Kingston Council On Aging 30 Evergreen Street Kingston, Ma 02364

781-585-0511 or 0512

The Anchor April 2018 Issue

Business Hours

Monday & Thursday: 8:30-8:00pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

8:30-4:30pm Other times available by special arrangement for outreach and

other groups

Lunch & Learn:

April 3rd: Learn information about how to safely take a ride on GATRA, and address any daunting concerns you may

have. Learn how to apply for a senior identification card to receive half fare pricing on all public buses in Massachusetts

including the MBTA Charlie card. Learn about a new website tool called “Ride Match”. Following the presentation there

will be time for questions, taking a closer look at the GATRA bus schedules and addressing your individual needs. Lunch

Meal is American chop suey, salad, bread & butter and a mint brownie. All for $.3.00 home cooked by Joyce and her vol-

unteers.

May 1st: Spend some time with Senior Whole Health - Find out what their health plan is all about. Enjoy pie and a craft as

they explain it to you during this social hour. Lunch is open faced turkey sandwich with stuffing, gravy, sweet potato casse-

role and cranberry sauce, for just $3.00. Call 781-585-0511 or sign up in the book for your reservation.

Upcoming Programs:

Computers for Beginner's: Starting Monday, April 30th at 10:00am and continuing until Monday, May 21st, join us for a

computer learning class on THE BASICS. Learn how to use the basics from monitors, key pads to a mouse and webcam.

Move on to documents, Facebook, and using Google to get directions and send an email. Finish with an introduction to

Microsoft Excel and adding and deleting a network and a printer. Class to be given by our very own volunteer and IT spe-

cialist Deshal Shah. Call 781-585-0511 to sign up.

Author Series: 7-9pm, light refreshments served. Free to the public.

April 5th, Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge talk to us about their recent book, The Ice Bucket Challenge with the uplifting

story of Pete Frates, Boston College baseball star who was crippled by ALS. Frates turned tragedy into inspiration and

helped raise millions for ALS research. Sherman is an award-winning journalist, winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award

and Wedge is an investigative reporter for “Vice” and the Boston Herald.

April 12th, Nancy Koehn, author of Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times will

talk about how leaders are not born, but made, and the power to lead resides in all of us. Koehn will spotlight masters of

crisis such as: polar explorer, Ernest Shackleton, President Lincoln, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and Nazi-resisting

clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

April 26th, John Palfrey, author of Biblio Tech: Why Libraries Matter More than Ever in the Age of Google, points out

that libraries are not obsolete and that modern libraries are more important than ever. Palfrey points out that community

KCOA PROGRAMS, NEWS AND EVENTS

Quilting with Louise: We will be testing our

artistic skills by working on a landscape

quilt—any size, any design. Bring in a photo

or work on the simple design provided. It is

amazing what choices of fabrics can do along

with our imaginations!

Metal Detector’s Club of Kingston!

We had fun at our first meeting in

March.

Join us for our next meeting:

Monday, April 9th at 6:30pm

Learn how to use your detector or what to purchase.

Hear about what other people have found and join us

on the next scheduled hunt!

Date, Time and Place in April: TBD

Tuesday, April 3rd, 1-2:30/From Classical Music to the Hit Parade with Larry King. Remember those

Warner Bros. Cartoons, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. The music came from classical music artist Wagner, and

some cartoons featured the Funeral March for the Marionettes. Frank Sinatra’s Full Moon came from Rachmani-

noff and the Lone Ranger theme was the William Tell Overture. The event is free and part of our Lifelong Learn-

ing efforts. Still curious? Join us to learn more how classical music made it to the Hit Parade. Sign up at the

KCOA or call 781-585-0511.

Trips with Joyce: Boston Duck Boats & Maggiano’s Lunch just $95.00 per person, Tuesday June 19th.

Quack, Quack, Mangia, Mangia! Tour Boston on a WW11 amphibious style vehicle that travels on land and sea.

See many of the famous Boston sites and then take a dip in the Charles. After the tour we head off to one of

Boston’s famous restaurants, Maggiano’s. Following lunch we stop at the Prudential center for a little free time

then home! What a perfect day! Reservations and payment due by May 31.

Crafting with Lucy!

Join Lucy on April 18th at

12:30. We are creating special

clay pots to welcome Spring!

Please sign up at the front desk

Does “an apple a day really keep the doctor

away?”

Find out before lunch on Monday, April 26th

at 11:15am when Kathy Jordan MS,RDN,CPT

from the Big Y comes here and tells us the best

way to boost our immune system by consum-

ing certain foods.

Learn nutritionist approved tips for achieving

and maintaining great optimal health that

keeps you feeling energized!

Call to reserve your spot or sign up at the front

reception desk.

Experience Dementia Live ® with

Right at Home

Dementia Live ® Is a high impact, dementia simulation experi-

ence that immerses participants into living life with dementia,

resulting in a deeper understanding of what it is like to live with

cognitive impairment and sensory change. Join us at the Senior

Center for this on Thursday, April 26th from 1:00 pm to 2:30.

This session is limited to 20 people. Please call 781-585-0511 to

reserve your sport or sign up at the front reception desk.

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NEW! Free monthly, private appointments with

Elaine Buonvicino, Independent Insurance Agent to

review your existing life insurance policy or long term

care policy or any insurance questions.

Thursday April 19th 10-12/call for appointment

PHONE SCAM ALERT!!!

The IRS does NOT call your house!!

Elders at Risk If you are concerned about a family member, friend, or neighbor, please do not hesitate to call and speak to our

Director Paula. Calls are confidential.

General Questions If you have questions about other services we offer such as, Fuel assistance applications, housing applications,

SNAP , assisted living or skilled nursing facilities or home health options. Please call the outreach staff for

confidential help filling out an application at 781-585-0511.

Director's Corner

Well March certainly came in like a lion!! It was a stressful and challenging month for us all and I am happy to

report that we all made it through! We became a warming center during those trying days when many did not

have power. The Town pulled together as a community and we were able to provide a place for people to gather,

have some hot food and enjoy pleasant company.

That being said….this center is a pleasant place to be! Every day the staff, Friend’s Group and Advisory Board

are working to come up with new and exiting programs and services to offer. Don’t forget, your opinion counts

too! Please join us for our monthly COA Board meetings at the Town House the 2nd Tuesday of every month at

11:30am in room 200. We welcome the support and interaction. If you need a ride, our vans can provide curb

side service to and from, just give us a call.

Do you know you can drop off or pick up medical equipment in Pembroke at the Commission of Disability. Their

address and number is located on page 6.

A new Metal Detecting Group meets here on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. Use your metal detector

and join us for exciting planned hunting excursions.

Join me at the Kingston Mall on Friday April 20th from 10:00am-3:00pm where I will be hosting a booth at the

Community Behavioral Health Fair. Local community agencies and non-profit providers will be there to answer

questions and show you what resources are available to you.

I would like to thank all who have supported me through my first few months of adjustment as your new Director.

I have enjoyed getting to know more of you as time moves on. Anything I can help you with, please do not

hesitate to ask. If I do not know the answer, I promise I will get it for you!

Have a wonderful day! Paula

Musical Movement Yoga Class

A movement experience incorporating stretching, yoga, and creative dance-like movement to your

favorite Rock bands of the 60's and 70's. Class is for all ages and body types. Classes will include

Rock from the 60's and 70's including Pink Floyd, Queen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple,

Judas Priest, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, The Doors and more... No

previous experience required; just a desire to explore music and movement.

Every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 pm. The cost is $5.00 sign up at the front desk or call 781-585-0511

Don’t forget to bring your Mat!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2

8:30 Pinochle

10:30 Circuit

Training

12:00 Shake your

Soul

12:30 Canasta

4:00 Zumba

5:00 TOPS

3 8:45 Yoga

9:00 Quilting

10:00 Zumba

11:00 Chair Zumba

11:30 Lunch & Learn

12:30 Cribbage

1:00 Food Shopping

1:00 Music Hit Parade

4

8:30 Pinochle

8:45-12:00 Oil

Painting Workshop

10:00 30/30 Exercise

Class

11:00 Ballet/Jazz

1:00 Whist

5 11:30 BP

10:30 Tai Chi

12:00 Thursday Lunch

12:45 Movie

1:00 Bingo

5:30 Quilters 5:30 Musical Movement

Yoga

7:00 Author Event

6

9:00 Zumba

10:00 Tap Dance

10:00 Needlers

11:00 Tai-Chi

11:30 Computer Help

12:00 LCR/Dice

12:30 Bridge

9

8:30 Pinochle

10:00 Cooper the Dog

10:30 Circuit Training

12:00 Shake your Soul

12:30 Canasta

4:00 Zumba

5:00 TOPS

5:00 Tai Chi

6:30 Metal Detecting

10 8:45 Yoga

9:00 Quilting

10:00 Zumba

11:00 Chair Zumba

11:30 COA Board

12:30 Cribbage

1:00 Food Shopping

11

8:30 Pinochle

8:45-12:00 Oil

Painting Workshop

10:00 30/30 Exercise

Class

11:00 Ballet/Jazz

1:00 Whist

12 10:00 BP/Glucose

10:30 Tai Chi

12:00 Thursday Lunch

12:30 Hearing

12:45 Movie

1:00 Bingo

1:00 Friends

5:30 Quilters

5:30 Musical Movement

Yoga

13

9:00 Zumba

10:00 Tap Dance

10:00 Needlers

11:00 Tai-Chi

11:00 Mind Joggers

11:30 Computer Help

12:00 LCR/Dice

12:30 Bridge

CLOSED 16

17 8:45 Yoga

9:00 Quilting

10:00 Zumba

10:00 Book Club

11:00 Chair Zumba

12:30 Cribbage

1:00 -2:30 Food Shop-

ping

18 8:30 Pedicare

8:30 Pinochle

8:45-12:00 Oil

Painting Workshop

10:00 30/30 Exercise

Class

11:00 Ballet/Jazz

12:30 Crafting

1:00 Whist

7:00 Drum Circle

19 10:30 Tai Chi

10:00 Diabetic Shoes

10:00 Insurance ????

12:00 Thursday Lunch

12:45 Movie

1:00 Bingo

5:30 Quilters

5:30 Musical

Movement Yoga

20

9:00 Zumba

10:00 Tap Dance

10:00 Needlers

11:00 Tai-Chi

11:30 Computer Help

12:00 LCR/Dice

12:30 Bridge

23

8:30 Pinochle

10:30 Circuit Training

12:00 Shake your Soul

12:30 Canasta

4:00 Zumba

5:00 TOPS

5:00 Tai Chi

24 8:45 Yoga

9:00 Quilting

10:00 Book Club

10:00 Zumba

11:00 Chair Zumba

12:30 Cribbage

1:00 Food Shopping

25

8:30 Pinochle

8:45-12:00 Oil

Painting Workshop

10:00 30/30 Exercise

11:00 Ballet/Jazz

1:00 Whist

26 10:30 Tai Chi

10:00 BP

11:30 Boost Immunity

12:00 Thursday Lunch

12:30 Hearing

12:45 Movie

1:00 Bingo

5:30 Quilters

5:30 Musical Movement

Yoga

27

9:00 Zumba

10:00 Tap Dance

10:00 Needlers

11:00 Tai-Chi

11:00 Mind Joggers

11:30 Computer Help

12:00 LCR/Dice

12:30 Bridge

30 8:30 Pinochle

10:00 Computer Class

10:30 Circuit Training

12:00 Shake your Soul

12:30 Canasta

4:00 Zumba

5:00 TOPS

5:00 Tai Chi

April

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Please see full menu

at COA for nutrition-

al information

For all meals please make a reservation the week prior.

781-585-0511

2

Chicken

cacciatore, brown

rice with orzo and

peas, zucchini,

garlic roll,

chocolate

pudding

3

Lunch & Learn American chop

suey,

Salad, bread and

butter and a mint

brownie

4 Fish Sticks, Ital-ian roasted pota-toes, fiesta vege-

tables, tartar sauce, oatmeal

bread, fresh orange

5 COA LUNCH

Lasagna, bread & but-

ter, salad, chocolate

cream cupcake

6 Hawaiian roast pork, whipped sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts,

multigrain bread, fig bar

9

Turkey chili served over brown rice, jardinière

vegetables, garlic roll, fresh apple

10 Chicken

broccoli penne alfredo, Tuscany

vegetables, oatmeal bread, hot caramelized

pears

11 Scrambled eggs w/cheese, home fries, peppers &

onions, fruit loaf, orange juice,

fruited yogurt

12 COA LUNCH

Turkey noodle soup, muffin, melon slice, lemon pie

13 Tuna salad on a bed of lettuce,

pasta salad, spinach salad with mandarin oranges, mini Kaiser roll,

vanilla cupcake

16

Closed for

Patriots

Day

17

Chicken

meatballs w/

marinara sauce,

roasted red bliss

potatoes, green

beans, sub roll,

fresh pear

18

Chicken

Marsala, parslied

bowtie pasta, ro-

man vege-

tables, multi-

grain bread,

pumpkin cookie

19 COA LUNCH

Meatloaf,

gravy, mashed

potatoes,

zucchini,

pudding

20

Italian pot roast,

roasted sweet

potatoes, diced

beets, oatmeal

bread, raisins

23

Stuffed shells

with meat sauce,

Scandinavian

vegetables, par-

mesan cheese,

multigrain bread,

hot cinnamon

peaches

24

Greek chicken,

brown rice w/

orzo & red

pepper, broccoli,

oatmeal bread,

banana

25 Egg Salad w/

lettuce, sweet pota-

to salad with man-

go, tossed garden

salad w/Italian

dressing, mini Kai-

ser roll, fruited

crunch bar

26 COA LUNCH

Pork chop suey over rice, salad, bread &

butter pineapple fluff

dessert

27

Teriyaki glazed

salmon, fried rice

w/peas and

carrots, Asian

vegetables,

multigrain bread,

brownie

30

Swedish meat-

balls with gravy

over egg noodles,

fiesta vegetables,

wheat bread, va-

nilla pudding

Please sign up for

Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday

and Friday lunches

in the green binder

at the front desk

Thursday

Meals are home cooked in the COA kitchen

$3 resident $4 non resident

April 2018 Menu

CARDS AND GAMES

Mondays & Wednesdays : Pinochle 8:30 am

Mondays : Canasta 12:30 pm

Tuesdays: Cribbage 12:30 pm

Wednesdays : Whist 1:00 pm

Thursday: Bingo 1:00 pm

Friday: LCR 12:00 pm

Friday: Bridge 12:30pm

WORKSHOPS & CLUBS

Mondays: Tops 5:00-6:30 pm

Tuesdays: Quilting with Louise, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Third Tuesday : Book Club, 10:00 am

Wednesdays: Oil Painting with Violet, 8:45 am to 12:00 pm

Thursdays: South Shore Quilts for Kids, 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Fridays: Computer help with Bob Barry, 11:30 am by appointment

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Mind Joggers w/Marie Bouley: Every other Friday. Exercise your mind and have fun.

Blood Pressure Clinics: 1st Thursday 11:30-12:30, Overlook VNA 2nd Thursday 10:00-11:30, Glucose check and ask a nurse, Cape Cod VNA 4th Thursday 10:00-11:30, and ask a nurse, Cape Cod VNA

Hearing Screening: Second and Fourth Tues-day of each month , 12:30

Pedi-Care: 3rd Wednesday of each month The cost is $29. (by apt) make checks payable to Town of Kingston

Fitness Schedule

MONDAY:

Circuit Training with Chris Nute, 10:30 am. $5/class

Shake Your Soul ® with Emily 12:00 pm. FREE

Zumba with Deb Rafferty, 4:00 pm. $5/class

Tai-Chi with Reggie, 5:00 pm. $5/class

TUESDAY:

Yoga with Margie Canty, 8:45 am. $5/class

Zumba with Deb Rafferty, 10:00 am. $3/class

Chair Zumba with Deb Rafferty, 11:00 am. FREE

WEDNESDAY:

30/30 Class with Chris Nute, 10:00 am. $5/class

Ballet/Barre/Jazz with Jan Harold, 11:00 am. $5/class

THURSDAY:

Tai Chi with Peter, 10:30 am. $5/class

Musical Yoga with Kim, 5:30-6:30. $5.00 Class

FRIDAY:

Zumba with Deb Rafferty, 9:00 am. $3/class

Tap Dance with Jan Harold 10:00 am. $5/class

Tai Chi with Reggie 11:00 am. $5/class

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SCAN IN! Some people are forgetting to scan in when they enter the building. You must scan in for each and every pro-gram or event that you attend that day. If you have forgotten or misplaced your scan card, you can simply sign in with your first name and telephone number. We need to know who is in the building at all times.

Our attendance numbers are used for reporting purposes and for receiving grants. It is important that we COUNT YOU and that we can COUNT ON YOU to scan in. THANK YOU!

Transportation

Transportation is available to all Kingston Seniors, including those with

disabilities who are approved by GATRA. Transportation is used for

coming to the Center, grocery shopping, trips to the post office,

library, special events, and other programs. It is also used for local medi-

cal appointments between the hours of 9:30am and 2:30pm daily.

A 48 hour notice is required for all rides

Medical Equipment

If you are in need of or would like to donate medical

equipment please contact Tom at

Commission of Disabilities

781-293-9484

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STAFF

Director Paula Rossi –Clapp

Assistant Director/

Volunteer Coordinator Gretchen Emmetts

Secretary/Dispatcher

Dorothy Neal

Director of Marketing

Marilyn Greenstein

KCOA Chef Joyce Santos

OCES Meal Site

Manager Thomas Powers

Custodian

Michael Holmes

Van Drivers Richard Sheerin Thomas Walsh John Coombs Jan Rossetter

COA BOARD Sandra Driscoll

Maureen Elwood

Joseph Favaloro

Mary Hayes

Joan Hutchison

Wes Meiggs

Gail Wrightington

COA Advisory Board Meeting April 10th, 2018 at 11:30am at the Town House, Room 200.

The meeting will also be shown on PacTV, channel 14 Comcast and 41 Verizon

Could you benefit from FREE GROCERIES every month? The Commodity

Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is a once a month food distribution for

individuals 60 years of age or older. You may be eligible to receive free bags of food

once a month containing healthy shelf stable products. Stop by the center reception

desk to fill out an application and see if you qualify or call us for more information.

Simply bring your current Social Security Income Statement, your license or other

qualifying form of ID. Fill out the application and you could begin receiving food as

early as next month. Food will be delivered to the Kingston Senior Center every

month for you to pick up or fill out a proxy form to have someone else come and get

the food for you. It’s that simple.