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was also a guest speaker who provided college interview tips. The fall session has already begun. Some of the classes that are running include: Beginner and Advanced Chess,Kids Test Kitchen, Little Coders,Business Sharks,Lego Robotics, Littlest Musicians, Women's Boxing, Fencing, and Martial arts. Francesca from the Recreation Committee noted that there is still a punch list of construction items to be completed at the pool so crews will be there until November 1st Charlotte gave updates for Human Services. She mentioned that fall classes are in full swing: OWLL,discussion groups, and trips are full. Tony Serio is working with Kristie Demirev and Julie Fenn from the schools to start an after school group of the middle schoolers. The focus of the group will be social skills and not clinical. Human Services received a$26,000 grant from the Dana Home Foundation to purchase a mobile computer cart. The first classes with the computers begins next week.Oktoberfest has been cancelled due to low enrollment. A Mental Health&Wellness task force has been established. There is a working group of staff from Health and Human Services,Fire, Police, Schools, Recreation&Community Programs,and Town stakeholders. They will be looking at research,prevention,post-vention, and intervention. They want to broaden the scope of mental health and not just focus on suicide. There will be a QPR(Question,Persuade,Refer)training on September 24 from 7:00-8:30pm at the LCC in Room 237. Another training is planned for November 15 at 9:30-11:30am. These trainings are for 18+. There is a special module for QPR for address youth. Charlotte announced that senior management will get the training as well as middle managers,funded by the CRNA grant.Human Services is planning to apply for more funding the next three years. There are plans for a mental health referral service to go live on December 1st.It will be run by the William James Interface,a mental health referral service run by William James College. Human Services is looking for a way to market the referral service and one suggestion is creating a sticker to put on the back of cell phones. Charlotte concluded with promoting a vaping and e-cigarette seminar on October 17 at 7:00pm in Cary Hall. The next meeting of the Community Center Program Advisory Committee is scheduled to take place on Thursday,October 11,2018 at 7:00pm at the Lexington Community Center. The September 12, 2018 meeting ofthe Community CenterProgramAdvisory Committee adjournedat 8:52 pm. Respectfully submitted, Thomas Romano, Youth&Family Program Coordinator