Category Archives: Council on Aging

MEC “Heat Pump Pizza Party” 1/29 at noon at COA

Posted on December 18, 2025 | Leave a comment

From Emily Lowney of the Medfield Energy Committee –

IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNCIL ON AGING INVITES YOU TO A LUNCH AND LEARN HEAT PUMP PIZZA PARTY Learn how to make your home more comfortable, energy-efficient, and climate-friendly! JANUARY 29, 2026 12:00 PM THE CENTER ICE HOUSE ROAD, MEDFIELD Please RSVP by calling the COA at 508-359-3665 by January 27th

Medfield Energy Committee Announces Heat Pump Pizza Party

The Medfield Energy Committee will hold a Heat Pump Pizza Party on January 29th at 12:00 p.m. at the Center on Ice House Road, as part of the Council on Aging’s Lunch and Learn series.  If you have ever wondered about incorporating heat pumps for heating and/or cooling your home, this is sure to be an informative community event.

Greg Sine, an energy efficiency consultant with Eversource, will discuss how investments in efficiency upgrades can make your home or business more comfortable and less expensive to operate. Greg will also discuss the technology behind heat pumps, what makes them so efficient compared to traditional systems, and how their adoption might impact your energy bill — with special consideration of the new residential heat pump rate.

The Energy Committee will also share information about a new Building Code that residents will be asked to vote on at Town Meeting in 2026.  The Specialized Code, if adopted in Medfield, would require new homes to be built to increased energy efficiency standards.

Please pre-register for this event by calling the COA at 508-359-3665 by January 27th.

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Posted in Climate, Council on Aging, Energy Committee, Green, Information

MEA’s EV Car Show Sunday 1-3 – test drives & ice cream!

Posted on April 24, 2024 | Comments Off on MEA’s EV Car Show Sunday 1-3 – test drives & ice cream!

From Chris Gordon, Medfield Energy Committee.

I just wanted to give you our latest flyer that has updated information, including we will have EV BMWs for test drives, and what my kids are most excited about, an ice cream truck.

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Posted in Children, Climate, Council on Aging, Energy Committee, Entertainment, Environmental, Events, Green, Information, Medfield Environmental Action, Transportation

COA back to normal 9AM Friday

Posted on February 8, 2023 | 1 comment

Town Alert –

Posted on: February 5, 2023

Council on Aging Center Will Reopen February 9, 2023 at 9AM

Repairs to the fire suppression system have been completed at the Council on Aging Center and all scheduled activities will resume starting Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9AM.

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Posted in Council on Aging

The Center is closed for emergency repairs from a burst sprinkler

Posted on February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on The Center is closed for emergency repairs from a burst sprinkler

From the Town of Medfield website –

Board of Selectmen

Posted on: February 5, 2023

Council on Aging Center Closed for Emergency Repairs

The Council on Aging Center will be closed to the public until further notice due to a broken Fire Suppression pipe sustained during the cold weather this past weekend. The Town is actively working on repairs. Please check back here for updates.

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Posted in Council on Aging

Lou Fellini

Posted on February 2, 2021 | 2 comments

Louis Fellini (Lou) passed away this week, and the town is poorer for it. Lou served the Town of Medfield on many boards and in many forms, but most of all for the Council on Aging. Lou chaired the Council on Aging for many years during the planning for The Center, getting the town financing of The Center approved by the annual town meeting (ATM), and then helping to oversee the actual construction of The Center. The function hall at The Center is properly named in Lou’s honor.

Lou was also a long time member of the town’s Permanent Planning and Building Committee, which vets new town buildings.

Four years ago Lou was honored at the 1/3/2017 Select Board meeting, and my material on that honoring can be found here.

The Medfield TV video of Lou being honored at that 1/3/2017 Select Board meeting can be found here.

Lou was a consummate wood carver, and taught classes at The Center to share the pleasure he derived from his wood carving. See a great photo of Lou wood carving at my blog article.

More recently I frequently saw Lou and Joan at The Center when I was there for my first Friday of the month office hours, and Lou often engaged me during those office hours on many Medfield town government topics.

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Posted in Council on Aging, People

Office hours tomorrow, 9-10

Posted on September 3, 2020 | 1 comment

Selectman Office Hours this Friday

I hold regular monthly office hours at The Center on the first Friday of every month from 9:00 to 10:00 AM.

This month I will be outside on the rear patio.

I have been running a fever for several days, and if I have a fever in the morning I will not be there and will post something to that effect.

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Posted in Council on Aging, Select Board matters

Medfield Helping Organizations

Posted on April 18, 2020 | Comments Off on Medfield Helping Organizations

I was asked yesterday – “Could your blog offer names and contact information of organizations that help Medfield residents in time of need?”   I will list the ones of which I am aware, and invite others to add to my list.

 

The Home Committee

The oldest helping entity I am aware of is the Home Committee.  Kathy Thompson (kathompson@gmail.com) and Georgia Colivas of the Home Committee appeared at a recent Select Board meeting to explain the Home Committee.  At that time they announced that the Home Committee had made a substantial donation to the Medfield Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund.

 

Town of Medfield

The Town of Medfield’s human services are managed through the Medfield Youth Outreach, the Council on Aging, and Veterans Services.

Medfield Youth Outreach
88R South Street, Door 12
Medfield, MA 02052
cgoldstein-walsh@medfield.net
Work 508-359-7121

Lisa Donovan, Outreach Coordinator
Council on Aging
One Ice House Road
Medfield, MA 02052
ldonovan@medfield.net
508-359-3665

Jon Cogan, Veterans Agent

Email
Phone: 508-906-3025

Medfield Foundation

mfi logo

The Medfield Foundation was started in 2001 with a simple idea, that Medfield residents would be willing to make private donations for public purposes in their own hometown, and to date over $3 m. has been given.

As a result of the annual Angel Run each December being a Medfield Foundation initiative, MFi started fourteen years ago raising monies for its Public Needs Fund to assist Medfield families.  The MFi’s Public Needs Funds are disbursed to an Angel Fund administered jointly by the Medfield Youth Outreach office and Pastor Phil Bauman of the UCC, from where the monies are disbursed to Medfield families in need.

MFi responded four years ago to a perceived need to assist all Medfield children to be able to attend summer camp by the creation of its Camp Fund, currently administered by Rose Colleran.

Medfield Helping Hands, a Medfield Foundation initiative, is a volunteer network that supports Medfield families in temporary crisis with meals and rides. It is run by Laurie Nealon, Kathleen Cahill, and Katie Henebry.

The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund is an endowment established for the long-term benefit of the Medfield community which engages in grant-making to support community-driven projects.  Its Community Board, run by Todd Trehubenko and Chris Cahill, is engaged in raising $1 m. to endow the Legacy Fund.

Most recently, MFi has created its COVID-19 Relief Fund, which was created to specifically assist residents in need due to issues arising due to the COVID-19 virus.  The COVID-19 Relief Fund is being headed by Evan Weisenfeld and Abby Marble

Any Medfield Foundation initiative mentioned can be reached through the website, or by an email to president@medfieldfoundation.org or  treasurer@medfieldfoundation.org.

 

Churches

I suspect that all the churches in town are engaged in helping residents as well, but I do not know those details.

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Posted in Charity, Council on Aging, COVID-19, Medfield Foundation, Medfield Outreach, Veterans

An appreciation of our town employees

Posted on March 25, 2020 | 2 comments

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An appreciation for a job well done

I have been thinking this morning about the Town of Medfield employees who provide we residents with the services that allow our lives to continue with as much semblance of normalcy as possible at all times, but most especially in these truly unsettling circumstances we are currently experiencing. Our water goes on, public safety continues to serve us, the Transfer Station even added Sunday openings, and all the town government systems continue to function, if behind a digital curtain, all so that we residents can continue our lives.

The town employees are providing essential services, so while they likely share the same unease that envelopes us all, they continue to work their jobs.  I wanted to publicly share with the Town of Medfield employees my sincere appreciation for their efforts  and to thank them.

I am extremely appreciative of what all the town employees are doing now, working under difficult circumstances – I want to let them all know just how much this one resident, one who tries hard to observe closely the functioning of the town government so as to understand it as well as possible, truly appreciates what our team of town employees are accomplishing for we residents.

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Posted in Council on Aging, DPW, Employees, Fire Department, Library, Medfield High School, Medfield Outreach, Medfield Park & Recreation Commission, People, Permitting, Planning, Police Department, Recycling & Solid Waste, Town Services

Volunteer on a Town of Medfield committee

Posted on January 9, 2019 | Comments Off on Volunteer on a Town of Medfield committee

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Resolve in 2019 to get more involved in your community

The following Town of Medfield committees are looking for new members:

  • Medfield Energy Committee 
  • Conservation Committee
  • Council on Aging 
  • Master Planning Committee
  • Transfer Station and Recycling Committee

 

The Master Planning Committee is only just forming, so joining now gets you in from its first meeting – then lay out for the rest of us how the town should both develop and look in the future.

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Posted in Conservation Committee, Council on Aging, Energy Committee, Planning, Recycling & Solid Waste

QPR suicide prevention training 6/16

Posted on June 5, 2018 | Comments Off on QPR suicide prevention training 6/16

The Council on Aging in conjunction with the Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention invites interested community members to attend a FREE suicide prevention training taught by Riverside Trauma Center. The training is intended to help address this public health crisis by raising awareness of suicidal behavior and teaching tools that can help prevent suicide. Saturday June 16th, 10.30 am -12.30 pm The Center at Medfield 1 Ice House Road, Medfield, MA 02052 FREE to the Public For questions, contact Roberta Lynch: rlynch@medfield.net (508) 359-3665

I have now taken the QPR training twice, once with NewtonCares and once in Medfield, and I can attest to how useful I found it at teaching me how to react and what to do if ever presented with a suicidal person.

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Posted in Council on Aging, Events, MCSP - Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention