Left In Lowell

Lots of volunteer opportunities coming up - after all, it’s spring! You can help keep the city clean, or help the Senior Center out with one of its new programs.

First, let me get a little parochial: in my neck of the woods (generally, the Sacred Heart neighborhood), there’s a Saturday neighborhood cleanup as part of the Great American Cleanup Day. The neighborhood will meet at McHugh Alternative School, 73 Woburn St. at 9am. I haven’t found other neighborhood info, but I believe that there will be other cleanups as well.

Next, the City Manager posted on his blog about the Seniors Count program, which aims to knock on the door of every senior, survey them and find out their needs. While many seniors have family, many do not. This is one more way Lowell can take care of its people.

The Lowell Senior Center, in conjunction with UMass Lowell, is currently recruiting volunteers for “Lowell Seniors Count,” a door-to-door census and needs assessment of all adults 60 and older living in the city. This ground-breaking outreach effort, scheduled to begin on May 1 and continue for several months, will help us better serve the needs of our diverse community of older adults.

Volunteers are needed to…
* Conduct door-to door surveys in your building, on your street or in your neighborhood (working in pairs). If you are interested, please arrange to attend one of the following training sessions, co-sponsored by the Lowell Police Department:

Tuesday, May 6th & May 20th 9:00 to 11:30
Saturday May, 10th 9-11:30 & Saturday May, 24th 9 -11:30
Tuesday May, 20th at night 5-9
Thursday May, 22nd 5-9

You do not need to attend a training if you would like to stuff bags. Stuffing bags will begin Monday, May 12th.

* Stuff 15,000 free resource bags for every senior we meet
Flexible Times…No long term commitment required!

Free T-Shirts
Digital Name Tags
Free Canvas Bags
Invitation to our recognition party

CORI SCREENING NECESSARY [for survey-takers]

Call our Lowell Seniors Count Hotline 978-446-7200, press 9 when prompted, enter extension 2000 & leave a message! Or call Munty Pot at 978-275-6328.