seniors
Deadline for Medicare Drug Plan Coverage is December 7, 2011 ACT NOW!
SENIORS! Call ABCD “SHINE” TODAY! Deadline for Medicare Drug Plan Coverage is December 7 Number one on Boston-area seniors “TO DO” list: CALL ABCD’s “SHINE” program at 617-348-6226 for free counseling about your Medicare drug plan choices before the federal program deadline for coverage ends on December 7. Get your medications covered and save possibly [...]
Community Newslines
Switcheroo: BPS Lets Arts Academy Stay, Moves Fenway High Bowing to angry students and parents from Boston Latin Academy, the marginally less-prestigious cousin of Boston Latin School, Boston School Superintendant Carol R. Johnson dropped her plan to move the Latin Academy into shuttered Hyde Park High School. That move would have set off a chain [...]
Burtons Grill gets Serious About Seniors
New England-Based Restaurant Group Burtons Grill Celebrates National Senior Citizens Day with Half-Off Food All-Day! In celebration of National Senior Citizens Day, on Sunday, August 21st, 2011, Burtons Grill, the casual restaurant chain with seven locations in the New England area, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Virginia, will be honoring the nation’s senior citizens [...]
“WALK WITH THE SENIORS” AT 12:00 NOON MAY 5th FROM BOYLSTON AND JERSEY STREET A Thank you in “CAPS”, From the Fenway Seniors!
Fenway Seniors Thank You All FOR YOUR SUPPORT! THE PETERBOROUGH SENIOR CENTER 2011 FUND RAISER, “WALK WITH THE SENIORS” AT 12:00 NOON MAY5th FROM BOYLSTON AND JERSEY STREET IS BEING SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING (as of APRIL 26, 2011 ) WINGATE APARTMENT MANAGEMENT, FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, (F.C.DC.) DHARMENA DOWNEY , PENINA ADELMAN, DON. MATHIEU, [...]
SHINE Volunteers Needed at ABCD!
Did you know there are over 89,000 seniors in the City of Boston? During the last six months, Boston SHINE volunteers responded to over 500 telephone calls and counseled over 250 seniors in their own neighborhoods and another 200 in the office and in their homes. These volunteers from Action for Boston Community [...]
News Notes – February 4
MIT and Harvard announce joint library initiative – MIT and Harvard announce joint library initiative by Robert McQueen – The Tech – February 4, 2011 Today, MIT and Harvard libraries announced a joint initiative that marks a future of greater integration between their collective resources. Goals of the new plan include enabling reciprocal book requests, [...]
Medicare Open Enrollment to Run Nov. 15 to Dec. 31
Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Approaches! Don’t Miss Your Annual “SHINE” Check-up! ABCD Urges Medicare Beneficiaries to Sign Up for Plan Assistance; Medicare Open Enrollment to Run Nov. 15 to Dec. 31 SHINE Counselors Available to Answer Questions Many Medicare plans are changing next year and, for the [...]
The Keepsakes Project Premiere
Keepsakes Project Premiere Documenting the stories of Boston Seniors through Video on Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) [BNN News & Information [Comcast 9/RCN 15] Boston – On Thursday, October 14, 2010 the Elderly Commission, in collaboration with Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN), will premiere the Keepsakes Project at BNN, 3025 Washington Street at 11:00 a.m. Twelve seniors [...]
AUTUMN CHANGES MORE THAN THE LEAVES
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT For Medicare Beneficiaries the month of October brings changes in their mailbox. Health and/or Drug plans, connected to Medicare, will be sending out their change notices this month. Those changes are effective January 1st 2011. Changes that may occur are; increases in premiums, changes to their drug formularies and co-pay structure, some [...]