In This Issue

12th Annual Holiday Online Auction
November 29 - December 5

46th Annual Meeting

Bring Seniors Holiday Cheer

SubarU Share the Love Event

Medicare Open Enrollment
Ends December 7

Thank You!

Join Our Team

Volunteers Needed

Free Online Home Care Aide Training

Community Health Survey

Shop at Amazon

Cell Phone Collection

Join Our Team

Meals On Wheels Driver - Burlington

Geriatric Support Services Coordinator

Volunteers Needed

Board Members from Boxborough, Harvard, Wilmington and Woburn.

Meals on Wheels Drivers are needed in Acton, Arlington, Bedford, Burlington, Lexington and Woburn.

Money Management volunteers are needed in Acton, Arlington, Boxborough, Concord, and Maynard.

Friendly Visitors are needed in Acton, Concord and Maynard.

Free Online Home Care Aide Training

Are you looking for a job that is flexible, rewarding, and meaningful? Home care professionals make a difference. The Executive Office of Elder Affairs' free, self-paced, online home care aide class is the next step to your in-home health care career. Learn more and register today at www.mass.gov/PHCAST

Community Health Survey

Please take 15 minutes to complete this survey from Beth Israel Lahey Health and its member hospitals, which are conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment to better understand the most pressing health-related issues for residents in the communities they serve. Respondents will have the opportunity to enter into a drawing for a $100 gift card.

Shop at Amazon

Remember Minuteman when you're shopping...and we will get a donation - click here to get started

Cell Phone Collection

We recycle cell phones and Smartphones. Please visit one of our community partners

During this Thanksgiving season, we are incredibly grateful to Board members, partner organizations, volunteers, donors and dedicated staff members who make it possible for Minuteman to engage and empower 26,000 seniors, persons with disabilities, and their families each year.

12th Annual Holiday Online Auction
November 29 - December 5

Help us Spread the Word! Our catalog is already full of great gifts for everyone on your list, including Retail and Restaurant Gift Certificates, Hotel Stays, Museum Passes, Bruins Tickets, autographed Devin McCourty photo, an Autographed Red Sox Baseball and more!

Register Now 
at www.biddingforgood.com/minutemansenior 
and Come Back to Bid November 29!

With appreciation to our sponsors: Acton Nursing Services, Assisting Hands Home Care, Best Home Care, Enterprise Bank, Guardian Angel Senior Services, HUB International, Mass General Brigham Home Care, Middlesex Savings Bank, Nashoba Nursing Service & Hospice, Northern Bank & Trust Charitable Foundation, Pine Knoll Nursing Center and Winchester Savings Bank

46th Annual Meeting

At our 46th Annual Meeting earlier this month we recognized two outstanding legislative leaders with the Friend of Minuteman Senior Services Award: Senator Pat Jehlen and Representative Tom Stanley.  Thank you Senator Jehlen and Representative Stanley for advanced legislation and funding priorities aimed at promoting the health, safety, and quality of life for older adults across the Commonwealth!

At our Annual Meeting we also presented our 2020-2021 Annual Report.

Bring Seniors Holiday Cheer

We welcome you to participate in our 27th Annual Holiday Giving Tree hosted by Lexington's Crafty Yankee!

You can stop by Crafty Yankee today to choose a gift tag from their decorated tree that contains a special request from a local senior. Just bring your gift back to Crafty Yankee by December 17th to help make a neighbor’s holidays bright!

SubarU Share the Love Event

Do you love supporting Meals on Wheels? So does Subaru of America, Inc.! Their annual Subaru Share the Love Event has helped deliver more than 2.5 million meals to seniors in need! This year, you can help increase that number when you purchase or lease a new Subaru between now and January 3 and select Meals on Wheels as the recipient of a $250 donation. Learn more at www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/sharethelove.

Medicare Open Enrollment
Ends December 7

There may be changes to your current Medicare prescription drug and health insurance plans for 2022, so this is a good time to review your current plan. To schedule an appointment with a SHINE counselor, call your local Senior Center directly or Minuteman Senior Services at 888-222-6171.

The SHINE Program is offering a free interactive training session Tuesday, November 30th at 10:00 AM where you can learn step by step how to use Medicare.gov Plan Finder to help select your coverage for 2022. Register now.

For more information about SHINE and Medicare please visit: www.Medicare.gov or shinema.org

Medicare and You 2022 guide is now available in multiple languages including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. For a free copy delivered to your home contact Centers for Medicare Services at 800-633-4227.

Thank You!

Earlier this month some of our amazing volunteers joined us for the Volunteer Virtual Social Event we hosted to recognize the generosity of these dedicated folks.

Thank you to each of our extraordinary volunteers,
and to our Volunteer Recognition sponsors!

The resources and website links are being provided as a convenience, and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by Minuteman Senior Services of any of the products, services or opinions of the organizations. Minuteman Senior Services bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external sites or for that of subsequent links. Users of the site are responsible for conducting their own review and investigation of the products and services listed. Should you find an error or know certain information to be incorrect, please contact us so that we may update our resources.