Our own Denise Schwartz (shown interviewing GCC’s Associate Dean of Community Engagement above) is creating an archive of oral histories of the pandemic experiences of local folk 55 and over. This is being done under the auspices of the Franklin Medical Reserve Corps’ Senior Resilience/Oral History Program and Greenfield Community College and was featured in...
Halfway through the spring academic season, the GCC OASIS workshops and Senior Symposia continue! The Symposia and workshops have been very successful and well attended and we hope to see you at the rest. You need to register online for all events and there is a $10 charge per person for the Symposia and for...
Our Christine Copeland recently interviewed Mary Siano, one of our volunteers about her experience volunteering and connecting with GCC. Here’s the interview: Christine: Mary, how did you decide to volunteer at the welcome desk at GCC? Mary: I was ready to do something! Initially I had wanted to be a conversation partner, but with the...
Remember all those great GCC workshops? Well, they’re back — here’s what Judy Raper, GCC’s Associate Dean for Community Engagement has to say about it: We want to make you aware of a diverse series of workshops, programs and classes that members of OASIS (Older Adults Seeking, Inspiring and Serving) have planned for this spring....
Spring has spung! The GCC Senior Symposia are back — live and in person! The Greenfield Senior Center at the John Zon Community Center, 35 Pleasant St., and the Garden Cinemas, Main St., have graciously granted the Symposia space for the spring schedule — a big “Thank You!” to both. The two-hour format will run...
The regional Age- and Dementia-Friendly Inititative is seeking all of our input. Here’s what Nour Elkhattaby Strauch, the program’s manager at LifePath has to say: The Age-Friendly Communities Initiative led by LifePath is launching a regional survey in Franklin County and the North Quabbin in collaboration with FRCOG and participating Councils on Aging and Senior...
The Greenfield Recorder has once again published a supplement section with resources for those of us over 50. Here’s the link: https://view.publitas.com/the-recorder/beyond-50-2021-2022/page/1
Be a part of our COVID Resiliency oral history project (and see how we must be resilient in moving forward!) GCC’s OASIS and the Franklin Medical Reserve Corps (FMRC) have been seeking older adults to meet with a trained FMRC volunteer to record their COVID stories of resilience, challenge, or personal lessons learned. We have...
We’re happy to pass along info on the upcoming LifePath Winter Workshops (both video and in-person), coming up starting Feb. 1, 2022. There is no charge for any of these workshops. For those who don’t know, LifePath is an Area Agency on Aging (AAA), is a private, non-profit corporation that develops, provides, and coordinates a...
Notwithstanding Tina Turner’s lyrics, we do need more heroes. The Treehouse Foundation of Franklin and Hampshire counties works with children and youth living in, and aging out of, foster care in Western Mass. Last year, the Treehouse Foundation established a partnership with Greenfield Community College and will be hosting the HEROES program, an intergenerational after-school...
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