Waterford Senior Services, CT

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Monday collection residents should take note:

09/01/2026

08/30/2026

Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Oct. 15th. What Does That Mean?

Medicare’s open enrollment period happens once a year between October 15 and December 7. During this time, current Medicare beneficiaries have the option to adjust their coverage for the coming year. This can be a useful option for those who may have recently changed medication, underutilized their current coverage or found they could use additional benefits.

During the open enrollment period, you are eligible to change your Medicare coverage, and you also have the option to switch between different Medicare plans.

There are tools available online or by phone to learn more about other plans if you’re thinking about switching or changing coverage. Medicare offers a Plan Finder tool online Medicare.gov to see available plans in your area, or call 1-800-Medicare, TTY 1-877-486-2048. Or, make an appointment with Senior Services during our Annual Open Enrollment event on November 2. Register starting September 21. We will have CHOICES counselors from Senior Resources available to explore and discuss your options.

08/30/2026

Please join me and the amazing Waterford Youth & Family Services SEPTEMBER 12th as we host the largest Food Drive ever!! Our seniors and those on fixed incomes need us more than ever! Please come and donate needed items and show why Waterford is so special, as we celebrate our 225th anniversary. Neighbors helping neighbors. Tag everyone you know, parents, friends, co-workers, teammates, classmates, neighbors, relatives…EVERYONE!!! Thank you everyone….we need to “Fill the Food Bank” Yes, we will have music and refreshments for volunteers and those who donate!! And yes, selfies going all day!!💪💙🇺🇸🙌

08/29/2026

💜A Moment of Reflection & Awareness
In recognition of Overdose Awareness Month, please join us on Monday, August 31 at 11:00 AM in the lobby of the Community Center for a moment of reflection and awareness.

First Selectman Rob Brule will join us as we pause together to remember those we have lost, acknowledge those affected by overdose, and reflect on the importance of compassion, connection, and awareness within our community.

Everyone is welcome to join us for this quiet moment of remembrance and reflection.

💜 Monday, August 31
🕚 11:00 AM
📍 Community Center Lobby

Together, we pause. Together, we remember. Together, we raise awareness. 💜

08/29/2026

🌕✨ Thank You for Joining Us for Summer Mindful Meditation ✨🌿
A great big ‘Om’ of thanks to everyone who joined us for our free Summer Meditation on Thursday as we reflected on the Full Sturgeon Moon and the abundance of late summer.

Together, we created space to release what no longer serves us and welcome in what supports our growth and well-being. 🌕💫

We ended our meditation with a peaceful mindful tea practice, using ingredients from the mindfulness basket generously donated by Waterford Girl Scouts Troop 63404. We also enjoyed the essential oils for aromatherapy, battery powered candles, and other thoughtful items from the basket that helped create a warm and calming atmosphere. 🕯️🌿🍵

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this class so special. May we carry the intention of release, healing, and abundance with us as we move through the rest of the summer. 💚
And sending grateful vibes to Jen and Barry who set up the tea🫖 display.

Until we gather again—stay mindful, stay present, and keep shining. ✨ Terry

08/28/2026

Our Zumba Gold Summer Session in Waterford Senior Services, CT, was a blast! Thank you so much to the students in Waterford, Groton and Lyme for coming on out and sweating with me! Thank you for the memories and the lemon cookies!

08/28/2026

Who Takes Care of Her?
A Joint Statement on Women's Mental Health

As mothers, we can say without hesitation that being a mom is one of the greatest joys of our lives. Children have a way of filling places in our hearts we never even knew were empty. They change us, challenge us, worry us, inspire us, and yes, in so many ways, they complete us.

But motherhood doesn’t have just one face. There are biological mothers and adoptive mothers. There are stepmothers, foster mothers, and grandmothers who step in and raise children as their own. There are women who mother children they didn’t give birth to and women who quietly become the safe place for a child who needs one. There are countless ways to be a mother.

And behind all of those women is something we don’t talk about nearly enough: women’s mental health.

We celebrate women for being strong. We depend on them to hold families together, remember what everyone needs, care for aging parents, raise children, build careers, manage homes, and somehow keep moving through their own heartbreak, exhaustion, anxiety, and loss.

But who checks on the woman who is always checking on everyone else?

Motherhood brings extraordinary joy, but being a woman should not require quietly carrying everything.

We need to make room for women to say, “I’m tired. I’m overwhelmed. I’m struggling. I need help.” And we need to hear those words without judgment.

Because taking care of mothers and taking women’s mental health seriously is also a way of taking care of the children, families, and communities they love so deeply.

Women who spend their lives caring for everyone else deserve to be cared for, too

From the staff of Waterford Youth and Family Services, Waterford Senior Services, and Waterford Cares

08/27/2026

Join Waterford Senior Services for a Coffee with A Cop Event! (first responders, too!!) Tuesday, September 22nd!! 8:30 am - 10 am! Free coffee from Starbucks and free doughnuts from Flanders!
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