Events
February 2022
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1 Chinese New Year Lunch and Movie
Join us as we celebrate Chinese New Year! Lunch: From Jade Pacific. Egg Roll, Pork Fried Rice, Beef & Broccoli, Chicken Lo Mein and Fortune Cookie Movie: Asian Americans, will follow lunch. Asian Americans delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series casts a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played. Cost is $8. Sign up required by January 25 on myactivecenter.com. If you cannot sign up online, please contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
| 2 | 3 | 4 Grief Support
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
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6 | 7 | 8 Van Trip - Frugal Fannies
Call John in Transportation to schedule. Cost is $12.00 round trip History Lecture
Henry Quinlan gives a one-hour presentation on his 30-year involvement with the former Soviet Union and Russia including living in Moscow for five years during the demise of the USSR and the rise of the new Russia. He features his involvement in 1985 with an agreement to publish a book by young Soviet diplomat Vitaly Churkin and ends with dinner in New York with Vitaly Churkin, now Russian Ambassador to the UN. Encounters with the Russian Mafia – Bob Levinson, Former head of FBI Russia Mafia Unit, and much more. The presentation will educate and entertain. Sign up by February 1 at myactivecenter.com. Must sign up, if unable to do so, please, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Stacy Kirby Cooking Live
Join Stacy in the kitchen for a Valentines themed cooking class. Stacy will prepare steak with Bernaise sauce which is the ultimate meal for a cozy candlelight dinner for two, then love is in the air as she prepares the classic French dessert of Chocolate Mousse!! She will also be preparing chocolate covered strawberries the perfect Valentines treat! There is something for everyone at this Cupid themed culinary get together and remember you get to sample and eat everything prepared. Who could ask for more! Sign up is required. Sign up on myactivecenter.com. If you cannot sign up online, please contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
| 9 Card Making
Join Janet Habeshian and learn to make beautiful hand-crafted cards. The cost is $6.00 per class. In each session, participants will make four hand-crafted cards. The February class is Wednesday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m. There is a maximum of 10 participants per class. Sign up is required. Sign up on myactivecenter.com. If unable to do so, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Dance Caliente Brings The World To Your Feet
This is a new virtual interactive Ballroom Dance Show, created by choreographers/performers, Eileen Herman-Haase and Raul Nieves. Watch them bring to life romantic dances from all over the world while bringing their delightful sense of humor and charismatic charm to every step they take. Each dance was filmed, in costume, in front of a live audience at the location of each Senior Center who commissioned this production. Sign up is required. Sign up on myactivecenter.com. If unable to do so, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Memory Cafe Via Zoom
Please join us for the Billerica Memory Café on Wednesday, February 9 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. This will be a virtual event through Zoom. The Cafés are free, open and welcoming monthly social gatherings for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. Guests with dementia, at any stage, and due to any underlying condition are encouraged to attend accompanied by their caregiver. To sign up, please call Carolyn Savio at 978-671-0916, ext. 2010.
| 10 | 11 Grief Support
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
Garden Club Floral Workshop
Join us for a stress-free, relaxed time and make a unique floral arrangement to take home and enjoy! Ruth MacNutt is the creative coach. Cost is $8 Sign up is required. Please sign up by February 4, on myactivecenter.com. If you are unable to sign up online, please call Melissa at 978-671-0916. There is no wrong way to arrange flowers!
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13 | 14 | 15 Van Trip - Wayside Inn Lunch
Call John in Transportation to schedule. Cost is $12.00 round trip for transportation. | 16 Traveling Chef
Join us for a hearty lunch prepared by the Traveling Chef. Menu includes Beef Chili, side of cheese, diced onions & tomatoes, Garden Salad/dressing, Corn Bread and Chocolate Pudding Parfait. Cost is $4.00 per person. For safety reasons each person will be sitting at a separate small table. If you are coming with someone else there must be agreement between the 2 of you to remove your masks to be in close proximity. Sign up is required, Please do so by February 11, on myactivecenter.com. If unable to do so, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
| 17 Nutrition Jeopardy via Zoom
Join Age Span Registered Dietician, Leigh Hartwell, for an informative and interactive game of Nutrition Jeopardy on February 17 at 1:00 p.m. through Zoom. Categories will include general nutrition, food safety, immunity, bone health and nutrition fun facts. Please register for this event in myactivecenter.com. Must register to attend. If unable to register online, please contact Carolyn Savio at 978-671-0916, ext. 2010.
| 18 Grief Support
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
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20 | 21 Presidents Day - BCOA Closed
| 22 March Program Registration Begins
Narrow Gauge Rail Trail Walk
The group will meet at 92 Sweetwater Ave. in Bedford at 9:00 a.m. at the trail head parking lot for a one hour walk of the Narrow Gauge Rail Trail. Newcomers are welcome, and registration is required in myactivecenter.com. For weather concerns or questions, please call Carolyn at 978-671-0916.
Van Trip - Seaport Grille / Winfrey's Fudge
Call John in Transportation to schedule. Cost is $12.00 round trip for transportation. Book Club
BCOA Book Club — Via Zoom Tuesday, February 22 at 12:30 p.m. February: The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne March: Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michelle Richardson April: Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese Need more info about Book Club? Call Melissa at 978-671-0916. The Book Club meets virtually on the last Tuesday of the month at 12:30 p.m. | 23 | 24 | 25 Grief Support
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
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27 | 28 March Programs Begin
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Tuesday Feb 1, 2022
Chinese New Year Lunch and Movie
Tuesday Feb 1, 2022 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Join us as we celebrate Chinese New Year!
Lunch: From Jade Pacific. Egg Roll, Pork Fried Rice, Beef & Broccoli, Chicken Lo Mein and Fortune Cookie
Movie: Asian Americans, will follow lunch.
Asian Americans delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series casts a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.
Cost is $8. Sign up required by January 25 on myactivecenter.com. If you cannot sign up online, please contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Friday Feb 4, 2022
Grief Support
Friday Feb 4, 2022 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
Tuesday Feb 8, 2022
Van Trip - Frugal Fannies
Tuesday Feb 8, 2022 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Call John in Transportation to schedule. Cost is $12.00 round trip
History Lecture
Tuesday Feb 8, 2022 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Henry Quinlan gives a one-hour presentation on his 30-year involvement with the former Soviet Union and Russia including living in Moscow for five years during the demise of the USSR and the rise of the new Russia. He features his involvement in 1985 with an agreement to publish a book by young Soviet diplomat Vitaly Churkin and ends with dinner in New York with Vitaly Churkin, now Russian Ambassador to the UN. Encounters with the Russian Mafia – Bob Levinson, Former head of FBI Russia Mafia Unit, and much more. The presentation will educate and entertain.
Sign up by February 1 at myactivecenter.com. Must sign up, if unable to do so, please, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Stacy Kirby Cooking Live
Tuesday Feb 8, 2022 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Join Stacy in the kitchen for a Valentines themed cooking class. Stacy will prepare steak with Bernaise sauce which is the ultimate meal for a cozy candlelight dinner for two, then love is in the air as she prepares the classic French dessert of Chocolate Mousse!! She will also be preparing chocolate covered strawberries the perfect Valentines treat! There is something for everyone at this Cupid themed culinary get together and remember you get to sample and eat everything prepared. Who could ask for more!
Sign up is required. Sign up on myactivecenter.com. If you cannot sign up online, please contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Wednesday Feb 9, 2022
Card Making
Wednesday Feb 9, 2022 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Join Janet Habeshian and learn to make beautiful hand-crafted cards. The cost is $6.00 per class. In each session, participants will make four hand-crafted cards. The February class is Wednesday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m. There is a maximum of 10 participants per class. Sign up is required. Sign up on myactivecenter.com. If unable to do so, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Dance Caliente Brings The World To Your Feet
Wednesday Feb 9, 2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
This is a new virtual interactive Ballroom Dance Show, created by choreographers/performers, Eileen Herman-Haase and Raul Nieves. Watch them bring to life romantic dances from all over the world while bringing their delightful sense of humor and charismatic charm to every step they take. Each dance was filmed, in costume, in front of a live audience at the location of each Senior Center who commissioned this production. Sign up is required. Sign up on myactivecenter.com. If unable to do so, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Memory Cafe Via Zoom
Wednesday Feb 9, 2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Please join us for the Billerica Memory Café on Wednesday, February 9 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. This will be a virtual event through Zoom. The Cafés are free, open and welcoming monthly social gatherings for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. Guests with dementia, at any stage, and due to any underlying condition are encouraged to attend accompanied by their caregiver. To sign up, please call Carolyn Savio at 978-671-0916, ext. 2010.
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Grief Support
Friday Feb 11, 2022 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
Garden Club Floral Workshop
Friday Feb 11, 2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Join us for a stress-free, relaxed time and make a unique floral arrangement to take home and enjoy! Ruth MacNutt is the creative coach.
Cost is $8
Sign up is required. Please sign up by February 4, on myactivecenter.com. If you are unable to sign up online, please call Melissa at 978-671-0916.
There is no wrong way to arrange flowers!
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Van Trip - Wayside Inn Lunch
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Call John in Transportation to schedule. Cost is $12.00 round trip for transportation.
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Traveling Chef
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us for a hearty lunch prepared by the Traveling Chef. Menu includes Beef Chili, side of cheese, diced onions & tomatoes, Garden Salad/dressing, Corn Bread and Chocolate Pudding Parfait. Cost is $4.00 per person. For safety reasons each person will be sitting at a separate small table. If you are coming with someone else there must be agreement between the 2 of you to remove your masks to be in close proximity.
Sign up is required, Please do so by February 11, on myactivecenter.com. If unable to do so, contact Melissa at 978-671-0916.
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Nutrition Jeopardy via Zoom
Thursday Feb 17, 2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Join Age Span Registered Dietician, Leigh Hartwell, for an informative and interactive game of Nutrition Jeopardy on February 17 at 1:00 p.m. through Zoom. Categories will include general nutrition, food safety, immunity, bone health and nutrition fun facts. Please register for this event in myactivecenter.com. Must register to attend. If unable to register online, please contact Carolyn Savio at 978-671-0916, ext. 2010.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Grief Support
Friday Feb 18, 2022 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Presidents Day - BCOA Closed
Monday Feb 21, 2022 All day
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
March Program Registration Begins
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Narrow Gauge Rail Trail Walk
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
The group will meet at 92 Sweetwater Ave. in Bedford at 9:00 a.m. at the trail head parking lot for a one hour walk of the Narrow Gauge Rail Trail. Newcomers are welcome, and registration is required in myactivecenter.com. For weather concerns or questions, please call Carolyn at 978-671-0916.
Van Trip - Seaport Grille / Winfrey's Fudge
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Call John in Transportation to schedule. Cost is $12.00 round trip for transportation.
Book Club
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
BCOA Book Club — Via Zoom
Tuesday, February 22 at 12:30 p.m.
February: The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
March: Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michelle Richardson
April: Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
Need more info about Book Club? Call Melissa at 978-671-0916.
The Book Club meets virtually on the last Tuesday of the month at 12:30 p.m.
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Grief Support
Friday Feb 25, 2022 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
If you or someone you love is dealing with the loss of a loved one, a grief support group may help. The BCOA, in partnership with Home Health Foundation, will be offering an in-person six-week group grief support session to our patrons. This will take place from Friday, February 4 through Friday, March 11 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. Registration is required by calling 978-552-4510.
Monday Feb 28, 2022
March Programs Begin
Monday Feb 28, 2022 All day