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Lexington Community Center Program Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting November 17, 2016 A meeting of the Community Center Program Advisory Committee was held on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Road, Lexington. Meeting Attendees: Members - Nancy Adler, Dan Palant, Nancy Shepard (Chair), John Zhu, Lisah Rhodes Ex-Officio Member Attendees: Sheila Butts (Community Center Director), Charlotte Rodgers (Director of Human Services) Karen Simmons (Director of Recreation & Community Programs) Unable to attend: Alessandro Alessandrini, Archana Singhal Other Attendees Tom Romano (Youth and Family Services Program Coordinator) Lee Gardner Elkin (Co-Chair- Human Services Committee) The meeting was called to order at 7pm. 1. Citizens and Other Boards Lee Gardner Elkin - attended because she wanted to learn more about our Committee. 2. Minutes of October 20 The minutes from the September meeting were reviewed and unanimously accepted. 3.Member Representation Dan gave an update on his outreach to find someone to facilitate an Intergenerational Snow Sculpture Program for this winter. We discussed how to advertise the event since it will depend on snow availability. The Constant Contact list (has 5000 names) could be used as well the Facebook page, Lexington List, CAAL list (1000 people) and LexFUN and school lists. Karen and Tom will be attending a regional meeting and will ask for suggestions from colleagues. Koren at the library suggests that they try an outdoor story time this summer at the CC. books and places to sit and read. Nancy Shepard will check with the library about what happens to kids books after the C suggested that extra books could be donated to the Thompson School in Arlington. 4.Directors Report Sheila gave an update on some of the programs happening at the CC. The LABBB program has a monthly dance either on a Thursday or Friday evening. o The Best Buddies group from LHS also attends. A space is provided for parents. Students from the LABBB program also come weekly and use the gym facilities. There are yoga and boxing classes. The Senior Program brochure will be mailed shortly. There are 3500 newsletters sent. o The Winter Recreation brochure is now on-line and has also been mailed to every o st household. Registration begins December 1 for programs that will start in January.