TOHP Burnham Library is offering curbside pickup of items that are in the library on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Either place a hold on the item(s) you would like using your library card number and PIN or call 978-768-7410, email pseavey@essexpl.org or dfrench@essexpl.org.
When you receive your hold notification you may pickup items Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the cart on the ramp. Call if other arrangements are needed.
Look for new added items in your Wednesday Wowbrary email. Please return all items to the book return so they can be systematically quarantined. If you are homebound we can arrange delivery. All our information can be found on the library website.
Mondays at 10:30 a.m. “Game Day.” Play Bingo, Trivia, etc. Join in for some fun and competition.
Zoom ID: 396 136 822
Password: 01929
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. “Balance Class with Diana Daly.” Diana will get everyone grooving to fabulous music while attendees perform a variety of Fall Prevention and Strengthening Exercises.
Zoom ID: 396 136 822
Password: 01929
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. “Coffee Social.” Join Kristin and Tess and neighbors for a lively discussion about what everyone has been up to, what is happening in town, or attendees can just saying hello and share a few laughs and the joy of socializing with friends.
Zoom ID: 396 136 822
Password: 01929
Fridays at 10:30 a.m. “Yoga with Diana Daly.” Modified yoga stretching and exercises designed to develop mind and body.
Zoom ID: 396 136 822
Password: 01929
The COA is thrilled to offer seniors in Essex a program that provides free and personal shopping services. Volunteers are working with the towns of Essex, Wenham and Hamilton to assist Essex seniors with their errands and groceries. Just make a list and a volunteer shopper will go to the grocery/drug store for you and purchase items. There is no charge for this shopping service but, of course, participants are responsible for paying for the requested items. Shopper volunteers will work with you and your choice of store and make payment arrangements individually. And, there is an added benefit. This service helps seniors stay safe and encourages volunteering in the community. Please contact Mark Gray at 978-310-9358. Note: volunteers in this program have complete background checks through the town of Wenham.
In years past, the Council On Aging has been able to offer coupon books to eligible Essex residents to use at the local farmer’s markets. Today, of course, is different, and the COA has been working with Senior Care to find a new way to continue this program. This year, the COA is doing a “Grab-and-Go” program at the Senior Center on Pickering Street, where residents can pick up a bag of produce from local farms worth $25 dollars. Distribution will be on a first com first served basis in accordance with state and federal regulations.
Also, because of generous donations from Essex neighbors and friends, the COA is able to extend the provision of these produce bags from local growers to Essex seniors who do not meet the eligibility requirements for “Farmers Market Coupons.” Contact the COA for details.
There are great local folks on the board of the Essex Council on Aging. Here are some of them.
“I have been married to Michael for 32 years and I moved to Essex when we got married and have loved every minute of living in this town. I have worked in Essex for 31 years as a banker and have enjoyed working with the community and helping them financially. Michael and I have been involved with the Essex community for many years, myself being part of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce/President of the Essex Division, Essex Merchants Group and, for the past four and a half years, the Council on Aging. I have been a strong voice for our senior citizens, within Essex Strategic Planning Committee and the Essex Housing Committee. Essex is such a beautiful town the people are wonderful and very caring and will to help anyone in need, I have seen that so much with our seniors, it is just heartwarming.”
“One of my favorite things to do is to walk my Golden through the fields of Cogswell’s Grant, grateful for the extraordinary beauty of Essex. I have been a Professor of Social Psychology at Endicott College for the past 30 years and have recently published a book on Elder victimization. I have volunteered for the RSVP Volunteers of the North Shore for several years, sit on the Advisory Board for SeniorCare, and provide discussions on topics of psychology at a variety of senior centers on the North Shore. It’s an honor to be a board member of the Essex Council on Aging where I hope we can continue to support the health and well-being of our senior citizens.”
“Our family, my wife, two young children and I moved to Essex for the entire summer in 1979. We have done so every year since. In the ensuing 42 years we became voters, landowners and builders of a new cottage. We were introduced to Essex through the good graces of long-standing families whose values we trusted and found worthy of emulation. Families included Riggs, Hardy, King, Bickford, Mary and Dave Mears, George and Susan Lufkin. Four years ago, I found Essex COA, met a lot of new, good people who were participating and supporting it enthusiastically. I’ve tried to do my share and hope as a board member I can do more.”
“I was born in Maine but being a genealogy enthusiast, I found out that I’m related to a number of the people buried in the Old Burying Ground here. Kurt and I moved up here from RI in 1974 because he got a job with National Marine Fisheries in Gloucester and so I got a job at Addison Gilbert Hospital, being an RN. We bought a house in Essex because of the rural character and being close to our jobs, also, a good place to raise children. I’m retired now, as is Kurt, and I got a chance to join the COA and to help the seniors and to give back to the community.”
July 27, Chicken Meatballs, Garlic Spinach, Pasta, Honey Dew Melon
July 30, Egg Salad, Butternut Squash Salad, Confetti Coleslaw, Chilled Fruit
12 p.m. Pick-up at Essex Senior Center. Call 978 768 7932 to register in advance.
Meals Together is a program designed to create companionship when loneliness is at an all time high for older adults and youth alike. To do this they pair you with a Food-Friene from a different generation to share a meal over a call and to cook up hearty conversations. To register, go to mealstogether.org, or if you don’t have internet access, please call us the the Senior Center for assistance.
