Shrewsbury Senior Center
The Shrewsbury Senior Center is under the auspices of the Shrewsbury Council on Aging (SCOA, a human service department of the town, which serves the needs and issues of Shrewsbury's seniors, age 60, and over, or families with senior issues.
Description:
Services Include: Information and Referral, Transportation, Nutrition, Senior Edition Newsletter, Outreach services, Medical Screenings: Podiatry, Spinal, Hearing, Blood Pressure, Free Legal and Financial Clinics, Monthly Educational talks, Volunteer Opportunities
Programs Include: SHINE, Fuel Assistance, RUOK, CARES, Vial of Life, Friendly Visitors, Grand Reading, and the Watch Your Car Program.
Activities Include: Line Dancing, Yoga, Reiki, Meditation Classes, Acrylic Painting, Fabric Painting, Softball, Billiards, Special events, Community Dinners, Bingo, Bridge and Whist Card Games and lessons, Senior Computer Classes, Social Groups and trips.
As the years have passed, the department's staff, resources and volunteers have all increased. Today, our incoming phone calls alone have increased ten-fold over the last ten years.
History:
The Shrewsbury Council on Aging became a formal department of the town in 1990. In 1995, it begun to be staffed on a full-time basis. In 2000, the Senior Center was opened next to the Town Hall.
Contact person: Stacy Lavely, Program Coordinator, (508) 841-8758, (email)
Office fax number: (508) 841-8641
Address:
Web Site: http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/councilaging/index.asp
Directions:
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Route 9E to Maple Ave. Price Chopper is on one corner, Subway Sandwiches on anoter. Left at this light. Travel about 1 mile to Town Hall on the left. Our building is to the right and. . . (more) |
Miscellaneous Information
| Are any opportunities appropriate for youth ages 18 or under? If yes, what age range? |
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Occasionally. 13 and up
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| Last updated on June 18, 2009 |
