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NATURE TOUR GUIDE Report of the Renee Fudala is the Conservation Department's Council on Aging naturalist tour guide. Renee offers tours of various conservation parcels in Town year round. Her tours focus on native flora and fauna as well as natural To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the history. Renee has been with the Conservation Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Department for many years and her tours are very entertaining,informative and popular. To see Renee's The Council on Aging and the Mashpee Senior tour schedule, check the Conservation Department Center are the organized commitment by the people of page on the Town website here: Mashpee to coordinate and carry out health, welfare, http://www.mashpeema.gov/Pages/MashpeeMA_Cons educational, social and recreational services and ervation/naturetours programs for those in the population who are fifty-nine and a half years of age and older. The Council on We also advertise her tours on the Mashpee Land Aging may act as a direct provider, a sponsor or co- Stewards Facebook page. sponsor, or the originating source of programs or information/referral. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Conservation Commission wishes to thank The Council on Aging generally met monthly on our support staff(Assistant Agent Katelyn Cadoret and the second Wednesday of the month at 8:30 a.m.at the Administrative Assistant Cynthia Bartos) for their Senior Center. The meetings were, and shall remain, continued hard work and dedication to our open to the public. department's mission and goals.We also would like to thank Americorp, for their tireless dedication and David Egel was elected as Chairman, Marijo Gorney was elected Vice-Chairperson, Virginia continued work on our conservation lands. McIntyre was re-elected Treasurer, and Jean Noussee Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Conservation was elected Secretary. Other members include Mary Department Staff and Conservation Commissioners, Gaffney and Norah McCormick. Thank you to Irving Bradford R. Sweet,Chairman Goldberg for his many years of service on the Council on Dale R.McKay, Vice-Chairman Aging Board and Senior Center Building Committee. Ralph B. Shaw, John R.Rogers Town Clerk records indicate that there were 1,536 Dale R.RogercKay seniors in Mashpee in 1990,and 3,050 seniors as of the Chad Smith Year 2000 census. A check with the Town Clerk in Thomas J. O'Neill November of 2017 showed a tally of 5,556 seniors. Louis J.DiMeo Steven H. Cook In 2017, the Friends of Mashpee Council on Andrew R.McManus (Agent) Aging continued its support of the Council on Aging, Katelyn Cadoret(Assistant Agent) the Senior Center and the community. The Friends of the Mashpee Council on Aging continued its valuable community service by offering clothing and other necessities for many of our townspeople through the operation of its thrift shop located opposite the Senior ' Center. In addition, they contributed to the Senior Center,by subsidizing the mailing of the newsletter, _ broadcast email, and by contributing to the Holiday Gift Program for needy Mashpee seniors. The Council on Aging, through the Mashpee Senior Center, promoted a number of volunteer opportunities at the Senior Center. Volunteers numbered in excess of 175 citizens. They brought ' diverse skills, talent and abilities and shared their energy and time with their fellow seniors. Among the 102