WILMINGTON, MA — The Wilmington Memorial Library recently received a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in the amount of $7,500 to provide its patrons with programs and materials on Healthy Aging.
“The programs will start in November 2019 and run through August 2020. We’ll average 2-3 programs per month,” explained Assistant Library Director Charlotte Wood. “The library will be partnering with the Buzzell Senior Center and Winchester Hospital on some of these events.”
“We are extremely excited about this new collaboration,” added Elderly Services Director Terri Marciello. “This grant promotes community-wide conversations and dialogue around what is healthy aging, along with a wonderful collaboration that can bring about lectures and programs to better educate all ages on this issue. We look forward to this new endeavor.”
This Healthy Aging series will kick off on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 2:30pm with a concert of 50’s and 60’s music from “The Memory Laners.” Additional November programs include Improv For Healthy Aging (Monday, November 4, 2:30pm); Living to 100 with Dr. Tom Perls (Thursday, November 7, 7pm); and Eye Health For Seniors (Wednesday, November 20, noon).
According to Wood, the series’s winter programs will focus on being “Fit For Life” (e.g., physical fitness, cooking for one or two, travel for seniors, etc.); spring programs will focus on retirement planning (e.g., intergenerational living, assisted living, staying in your own home, estate planning, etc.); and summer programs will include end-of-life issues.
The Wilmington Memorial Library was one of just 29 public and school libraries in Massachusetts that earned a LSTA grant through a competitive process overseen by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
“We are proud to deliver grant funding to libraries for projects that fill unique needs of libraries across Massachusetts,” said Rob Favini, Head of Library Advisory and Development at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, in a recent press release. “Libraries continue to be a vital resource to the communities they serve. Programs funded through LSTA grants illustrate the diverse range of topics and audiences served by Massachusetts libraries.”
(NOTE: Cover photo is from Dick Searfoss.)
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