Announcing the Launching of
The Shelburne Falls Conversation Café – Serving Up Food for Thought

Click on the poster at right for the full-sized image with details on the First Conversation Café event -- to be held on Saturday, April 19 from 10 am until noon at the Shelburne Senior Center,
7 Main Street, Shelburne Falls.

Click here for the press release about the
Conversation Café.

The Shelburne Senior Center is a multi-purpose agency serving the elders of West County, Massachusetts. It provides residents who are 55 years of age and older (60 years for some services)a place to socialize, meet new friends, take part in entertaining and enriching programs and access the essential services when needed that enable them to grow older with independence, grace, dignity and a sense of fulfillment.

The Center is supported by the towns of Ashfield, Buckland, Colrain and Shelburne with additional funding provided by Franklin County Home Care, the Massachusetts Office of Elder Affairs, Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation, local and state Cultural Councils and private donors. It is conveniently located in downtown Shelburne Falls in the first floor of the Masonic Lodge.  The Center is fully accessible and open year round.

The Center has a dining room and kitchen, used for congregate meals three days per week and our larger activities and social gatherings.  The smaller activity room is used as a craft store, library, meeting, and exercise space, and is a fully equipped computer lab. There is also an accessible restroom and offices for staff. The Center is open year round and kept at a comfortable temperature year round with the use of summer air conditioning.

The Senior Center Board of Directors is comprised of members of the Councils on Aging from the four towns: Ashfield, Buckland, Colrain and Shelburne. The Board meets at the Senior Center on the second Thursday of each month at 2:30 p.m.     The Board works with the Shelburne Board of Selectman to oversee the Center. Joe Judd, Selectman is the current liaison to the Senior Center. Current members are listed below:

The Shelburne Senior Center offers the following services to elders of  the community:

TRANSPORTATION

• Medical appointments
  
• Shopping trips
  
• Meal-sites
  
• Recreation
  
• Special Needs

CASEWORKER CONSULTATIONS

• Hospitalization
  
• Home Care
  
• Nursing Homes
  
• Bereavement
  
• Physical and emotional problems

NUTRITION PROGRAM

• Meals-on-Wheels for homebound seniors and those with special needs
  -Monday through Friday
  -Frozen meals for the weekend
• Congregate Meal-site
  
• Inexpensive, nutritious meals
  
• Nutrition Education
  
• Social gathering
  -Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 A.M.
• Brown Bag Distribution
  -Staples such as flour, sugar and butter — Third Wednesday of each month

INFORMATION AND REFERRAL

• Home care
  
• Housing assistance
  
• Home repair
  
• Legal Aid
  
• Mental health
  
• Health Insurance
  
• Peer support

ACTIVITIES

• Blood pressure
  
• Health clinics
  
• Exercise programs
  
• Educational /cultural programs
  
• Arts and recreation
  
• Social events

See the monthly calendar for activity listings. — May Calendar

A newsletter is published monthly with related articles and information about services and programs.  Please call us at (413)625-2502 if you would like to be added to our mailing list.