Saturday, February 9, 2008

Seniors in our group gave a scholarship to Malden high for student who participated in Mass Senior Action Program.
With the cooperation of Mystic Valley Elder Services And the Council of Aging Director Christine DePietro we were able to get a Shine representative at the Senior Center on a permanent basis to help seniors get assistance with the health and welfare programs under State And Federal programs
We were able to get increase in funding for the Shine Program at the State House
MSAC members were active in getting Prescription Advantage funded originally and then to get open enrollment for the program.
We with the cooperation of the local TV station and the state representative of Elder affairs started an out reach program to inform Malden Seniors of the program.
We were successful in getting our State House Representatives and Senators to give us support
(We urge you to contact them to get needed verification)
In discussion individually and as a group with Mayor Howard we were urged to get participation
of our Seniors in the government process and also to inform them of programs that are run for their benefit though the local Non-Profits( who were furnished grants for this purpose)
One of our past Accomplishments was participating in finding a sight and in discussion with Mayor Howard presenting our thoughts on a new Senior Center.
Thanks to his forward thinking and the cooperation (at our urging) of the City Council the new Senior Center is a reality. (We urge you to contact them of our efforts in keeping them informed on senior issues)
We now have a Senior from our organization on the Board at Tri Cap to offer our organized Seniors their help and keep us informed on what efforts are being made to assure the services
We are looking forward to getting some of Malden non profits as affiliates of our organization
and cooperating with organizations interested in Senior concerns about health and welfare.
We want to bring the Mass Senior Action Mission Statement to Malden
We have participated in the planning of the Senior Center by attending meeting of the building planning committee and the Senior Center to observe progress and advise the views of present Seniors.
We ran a survey of the Seniors, across ethnic lines at the Senior Center on a one on one
basis to get maximum participation about their expectations for the new senior center.
COPIES FURNISHED TO:
MAYOR HOWARD
CITY COUNCILORS
COUNCIL OF AGING DIRECTOR
VISION FOR MALDEN
MASS SENIOR ACTION BOARD MEMBERS
MATV.
This Survey Graphs furnish by State Mass Senior Action from information Furnished by Metro North Chapter.
After talking with Mayor Howard on the survey he indicated that as the Senior Center progresses he would like to do a city wide outreach program to the community on its status and the Benefit to all in the community and we hope our Senior population will embrace his concept.
We think our organization can make a major contribution to the effort of the Vision for Malden
if we can introduce our organizer skills of Mass Senior Action to Malden

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