(802) 442-2559 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m.
(802) 442-2559 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m.
Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging provides caregiver support (coaching, education and respite options), home mental and emotional health support, evidence based exercise classes and local activities, money management, nutrition services, senior companions, transportation services, Medicare counselling and more.
The Bennington Senior Center is a place that brings together older adults who want to be engaged in their communities and with their peers. Senior centers provide services and activities older adults need to be healthy, happy and as independent as they can be. At most senior centers, you can have a meal, make friends, get fit, take a class, be creative, get help, have fun, help out and more.
It is the mission of the Bennington Senior Center to engage persons 50+ in the lifelong learning process; promote their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being by providing social, recreational, creative, and cultural programs; and enable active participation in the center and community.
Meals on Wheels of Bennington County, Vermont, a 501(c)3, offers healthy, nutritious and tasty meals to eligible seniors over 60 years old, and to disabled adults under age 60. Hot meals are delivered to seniors in their homes or served at our meal sites, located throughout the county.
Bennington Project Independence is a not-for-profit agency that provides comprehensive, compassionate, cost-effective, quality day services for adults over age 18 facing the challenges associated with aging and/or disability.
Our mission is to encourage the vitality, health and well-being of older or disabled adults, enabling them to continue residing at home while supporting and providing respite to their families and caregivers. The dedicated and professional staff of Bennington Project Independence are here to help Share the Care.
SASH is a nationally recognized, team-based program of care coordination shown to improve population health, save Medicare dollars and help people stay (or become) healthy so they can remain living at home. Operating from 200 affordable-housing communities throughout Vermont, SASH partners with more than 70 organizations to provide comprehensive support to 5,000 older Vermonters and people with disabilities. Programs and services are provided free of charge where participants live. SASH is part of Vermont’s initiative to reform health care by investing in wellness and attending to the social determinants of health, including housing.
SASH was created in 2009 by the nonprofit housing organization Cathedral Square. The free program has been available free statewide since 2011. Since SASH has been in place, we have seen an increase in controlled hypertension, increased advanced directives in place, reduced falls, and reduced emergency room usage, to name a few. SASH provides creative solutions to preventative health in our aging population.
Learn more at https://sashvt.org/
We would love to have you come join us for one of the many free activities at the church. These include:
Vermont 211 is a free and confidential service to find out about hundreds of important community resources, like emergency food and shelter, disability services, counseling, senior services, health care, child care, drug and alcohol programs, legal assistance, transportation agencies, educational and volunteer opportunities, and much more.
Vermont Foodbank partners with over 300 food shelves, meal sites, community organizations, schools, and hospitals across the state to bring food to neighbors in local communities.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides a free box of food staples each month to people 60 or older who qualify.
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