A couple years ago, my daughter, Lily took me to the Albany Tulip Festival for Mother’s Day. It was such a beautiful day…I got a plethora of gorgeous photos and will cherish the day forever.
Here’s a little video of this year’s beautiful blooms!! Enjoy!
Ken Roht from the Orphean Circus has compiled a large work of short stories that you and the reader can choose from. The reader (a volunteer from the Medical Reserve Corps) calls you once a week and they read for 15 min or so and then just check in. You can pick a book from what they have available or pick one of your own, just depending on your interest.
WE READ STORIES WRS COA Referral Form. 5.9.2020
If you are interested in receiving a call for a short story from this fun new program,
please call 528-1881
Nourishing neighbors is a south county meal program, providing 500 meals from local restaurants weekly!
WHO: Meals are available for all community members in the southern Berkshires needing extra support at this time, especially our senior population, those who have lost their jobs, and those otherwise financially struggling.
WHEN: Wednesdays, 1 pm-3 pm (For any updates or changes, follow Berkshire South’s Facebook page) – Please, no early birds!
WHERE: Berkshire So Regional Community Center, drive thru*. 15 Crissey Road, Gt. Barrington. **If you’re not able to drive, please contact meals@berkshiresouth.org and we’ll deliver to you! The deadline to request delivery every week is Tuesday at 10am so that we are able to plan ahead. If you do not have e-mail access, please call the senior center at 528-1881 and we will schedule delivery for you.
DETAILS: This is a contactless system, please stay in your car. We’ll be happy to take your order to you curbside. Questions: please email meals@berkshiresouth.org
HOW: We are so grateful for Berkshire United Way, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and the COVID 19 Emergency Response Fund. We’re also thankful for Berkshire Bounty for delivery assistance, Price Chopper and M Designs for their donations of bags & masks, respectively (Community donations will be welcomed shortly).
Elder Abuse Hotline:
Please check on your senior neighbors. If you have a concern about their safety, you can call the Elder Abuse Hotline at 800-922-2275.
COVID-19 has an impact on families caring for people who are living with Dementia! The Alzheimer’s Association is still fully operational and continuing to help families each day. Their 24/7 HELPLINE is available at 800-272-3900 to anyone who needs to talk about the challenges of demetia during this time. They can help with feelings of isolation and link you to important resources that can help through this uncertain time.
In addition, they are now offering all their educational programs and support groups virtually on line. You can learn more at:
https://www.alzmassnh.org/virtual-programs
has established a toll-free hotline to answer questions about Covid-19.
The hotline is open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm seven days a week —
Call 855-BMC-LINK or 855-262-5465.
Join us on
Thursday
March 19th
At 1 PM
John Wheeler
The Mycolodge
Will be here to talk with us all about
Mushrooms.
I am pleased to announce that the Claire Teague Senior Center is now a RSVP Station. Retired Senior Volunteer Program ( RSVP) has many volunteer opportunities available. Volunteer Coordinator, Diane Monterosso will be on site in the lobby of the senior center on Wednesday, March 11th at 10:30.
I am especially excited about the possibility of having a broader base of volunteer drivers to meet the transportation needs of our seniors. There are many different opportunities available and Diane will discuss all of them and the benefits. For direct questions about RSVP; please call RSVP at (413) 499-9345.
RSVP is a national organization funded in part by the Corporation for National & Community Service (Senior Corps) and is sponsored locally by the City of Pittsfield.
RSVP has chapters in every county of our country, with over a half million volunteers. If you’d like to learn more about RSVP…. https://www.cityofpittsfield.org/city_hall/rsvp/index.php
The calendar has rolled over to 20202 and the new year has created an opportunity for individuals to be taken advantage of and it all relates to the manner in how you write the year on documents.
Many people will write on a check or other legal documents the date Jan. 4, 2020 in the format as 1/4/20. This provides a scammer with an opportunity as they can now add digits to the end of the year. In this example, the year can be changed to 1/4/2021 or 1/4/2019 (or any other year) just by adding two numbers to the end of the year.
What is the risk? Suppose you wrote a check to someone with the 1/4/20 date and they lose it. You issue another check and they cash it. A year later, the lost check has become stale dated but that person finds the check, They can change the date to 1/4/2021 (by adding the “21” to the end of the date) and now it is no longer stale dated and can be cashed.
Another example would be that you sign a loan agreement with an individual or business. The person or business agrees to loan you the money and you sign the loan document and date it 1/4/20. After a month or so, the loaner alters the date to 1/4/2019 by adding the ‘19’ to the end of the date and now they can argue that you owe one year’s worth of payments.
The way to protect yourself is easy-write the entire year on any legal document that you sign.
Aspiring jugglers of all ages can learn the art of juggling on four Fridays in March, beginning March 6. These free classes run from 12:30-1:30 p.m. with instructor Paul Scholder.
Juggling is both fun and healthy: researchers at Oxford conducted research that showed that, by engaging in a complex task like juggling, brain function and coordination are improved.
To learn more about the Teague Center’s activities and fitness programs, visit greatbarringtonseniors.org
To sign up call (413) 528-1881.
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