HOLDEN COUNCIL ON AGING
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Conference Room – Senior Center
Present: Rev. Dr. Jerry Heslinga; Barbara Anger; Albert Ferron; Faye Ellis; Susan
Sullivan; Jacquelyn Kelly; Jim Robinson; Louise Charbonneau; Cheryl Owoc.
The minutes of the December 1, 2011 meeting were approved and accepted.
F.H.C.O.A. REPORT ~ Barbara Anger
Barbara reported that the Friends have voted on their updated by-laws. Two of the changes made were 1) to allow members who attend board meetings to vote if they so choose and 2) Their fiscal year has changed. They have hired a CPA to file taxes for them each year.
Barbara also reported the account balances as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:
Commerce Bank $12,827.37
Leominster Credit Union $4,626.83
Leominster Credit Union CD $23,418.38
HELP AT H.O.M.E. REPORT ~ Jim Robinson
Jim was unable to provide a final number for the fund raiser but thus far the total was approximately $14,000.00. He noted that there was a notice on the new electronic sign at the corner of Shrewsbury and Main Streets encouraging people to contribute.
BOARD OF ELDER SERVICES REPORT ~ Richard Mansfield
Rick was unable to attend this meeting so no report was offered.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT ~ Louise Charbonneau
JANUARY EVENTS
Thurs., Jan. 5 … Movie “Rudy” 12:30
Mon., Jan. 9 … Friends Meeting 1:00
Thurs., Jan. 12…Hearing Loss Program – 10:00
Book Discussion Group – 10:00
Movie “Ice Castles” 12:30
Thurs., Jan. 19 … Movie “Modern Marvels: Disneyworld”
Wed., Jan. 25… Osteoporosis and Preventing Vertebral Fractures 10:00
Thurs., Jan. 26 … Movie “Marley & Me” 12:30
Fri., Jan. 27 … Veterans Meeting 10:30
Tues., Jan. 31… Home Cooked Meal 12:00
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
The Book Discussion Group will meet again on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 10:00 a.m. The book we will discuss will be: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
FUTURE DATES
Our next “home-cooked meal” will be on Tuesday, January 31. We will be serving a roast pork dinner. We are fortunate to have received a donation from the Scouters Lodge which we will use to defray the cost of the luncheon to $3.00/senior. The one after that will be Wed., Feb. 29th. The menu is yet to be determined but we’re thinking about some sort of soup and sandwich.
AARP TAX PROGRAM
We once again will be hosting volunteers from the AARP Tax Program. This program is for any elder from any town – not exclusively Holden. The program will have 10 sessions. We will begin taking appointments on a first come first served basis beginning on Tuesday, January 17.
LOSS FOR VETERANS GROUP
Our Veterans Group lost its leader, Reggie Judson in December. Reggie was instrumental in starting the group, arranging their meetings and for their guest speakers, etc. He will be greatly missed. We do have another member of the group who has volunteered to try to keep it running.
CHANGES IN PHONES AND OFFICE LOCATIONS
The week of December 19th we made the changeover from the old phone system to the new phone system. We also took advantage of the pandemonium to move our offices around as well. So now, Paula and Cheryl are located across the hall in the computer lab and Naomi is now in the inner office with Clare. Once Maureen returns we will re-allocate the space vacated by Naomi.
STATISTICS FROM DECEMBER
Bone Density Screening - 18
Two for Christmas (One Act Play) – 26
Mountview Breakfast – 102
Christmas Party – 70
Rotary Breakfast – 342 (115 of which were Holden Elders)
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
There was no old or new business to be conducted
CITIZENS ADDRESS
None
Respectfully submitted,
Louise Charbonneau
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