Michael A. Squindo, LCSW Executive Director, The Town of Agawam36 Main StreetAgawam, MA 01001. About Us Contact Us /I7 57 0 R The Agawam Council on Aging is dedicated to meeting the information, service, and recreation needs of older adults in our community. Mitnick says he likes to mix in a few line dances because it allows those who come without partners to get up and have fun. /F4 23 0 R AGAWAM/WEST SPRINGFIELD The Eastfield Mall mass vaccination site opened for appointments on Jan. 27, but navigating the online procedure to secure one of the original 10,000 slots proved more than many members of Gov. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageC /ImageI] 1) Don't know who to contact? Call Kristina at 726-2836 to register. Ballroom dancers trot through Agawam Senior Center. This COVID-19 registration hotline number is 726-2840. 0. There is a cost for this service. Privacy Policy We are talking about the crowd that gathers every first Wednesday of the month at the Agawam Senior Center for a session of ballroom dancing. Applications are available online and can be submitted to klynch@agawam.ma.us, The Town of Agawam36 Main StreetAgawam, MA 01001. As of 2/10/2022 our receptionists now have the ability to correspond via email. /GS5 40 0 R Be sure to check out all the various resources on our pages, and know that if you have any questions we are only a phone call away. On Monday, state Sen. John C. Velis, D-Westfield, presented a $75,000 check to the senior center. /I11 67 0 R The Agawam Senior Center, located in Agawam, MA, is a community center that offers a range of programs and services for aging residents of Hampden County. << >> 954 Main Street Agawam, MA 01001 413-821-0604 Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm Facebook: @AgawamSeniors Website: www.agawam.ma.us Fax: 413-789-4092 EVENTHIGHLIGHT ACC Event-front page Check Page 4 for a for an exciting Holiday Word Search. Don't have an account? As we return to a new normal, we are working hard to improve options for you to know what is going on at the senior center. The Agawam Senior Center is excited to partner up Sunshine Village for two crafting events at the Senior Center. >> The legislation was co-sponsored by Senator Anne M. Gobi (D-Spencer) and Senator Cindy F. Friedman (D-Arlington). March 20, 2020 | Debbie Gardner debbieg@thereminder.com The Agawam senior center is offering meals to-go. These programs, such as lunch, specifically note so in our newsletter. Agawam, MA 01001 413-821-0604 Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm Facebook: @AgawamSeniors Website: www.agawam.ma.us Fax: 413-789-4092 EVENT HIGHLIGHT Check Page 5 for a refreshing Summer Greek Salad Recipe. /Length 2951 Manage your subscriptions to local communities. Feb. 3, The goal of this hotline is to make it easier for those 75 and older individuals who originally had trouble utilizing online registration for the vaccine. Senator If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. /TrimBox [0 0 612 792] /GS4 39 0 R /GS2 37 0 R << Suggest Listing 2021 Council on Aging & Senior Center Contact Us Form Physical Address 954 Main Street Agawam, MA 01001 Phone: 413-821-0604 Fax: 413-789-4092 Michael Squindo Executive Director Email Director Phone: 413-726-2835 Kristina Lynch Assistant Director Email for Programs, Volunteering, and Facilities Phone: 413-726-2836 Feb. 10, Carroll County Government | Online Senior Center Newsletter Carroll County, Maryland Telephone 410-386-2400 TT users (MD Relay) 711-735-2258 800-735-2258 Home Government Directory Citizen Services Aging & Disabilities Senior and Community Centers Online Senior Center Newsletter Online Senior Center Newsletter Click for PDF! The message does ask that individuals allow up to one week for a return call from a center staff member, due to a high volume of requests. Contact Us. It is important that we know who is coming to our Senior Center so that we can report our numbers to all the parties we are responsible to including, the town, grant providers, and you the consumer of our services. Email is listed above; or you can click here! stream /I2 45 0 R Mayor William Sapelli has established a central registration phone line for Agawam and Feeding Hills residents only. Email Kristina Lynch with questions or to register, The Town of Agawam36 Main StreetAgawam, MA 01001. Please contact your respective Senior & Community Center for questions about activities, mask requirements and/or social distancing requirements. The system is cumbersome, contradictory, and asks residents over 75 to navigate a haze of web links, locations, and instructions, each with different criteria and scheduling systems. Photo Credit: Town of Agawam AGAWAM- Beginning this week, the Agawam Senior Center is offering seniors who usually take advantage of the facility's noon meal the option to get a meal to go, delivered curbside. This is a great group of folks who gather and help one another with tech related questions and issues. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Reminders Publishing. The registration procedure required computer access to the states vaccination site, www.Massgov/vaccine, as well as a way to upload an image of the applicants current insurance card. We currently have the ability for you to "check-in" via a touch screen computer located at both reception areas as you enter the building. This will take them to a recorded message where they can leave their name and phone number for assistance in registering for the vaccine. In addition to phone call, text, you can now email the center receptionist. Reach a receptionist by emailing seniorcenter@agawam.ma.us, 4) Text with us by sending a message to 855-929-3449 (note you must be a member of the COA - Fill out our membership form to join! If you would like to join the center as a "member" and have a key-tag available for you upon your first visit, please use our New "Membership" Form. Some are well into their 80s and beyond.. /ExtGState << YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. If you have not attended the Agawam Senior Center before, you probably have not heard me say "make sure you check-in!" 6h@-v5m=|&R]Gf(,[bU'T#Jjgj ei. Were trying to connect people to the most appropriate services, help them maintain the quarantine and social distancing, he said of the services the center is still able to offer seniors., Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our. Charlie Bakers Phase 2 eligible cohort elders 75 years of age and older could manage. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. /GS3 38 0 R Address and Phone Number for Agawam Senior Center, a Senior Center, at Wright Street, Agawam MA. Residents age 65 and older, who will be part of the Phase 2 second cohort, can call and provide the same information by pressing 3. City Hall Searles Building 41 Pleasant Street Methuen, MA 01844 Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Agawam Senior Center | Agawam MA https://www.townofwestspringfield.org/government/news-communication/covid-19-information-updates/covid-vaccine-rollout. We will only be printing a limited number of copies as few people will have access to the center at this time. 6 0 obj We need to do better. On behalf of all the staff at the Agawam Council on Aging, welcome to the Senior Center! Currently you can register for lunch at the touch-screens or by calling a day before; and for all other programs by contacting us at 413-821-0604 ext. In the message posted on Jan. 28, Reichelt indicated that elders 75 years of age and older could begin registering for appointments at the towns Senior Center, which will be administering the shots as the towns vaccine supply arrives. According to Squindo, the senior center is working with the Agawam Park & Recreation Department, as well as other departments in the city, to assist the elderly with signing up for the vaccine. | Debbie Gardnerdebbieg@thereminder.com. If you have not yet subscribed to receive your newsletter via. People who want to go that route should however use the state website to register, rather than the Agawam/Feeding Hills hotline. As a national leader in healthcare, it is simply inexcusable that Massachusetts has fallen so far behind other states. And for those with limited ability to navigate the internet, there is no access to appointment booking at all, said Lesser in a statement received by Reminder Publishing. They will come to the senior center and, staying in their car, pull up to the lower entrance between 11 and 11:45 a.m. for pick ups and staff will run a meal out to them, Michael Squindo, the centers executive director, told Reminder Publishing. Residents of Agawam and Feeding Hills can call the Agawam Senior Center at 821-0605 where a message will prompt them to press 7. By. >> 2 0 obj You can get a more detailed list of programs in our newsletter, the Agawam Senior Scene. /Properties << Our Latest Newsletter Services We Offer: Meals Transportation Outreach Recreation & Socialization COA Board of Directors Meeting Notices & Minutes Facebook Feb 27 Photos from West Springfield Council on Aging's post Our March newsletter is available now! /ON [76 0 R] Whether you are looking to schedule a meal, ask a question, or get in touch with a staff member regarding something please know that you can email our main receptionist for more information on how to do all of this! I want to take a moment to personally thank you for your interest in our Senior Center. /Kids [71 0 R] In addition to the actions taken by area senior centers to help residents register for COVID-19 vaccines, members of the state legislature have called for a streamlined registration process, and the creation of a hotline to assist those without computer access. %? Here is February's lunch menu! The Agawam Senior Center, located in Agawam, MA, is a community center that offers a range of programs and services for aging residents of Hampden County. Reminder Publishing submitted photo. 2020 We converted the senior center into a call center for vaccinations.. Information found on CountyOffice.org is strictly for informational purposes and does not construe legal, financial or medical advice. He said individuals wishing to take advantage of this service must order the meal the day before before 4 p.m. /F2 15 0 R << In addition, the center will continue to provide transportation services on a limited basis for the time being, for non-sick medical appointments, though a lot of medical appointments are moving to telemedicine, Squindo noted, and for necessary grocery shopping. 3 0 obj The senior center also asks residents to call and leave a message once, as they have already received double calls from individuals, which is making the process more difficult. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23. << MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 The Agawam Senior Center will be closed in observation of the President's Day. AGAWAM/WEST SPRINGFIELD Local officials in Agawam and West Springfield say they are doing everything they can to assist the senior population during the first step of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Residents in West Springfield will call the senior center at 263-3264 and follow the message prompt. By late morning on Jan. 28, state Sen. Eric Lesser had filed emergency legislation requesting the Department of Public Health to create a one-stop vaccine registration website accessible from both desktop computers and mobile devices, and that it establish a 24/7 vaccine registration hotline available in multiple languages to assist elders and other eligible residents in registering for the vaccine. /I6 53 0 R As of press time, there have been around 530 seniors who have called to book an appointment for a vaccine clinic. First know that this is only one of the many resources at your disposal as a visitor to the Agawam Senior Center. SWEET TREAT The Agawam Senior Center and (Photo courtesy of Velis). The original plan in Agawam and Feeding Hills was to post the town clinic online so people could register themselves. Please feel free to follow the link to view it digitally. endobj /BleedBox [-7.086609 -7.086609 619.0866 799.0866] /GS1 36 0 R If the Agawam Senior Center isnt on your radar, dances can be found twice a month on Fridays at the Chicopee Lodge of Elks, the third Monday of each month at the Longmeadow Adult Center and future dates at the Enfield Senior Center. /I4 49 0 R Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). This performance will also be livestreamed on Agawam Channel 15 . >> | Ryan Feyrerfeyre@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com, West Springfield and Agawam continue to assist residents 75 years of age and older with registering for vaccine clinics. | Debbie Gardnerdebbieg@thereminder.com, The Agawam senior center is offering meals togo.Photo Credit: Town of Agawam. Im grateful to partner on this issue with Senator Friedman, who has tirelessly advocated for health equity during this crisis, and Senator Gobi, who sounded the alarm on this issue in her letter calling on the COVID-19 Task Force to set up a centralized sign-up system., Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our. We had to unfortunately take down that public site because people arent refraining from registering everywhere and anywhere they can, said Squindo. The Senior Center provides programs to meet the needs and interests of seniors, including recreational and leisure programs, health and wellness programs, cultural programs, and classes. First know that this is only one of the many resources at your disposal as a visitor to the Agawam Senior Center. /D << The Phase 2 vaccine rollout is creating mass confusion and anxiety for our eligible senior population. >> Other general resources for the vaccine are also available on the state website. On behalf of all the staff at the Agawam Council on Aging, welcome to the Senior Center! Email for Programs, Volunteering, and Facilities. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. /FitWindow true The money, provided through the American Rescue Plan Act and allocated by the state, will assist the center by improving transportation accessibility for local seniors with the purchase of a new van. NEW! /F3 19 0 R We recognize that seniors either dont have access to the necessary resources, or are uncomfortable using those resources, said Michael Squindo, the director at the Agawam Senior Center. /OFF [] Email for Programs, Volunteering, and Facilities. The problem however, according to Squindo, is that there is no way to limit a public registration to a geographical area, so people from Eastern Mass. In addition it is important to register for some of our events in advance. /Type /Pages 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. If you want a hard copy, they will be here in a week or two. SENATOR VELIS MONTHLY OFFICE HOURS First Monday of the Month from 10:30-11:30 Senator Velis will be offering monthly office hours here at the Agawam Senior Center. Published: Jan. 09, 2022, 5:30 a.m. 10. All rights reserved (About Us). The staff will then put those residents on a list, and fit them for an appointment as soon as the city can. >> /I9 63 0 R Want to join an amazing team in serving your community? Please be sure to stop by one of these locations when you come to the center to let us know what you are attending. /Type /SubPage Here on the town website you will find a brief overview of what we have to offer. %PDF-1.5 "One hundred vaccines is not a ton, but it is a good starting block for us because once we're good doing that 100, that means we can . /Pages 3 0 R /F7 35 0 R The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. << AGAWAM They can twirl, sway and chasse their way across . Squindo asks residents who have called the hotline to be patient, especially since the first week of using the hotline already garnered around 600 calls. They can do this either online at www.myactivecenter.com or by calling the center at 821-0604. /S 6 0 R Third party advertisements support hosting, listing verification, updates, and site maintenance. Big Y, Stop & Shop in Feeding Hills, and the Eastfield Mall in Springfield are some of the other sites residents 75 and over can sign up for. Were currently working within the parameters of what we currently have, and what were able to do. Around 100 doses of the vaccine are coming into the town a week, according to Squindo. Executive Director. We are more than willing to work with people to get those folks registered for other sites if the time frame for the town clinics is not soon enough, said Squindo. The Agawam Council on Aging is dedicated to meeting the information, service, and recreation needs of. endobj I would also strongly encourage you to check out the various resources we also have available at our town website; the link to which can be found above. 0. Dear Visitor, CountyOffice.org does not provide consumer reports and is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). January 2023February 2023March 2023. >> Don Treeger | dtreeger@repub.com. 703 Ridge Avenue Mt Airy, MD 21771 Directions 410-386-3960 or 301-829-2407 410-549-5429 (Fax) Email: mtairysc@carrollcountymd.gov Angie Walz, Center Manager. Thank you! Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. The Senior Center provides programs to meet the needs and interests of seniors, including recreational and leisure programs, health and wellness programs, cultural programs, and classes. << /ColorSpace << endobj The Council on Aging and Senior Center provide a place to promote a spirit of healthy, positive, aging through education and activities for all seniors, their families, and the community at large. /Filter /FlateDecode /PageLabels 747 0 R /MC1 42 0 R I want to take a moment to personally thank you for coming to our section of the Town website. He said the Friends of the Agawam Senior Center also put out what Squindo described as "a blast" in their monthly newsletter asking for local businesses and residents to consider contributing toward the cost as well. The staff will then put those residents on a list, and fit them for an appointment as soon as the city can. /OCGs [76 0 R] In West Springfield, the Senior Center at 128 Park St. will shortly be acting as a vaccination clinic site for West Springfield residents only, according to a Vaccine Task Force post on Mayor Will Reichelts Facebook page. . Vaccines are free, but residents may need medical insurance information and their email address when calling the senior center. 5 0 obj We call this our membership form, but please know that we do not charge a fee to belong to the Agawam Senior Center; some of our programming does require a fee to enjoy. 2021 Squindo said it was then that the organization decided to vote in favor of donating $25,000 towards the cost of a new generator. The April newsletter of the Agawam Senior Scene has been published online. The money will help the center . 954 Main Street Agawam, MA 01001 413-821-0604 Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm Facebook: @AgawamSeniors Website: www.agawam.ma.us Fax: 413-789-4092 EVENTHIGHLIGHT Check Page 4 Update from Senator Velis On Page 5 please look for our movies that will be on Friday. Hard copy prints are not yet available. AGAWAM Beginning this week, the Agawam Senior Center is offering seniors who usually take advantage of the facilitys noon meal the option to get a meal to go, delivered curbside. Be sure to check out the Agawam Senior Scene, and subscribe to receive a digital copy in your inbox and get a leg up on all the fun activities we have scheduled for you! Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. No one else other than this age group can book an appointment as this current moment. This to-go meal service began on March 23, and Squindo said seniors had received a robocall inviting them to order the initial meal late in the previous week. The Senior Center also provides social services resources. /Count 1 endobj It is important to register for some of our events in advance. Follow the link to download, and subscribe to future newsletters directly by email. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). The funds Senator Velis successfully fought for from the state budget will help ease a critical transportation problem facing many Agawam senior citizens. With Richie Mitnick on the keyboards, a dozen or so couples fill the dance floor with traditional ballroom dances like the foxtrot as well as line dances. One hundred vaccines is not a ton, but it is a good starting block for us because once were good doing that 100, that means we can amp it up, said Camossi. Though the center itself remains closed to the public, Squindo wanted to remind seniors that staff is still available to assist residents by phone with accessing other services. Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. >> >> The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Reminders Publishing. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. You may not use this site for the purposes of furnishing consumer reports about search subjects or for any use prohibited by the FCRA. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23. Sincerely, /Count 12 << Ann Palmisano, Assistant Center Manager On Page 5 please look for our movies that will be on Friday. Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. The Agawam Senior Scene for February! 1 0 obj State Sen. John C. Velis, D-Chicopee, and Mayor William Sapelli presented a $75,000 check to Agawam Senior Center director Mike Squindo for a new van. /GS6 41 0 R Locally, several senior centers have quickly jumped in to help their members - and elders who live in the towns they serve - register for COVID-19 vaccinations. /Type /Catalog The building opens to the public at 6:15 PM.
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