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Home My WebLink About1976-08-10-COA-min.pdf Lexington Council on Aging Meeting, August 10, 1976 Visitors center, 5econa-floor Meeting Room MINUTES Present CoA S.Goodwin, A.Paranya, M.Ritter, J.Rooney, J Stumpp, D Williams Staff J.Melcher Observer B Weiss (LWV) 1 The meeting was called to order at 7 55 P.M by Ch Jane Stumpp. Minutes for the meeting of July 28, 1976 were approved as distri- buted. 2, The Treasurer reported no new expenditures since the last meeting. A bill for Discount Program decals from Maran Printing for $45, an expenditure authorized at the last meeting, was submitted. It was moved, seconded, and voted to pay a $25 fee to the Counseling Col- laborative for the Workshop on Aging being attended by Coa member A.Paranya. 3. Mrs. Williams reported that Senior Citizen ID cards (3,000) should be ready in a week. The copy for the third Newsletter is at Minute- Man Vocational for printing. Extra copies of the Questionnaire have been requested Typing of the master set of address labels is being completed Decals for the Discount Program are finished The Sub-committee on Transportation (6 CoA members attending) met on Friday, August 6, 1976. 4 Co-ordinator' s Report a. Contacted Minute-Man Home Care and Peg Cole of Malden Home Care about availability of sliding fee services, without much success. (Rev. Goodwin was able to state that Minute-Man Home Care will have some very limited Title III funds to use for this purpose ) M-M Home Care telephone numbers are 648 - 2410 and 2411 . b. MBTA Pas Day has been arranged for Sept. 28th, 9 30 to 2 30 at Cary Hall Needed to help are 2 volunteers for each 1* hour shift , plus a typist, plus a heavy table and chairs c.Unable to reach Town Counsel regarding release forms for bus trip participants , but will try again on August 11th. d Diana Grammont called with a new idea Share a Crop. People in town who raise vegetables and have too many will be asked via the newspaper to give their vegetables to senior citizens at the Vil- lages. Distribution will be at Vynebrooke on Mondays and Greeley on Fridays Mrs. Grammont will set it up and make sure it is run all right. She has contacted Joe Rooney, who in turn has contacted Mrs. Reilly and Mrs. Lynch at the Villages Mrs Grammont has put a letter in the Minute-Man telling about the program and asking for vegetables, She has also talked to Anne Scigliano about taking pictures for publicity e. Planned Job Bank Elderly helping Elderly Ther are so many re- quests for companions for the elderly that seems as if there must be people "out there" who would like to pick up some easy money a couple days a week. The jobs usually mean just sitting or walking with an elderly person, sometimes making lunch or taking him/her for a ride or shopping. I have put a price on this of $3.00 per hour, plus 12¢ a mile. People seem interested. The CoA suppoted the Job Bank isea. f. Another prospective client for Tel-a Care has contacted the office g. The Transpot'taion meeting took place at the office on Friday, Aug.6, At Dot Williams ' request, I checked Wellesley' s budget for transpor- tation. They have 4,100 elderly people vs our 4,200 Their budget was $7,200 for 1975 and $10,450 for 1976 They also carry one million dollars ' worth of insurance for this project. h Work has been started on the Discount Book listings. i. Chris Moore, Friendly Visitors ' Chairman, will hold- a meeting for her group at the CoA office on August 12th j Thank-you letters to merchants participating in the Discount Program are ready A decal to be displayed in the store window will be inclosed. k A call to Dr. Fitzgerald at M-M Vocational about the swimming program indicates that wheels are in motion and all seems OK. Final decisions regarding hours and other details must be made by Ted Rose , who is on vacation 5. No representative of C&W Transportation appeared at this meeting, though we had arranged the date with Mr. Eagles in June. C&W will be contacted immediately about attending the August 25th meeting Meanwhile, a trans- protation Sub-committee consisting of Mrs.Melcher, Mr. Rooney, and Mrs. Williams was appointed to work on data and details prior to August 25th, 6. It was voted that 100 copies of the thank-you letter to local merchants be Xeroxed at Ingalls ' , thus taking advantage of the low 3¢ per copy rate 7. Mrs Melcher will talk to the Lexington Minute-Man about the possibility of having a regular space in the paper for items of interest to senior citizens It was also suggested that a letter be written to Mrs. Scigliano commending Dorothy Moy's reporting of the CoA's meeting on June 22nd, and requesting that she cover the August 25th meeting. 8 Agenda for August 25th will again be centered around transportation plans. 9. The meeting adjourned at 9 25 P.M. 1 Respect9 submitted, Ann G.Paranya 0 Secretary