AFCI
At our board meeting last week were Meryl Kelly, our new AmeriCorps Vista worker, and administrators from our member towns. We’re so grateful for their energetic, creative participation! A primary topic was the “Our Towns” project funded by an AARP Community Challenge Grant.

Perhaps you’ve seen photos on our flyers in the community. It’s been quite a collaboration of the Congo Craftsmen who built the benches and picnic tables, members of BAAM who painted them with local motifs, and Amanda Moran, who has crafted the plaques.

The project’s goals are to encourage people to sit and relax together, maybe even play a board game on the checkerboard embedded in the tabletop, and to thank Bethel, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Newry, and Woodstock for their continued support of the Bethel Region Age-Friendly Community Initiative. Installation celebrations are planned around the June 14 primary elections in each town.

Community
Remember that you may request an N2N (Neighbor to Neighbor) ride to any of these activities.

The Bethel Senior Citizens Club will meet Wednesday, April 13, 11 a.m. in the dining room of the Bethel Methodist Church – all are welcome.  Pot luck; please bring a casserole, salad or dessert to share.

Spring term at the Western Mountains Senior College (http://wmscollege.blogspot.com)

The Gem Theater (thegemtheater.com): Free Science on Screen Event, March 27. 4-4:45 p.m. – Yao-Lun Yang, a research scientist at RIKEN Star and Planet Formation Laboratory: snow-covered baby stars and NASA’s next-generation space telescope. 4:45-5 p.m. – food and drink available. 5-6:45 p.m. The Dish. Yao-Lun and his wife are spending the month of March in West Bethel WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) at Morning Glory Farm before he heads to Japan to work at RIKEN.

At the Bethel Alliance Church: conversation, coffee, and a bagel or doughnut, every Thursday, 9-1, come for one hour or all four.

Community Supper March 30, 4:30-6 p.m. at the Bethel Alliance Church. Eat-in or take-out.

MSAD 44 Adult and Continuing Ed tech help on Tuesday evenings – free sessions, but call to reserve a time: 824-2136, x 1340.

Bethel Food Pantry, first and third Wednesday of each month, 9-2.

All AFCI services are free. To request an N2N ride or a Handy Neighbor Household Chore: 207-824-4444. For information, inquiries and suggestions – email: agefriendlybethel@gmail.com, visit our FaceBook page or website www.agefriendlybethel.org. And look for our flyers in public sites.