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Get Out the Vote Gathering, Oct. 6
Apple Users Group (CHUG) October Meeting
The Apple Charlestown Users’ Group (CHUG) meets October 15th at 1:00 PM
My Erickson Apple Login Concerns
Using Outside Personnel for Home Services
I write this as a friendly but serious reminder of the importance of taking precautions when we hire any outside provider of personnel services, so you and I can remain COVID-19 free. Nothing new, but very important for us since it relates to our unique population's...
Photos of Members of the Photography Interest Group – September 2020
This month’s photos are by Janet Allan, John Chasse, Jan Hryn, Rosemary Eck, Bill May, Gloria Davis, Joe Giacomini, and John Yoder.
Next MaCCRA Meeting Will Be Held Oct. 22 on Zoom
The Charlestown Chapter of MaCCRA will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. It will be a Zoom video call. The agenda will include the election of officers for the next year and updates on issues. Current MaCCRA members will receive the...
Groups Meeting During Coronavirus
Here are groups and clubs who are meeting by ZoomAI Companion is a generative AI-powered assistant from Zoom (for those with the paid version). It uses large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, and has also trained itself by listening in on thousands of meetings between Zoom employees. Some of its uses include:
• Summarizing... READ MORE or other technologies during this time of self-quarantine: Genealogy Club, Journal Club, Photography Interest Group (PHIG), Unitarian-Universalists, Virtual Friday Happy Hour Group. See the Residents’ Council committees separately.
Council Annual Dues Collection
The packets were ready. Residents’ Council members were set to stuff the cubbies. Then came COVID-19! As is the custom each year, last April, the Residents’ Council was all set to deliver a dues collection packet to the cubby of each resident in independent living. ...
Birthday Angels Needed!
This is a special group of “Secret Angel Volunteers” who work to put a smile on the faces of Charlestown residents on their birthdays and has been a tradition at Charlestown for over 35 years! If interested, please contact Rose Sands in Community Resources at...
Resident Book Review for September, 2020
Sept. 15 – An American Marriage: A Novel[Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2018] by Tayari Jones, reviewed by Ellyn Loy.(Rescheduled from March, 2020) REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Author's WebsiteA Marriage Upended, A Life Destroyed [New York Times]The...