Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Aerobics via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call beginning Tuesday, September 1st to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Grab a cup of coffee and join in the conversation with a great group of guys from the comfort and safety of your own living room. Please call to sign up and we'll send you the zoom link via email. 978 318 3020

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Wednesday Lunch reinvented! Stop by the COA for a Grab & Go boxed lunch available for pick up on Wednesdays between 11:30 AM and 12:00 Noon. Meals are provieed by Minuteman Senior Services and cost $2 each. We will have drive through pay and pick up areas near the entrance of the Harvey Wheeler community Center. We ask that you wear a mask and stay in your car. Staff will assist you. Please call the COA at 978 318 3020 to reserve your October lunches. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY MONDAY FOR WEDNESDAY LUNCHES AND BY THURSDAY FOR MONDAY LUNCHES! Please note there is no lunch on Monday, October 12.

The holidays can often be a challenging time, filled with many memories and reflection on current and past losses. Please join Beth Nassozi for this four-part bereavement support group. Beth is a licensedindependent clinical social worker (LICSW) currently working as the Bereavement specialist at Beth Israel Lahey. She will offer support on managing grief through the holidays. The program is open to all who are grieving the loss of a lvoed one and feeling a bit at odds in this unusual year. The support group will emphasize education with opportunities for sharing struggles and strategies. Space is limited. Please call the COA beginning Monday, November 2nd, to register and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020

If you are new to Annie's class, please call 978 318 3020 to sign up!

Coffee & Conversation is now meeting on Zoom! this is a friendly group of men and women that get together weekly to have lively conversation about anything and everything. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and join the fun on you computer, tablet, or smart phone. If you don't have the technology available, you can still join in by a regular land line telephone. Please call the COA beginning Wednesday, July 1st to let us know you'd like to join and to get your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Join chair and mat yoga with instructor Kathi Mandrioli.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Aerobics via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call beginning Tuesday, September 1st to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Grab a cup of tea and your latest quilting works and join likeminded quilters on Zoom for a chat while you sew. Call beginning Monday, November 2nd to register to receive your Zoom invitation. If you are not used to Zoom, staff can help you get started. 978 318 3020.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Art Matters displays reproductions of paintings to encourage comparison, discussion. The first of our two January sessions features Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh's life is one of the most dramatic, romantic, and trgic stories in all of art history His paintings are passionate, beautiful, and they share the experience of his madness. We will take a look at his work and the brief brilliant flame that was his life. Please call beginning Monday, December 4th to register to receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Aerobics via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call beginning Tuesday, September 1st to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Grab a cup of coffee and join in the conversation with a great group of guys from the comfort and safety of your own living room. Please call to sign up and we'll send you the zoom link via email. 978 318 3020

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Wednesday Lunch reinvented! Stop by the COA for a Grab & Go boxed lunch available for pick up on Wednesdays between 11:30 AM and 12:00 Noon. Meals are provieed by Minuteman Senior Services and cost $2 each. We will have drive through pay and pick up areas near the entrance of the Harvey Wheeler community Center. We ask that you wear a mask and stay in your car. Staff will assist you. Please call the COA at 978 318 3020 to reserve your October lunches. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY MONDAY FOR WEDNESDAY LUNCHES AND BY THURSDAY FOR MONDAY LUNCHES! Please note there is no lunch on Monday, October 12.

Calling all Music Makers!! Jerry Hurley is back at his piano with The Musical Quiz Show, and it's coming to you every Monday at 1:00 on Zoom! Participants will answer musical questions posed by Jerry. For example, "Name the three animals mentioned in 'Home on the Range.'" (Easy - 2 points), or "What four notes in Beethoven's 5th Symphony were used by the French Resistance as a password during WWII." (Difficult - 5 points). Participants can build up points, and each of the top three weekly point winners will receive a prize of special recognition by all participants. if this sounds like fun, call the COA and sign up for this weekly group, and we will send you the Zoom invitation.

If you are new to Annie's class, please call 978 318 3020 to sign up!

Coffee & Conversation is now meeting on Zoom! this is a friendly group of men and women that get together weekly to have lively conversation about anything and everything. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and join the fun on you computer, tablet, or smart phone. If you don't have the technology available, you can still join in by a regular land line telephone. Please call the COA beginning Wednesday, July 1st to let us know you'd like to join and to get your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Now that 2020 is behind us, the COA staff wants to thank you for hanging in with us during the dark days. Please accept a gift from us of a package of Harvey Wheeler Community Center blank note cards and envelopes with some gourmet tea. As you write you notes and sip your tea, you can look forward to brighter days in 2021. This gift is made possible by the funds generated by Harvey's Treasure Chest Gift Shop. Please call the COA beginning Monday, January 4th to reserve your spirit-lifting gift pack! 978 318 3020

The hearing impaired support group, facilitated by Bob Andrews, provides an opportunity for people with diminished hearing to share and discuss the impact that hearing problems have on their lives. The group meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. If you have not participated in this group before, please call the COA at 978 318 3020 to sign up to receive your Zoom invitation.

Join chair and mat yoga with instructor Kathi Mandrioli.

Wednesday Lunch reinvented! Stop by the COA for a Grab & Go boxed lunch available for pick up on Wednesdays between 11:30 AM and 12:00 Noon. Meals are provieed by Minuteman Senior Services and cost $2 each. We will have drive through pay and pick up areas near the entrance of the Harvey Wheeler community Center. We ask that you wear a mask and stay in your car. Staff will assist you. Please call the COA at 978 318 3020 to reserve your October lunches. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY MONDAY FOR WEDNESDAY LUNCHES AND BY THURSDAY FOR MONDAY LUNCHES! Please note there is no lunch on Monday, October 12.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Aerobics via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call beginning Tuesday, September 1st to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Grab a cup of tea and your latest quilting works and join likeminded quilters on Zoom for a chat while you sew. Call beginning Monday, November 2nd to register to receive your Zoom invitation. If you are not used to Zoom, staff can help you get started. 978 318 3020.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

In a collaboration with Concord Free Public Library (CFPL), we are offering a monthly Take & Make project to get your creative energies flowing. In this month's kit, lean how to iris fold with a kit provide dby the Fowler Branch of the CFPL. Following simple instructions you will layer strips of paper in a spiral pattern that resembles the iris of a camera lens. We hope you enjoy the bookish twist! Sponsored by the Friends of CFPL. Kits (pre-order required) can be picked up in a drive-through at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center on January 14th from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM. Please call the COA beginning Monday, January 4th to reserve your kit. 978 318 3020.

Art Matters displays reproductions of paintings to encourage comparison, discussion. The second of our two January sessions features Norman Rockwell. One of the most beloved American artists was a painter who illustrated over 322 covers for the Saturday Evening Post for 47 years. We will enjoy his wonderful images and remember why he is recognized as an American icon. Please call beginning Monday, December 4th to register to receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

If you are new to Annie's class, please call 978 318 3020 to sign up!

Join the COA book discussion group led by Phyllis DiMarzio! This month the book chosen is "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan. Based on a true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath A Scarlet Sky tells the tale of one man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours. Please call the COA beginning Monday, January 4th to register to receive your Zoom invitation. New members are always welcome!

Coffee & Conversation is now meeting on Zoom! this is a friendly group of men and women that get together weekly to have lively conversation about anything and everything. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and join the fun on you computer, tablet, or smart phone. If you don't have the technology available, you can still join in by a regular land line telephone. Please call the COA beginning Wednesday, July 1st to let us know you'd like to join and to get your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Join chair and mat yoga with instructor Kathi Mandrioli.

Wednesday Lunch reinvented! Stop by the COA for a Grab & Go boxed lunch available for pick up on Wednesdays between 11:30 AM and 12:00 Noon. Meals are provieed by Minuteman Senior Services and cost $2 each. We will have drive through pay and pick up areas near the entrance of the Harvey Wheeler community Center. We ask that you wear a mask and stay in your car. Staff will assist you. Please call the COA at 978 318 3020 to reserve your October lunches. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY MONDAY FOR WEDNESDAY LUNCHES AND BY THURSDAY FOR MONDAY LUNCHES! Please note there is no lunch on Monday, October 12.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Aerobics via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call beginning Tuesday, September 1st to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Grab a cup of tea and your latest quilting works and join likeminded quilters on Zoom for a chat while you sew. Call beginning Monday, November 2nd to register to receive your Zoom invitation. If you are not used to Zoom, staff can help you get started. 978 318 3020.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Come to the Concord COA and get a free gift of a cute fabric pouch containing a variety of goodies from practical to whimsical. Please call the COA beginning Monday, January 4 to register for this fun giveaway. 978 318 3020. Pickup will be Jan. 21 from 11:00 - 11:30 AM at the main Harvey Wheeler Community Center entrance. Please wear a mask and stay in your car. Staff will bring your gift to you! 978 318 3020

Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book and meeting in a Zoom discussion group to watch the DVD and discuss the critical global issues facing America today. Topics for this year include Global Supply Chains and National Security, Persian Gulf Security Issues, Brexit and the European Union, Struggles of the Melting Arctic, China's Role in Africa, the Korean Peninsula, Roles of International Organizations in Global Pandemics, and The End of Globalization. The book for the class is $35, and may be pre-ordered. John Gardella will lead the discussions. Please call the COA beginning Tuesday, December 1st to sign up and purchase the book. A Zoom invitation will be provided in January.

In commemoration of Martin Luther King Day, please join us for this TEDTalk by human rights lawyer, Dexter Dias. Racism thrives on your silence and apathy, says Dias. Telling the story of a harrowing UK court case that spotlights the corrosive effects of injustice, Dias urges us all to speak out and expose toxic myths about race in order to allow hope, change, and justice to flourish. Following the TEDtalk, we will show an enhanced, video recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech from 1969. A discussion will follow led by Tina Close, COA Activity Coordinator. Please call the COA beginning Monday, January 4 to register to receive your Zoom invitation. 978318 3020

Grab a cup of coffee and join in the conversation with a great group of guys from the comfort and safety of your own living room. Please call to sign up and we'll send you the zoom link via email. 978 318 3020

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Wednesday Lunch reinvented! Stop by the COA for a Grab & Go boxed lunch available for pick up on Wednesdays between 11:30 AM and 12:00 Noon. Meals are provieed by Minuteman Senior Services and cost $2 each. We will have drive through pay and pick up areas near the entrance of the Harvey Wheeler community Center. We ask that you wear a mask and stay in your car. Staff will assist you. Please call the COA at 978 318 3020 to reserve your October lunches. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY MONDAY FOR WEDNESDAY LUNCHES AND BY THURSDAY FOR MONDAY LUNCHES! Please note there is no lunch on Monday, October 12.

Caregiving can be rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming and challenging. It isn't always a job you have "signed up for" or even trained for, but a role that many of us findourselves in. Join COA Assistant Director Lauren Barretta for an 8-week course designed to introduce and explore some of the skills and tools needed for a better caregiving experience. Whether you are caring for a partner or a parent, handling the stress, emotional burden and practical logistics of the rold can be similar. Effective communication, setting health boundaries, and self-care skills are all part of caring for yourself as you care for someone else. Everyone benefits when a caregiver invests in his or her own wellbeing. Please call the COA beginning Monday, January 4th to register to receive your Zoom invitation.

If you are new to Annie's class, please call 978 318 3020 to sign up!

This group is designed for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's or related dementias. Join a group of peers to share experiences and gain suport. This group is facilitated by COA Social Service Supervisor Nicole Saia. If yo uhave not participated in this group before, please contact Nicole by emailing nsaia@concordma.gov

Coffee & Conversation is now meeting on Zoom! this is a friendly group of men and women that get together weekly to have lively conversation about anything and everything. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and join the fun on you computer, tablet, or smart phone. If you don't have the technology available, you can still join in by a regular land line telephone. Please call the COA beginning Wednesday, July 1st to let us know you'd like to join and to get your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

The Rotary Club of Concord has generously donated a case of disposable face masks to the Concord Council on Aging for distribution to our seniors. We are grateful for their support. COA staff will give out the masks from the Harvey Wheeler Community Center in packages of five masks. Please wear a mask and stay in your car while COA staff members bring the masks to you. Please call to register beginning Monday, January 4th by calling 978 318 3020.

The hearing-impaired support group, facilitated by Bob Andrews, provides an opportunity for peple with diminished hearing to share and discuss the impact that hearing problems have on their lives. If you have not yet participated in this group, please call the COA to sign up. 978 318 3020.

Join Julie for her Monday and Thursday Strength and Flex class via Zoom! If you haven't already signed up, please call to sign up and receive your Zoom invitation. 978 318 3020.

Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book and meeting in a Zoom discussion group to watch the DVD and discuss the critical global issues facing America today. Topics for this year include Global Supply Chains and National Security, Persian Gulf Security Issues, Brexit and the European Union, Struggles of the Melting Arctic, China's Role in Africa, the Korean Peninsula, Roles of International Organizations in Global Pandemics, and The End of Globalization. The book for the class is $35, and may be pre-ordered. John Gardella will lead the discussions. Please call the COA beginning Tuesday, December 1st to sign up and purchase the book. A Zoom invitation will be provided in January.