Month: March 2013

Rockport Senior Center Happenings

March 6^th  9 AM Free Continental Breakfast & Social Hour, Call for Reservations, 978-546-2573

Beginner Computer Classes  starts on Thursdays, March 7^th from 1-3:30. 4 weeks for $40.00. Call 978-546-2573

Flower Show at the Seaport World Trade Center on Wednesday, March 13^th. Cost is $31.00 and includes Admission & Transportation. Call Diane for tickets at 978-546-2573

Specialized Telephone Equipment  March 20^th at 10 AM at the Rockport Senior Center. If you have trouble hearing on the telephone this equipment is something you would like to see. It prints out your conversion on a screen for you to read it. Free, please call for reservations.

March 14^th St Patrick’s Day Luncheon 11:30 with Comedian Mel Simons

Corned Beef & Cabbage, Carrots & Turnip, Potatoes with parsley, Irish Soda Bread and Blarney Stone Parfait (minted pudding with topping) $2.00 Call Freda for reservations 978-546-5027

If you need a ride to any of the events, call Diane at 978-546-2573 and she can help you fill out a form for CATA to pick you up at home and drop you at the Senior Center. This is a one time application process. 

Free Pediatric Speech & Language Screening!

• Who?: Children ages 18 months to 18 years old.  
• What?: Free speech/language screenings that are 15-20 minutes long to identify if your child is developmentally appropriate in terms of their speech, language, or feeding skills. If you child qualifies for further evaluation, a speech/language pathologist will assist you in scheduling a comprehensive speech/language evaluation.*
• Where?: Speech-language therapy outpatient clinic at Beverly Hospital in Beverly , MA and Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester , MA
• When?: March 4, 2013 through March 29, 2013. Times available at Beverly Hospital and at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester. Appointments required.
• Why?: Speech and language development in children can vary across children with and without the presence of disorders. Speech therapy offers a wide variety of services including articulation (speech) therapy, receptive language (ability to understand language), expressive language, memory, auditory processing skills, reading/writing, social skills, and feeding/swallowing skills. Our licensed speech-language pathologists have experience with a wide variety of patients across the life span. Early identification and intervention is key!
• How?: Please call 978-816-2690 (Beverly) or 978-283-4000 x141 (AGH) to schedule your free screening today! Please feel free to email jcarroll@nhs-healthlink.org with any questions or comments.

Photos submitted by Annisquam and Cambridge FOB, Cynthia Kennedy Sam of a new fancy glass “birdfeeder” which she hung up off her back deck three days ago to attract cardinals, bluejays, juncos, white throated sparrows – you know those lovely feathered ones…. only to find that this pesky critter figured out how to access it!  Of course, s/he’s a Cambridge squirrel, quite obviously an engineer, maybe educated at HAHVARD!