seaglass village celebration!
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SEAGLASS
VILLAGE
CELEBRATION!
!
BOARD MEMBERS
Chairperson
Marilyn Cassidy
Robert Powell
Maureen Callahan
Deb Newman
Barbara DiPietro
Molly Rowe
Marie Yarnaco-
Grant
Staff
Director of Aging
Services :
Heidi Whear, MPH
Program &
Volunteer Manager:
Sonja Nathan
Outreach Social
Worker:
Sabrina Clopton,
MSW
Receptionists:
Diane Reynolds
Kerry
O’Shaughnessy
Drivers:
Emery Richard,
Mark Steadman
HOURS OF OPERATION
MONDAY — THURS
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
*FRIDAY 9:00 AM—
3:00PM
To serve all seniors with dignity and positive regard. To identify and respond to the needs of elders and to advocate
on their behalf. To promote an awareness in the community of issues regarding seniors.
MISSION STATEMENT
November 2021!
**** New programming is being added rapidly—please check our whiteboard and bulletin
boards frequently for new trips, classes and workshops!
Seaglass Village hosted its first Gala to commemorate the opening of Seaglass Village and the
start of our very first Director,!Alyce!Deveau.! Nearly 100 members, volunteers, friends and
family gathered on October 15 for our early evening celebra#on just across the lawn from
Swampsco&’s Town Hall at the First Church Congrega#onal where the office is located.!!
Seaglass Village, modeled a-er the Beacon Hill Village, consists of community, partnership,
and volunteers as we help each other age in our homes.! The Na#onal Village Movement is
growing throughout the country and now boasts 350 villages.! These vibrant and vital organiza-
#ons recognize the importance of socializa#on and community building as well as services to
address our changing needs. !Villages are non�profit organiza#ons designed to help each other
carry out some of those du#es that we are no longer comfortable doing.! !!
Our Seaglass Village grew out of Swampsco&’s Aging Friendly Ini#a#ve.! You may recall the
extensive needs assessment that we complete in 2019 when we found that 85% of our aging
popula#on wish to remain in our homes as we age. We also learned that people have
missed!doctors!appointments, need help with intermi&ent household needs, and genuinely
wish to connect with their neighbors.! Recommenda#ons that came out of this assessment in-
cluded the forma#on of a village.! Another interes#ng finding from the needs assessment is
that 40% of our residents wish to volunteer.!!So!matching these needs is a win�win for all.! The
village will be made up of volunteers who want to help with those things we are not able to
complete.!The Swampsco& COA is excited to explore the many collabora#ve ventures knowing
that working together with Seaglass Village, we will be able to address the growing needs while
building community.!The Seaglass Village just opened our office at the First Church, Congrega-
#onal in Swampsco& at 40 Monument Ave.! Please learn more about this through the web-
site:!www.seaglassvillage.org,!
News Flash
Lunches are now Wednesday and
Friday 11:30 am
with Chef Deb Newman - make reservations
with the front desk, limit 20 people
Acorn Craft
November 10th at 10 am
Make beautiful hand-painted dried acorns
with Linda Garber, Free, spaces are limited,
make your reservation at the front desk
Holiday Wine Tasting
November 10th at 3 & 5 pm —see the next
column for more details
Veteran’s Day Breakfast
November 11th 9:00 am Reservations re-
quired—see the next column for more info
on this special event!
SHINE Open Enrollment
Now—Dec 7 schedule your appointment with
the front desk
Talk About Town
November 18th 11:45-12:15 Big Blue
Pride—a discussion led by SHS Head Coach
Bobby Serino and 2021 Football Captains.
Learn more about our team, it’s history,
our winning season and our roll into the
2021 Thanksgiving Game
Thanksgiving Lunch
Tuesday, November 23rd at 11:30 am—see
details on the next column
Volunteer Orientation
11/31 10am-12pm learn more about the
Senior/Veteran Property Tax Work Off Pro-
gram & ways to help
Candy Donations Wanted
We’re bringing back the candy jar! Dona-
tions of wrapped candy will be much appre-
ciated
Movies & Muffins
Friday November 5th & Friday November
19th 9:00 am FREE, reservations required
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Thursday November 11th 9-10:30 am
The Senior Center is thrilled to invite all of our Veterans
for a homecooked breakfast served at the Swampscott
Senior Center. Reservations are required , please call
(781) 596-8866 or stop by the front desk. Due to capacity
restrictions and COVID safety, this event is only open to
Veterans and we will not be able to accommodate spouses
or family members.
Tuesday November 23rd 11:30 am
Join us for a special Thanksgiving inspired lunch . We will
be serving Turkey Gobbler Sandwiches and Pumpkin Pie
and giving away some of our staff’s favorite recipes and
Thanksgiving “shortcuts.” Stay tuned for more details.
Wednesday November 10th at 3 & 5 pm
The Swampscott Senior Center will be hosting a pre-holiday
Wine tasting event at the Senior Center—this event is open to
all in the community but space is limited due to COVID-19 proto-
cols. Call (781) 596-8866 to make a reservation.
Professional wine taster Maia Gosselin will be teaching us all
about the best local wines for the holidays. Maia is the owner
of Sip Wine Education. These wines can be purchased at Vinnin
Liquors and Burrill Street Liquors.
This event is being sponsored by the Swampscott High School
Class of 1971 in honor of their 50th reunion.
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10:00 AM 11:00AM
MON Dance Fitness Total Senior Fitness
TUE Gentle Yoga Dao-Yin Qigong Body flow
WED Balance Cardio Chair Strength
THU Total Senior Fitness Dao-Yin Qigong Condition
FRI Chair Yoga Cardio & Tone
SAT Dao-Yin Qigong Stretch Dao-Yin Qigong Balance
SUN Chair Dance Balance
Everyone is loving our DAILY EXERCISE CLASSES
on TV! If you haven’t tried it yet, check it out!
Stay fit!
Comcast channel 21 Verizon channel 41
To Access ONLINE
http://tv.swampscottma.gov/CablecastPublicSite/?channel=4
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NEW
FACES
at
the
Center
Now is the Time to Make Changes to your Insurance! &
Drug Plans! OPEN ENROLLMENT is October 15-
December 7th
Call NOW to schedule a SHINE appointment
MONTHLY MENU
!November 3: Open-faced Grilled Cheese with Cheddar;
Cream of Tomato Soup; Triple Chip Blondie
November 5: Breakfast for Lunch Strata of Eggs, Challah,
Cheddar, and Hash Browns; Fresh Fruit Salad; Half Moons
with Buttercream Frosting
November 10: Egg Salad Sandwich with Lettuce & Tomato;
Cream of Vegetable Soup; Peanut Butter Cookies
November 12: Four-Cheese Macaroni & Cheese; Garden Sal-
ad; Chewy Fudge Brownie
November 17: Veggie Wrap with Roasted Garlic Hummus &
Feta; Butternut Squash Soup; Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
November 19: Portobello Mushroom Bourgignon and Rice
Casserole; Caesar Salad; Warm Apple Crisp
Sonja Nathan is the new full time Program and Vol-
unteer Manager. She comes to Swampscott with a
wealth of experience in volunteer recruitment/
management, marketing and special event planning
in a variety of non-profit settings including Beverly
Hospital, Pilgrim Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing
Center and the American Cancer Society. For the
majority of her career, Sonja has worked with the
senior population. She very much looks forward to
meeting you and welcomes your ideas for programs,
events and trips!
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Monthly Message from Greater Lynn Senior Services:
Honoring the Important Work of Family Caregivers !
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to
honor the record 53 million adults in the U.S. who offer
unpaid care assistance to aging parents, adult children liv-
ing with disabilities, family members with serious illness-
es, and the list goes on, including grandparents raising
grandchildren. !
According to Caregiving in the U.S. 2020, a recent report
from AARP and the National Alliance on Caregiving,
more than 1 in 5 Americans are caregivers, contributing as
much as $470 billion in free assistance to family members,
either as a result of old age or related to a specific diagno-
sis. Of those caring for an older adult, nearly half support
the 6 million people living with Alzheimer’s disease or
dementia today in the U.S. Many caregivers fall into the
category referred to as the “sandwich generation,” people
who are raising children under 18 while also caring for an
aging or frail parent, often contributing financially to the
home as well.!
The true value of family caregivers to our society cannot
be underestimated. The federal government recognized the
tremendous role caregivers play by making funding for
and delivery of services to these often�invisible individu-
als part of the Older Americans Act in 2000. Area Agen-
cies on Aging like Greater Lynn Senior Services are man-
dated to provide assistance to caregivers, and we do so
through a variety of supports, all aimed at alleviating the
stress that so often accompanies this work. We offer in�
home assessments to ensure a safe living environment;
referrals to other programs, like in�home services; support
groups; one�on�one and family counseling; education and
training; help finding respite care; specialized assistance
for people caring for an individual living with Alzheimer’s
disease or dementia; and much more. Most services are
available virtually. !
Being a caregiver can be challenging and frustrating. But
it can also be one of the most important and rewarding
things you ever do. Caregiving can turn your life upside�
down. Call us. We’ll help you get it right again.!
Kathryn C. Burn
Chief Execu#ve Officer
Greater Lynn Senior Services!
Branching Out at the
Senior Center This Fall
The Senior Center
would like to ex-
press a very special
thanks to Panera
Bread & Periwinkles
Food Shoppe for
sponsoring our Fri-
day Movie & Mu ns
and surprise Bagels
Before Bingo
Treats!
.
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The Tech Ninjas are Back! Nov. 8th & 19th 11:30-1
Ques�ons about your!iPhone, laptop,!iPad, e�
reader?! No!sweat!! Schedule an appointment with
Swampsco� High School’s!technology whiz kids!at the
front desk or
call the Senior
Center (781)
596�8866! for an
appointment.
BY THE SEA
MEMORY CAFÉ
!
What: A time for Caregivers and their loved ones
living with dementia to join in an interactive pro-
gram of art and art history with Siobhan McDon-
ald.!
Where:!!
Swampscott Senior Center !
When:!!
Tuesday November 23rd!
1:00 � 2:30 p.m.!!
Cost:! Free!
Free of charge!
WhatistheLockBoxProject?!
The Lock Box Project provides a heavy metal box that
attaches to the outside of your house or apartment and
allows �irst responders to access your home without
breaking the door or windows. !
This program is sponsored by Elderact Club, Swampscott
Rotary, The Swampscott Fire Department and The
Swampscott Senior Center.!
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We sit down for poetry
and before I know it !
my father has begun!
blowing bubbles in his coffee!
through the stirrer which he describes!
“Primitively speaking, it’s a straw
but a peculiar one in that it has a small
diameter” !
!
Puzzled, but not embarrassed
only because we are alone, I inquire as to why
he is playing with his beverage!
He replies em�phati�cal�ly: !
“I’m trying to accelerate the departure of heat…
!
rinsing my exhale in transit
through a very useful tool
a flimsy piece of plastic
that has a bend I may have
induced already”
!
“serving its purpose well”
he observes
“representative of innovation”
he comments !
“I’m aware of what’s at hand”
he declares
“this is not a novel application”
he demurs !
“I’m trying to cool it down!”
he proclaims loudly
for those uninitiated
and absent !
!
“I know it must be working,
it’s just physics.” he announces with a grin. !
Co-written by Senior Center Member, Dennis Scolamiero (87) & his
daughter, Samantha!
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Coming Soon! A New Poetry Workshop led by caregiver,
member & writer, Samantha Janeaux. Stay tuned for “Not
Your English Teacher’s Poetry” - a workshop to enhance con-
nections with others and our emotions through the spoken
word . Perfect for poetry lovers and poetry skeptics. In the
spirit of National Family Caregiver’s Month, Samantha has
shared her father’s poem in the next column which was writ-
ten at the Senior Center one afternoon. Below are her own
thoughts on caregiving:
Caring for older adults, especially our paents,!has
its share of joy and heart break. One of my coping strate-
gies has been to appreciate the li&le moments and idio-
syncrasies of my dad (who is living with demen#a and
memory loss) which let me know that he is "s#ll in
there.”!My father is an electrical engineer by training
who worked on top secret projects that he could never
tell me!about. It wasn't un#l I took him to Draper Labora-
tory's 50th Anniversary Extravaganza commemora#ng
the first Lunar Landing that I can honestly now say "Yeah,
my dad was!a rocket scien#st." He would demure from
this #tle never having achieved a PhD, instead!working
for Doc Draper as an intern from Northeastern Universi-
ty. Some of his colleagues whom we met at the party
shared with me that while they were geIng their PhDs,
Dennis was already working on the Apollo project, "he
knew more about it than I did," one of them said.!!!
The fact that he can s#ll string sentences together
and even make jokes gives me a small amount of emo-
#onal relief along!the long unwinding journey of the mind
that is demen#a. Some#mes he doesn't know my name,
or where the bathroom is in his own home, but he s#ll
knows enough to call me "Semolina" or "Salami" if I ask
him “what’s my name is today?” I never would have im-
agined that Italian flour or charcuterie that contain le&ers
of my name!could so easily convey that amount of joy.! If I
could, I would follow him around all day with a coffee!cup
catching poems as they dribble from him lips!before they
evaporate forever.! !
The poems can be sad and evoke a sense of loss,
but they exist, and that is a strange kind of comfort. !