TOWN OF BERLIN
COUNCIL ON AGING

• Meals on Wheels (MOW) - Meal deliveries will resume on the day after Labor Day and each Tuesday & Friday thereafter through June.  Please call 978-838-2215 for further information.
  
• SHINE Program (Serving the Health Information Needs of Elders) - is a counseling service providing information and assistance for Health Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. For further information call 800-243-4636 option #2 to make an appointment with SHINE counselor.

• "Powderhouse Senior News"- a bi-monthly newsletter mailed to each senior household in Berlin with information on health, legislative issues, and other topics of interest to elders.

• Blood Pressure Screenings - twice a month - 1st Thursday of the month from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.at First Parish Church, 4th Tuesday of the month from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. at Northbrook Village Community building.

• Transportation - Berlin Senior Vans

  a. Clinton Senior Van - Shopping for Berlin residents to the Hudson Corridor on 2nd and 4th        Thursday at 9:00 a.m.  Reservations must be made by calling the Clinton COA at 978-365-9416.

  b.Private Transportation - for medical appointments.  Please call 978-838-2500 for further        information.

• Council on Aging Members: Sally Bergen, Dora Cummings, Ken Harrold, Bill Lowe, Ann Phipps, James Connor and Patricia Wheeler.  COA meetings every 4th Wednesday of the month in the Town Municipal Building from 9:00-10:00 a.m.

• Senior Citizens Association Officers: Mary Diggins, President; Joyce LaMotte, Vice President; George Cedar, 2nd Vice President; Barbara Halloran, Recording Secretary; Barbara St. John, Corresponding Secretary; Ethel Drasher, Treasurer. 

• Senior Citizens Association Meetings: Senior meetings are held the first Thursday of the month at First Parish Church except July and August.  Blood Pressure screening by VNA 9:30 - 10:30, followed by business meeting and program or entertainment and home cooked lunch in served ($4.00) at noon.