Salem’s Council of Aging Turns 50

From the City of Salem: Mayor Kim Driscoll and the Council on Aging Board invite you to a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Salem’s Council on Aging. Past | Present | Future will commemorate the 50 years of dedicated service to Salem’s seniors that the department has provided and also offer an opportunity to learn more about the forthcoming Mayor Jean Levesque Community Life Center on Bridge Street.

The 20,000-square foot, two-story Levesque Center will house the Council on Aging, along with Parks and Recreation and the Veterans’ Services office, after it is complete. Site work began this month in anticipation of vertical construction commencing this spring.

Past | Present | Future will take place on Monday, December 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the current COA facility at 5 Broad Street. In addition to remarks from Mayor Driscoll, State Representative Paul Tucker, and State Senator Joan Lovely, those attending can enjoy music, cake, and a slide show presentation about the history of the COA. If you have a photograph from the Salem Council on Aging that you would like to submit for inclusion in the slide show, please email it to rdonahue@salem.com by December 8th.

“This month we formally submitted Salem For All Ages, our age-friendly Salem action plan, to the AARP and the World Health Organization,” said Mayor Driscoll. “We also saw the start of work for the long-awaited Levesque Center. This gathering on December 12 offers an opportunity for us to come together to celebrate all that we have accomplished in support of Salem’s seniors, not just over the last few years, but over the COA’s last fifty years. And it also provides us an opportunity to look forward to the future and the opening of the Levesque Center, a new, state-of-the-art facility that our seniors and families so greatly deserve.”

Image courtesy of the City of Salem