Editor,

Thank you to voters in the towns of Berlin, Calais, East Montpelier, Middlesex, Moretown (new!), and Worcester for your support at Town Meeting. In the new fiscal year, seniors (age 50+) from these supporting towns will enjoy lower membership dues than non-supporting towns as well as advance registration privileges for our several dozen quarterly classes. Affordable fees and financial aid are available to all, regardless of town of residence. As always, all seniors are welcome at MSAC regardless of membership, we offer over 30 hours of free programming each week as well as onsite lunches Tuesday and Friday, and many programs are open to mixed age groups. We always welcome suggestions for new programming, include off-site in supporting towns!

We appreciate voters’ recognition of the important role that all the area senior centers and senior meal sites play in helping to maximize the physical and mental health of your residents, to provide opportunities for socialization, volunteering and lifelong learning, and to serve as gateways to a myriad of valuable services and community resources. We are grateful to all the community partners and volunteers from these six towns (and Northfield) for their help in collecting petition signatures, getting the word out, and standing up to speak at Town Meeting. As a department of the City of Montpelier, we look forward to serving the public into the coming year, and welcome all to visit us at 58 Barre Street, learn more about MSAC on the web at www.montpelier-vt.org/msac, or call us at 223-2518.

Janna Clar
Director, MSAC