Since visitor restrictions are in place to help protect the residents at Nathaniel Witherell from COVID-19, The Greenwich Commission on Aging is asking the people who live in Greenwich to help make the holidays merry by sending personally signed Christmas/Holiday cards with a note of cheer. Ask family and friends to do the same.
Also, please consider contributing a $5.00 check (or more) with the note “XMAS GIFT” made payable to “Friends of Nathaniel Witherell” so appropriate religious or practical gifts can be provided to each resident.
Please send your cards to:
Chaplaincy Card Drive
Nathaniel Witherell
70 Parsonage Road
Greenwich CT 06830
Please do not send food, candy, baked goods, flowers without containers, or beverages.
If you are an older resident of Greenwich, here are more ways for you to be
socially connected:
Confused by Zoom? Get Technology Help
For older adults who need free, basic, one-on-one help with their computer,
smartphone or laptop, they can sign up and a Greenwich Country Day School volunteer will contact them to assist. Email [email protected] or call (203) 863-5653.
Join a free live Zoom session for Older Adults:
The CONNECTT program is a collaborative effort with Greenwich Country Day School and offer daily programs on your computer, tablet or phone.
For the Daily Schedule and to click to connect, go to the Greenwich Commission on Aging website page on the Town of Greenwich website:
https://www.greenwichct.gov/190/Commission-on-Aging
As an overall planning department for older persons in Greenwich, it has been an official department of Town government since 1975. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for older Greenwich residents through planning, coordination, advocacy, education and Senior Center programming.
The Commission:
• Manages the Greenwich Senior Center
• Advocates on behalf of older adult residents, as a class, in the Town of Greenwich
• Identifies unmet needs of older adults, conducts research and collects data
• Provides information to the community on the needs of older adults, serves as a clearing house for disseminating information and providing education on issues affecting older adults and caregivers
• Facilitates information on programs and benefits, as well as referral to services
• Convenes meetings and serves as a forum for issues concerning older adults, as a class
• Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with community, professional and governmental agencies
• Administers Medicare & Health Insurance Counseling and Share-the-Fare Taxi Voucher program
• Publishes the Resource Guide for Older Adults and coordinates the Aging Well series and Caregivers Circle program
• Works cooperatively with residents, Town Departments and Community Stakeholders on the designation of Greenwich as an Age and Dementia Friendly community