Aidan Pollard May 22, 2021
From left to right: Andrew Poulin, Jacqueline Coucci and Elizabeth Leatham at the Mattapoisett Council on Aging, where Poulin donated care packages for the elderly. Photos by: Aidan Pollard
Andrew and his dad, Scout Master Roger Poulin, set up the packages.
The packages contain toothpaste, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, masks, a notebook and sudoku puzzles.
MATTAPOISETT From toothpaste to masks to sudoku puzzles, Andrew Poulin is leaving no box unchecked in his Eagle Scout project.
The Old Rochester Regional High School sophomore is donating care packages to the Mattapoisett Council on Aging to be given to elderly residents who can’t go out to get their own supplies.
Mar 13, 2021
To the editor:
Mattapoisett is special, with its seashores forests and community at large. We have a large number of citizens in their senior years.
The COA is exceptional with offering activities and assistance with health care issues. If you need them, they are there. Mattapoisett has 105 people over 90 years of age right now.
They depend on us as we depended on them in the past. We have exceptional police and fire departments and we all depend on them.
Whether it is for paramedics or help getting up from a frightening fall, they respond with patience and kindness while preserving the dignity of the person at that time of need.
Aidan Pollard
Council on Aging Director Jacqueline Coucci addresses the Board of Selectmen on March 9.
MATTAPOISETT Following the reopenings of the Mattapoisett Library and Town Hall, the Mattapoisett Council on Aging is set to begin in-person programming in April.
At a March 9 meeting, selectmen approved a plan to allow the Council on Aging to begin reopening.
Council on Aging Director Jacqueline Coucci presented a reopening plan to the Selectmen, who agreed it was comprehensive.
“Very well done,” Selectman Jordan Collyer said. “I don’t think you left any stone unturned, Jackie.”
Coucci said that the council would be “basically mimicking” its operations from the fall, following state and local guidelines in order to provide programming for Council on Aging patrons.