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Home My Public Portal AboutAugust 2020 Watertown Senior NewsWatertown Council on Aging Senior Center 31 Marshall Street Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 972-6490 Or E-mail: SeniorCenter@watertown-ma.gov Watertown Food Pantry 80 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 Tuesday 10:00 AM-2:00 PM COA/Senior Center Staff Anne -Marie Gagnon, MSW Director of Senior SerV%C2S Marina Kirsanova, LSW Program Coordinator Jenya Kruglyansky Case Worker Rae Grassia Principal Account Clerk Margie Wayne Program Services Assistant .e- low go & A .11, August 2020 I honestly cannot believe its August already, althougn the neat of late is a constant reminder of summer and I know we'll all miss it once the snowflakes start to fall! The entire team here at the Senior Center hopes you are well, keeping your distance of others in stores and in social settings, and remembering to wear your face coverings. Did you know you can see smiles behind those masks? It's amazing how much we have adapted to this new normal, but we know how much you all yearn for our times together at the Senior Center. We miss you too! Kathy Cunningham Although we continue to remain closed to visitors, we have started to offer appointments for Food Pantry Coordinator the purchase of new Senior Parking Permits. If you need a new permit, please call us at Jim Cunningham/Bob Horrigan (617) 972-6490 for the details. If you need to renew your existing permit, you can do that SeniorShutt/e Drivers easily over the phone. Call us for those details too. Sincere thanks to all of you who have found your way to Zoom and our new online programs. Council on Aging Board As you know, you don't need a fancy computer for the conversational programs; you can use your landline! Call us for a training on the details of accessing our programs. We are here to Patricia Gold, Chairperson help. Special thanks also to our instructors and discussion group leaders who make these Carol Airasian programs possible. We appreciate the time you dedicate to these efforts! Dorothy Jean Brown Esther Keaney Finally, we want to reward you for participating, so see details on page 2 about our new Mary Keenan Zoom contest for participants. Just like attendance at the Senior Center, we need you to be Tom Lewis registered in our My Senior Center system to join a class. It's free and helps to keep you Janet McCullough connected to all we have to offer. Araxie Poladian Arlene Smith Stay cool, stay well, keep positive! And please call us ... we'd love to say hello! The Board meets the 2nd 64.e -IlWa vi.P. ovor,, Wednesday of the month at 4:00 PM at the Senior Center. PAGE 2 . WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS • 617 972 6490 • A u g u s t Programs in the ?"imes of Social Distancing *:a,), Current Month -� The Senior Center remains closed until Activities & Services — further notice, and we will continue to GAMES: Alk offer Zoom classes and webinars in A August and, most likely, in September. • No Activities • _ If you are new to Zoom technology: gY• EXERCISES: you can lain the Zoom program from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or any Smartphone that has DATA (Internet service) in the plan. • Zoom Tai Chi and Meditation ■ In case you don't have a 5martphone, you can still connect to the conference • Zoom Chair Yoga • via your landline phone. The host of the Zoom program (a Senior Center staff *Zoom Strength & Balance • person) will call your cell phone or your landline to connect you to the Zoom • Zoom Exercises • session with no video. • Zoom Pilates - • Zoom Line Dancing • WE CAN HELP! Our Zoom community grew during the last two months, but we are still working on bringing people aboard. We know that some seniors want to ARTS: participate in our activities, have access to the Internet and gadgets, but are • Zoom Art Classes with Dawn • still confused and frustrated about using email, Internet browsers, and downloading applications. HEALTH & WELLNESS: If you know people who are struggling, who feel lonely, but not making this • Zoom on Farmers' Market w final leap into the Zoom community, please encourage them to call us or to Stephanie • reach out to friends and family for technical support. We know about several • Zoom Flowers w Ernie • success stories that prove that one can always learn new things no matter how • Zoom Readers Advisory old he or she is. (see page 5). w Emily* Please see the description of the August programs on the next page and on GROUPS: the calendar on page 7. Call us at (617) 972-6490 to receive the Zoom • Zoom Coffee & Conversation . registration information if you want to join a program. Participation, for now, is • Zoom Book Club • free, but we are happy to receive donations. We hope that you find these programs beneficial while a safe distance apart, COUNSELING: and we look forward to the day when we can all be together, in person, again! • SHINE phone consultations • • MetroWest Legal phone con- Zoom Contest in September -October ' sultations • Have you been participating in the senior center zoom sessions? A MUSIC: Are you interested in participating but have never done it before? Now is the time` • Zoom Mellowtones Chorus • to try it out. All you need is a smart phone or computer or a land -line phone. SOCIAL: During the months of September and October 2020, every time you enter a Zoom session with your name, we will enter it into our system. At the end of the con - Zoom Public Safety Mornings test, we will put everyone's name who participated, in a hat and draw three lucky w Police and Fire Chiefs • winners of a gift card. • Zoom w Anne -Marie, the Sen- Call us at 617 972 6490 if you have any questions or need assistance with Zoom. for Center Director • Good luck! ' • Zoom w Marina on the Internet Technologies • Ae,WeCrm�r~" z C � A u g u s t • WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS a 617 972 6490 @ PAGE 3 ZOOM REMOTE PROGRAMS IN AUGUST --CALL FOR ACCESS • Almr to REGULAR WEEKLY CLASSES MONDAYS: Augusta, Augustl0, August 17, August 24, & August 31 Art Class with Dawn, 70 am to 72 pm Chair Yoga with Diane 5hufro, 72:30 pm to 7:30 pm TU ESDAYS: August 4, August 11, August 18, and August 25 9 Zoom Coffee with Chief Lawn, QWirQ Chief Quinn, & Captain Dupuis Tuesday, Augustll, atl0am �! Tai-Chi and /Meditation, 72:30 pm to 7:30 pm WEDNESDAYS: Augusts, Augustll, August 19, & August 26 Exercise with Joanna, W 77 am to 72 pm TH U RSDAYS: August 6, August 13, August 20, and August 27 Conversation with Tom, 70: 30 am to 72 pm V Zoom Coffee with Director imi Anne -/Marie Gagnon & Staff' Thursday, August 13 at 12.• 30 pm FRIDAYS: August7, August14, August 21, and August 28 Sing with /Mellowtones And Anne Silverman, 70:00 am to 77:30 am Seated Strength & Balance with Pearl, 72 pm to 7 pm GUEST SPEAKERS / WEBINARS Zoom Book Club Wednesday, August 12 at 9:30 am The Book Club members will be discussing and selecting the books to be read in the coming year. There are some possibilities that were presented during the past year, and each member is welcome to suggest a book that she thinks the group would enjoy reading. The member must have read the book themselves. Zoom /Meeting Stephanie Venizelos, Community Wellness Program /Manager _ About Watertown Farmers' /Market rwI �.tiewri Tuesday, August 18at 10 am Join Stephanie Venizelos, Community Wellness Program Manager, for a conversation about the Town's Farmers' Market, which runs on Wednesdays, from 2:30-6:30 pm in Saltonstall Park. Stephanie will give a brief history of the market in Watertown and its connection to community wellness, as well as share information about vendors, items available, and specialty programs. Zoom Webinar with Spellman /Museum of Stamps & Postal Nistory With Nistory's Director of Education, Henry Lukas Thursday, August 19 at 2 m Y, g p Join Henry Lukas, the Director of Education at the Spellman Museum, to learn more about the museum and its collections. During one hour webinar, Henry will tell us about the museum's programs and activities; resources to engage historians, the curious, and the researcher. If you have time before the webinar, enjoy watching a monthly community access show by Henry Lukas on the museum's official site: http://www.spellinaninuseum.org/education.htrnl Zoom Flowers with Ernie Tuesday, August 25 at 10 am +r•.•� , This time, participants will have to get registered over the phone with the Senior Center Staff. The number of participants will be limited to 15 residents of Watertown only. Ernie will deliver packages of materials for the class to the participants on the morning of the same day. Ernie will call the participants two days before the class to remind. Registration starts on Monday, August 3rd. The price is $10 per person and a check is to be written to the Town of Watertown and sent to the Senior Center. Readers Advisory Circle with Emily Devine, Reference Librarian Wednesday, August 26at10am Emily from the Watertown Free Public Library will continue providing help with finding your next favorite read by reviewing popular titles. We will talk about the resources the library has "always available" via their e-book collection, as well as some of the other books that are available in Watertown specifically. PAGE . WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS • 617 972 6490 A u g u s t NEW ZOOM PROGRAMS IN AUGUST/ SEPTEMBER Those two six -week pilot courses below will be repeated or extended based on our senior community feedback. Zoom Line Dancing with Lilia Weisfeldt and Bradley /Ylather, Ba//room i/7 gostoa Studio Staff, ` Tuesday, August 25, at 2 pm Join us for a beginner -friendly virtual line dance class! We dance to all kinds of music, Frinot just country, and all kinds of dance styles like swing, salsa, waltz, and more! The best part is you don't need a partner or any expe- rience! We'll offer modifiers so you can go at your own pace. All you need is a little bit of space to move, an email address, and a smartphone, tablet, or computer to join in the fun! Bradley started line dancing when he was just 9 years old and has never left the dance floor! Bradley started teaching line dance when he was 14 and continues to do so now, almost a decade later. In 2019 he won the United States Line Dance Choreography Championships. Zoom Pilates with Marina Zaslayskaia Thursday, August 20 & 27, at 9:00 am Pilates is known to be good for every body of every age. Seniors, in particular, can really . , benefit from a Pilates practice. Balance, strength, flexibility, focus, and your breath are all areas you may notice have changed with age. Pilates at its core works on improving all of those things. It is gentle enough to be right for you at any age, and every exercise can be modified on any given day to meet you where your body is that day. Allow Pilates to do its job for your body by meeting it wherever it is on any given day. 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It was not so simple. Sometimes the link worked and sometimes it did not. Then my granddaughter updated the Zoom app so now it works more easily. Whenever I have a prob- lem I call the COA and they help me very patiently. Now, despite the pandemic, I am busy and happy participating in many Senior Center activities and classes offered on Zoom. A few friends called me to ask how they too can participate in the online activities, but they are apprehensive when they find out they have to use Zoom. They say, "At our age we are not able to learn technology." I tell them, "If I did it you can do it too!" And learning technology at our age is definitely worth the effort. Gc�� Zoom, Zoom... and away _... It's a whole new world. I liad done a few Zoom meetings with out-of-town family members but othing as large and directed as Senior Center gatherings. Coffee with the Chiefs, Book Club, Thursday morning Conversation with Tom, Anne -Marie's Tuesday chat, and Readers' Advisory Circle with Emily have all been suc- ssful for me. For those trying Zoom for the first time, Marina, Program Co- orclinator at the Senior Center, has been very helpful and encouraging. Online programs can be daunting for individuals who do not have smart phones or computers, but the staff at the Senior Center has worked overtime tieing to help anyone who wishes to participate. Zoom started at the Senior Center out of necessity when the coronavirus lockdown went into effect. I hope it will continue for some very positive reasons. First, the virus itself will be with us for a while and until there is a vaccine, all of us who are older and/or compromised will have to be extremely cautious about mingling in groups. Having Zoom as the vehicle by which we can continue to be together online is fantastic. Second, consider weather. Once winter arrives, we have the ongoing concern about getting to the center for our favorite programs. Many of us don't like driving in bad weather. Even when we will be physically meeting again, it would be wonderful to have in -person programs offered on Zoom if the weather is bad. Third, we are faced with the possibility of being displaced during construction of the new high school and relocated in a new Senior Center. Depending on where the new high school is built, this could mean 3-4 years without a permanent "home." Zoom is a perfect way to continue our presence and our activities during that time. While Zooming is not the same as gathering in person, there are some definite advantages. I don't have to arrive early to try to find a parking spot that may or may not materialize, I don't have to look quite as presentable as I do in person, and I don't have to worry about the weather. -%tom PAGE 6 • WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS - - Virtual Free Museum Tours Peabody Essex Museum https://www.pem.org/virtua1-tours Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum https://artsandcuIture.google.com/partner/isabelIa-stewart-gardner -museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston https://artsandcuIture.google.com/partner/museum-of-fine-arts- boston?hl=en. Detroit Institute of Arts https://artsandcuIture.google.com/partner/detroit-institute- of-arts?hl=en. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/georgia-o-keeffe- museum?hl=en. Getty Museum https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-I-paul-getty- museum?hl=en. High Museum of Art, Atlanta https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/civil-rights- photography/9wISPkiyouv-Lw?hI=en. Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/met-360- rp oiect. NASA https://spacecenter.org/app/. National Museum of the US Air Force https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ . National Women's History Museum https://www.womenshistory,org/womens-history/online-exhibits. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art- washington-do?hl=en British Museum, London https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/ The Louvre https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs. • 617 972 6490 A u g u s t AUGUST PUZZLE TIOPLOVERYYJQOLUWPEC E R N T I P A D U T S LiHVDL0FX TOAFCLFKGHZYIEPASZEQ T R L N C U A A D Y G A N B Z D O M R B X 6 X I Q S S T T I D M H R A M H C 0 F B L J N J H E E T P E A C E A U I I H 8 0 F Q 0€ I U N S U X WU S N R O 5 V B N W V D L T 1 W Z NIC N O Y E X 8 H I T J A E A 8 L Q U Y N F K P M N H EO FMACTWN B B R0CMSU ZY IC N T C F J O Y E O C Z I C L 0 H D N X T B A H G A F U B R R I T Z E N V E Y J J O J Q Z V S G P P T R N X T N N I U 1 0 E L SU PSYC L0QGRHTUDZY W E S W t M Y W M O H W B U O U E O N D A] C R Y A B X 0 IJ T B N F R H M R P M LGNFVICYDTOWNHALLIXV K Q Q Q X Q Y Z R Z M Y 13 1 E J Y R D M J 8Q0 KC LU8 MUTQP F'tifVY E X V LY Z H P A R K I NGF,FzRM I TS PARKINGPERMITS SENIORCENTER EXERCISE LIBRARY PEACE HOT LINEDANCIN TOWNHALL HUMID LOVE WALK TRANQUIL PILATE 5 SWIM SUNNY WATERT WN BOO KC LU B COVI D zoom JOY Upcoming Election Dates September 1, and November 3, 2020 Voting options include: • By Absentee Ballot • Early Voting In -Person at Town Hall • On Election Day In -Person at the Polls Contact the Town Clerk's office at (617) 972-6486 for information. mn Q c v V i a=i V i O v Ln 3 t 4Q td U c OQ i q c ga - y {0 � c� m Cd r [y d a+ q�y '4 C ca C un C Gyy G C I 1h qj ill 'A V0 00 Q _ L wI �' 11J E 1Y1 IA 4 E u1 E W5 8c N t+l PJ hl I� {� pp pp pp j:�j N v LAro w LK 10 w z 0 3c C Jw C PA i V w } g LA L, w¢� W LZ 4 r .y r ua 66 Ec E E ro.9 TI q" r, '. TM O .4 1 O sal M N M Ora a ro ++ r p 0 EcE EcE EcEa 9 cEv cEw rs ._ � IOM o o ni � r.1 o f .-f � ri � w o 1-1 ri ri PAGE 8 • WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS • 617 972 6490 • A u g u s t Dear Watertown Seniors, I care about you and hope you are doing okay! Even though the building is closed to visitors, I am available by telephone and E-mail to assist you with applications for housing, fuel assistance, food stamps (SNAP), MassHealth, or other issues pertaining to your health and well-being. I can help you to identify a problem and then outline with you the steps we need to take to resolve it. We might need to schedule another phone call and I may need to get necessary documents from you, but we will work it out together. During the last two months, I helped seniors with a wide -range of issues that included facing eviction, negotiating rent, and getting food or prescriptions. �ry�rrr:.� 4,rrr�,:�r,rar-sr d�`J I also am happy to speak with you to just say hello. I know how lonely it has been for many of our seniors. I hope I can help by adding some happiness to your day! Please put our number in a visible spot and know that I am available for you. (617) 972-6490. —Jenya, Case Worker Jenyas Gems -• -�f "Today, try to get out and take a short walk ... enjoy the warm sun on your face and give thanks." IIFPL WILL REOPEN t .,qQ> :�PhR1�liG:ZRlaycT EXPIRES ON o ICI D 7/27 �[L�7C�L[17 , Yoe can't wvalt to see you again, but please remember that usirig the 01115WL YROXVEHCLEFAICELPON r `� Library wilt be very dkfR rent_ Here's what to expect: DRINEM351EEIA�nLROFORVER€ICATM :I�� I lol t Pete V T OWN OF � M day-Fnck y- 9 AM-10 AM pks, WATERTOWN for efderl and hol-rug iadmduai's . Monday -Fret .10.AW7 PM . Friday' 10A W5 PM SENIOR PARKING PERMIT . Saturddy9AM-12 PM O , g. r r Senior Parking Permits • Wear amaAproperlyatall times t Rernainat flew 6 feet away fr4mpthet Renew by Phone! ' Waiiin line wO*dWFPL,h6opecity . Fallow traffic flow 5#Qge inside . 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Who can Sign a stealth Cane Proxy? Z �4 * Cvery competent adult has the choice to sign a Moait!'t Care Proxy. An adutl must tire: * 18 years old and oAer; add to understand has or hw nwdical condrtbon and the risks and bars fits of c possible treatments, and that heMhe rs giving another pwwn the authority to make health: rare *-{ decisions on their behalf; and urKler no constraint or umlua influence 3. How does a Health ,dare Proxy work? 3 * As a cornpetent adult. you make your own health care docWions and dreg, your scare o • It ytor,t have a serut,.rS illness or injury, and your attending phystctan deterrrttnes in +earring that you lack Q P the atillty to rnake or wr kale health care decisions, your Health Gene Argent steps to as your Qmhmcate h lihe authority+ to malice heaAh care decision's and get g you the care you w'aerl � 9 * If you rogetin your abiNy to rnake deOsivns, your Agent sterps track and no kwtW has awthority 0 +4. Who can be my Health CareAgent? ' . 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SERVICES RESOURCES UIFITERTOWAI FOOD PANTRY SPRIAI&WE1,1- cc Aging Services Access Point Ulatertown Senior Center For Watertown Residents Area Agency Aging Jenya Kruglyansky, Case Worker Belmont -Watertown UMC (Rear) (617) 926-4100 (617) 972-6490 80 Mount Auburn Street Help for residents 60+ and their families Watertown, MA 02472 Springwell offers a Community Lunch with fuel, housing, food, counseling and (617) 972-6490 Program Monday —Friday for any other emergency resources. She speaks Hours of Operation Watertown resident age 60 and older. English and Russian. Tuesday 10:00— 2:00 PM Suggested $2.00 donation. Call the Bring Bring proof of Watertown Residency dining manager at (617) 923-2769 for Wayside Kathy Cunningham, Coordinator Menu Information and to Re g lenna Willis, Watertown Social Services Email: kcunningham@watertown-ma.gov Resource Specialist (617) 744-9585 UlflTERTOUIN NOUSING Help for residents under 60 and families WRI-FRTOUIN VETERflNS AUTNORITY with fuel, housing, food, counseling and SERVICES (617) 923-3950 other emergency resources. Assistance to veterans and families with SENIOR PARKING PERMITS Federal and State benefits and services. FRIENDS OF THE For Watertown residents 65+, parking Veterans Services Officer (VSO) W q'rFRTOU/N COA permits available for meters in municipal Mr. Patrick George Meet the 2nd Thursday of the Month lots. Call the Senior Center for info. (617) 972-6416 at 2:00 PM at the Senior Center Thank you to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Watertown Community NIETROUIEST LEGAL SERVICES W g7_FR'r0W1V SENIOR CENTER Foundation, Marshall Home Fund and the (508) 620-1830 Anne -Marie Gagnon, Director Friends of the COA for their support of the Email: agagnon@watertown-ma.gov Watertown Council on Aging/Senior Center. (617) 972-6490 WATERTOWN COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR CENTER 31 MARSHALL STREET WATERTOWN, MA 02472 (617) 972-6490 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED �� 2020 Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WatertownMACouncilOnAging