Lunch is served daily, Monday through Friday at 12 noon at the Senior Center. Please call 2 days in advance for reservations. Our lunch menu is on our COA Calendar.
Mission Statement
The West Boylston Council on Aging will identify, promote and provide for the needs of the elder citizens of West Boylston through services which consist of community participation as well as social, nutritional, health, recreational and educational programs.
The Council on Aging was established by town meeting vote on April 8, 1974 under Article 20. It was voted to establish a Council on Aging consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members who shall be registered voters of the town and who shall be appointed for the purpose of coordinating or carrying out programs designed to meet the problems of the aging in coordination with programs of the Commission on Aging established under Section 73 of Chapter 6 of the General Laws of the State of Massachusetts.
The Council On Aging consists of 7 residents who are appointed by the Town Administrator to 3-year terms.
Marcia J. Cairns
Mrs. Cairns was appointed as Director of the West Boylston Council on Aging in February 2003. She was employed by Umass Memorial Home Care And Hospice as a Rehabilitation Nurse/Case Manager for several years.
She received an Associate of Science Degree in Physical Therapy from Becker College, Worcester, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with a minor in Health Education from Worcester State College. She completed a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, from Harvard University Partnership.
She is a former Board of Director’s member of the United Cerebral Palsy of Metro Boston, Watertown, Ma. She was inducted as a member of the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, and a member of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. She is a member of and past president of the West Boylston Fire fighters Association Ladies Auxiliary.
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