The Marlborough Senior Center loans Durable Medical Equipment to seniors in need. Equipment can include wheelchairs, walkers, shower chairs, commodes, transfer benches, canes, etc.
To ask about making a donation of DME, call the Senior Center at 508-485-6492.
BayPath Elder Services is the recipient of a grant that will allow them to provide free counseling to caregivers and their families in order to support elders with the goal of increasing their community tenure. Counselors can help families/caregivers work on issues including how to take care of the caregiver's own needs, looking at family dynamics around the care plan or delegating care, working through grief and loss, or setting new boundaries with the care recipient, just as a few examples.
If you'd like more information or want to sign up, please call Heather at 508-573-7250.
Bill Payer Program - BayPath Elder Services is seeking volunteers for their Money Management Program. Volunteers will be matched with elders to provide support with monthly bill paying activities (balancing checkbooks, organizing and paying bills, and writing checks for the client's signature). This program, sponsored by AARP, Mass Home Care and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, is designed to help seniors stay in the community, and provides free liability insurance to each volunteer. For more information, please call Deb Luekens at 508-573-7241.
Drivers for FISH (Friends in Service Helping) - Can you help drive Marlborough residents to medical appointments? Call 508-485-6792 ext. 11.
Conversational English class - The Marlborough Senior Center is seeking a volunteer to teach Beginning Conversational English. Call Susan Maki at 508-485-6492.
Friendly Visitor - Home-bound, isolated seniors are in need of companionship. If you would like to visit an elder 1-2 hours per week, call Susan Maki at 508-485-6492.
A question about the Community Preservation Act will appear on Marlborough's Nov 2nd ballot. Here is a synopsis from the city's website: http://www.marlborough-ma.gov/gen/MarlboroughMA_Announcemt/015E9292-000F8513
September is the perfect time to join the Marlborough Junior Woman's Club. Some of the projects we will be working on this year include:
Princess Boutique - collecting used formal dresses and distributing them during prom season (with shoes and accessories) to local girls who would not be able to afford to buy them.
Trivia Night - our yearly fundraiser. A good time with food, laughs, raffles, and teams competing in a test of knowledge
Daffodil Days - selling daffodils to raise money for cancer research
Adopt-a-space - watering and weeding our flower plot on Main Street
Adopted family - creating gift baskets for a local family with children with special needs
9/11 baskets - creating baskets of goodies to distribute to local police and fire stations to say thank you
Volunteering at Second Saturday, Furnishing Options, and much more!
We are hoping to increase our membership. Help us help Marlborough. Join us at our season kick-off meeting on Tuesday September 7th at 7:30 pm at the Applebriar Clubhouse. Email Jodi at join@marlboroughjuniors.org to RSVP or for more info.
People with disabilities who want to make the most of what is left of the summer should check out the MA Dept of Conservation and Recreation's Universal Access Program.
For example, on August 31, the UAP is offering accessible canoeing at Hampton Ponds State Park, 1048 North Road, in Westfield. That program, from 9:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., is being co-sponsored with All-Out Adventures. It costs $5 a person, and preregistration is required: 413-527-8980.
Then, on Sept. 2 (squeeze this one in before Labor Day), UAP is offering accessible kayaking at Regatta Point in Quinsigamond State Park, 10 North Lake Avenue in Worcester. The program, which also is cosponsored with All-Out Adventures, is $5 per person and will run 9:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Please call ahead to pre-register: 413-527-8980. UAP provides all the equipment needed to enjoy each activity safely and comfortably.
For more info on the program and upcoming events, visit: www.mass.gov/dcr/universal_access
If you are interested in making children's mental health care better, you might be interested in attending Marlborough Children's Mental Health Focus Group on Thursday September 23 from 5:30-7 pm at the the Assabet Valley Collaborative at 57 Orchard Street in Marlborough. Dinner will be served.
Come and share your story, talk about policy changes and learn about the Children's Mental Health Campaign. For more info or to RSVP, contact Matt Noyes at mnoyes@hcfama.org. www.ChildrensMentalHealthCampaign.org
9/11 has been officially designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance. In 2002, President George W. Bush declared September 11 "Patriot Day" to honor both the victims and heroes of the September 11 attacks and later put forth volunteering as an appropriate remembrance activity. President Obama amended the Patriot Day proclamation to officially and permanently make 9/11 a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
The 9/11 National Day of Service initiative is organized annually by MyGoodDeed Inc., in close partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, HandsOn Network, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum (“9/11 Memorial”). Learn more: http://911dayofservice.org/
