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About Us

The Senior Center is a town department. Our mission is to facilitate seniors' ability to live independently and enjoy a high quality of life. We will also strive to provide life-enriching activities, relevant information on all issues that affect them, and assist in obtaining service necessary to their well-being.

We strive to:

  • Advocate on behalf of the Cheshire seniors;
  • Provide information, referral, outreach, nutrition and health education in cooperation with other town departments and area agencies;
  • To identify unmet needs in the community and network with other social service agencies to fill those needs or create new programs to address those needs;
  • To enhance the quality of life for seniors and the community by providing educational, informational, recreational, and cultural programs and activities.

The long-range goal of the Cheshire Council on Aging is to contact every senior in Cheshire and make them aware of services they or someone they know may be eligible to receive and hopefully improve their quality of life. In cases where the COA is unable to fill an unmet need, we will network with other agencies to try to meet that need. When there are no immediate collective services available, the COA will look into creating a new program to fill that need.

 

IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO RENT THE SENIOR CENTER FOR AN EVENT PLEASE CONTACT THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AT 413-743-1690 X. 100 

 

 

 

The Council on Aging is appointed by the Board of Selectmen, Board members are listed below.

Board Member

Robert Balawender

Board Member

John Bianchi

Board Member

Carol Francesconi

Board Member

Mal Gwozdz

Board Member

Val Tyska

Board Member

Barbara Proper

Board Member

Peter Traub

Senior Center Director

Brenda Caufield

Phone: (413) 743-1690 x. 107
Email: [email protected]

Alternate Board Member

Suzanne Boyle

Alternate Board Member

Dorreen Aleshevich