggested seniors roll and dessert. Please register at (978) 371-2895 by donation: $3. To register call the COA at (978) 371-2895 noon on Thursday, April 27. Suggested donation: $3. no later than noon, Thursday, May 11. Shuttle available. Following lunch: Tommy Rull, Singer/Entertainer. After Lunch, enjoy the beautiful singing of the Carlisle "A Musical Journey Through The Years" funded by Middle School Advanced Choir. a grant from the Carlisle Local Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Enjoy an hour Monthly Coffee show featuring the songs of Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Thursday, June 1, 9am
Engelbert, Elvis, Louis Armstrong, Barry Manilow, Mingle with your neighbors at this relaxed, FREE Harry Belafonte, Lou Rawls, Kenny Rogers, Dean coffee hour at the Sleeper Room at Village Court. Please Martin, Perry Como, Paul McCartney, Paul Anka, park on Church St., or, if handicapped, in front of Unit 6.
Barry White and many others. This coffee is hosted by Chief Fisher & the Carlisle Police Department.
“The best way out “SENIOR MOMENTS” at is always through.” Monday, May 8 & 22, 9:30-11am - Robert Frost A casual coffee drop-in for Carlisle seniors 60+. FREE goodies provided by the Carlisle COA. Ferns Chelmsford Crossing Lunch gives 10% off coffee to senior attendees. Wednesday, June 7, 12pm
Minuteman Senior Services and Congregational Church Nashoba Tech Lunch are hosting lunch cooked by Chelmsford Crossing. Wednesday, May 10, 11:45am Menu: BBQ chicken leg, baked potato, corn on the cob, - Choose from meals created with great care by the fruit cup, dessert. Please register at (978) 371 2895 by culinary arts students at Nashoba Tech. Call the COA noon on Thurs., June 1. Suggested donation: $3. After - at (978) 371-2895 no later than noon, Wednesday, lunch: Stephen Collins, well known actor, lecturer and May 3 to register. Menu: chicken piccata, broiled teacher will present a unique, interactive performance - salmon Dijonnaise with potato & vegetables or on the life of poet Robert Frost a poet greatly vegetarian meal along with starch, chef’s choice. misunderstood. The performance includes a dramatic Cost: meal $5 / soda $1 (subsidized by COA grant) reading of Frost's masterful use of blank verse in the
plus tip, payable at school. hauntingly memorable "The Death of the Hired Man." **NOTE: COA Lunches, Monthly Coffees, Men's and Women's Breakfasts, are sponsored in part by the Friends of Carlisle COA, the Council on Aging, and other private donations. If you are attending an event at the Sleeper Room at Village Court, please park on the street as parking in Village Court are for residents only. Thank you. Please call the COA at (978) 371-2895 to register as noted.
MAY 2017 CARLISLE COA 5 OUTREACH with Angela
Carlisle Community Forum on Dear All:
Happy Spring! The Carlisle Council on Aging does a mostly monthly TV show called the Carlisle Community Forum (previously just listed as the Carlisle COA). You can view this show on your TV on Channel 8 or on line at: http://www.concordtv.org/video-on-demand then on the right find the Council on Aging title under the word “Playing.” We not only highlight upcoming Carlisle COA events, but more importantly, we have a guest who will discuss topics we hope will be helpful and interesting to you! If you view online, you can skip through the monthly material (if you are viewing a past month) and focus on our guests. Some examples are: In February 2017, Gayle Yanall educated us on how anyone who cannot hold a book or whose vision is challenged can take advantage of the FREE books on Tape from Perkins. In December, A Hospice Nurse, gave insight into how he can help folks look at planning for end of life. In November, Chief Flannery and Stacey Palm from Home Instead talked about preventing falls. Other programs included a pharmacist and how they can help folks who have a hard time remembering what pills to take when, and information on “Coalition for a Better Acre,” a non-profit who helps local residents avoid foreclosure. We also record, when the presenters agree, the history, religion and health programs that we co-sponsor with the Library. So check us out on TV and on-line. We have topics planned through October, but if there is something that you would like covered, please give me a call or send me an email and maybe you’ll find what you are looking for on your TV or computer! Best, Angela
COMMUNITY EVENTS/ COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Discover Clark Farm - From 19th-Century Spirituality & Aging - Part II st Dairy Farm to 21 -Century Agricultural Hub Tuesday, May 9, 1:30pm, Gleason Library Tuesday, May 16, 1:30pm, Clark Farm As we age, our world changes. Our children grow up, our friends move away, we cope with many Carlisle's iconic Clark Farm dates back centuries.....and challenges. Anne Marie Rowse, chaplain and yet so much is happening there that's new! On a visit to certified care manager will lead an interactive talk the farm, you'll meet resident farmer Andrew Rodgers, on the importance of figuring out what will work for who will talk about how he revived this old farmstead you in finding inner spirituality and peace. We had a and has made it into one of Carlisle's most productive successful “Spirituality and Aging - Part I” program working farms, with diversified organically grown where we shared strategies for grief and what works crops, livestock, and a Community Supported for some may help others. In Part II we will look at Agriculture (CSA) used by much of the community. biblical scripture that may help us as we age as well Tour the classic 1850s barn, see animals and farm as an interactive talk on other religious and non- equipment, meet local and international farmhands, and religious traditions. This program is FREE and light learn about current farming practices. Those who refreshments will be served courtesy of Anne Marie. remember Dot and Guy Clark are encouraged to share Please call the COA at (978) 371-2895 to register by stories! (Although there will be opportunities to walk noon, Thursday, May 4. For more info please email around and explore, those who prefer to stay seated may Anne Marie at [email protected]. do so.) Please call the COA at (978) 371-2895 to register by May 9.
Social Security: Your Questions Answered Tuesday, May 23, 7pm, Gleason Public Library
This program will discuss how Social Security fits into your retirement income plan, when you should start taking benefits and tax considerations. Presentation by Carlisle Resident, Larry Moschini, Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Larry will provide light refreshments. Please RSVP to the Carlisle COA (978) 371-2895 by noon on Tuesday, May 16. Feel free to invite family and friends.
6 CARLISLE COA MAY 2017 COMMUNITY EVENTS
Community Book Club @ Gleason Library Carlisle Social Hour
Monday, May 8, 10:30am Monday, May 8, Benfield, 2:30pm
Being Mortal The Carlisle Social Hour is for seniors by Atul Gawande who are widows, divorced, living For info contact Mary Zoll alone or just want to meet other (978) 369-5236. wonderful people. Join your neighbors and make some friends or get reacquainted with some old friends. Carlisle Community Chorus Light refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring a friend and enjoy. No registration required, just show Tuesday, May 9, 7:30pm, CPS st up at the 1 Floor Community Room at Benfield On Tuesday, May 9, the Carlisle Community Farms, 575 South Street. Chorus will perform its spring concert entitled
“100 Years of Broadway” at 7:30pm in the
Carlisle Public School’s Corey Auditorium. Free
and open to the public. Donations to our non-profit
choral group are always appreciated. Please also
- consider bringing a goodwill donation of non - perishable food or personal hygiene items for the Local Elder Law Attorney Linda Butterworth Till has Merrimack Valley Food Bank. generously offered to prepare Health Care Proxies and Living Wills for the first 10 Carlisleans who call the COA at (978) 371-2895. If you don’t already have these documents, they are very important so please Organic Gardening for Everyone take advantage of this FREE and generous offer. Thursday, May 11, 6:30pm Please call the COA at (978) 371-2895 to register for an appointment. Come to the Gleason Public Library on Thursday, May 11 at 6:30pm and learn natural and effective techniques for the cultivation of a variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers. Perennials for edible landscaping and attracting wildlife will be offered for sale. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Carlisle Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Maytime, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (1937)
"I thought that spring must last forevermore; For I was young and loved, and it was May." - Vera Brittain Carlisle Chamber Orchestra Concert features Lucia Lin, BSO violinist Friday, May 12, 8pm, Carlisle Congregational Church
The Carlisle Chamber Orchestra is finishing their third season with special soloist Lucia Lin playing the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto. Ms. Lin has served as assistant concertmaster with the Boston Symphony and as joint concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra. It is an honor and privilege to have her perform in Carlisle. Please help us give Luci a full house of appreciative music fans! Also on the program is Beethoven Pastoral Symphony No. 6 and R Vn Williams English Folk Songs. Alan Yost conducts, free admission or voluntary donation at the door. More at www.CCOrch.org.
MAY 2017 CARLISLE COA 7 More COMMUNITY EVENTS Drop-In Knitting Group @ GPL French Language Club st rd 1 & 3 Fridays, 10:15am-12pm Wednesday, May 24, 4pm
- If you speak French or would like to, please Drop in knitting group every 1st and 3rd Friday at st the Gleason Public Library, Hollis Room. Come come to Benfield Farms, 1 Floor Community share your expertise, see what others are working on, Room. A volunteer will lead the group by and socialize with friends and neighbors. This group bringing a topic to discuss. If you are planning is led by Jackie Engelhardt. Any questions, you can to travel to a French speaking country and reach Jackie at [email protected]. have words/phrases that you would like to learn, please bring your topic to the meeting. Register by calling the COA at (978) 371- Knitting in Service Society Thursday, May 18, 7:30pm 2895.
Know how to knit or want to learn? Knitting in Service Society (KISS) is a group of girls and women who has been knitting hats/scarves since 2006 to benefit Boston’s homeless through Common Cathedral. For meeting location, please contact Angela at the COA at (978) 371-2895.
From all of us at the Carlisle Council on Aging
Did you know if you are in need of medical
equipment, the Carlisle COA may have just what you need to borrow? We generally have a Upcoming Carlisle stock of walkers, commodes, raised toilet Community Events
seats, canes, crutches, shower chairs, wheel- chairs, and more. Just give us a call at (978) ♦ Pass It Forward Day, Saturday, June 17 371-2895 if you need something. ♦ Old Home Day, Saturday, June 24
8 CARLISLE COA MAY 2017 MISCELLANEOUS INFO Message from the Director - Trivia Answer Get Your MBTA continued from page 1 Senior CharlieCard @ Carlisle Town Hall! Did you notice the clue to the answer to the trivia question? Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, better Interested in a CharlieCard? If enough folks (need a known as actress Joan Fontaine, who lived to age 96, minimum of 15+ people) are interested in getting a and her sometimes estranged sister, actress Olivia de Senior CharlieCard then Angela can set up another Havilland (100), both won Best Actress Oscars. event where you can get the paperwork and picture There have been other siblings who've both won done here in town. Oscars, but not in the same major acting category. Here is fee information on the Senior CharlieCard: Join us for our Spring Fling and other great COA events in May and June. Seniors (65+) with a Senior CharlieCard can ride local buses for 85 cents, subways for $1.10, inner
Yours, David express buses for $2.50, and outer express buses for $3.50. You (as a homeowner) may be in a position to improve safety in your Seniors can also travel on commuter rail or ferry home through a zero interest loan services for 50 percent off the regular full fare. In through the Massachusetts Rehab addition, seniors can purchase a monthly pass (good Commission. No age requirement. for unlimited travel on local buses and subways) for
The Home Modification Loan Program offered by $30. No discounts apply to express bus passes, commuter rail passes, or boat passes. the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission offers 0% and 3% loans (up to $30,000) to help If your Senior CharlieCard was issued prior to May/ Massachusetts homeowners make modifications to June 2005, you must obtain a new CharlieCard. If your stay at home. Senior CharlieCard is more recent and needs to be renewed, you may call Voice: (617) 222-3200; TTY: Loans can help finance projects such as: (617) 222-5854. ♦ Ramps
♦ Stair lifts and wheelchair lifts ♦ Kitchen and bathroom adaptations Do you have difficulty reading ♦ Home security ... hard-wired alarm systems, or holding books and safety windows, and fences newspapers?
With generous income guidelines, approximately The Talking Information Center Network (TIC) is a 95% of borrowers qualify for a 0% loan with no radio reading service that provides around the clock monthly payments. Repayment is required when the programming for the blind, visually impaired or home is sold or transferred. otherwise disabled. Tune in to volunteers as they read
For more info, visit: www.cedac.org/hmlp or call state and local newspapers, magazines, periodicals and other information about state programs and events. Susan Gillam at (866) 500-5599. ** HOW TO LISTEN Friendly Visitor for You? Call TIC at 781-834-4400 to order a radio receiver. Listen by telephone: call 712-832-7025 Lonely? Like to have someone visit occasionally; Listen via website: www.ticnetwork.org enjoy time chatting with one young Carlisle mother. Download our free app on your phone For more info call Angela at (978) 371-2895 to ** For more information go to, www.ticnetwork.org or discuss and learn how to be connected with this call (781) 834-4400. generous volunteer to find a mutually agreeable time.
**NOTE: COA Lunches, Monthly Coffees, Men's and Women's Breakfasts, are sponsored in part by the Friends of Carlisle COA, the Council on Aging, and other private donations. If you are attending an event at the Sleeper Room at Village Court, please park on the street as parking in Village Court are for residents only. Thank you. Please call the COA at (978) 371-2895 to register as noted.
MAY 2017 CARLISLE COA 9 FOR YOUR HEALTH EXERCISE CLASSES - Mind & Body F R E E Blood Pressure Clinics
Note: To sign up for the following programs, call the COA office at (978) Wednesday, May 3, 9am 371-2895 (minimum # required to hold each exercise class). Stop in and try COA Coffee, Sleeper Room, sponsored by a class/day for FREE! If you start mid-session, call for prorated fee. Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley.
MONDAYS Thursday, May 4, 11:30am
Chelmsford Crossing Lunch, St. Irene May 1, 8, 15, 22 @ FRS (No Tap Class 5/29) sponsored by a COA Volunteer. Intergenerational Tap - 1:30pm. Beginners welcome! Taught by Thursday, May 11, 8am Katrina Rotondi. Fee: $40 (March-May)...... Men’s Breakfast, Sleeper Room, sponsored by Home Instead. TUESDAYS
May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 @ St. Irene Thursday, May 18, 11am COA Monthly Lunch, FRS, - Zumba Gold 10:45am. Taught by Zumba Certified Instructor sponsored by FOCCOA & Katrina Rotondi. Fee: $40 (March-May). Emerson Home Care. - Tai Chi 12:30pm. Taught by Linda Sango. Wear loose fitting Monday, May 22. 10am clothing, soft soled shoes. Fee: $40 (March-May). Senior Moments, Ferns ...... Sponsored by Right at Home. WEDNESDAYS May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Podiatry Clinic @ Benfield Farm - - Mon., May 1 & Tues., May 2 Yoga 9:30am, Benfield. Fee: Session III (5/3 5/21): $40 for Carlisle seniors. Call the Rec. Dept. to register (978) 369-9815. For an appt. call the COA ASAP at (978) Check payable to Carlisle Rec. Dept. 371-2895. Cost: $20 (partially funded by
Line Dancing - 1:45pm, St. Irene. Please note: May 3 Line Dancing FOCCA), payable to “ Carlisle COA” day class at FRS. No experience or partner required. Instructor: Katrina of clinic. For Carlisle “60+ residents.” Rotondi. Fee: $40 (March-May). Hair Cuts on the Go!
...... Mon., May 8, by appt. THURSDAYS Suzanne Hickey & Georgia Triantafilles May 4, 11, 18 (No Fitness & No Cardio 5/25) provide haircuts to seniors for $10.50. A - Fitness Class 9:45am, Town Hall, Clark Room. Great for all hair appointment is 15 mins. Call the ability levels, may be done in a chair. Instructor: Katrina Rotondi. COA at (978) 371-2895 for your appt. Fee: $40 (March-May). between 9am & 11:30am at Town Hall. - - - Cardio Boost Class 10:45am, Congregational Church. A heart Carlisle Walking Group healthy, aerobic workout. Bring hand weights and wear comfortable Thursdays, 9:30am clothes. Instructor: Katrina Rotondi. Fee: $40 (March-May)...... Join us on Thursdays at 9:30am at Center FRIDAYS Park for about a two hour walk at a May 5, 12, 19 @ Town Hall (No SAMA Class 5/26) moderate pace. We will continue walking SAMA (Senior Approach to Maintaining Agility) - 10:45am, Town on the trails needed to earn the Carlisle Hall, Clark Room. A fitness class which focuses on balance, Trekker Award until May 25. If you wish to keep a log for the award, it may be strength and flexibility. 50+ welcome. Taught by Sensei Sarah found in the latest Carlisle Trails Hanley. Fee: $100/10wks. Fee prorated. Committee Trail Guide. This is available Walking @ Carlisle School Gym from Ferns and the Town Clerk’s office. Monday-Friday, 6:45-7:30am The log is also online at http:// carlisletrails.pbwiki.com/. Please contact To walk you MUST call David Flannery (978) 371-2279 after 4pm the Jane Anderson (978) 369-9672, day before or before 5am the day you want to walk. In case of fire, exit [email protected] or Helen Young the gym door and go to the parking area adjoining Spalding field. (978) 369-6147 if you have questions.
MAY 2017
SU MON TUE WED THU FRI SA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Podiatry Clinic: by Podiatry Clinic: by Coffee & BP: 9am Walking Grp: 9:30am Grocery appt., Benfield Farms appt., Benfield Farms Yoga: 9:30am Fitness: 9:45am Shopping: 9am Tap: 1:30pm Sr. Poetry Grp: 10am Line Dancing: 1:45pm Cardio: 10:45am Drop-In Knitting: Zumba: 10:45am @ FRS Chelmsford Crossing: 10:15am, GPL Tai Chi: 12:30pm 12pm, BP 11:30am, SAMA:10:45am St. Irene; after lunch: Town Meeting: 7pm, Singer Tommy Rull Corey Auditorium, CPS 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Hair Cuts on the Go!: Zumba: 10:45am Yoga: 9:30am Men’s Brkfst & BP: Grocery by appt. Tai Chi: 12:30pm Line Dancing: 1:45pm 8am Shopping: 9am Sr. Moments: 9:30am Comm. Conversation: Nashoba Tech Lunch: Walking Grp: 9:30am SAMA:10:45am Book Club:10:30am 1:30pm, Spirituality & 11:45am Fitness: 9:45am Carlisle Chamber Tap: 1:30pm Aging - Part II, GPL, Cardio: 10:45am Orchestra: 8pm, Social Hour: 2:30pm, Hollis Room Organic Gardening: Cong. Church Benfield Farms Carlisle Community 6:30pm, GPL, Hollis Chorus: 7:30pm, CPS Room 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Tap: 1:30pm Zumba: 10:45am Yoga: 9:30am Walking Grp: 9:30am Grocery Tai Chi: 12:30pm Restaurant Review: Fitness: 9:45am Shopping: 9am Sunday 5/14 Comm. Conversation: Nancy’s Airfield Cafe, Cardio: 10:45am Drop-In Knitting: 1:30pm, Discover VC 10:15am, COA Lunch: 11:45am, 10:15am, GPL Clark Farm, 185 CC 10:30am BP 11am, FRS; after SAMA: 10:45am Concord St. Line Dancing: 1:45pm lunch: Advanced COA Board Meeting: Choir 7pm, Town Hall KISS: 7:30pm 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Tap: 1:30pm Zumba: 10:45am Yoga Walking Grp: 9:30am Grocery Sr. Moments: 9:30am Tai Chi: 12:30pm Line Dancing: 1:45pm NO Fitness Shopping: 9am BP 10am Comm. Conversation: Strawbery Banke NO Cardio NO SAMA
7pm, Social Security Museum, Portsmouth, Sun., 5/21, FOCCOA Q&A, GPL, Hollis VC 9am, CC 9:15am Annual Meeting : Room French Club: 4pm 3pm, Benfield Farms
28 29 30 31 NOTE: Inside CALL TO Zumba: 10:45am Yoga walking. Mon.-Fri. REGISTER FOR 6:45-7:30am, CPS. Tai Chi: 12:30pm Line Dancing: 1:45pm. nd TOWN HALL & THE JUNE 2 See pg. 9 for info. SPRING FLING! COA CLOSED
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TOWN MEETING Tuesday, May 2, 7pm CPS, Corey Auditorium
FILE OF LIFE Program
FOCCOA Annual Meeting A FILE OF LIFE provides quick and easy access Sunday, May 21, 3pm to your basic medical information for first
The Friends of the Carlisle Council on Aging responders. It is a red magnetic plastic folder that will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, can be easily kept on the refrigerator for speedy May 21, 3-5pm, Benfield Farms. Tim Hult access in the event of an emergency. The file will be the guest speaker and will reflect on contains important personal info regarding your Carlisle: its past, where we are today, and health and emergency contacts in the event that you are unable to give the information. how we will move forward. We invite you to join us for this timely discussion and to Please don’t forget to keep continue the conversation with your friends your FILE OF LIFE info up- and neighbors while enjoying refreshments. to-date! If you don’t have a RSVP by May 18 to Nancy Jaysane at FILE OF LIFE, stop by the [email protected] or (978) 369-5078. COA to pick one up or call us and we will mail it to you.
Are you sixty or older and could you use a little help with your food bill?
The Greater Boston Food Bank has the Commodity Supplemental Food Program that provides eligible individu- als with two FREE (already packed) bags of food once a month containing shelf-stable products such as cereal, juice, shelf-stable milk, peanut butter, rice or pasta, apple sauce (unsweetened), canned fruit, and low-sodium vegetables and cheese. Products may vary. Eligibility is determined by gross monthly income and household size:
• Household size of 1 - Weekly $295, Monthly $1,276, Yearly $15,301 • Household size of 2 - Weekly $399, Monthly $1,726, Yearly $20,709
Call the Carlisle COA at (978) 371-2895 to find out more info and to apply.