Brockton Council on Aging

🚶‍♀️The Shoe City Walkers had a Summer Celebration potluck today! Everyone brought delicious food, drinks, and dessert to share while listening to fun music and chatting about Summer plans. 🚶‍♂️‍➡️

Thank you to Linda Reddin for organizing such a fun event for our Shoe City Walkers group! ❤️ If you're interested in joining a fun bunch for some great exercise, they meet at 9:00 AM every Friday at the Westgate Mall.

It's movie Thursday at The BCOA! This week we're watching 'EPiC: Elvis' 🎸 This film features candid conversations and archival footage of The King of Rock and Roll 🍿

Join us on Thursday, join 11th at 1:00 PM for our next movie, 'Sarah's Oil'

What a great trip! Yesterday we visited Salem Cross Inn in West Brookfield, enjoyed a guided tour of the Quabbin Reservoir, and learned about its fascinating history.
A wonderful day of history, good food, and great company!

Mary-Kate, OCES Dietician, guided us through games of 'Gut Health Bingo' this afternoon! Through this classic game, we learned about different ways to keep your gut healthy.

Thank you to Mary-Kate and everyone that joined the fun!

As a special way to honor our Veterans, this year we will be performing FREE dental cleanings for Veterans and their spouses during our Veterans Day Breakfast event on Thursday, November 5th.

Registration is available now - call 508-580-7811 to reserve your spot!

Kerrin and Denise, our Wellness Nurses, gave an informative presentation about Advance Directives this afternoon 📝 They helped to fill out Five Wishes booklets, appoint healthcare proxies, and answered great questions.

💛Thank you to our amazing nurses, and everyone that joined us!

Happy June! As Summer begins we'll be keeping busy with lots of special programs at The Brockton Council on Aging☀️

To learn more or sign up please call us at 508-580-7811, or stop by for a visit! 🌊

Looking to introduce a fitness class into your Summer schedule? Posture & Balance, instructed by Susan Andrea is growing every week and may be the perfect fit for you!

This one hour class is a low-impact workout designed to reduce the risk of falls and increase daily mobility. Join us at 10:00 AM every Friday at The BCOA!

Yesterday afternoon we watched the movie 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' and enjoyed some popcorn 🍿

🎞️Check out our June Newsletter to see our upcoming movie showings! Sign ups begin on Monday, June 1st.

Today we celebrated Older American's Month this afternoon with a fun-filled prom! We danced, shared a meal and dessert, and had portrait photos taken by our Outreach Coordinator Rick 💃

👑Congratulations to Yvonne Weekes and Stanley Spiegelman for winning Prom Queen and King, and to Sherri McMullen for winning our 50-50 raffle!

Thank you to everyone that came dressed up in their party attire, West Acres for bringing a delicious cake, The Rotary Club of Brockton for bringing a door prize, Bill Reddin for DJ-ing, Our Friends of The Brockton Council on Aging, and the volunteers that helped us out today.