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Town of Lexington Lexington Community Center Program Advisory Committee Nancy Shepard, Chairman Nancy Adler Alessandro Alessandrini Daniel Palant Lisah Rhodes Archana Singhal John Zhu Tel: (781) 698-4870 Fax: (781) 862-2747 Lexington Community Center Program Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting January 12, 2017 A meeting of the Community Center Program Advisory Committee was held on Thursday, January 12th at 7:00 p.m. at the Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Road, Lexington. Meeting Attendees: Members - Nancy Adler, Dan Palant, Nancy Shepard (Chair), Lisah Rhodes, Archana Singhal, John Zhu. Ex -Officio Member Attendees: Sheila Butts (Community Center Director), Karen Simmons (Director of Recreation & Community Programs) Unable to attend: Alessandro Alessandrini, Charlotte Rodgers (Director of Human Services) The meeting was called to order at 7: l Opm. 1. Minutes of December 15, 2016 The minutes from the December meeting were reviewed and unanimously accepted. 2. Liaison Reports and Discussion of Programming • Dan Palant suggested we consider expanding the CPR training that is currently offered. He mentioned that Seattle has a community program that has resulted in training half the residents in CPR. We discussed possible funding for expanded training. It was suggested that it would be helpful to have a staff person that was certified to offer the training. The Community Endowment of Lexington (CEL) or the Dana Home Foundation (DHF) might be a possible source of funding. • Sandro was unable to attend, but sent along some suggestions. He reports that there is a lot of support for the Parent Academy. It will be held for the 3rd year in March. For the second time, it will be at the Community Center (CC). He also suggested that World Languages could be taught by community members, possibly as an afterschool or intergenerational program. Sheila Butts reported that a Clarke teacher is volunteering to teach basic Mandarin to CC staff. Lisah Rhodes showed the committee the Town website had a drop down menu that enables the website to be accessed in many languages. Sheila Butts reported that there is a senior Indian group that meets at the CC. The LexEats program has a Mandarin translator.