Senior Center Book Discussion

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Ledyard

Fourth Wednesdays of the Month at 10:30am in the Senior Center Library.

The upcoming titles will be given out at the monthly meetings or you can pick them up at the Gales Ferry Library. New members are welcomed!!

June 22 – This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
A contemporary story about family and learning to be who you are… and how that secret ends up keeping them. A novel of great empathy and compassion that transcends politics.
August 24 – The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
In a novel that takes place in Maine, this story is “about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history and weathering the storms of life.”

 

 

Music Performance by: MEZZO-SOPRANO ALLISON LINDSAY SINGS SONGS AND ARIAS FROM OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATER with Gerald Moshell, pianist on Wed, May 4th

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Ledyard

Ms. Lindsay has sung leading roles with the Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Madison Lyric Stage, as well as having performed professionally in Boston, Providence, New York City, and Bad Gastein, Austria, as one of the winners of their Festival’s Concerto-Aria Competition.

DATE:  Wednesday, May 4

TIME:  12:15 – 1:00 p.m.

FEE:  Free!  Open to the general public.  Optional lunch for $7.00 to follow the free concert.  (See below.)  RSVP to 860-464-0478.

EASTERN CONNECTICUT TRANSPORTATION CONSORTIUM, INC. (ECTC)

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Ledyard

Are you in need of rides to doctor’s appointments and medical tests?  If so you may be eligible for the services of Easter

n Connecticut Transportation Consortium, Inc., a private non-profit 501(c)3 agency whose purpose is to promote the coordination and consolidation of para-transit services for persons of low income, elderly, physically and mentally disabled individuals in Southeastern Connecticut.  ECTC can be an additional means of transportation besides the Ledyard Senior Center if your appointments fall on days and times during the week that the Ledyard Senior Center does not do.   Please call 860-464-0478 or ECTC 860-848-5910 or fax 860-848-5917 for further information. Their website is www.ectcinc.org.

Caregiver Mileage Reimbursement and Dial-A-Ride Medical Transportation begins July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.  The annual registration fee has been waived for this year.  Please call 860-464-0478 to sign up or if you have questions.

SENIOR VAN SCHEDULE

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Ledyard

MONDAY:  Senior Center, Doctor Appointments

TUESDAY:  Senior Center, Doctor Appointments

WEDNESDAY:  Senior Center

2nd Wednesday:  Job Lot & Dollar Tree Stores

THURSDAY:  Senior Center, Doctor Appointments

FRIDAY:  Senior Center, Stop & Shop or Walmart

1st Friday – Bank Run

SENIOR TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Ledyard

Call us at 860-464-0478 to schedule all transportation requests.

The Ledyard Senior Center offers daily transportation to the Center for activities including lunch, along with rides to medical appointments and other necessities according to the schedule below.  All individuals using our transportation must complete an annual transportation form. A wheelchair lift is available. Please be aware that the Senior Center does not provide assistance to and from the vehicle.  Persons must be able to: travel without assistance, wait outside for 10 minutes, climb three 12-inch steps or use the wheelchair lift.  The Senior Center cannot provide rides home from a medical appointment/procedure that involves general anesthetics. We service Ledyard, Gales Ferry, New London, Groton, Mystic, Waterford, Norwich. Call for details.

Stop in and see Karen for help with these programs

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Ledyard

MUNICIPAL AGENT/CHOICES/MEDICARE  & Renters Rebate

CONTACT:  Karen Goetchius      860-464-8464 

Renters Rebate is a State qualified program run by the OPM (Office of Policy and Management for residents who are elderly/disabled and make a certain amount of Income.