The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging invite all residents to our “Fireside Cheer Cocktail Party.” This is an opportunity to join your friends and lift your spirits to mitigate the winter doldrums. This is our way of showing appreciation to the many people who support our seniors. We will provide music, hot cider and hors d’oeuvres at $5.00 per person. This event will take place on Friday, January 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. upstairs at the American Legion. A cash bar is available. Please RSVP by January 14 to contact@coafriends.org

Please support The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging with a tax-deductible donation/membership for 2025. We hope that you will continue to support our efforts to expand and enhance programs for our seniors.

We provide events such as our annual “Up in Smoke” BBQ , Harvest Spirits Cocktail Party, Fireside Cheer Cocktail Party and Lifetime Learning courses which offer opportunities for communitywide participation. The other many events we support are listed in the COA’s weekly eNews letter.

Go to the JOIN US page and fill out the form and send it and your check in to us or pay online.

The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging invited friends and neighbors together for the “Harvest Spirits Cocktail Party” as we celebrated Autumn in New England. Music, comedy and magic with delicious hors d’oeuvres and cider and drinks. This event took place on Friday, October 18th upstairs at the American Legion. Sponsored by the Friends with over 60 attendees. contact@coafriends.org

Please make your check payable to the Dover COA, write the class you are attending on your check and mail it to: Dover COA, P.O. Box 250, Dover, MA 02030 or deliver to the COA office for Janet Claypoole

To register, please email the Dover COA at coadirector@doverma.org or questions call the Dover COA at 508-315-5734

WAIT A MINUTE! THE SCIENCE OF NEW ENGLAND WEATHER

Mondays, Sept 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 11:30am-12:30pm
Instructor: Frank Villa
Zoom Only; Cost: Free!
From the Montreal Express to the Bermuda High, New England lies in a battleground of competing atmospheric conditions. Heat and humidity from the tropics meet bitter arctic cold directly above us. The result is our very interesting and unpredictable weather patterns. This 5-week program begins with a study of local conditions observed in our backyards, and moves to global conditions that influence our weather from far-off places. We complete the study with a closer look at the familiar regional quirks that influence us even further. Wellesley-Weston Lifelong Learning is opening their program to surrounding COAs. Sign up by emailing coa@doverma.gov if you'd like to participate, and Zoom information will be emailed to you.

As a commercial pilot and instrument flight instructor, Frank Villa has experienced many of the challenges of New England weather first-hand. He combines this background with his enthusiasm for lecturing on natural phenomena of all kinds to help explain the fascinating and unpredictable world of New England weather.

FUN WITH UKULELE

Thursdays, Sept 19 to Nov 21 at 11:00am
Instructor Cindy Miller
Cost $60 for 10-week session
The Dover Church, Kraft Hall, 17 Springdale Ave
New songs! New skills! Old friends! And maybe new ones, too! It’s time to take that ukulele out of its case and make music together again! Returning and new adult participants welcome from Dover and beyond. Bring a soprano, concert or tenor ukulele and a smile!

Cindy Miller has had a lifelong relationship with music. After many years of formal training on flute, guitar, and piano, the ukulele is her most recent instrumental adventure. She is currently one of a handful of New England ukulele instructors certified by the James Hill Ukulele Initiative in Toronto. Cindy is a member of the acclaimed Legacy Ukulele Ensemble, directed by Peter Luongo, which recently performed for the Hawai’i Ukulele Festival.

HISTORY AND POLITICS

Wednesdays, September 25, October 2 & 9 at 2:30pm
Instructor Jon Huibregtse
Dover Town Library, Community Room
Cost $10 per class

Sept 25 - Non-Consecutive Presidents: Take Two?
Only once in United States history has a president, Grover Cleveland, served non-consecutive terms in 1884 and 1892. As this fall’s election approaches, Americans may, for a second time, elect a candidate they voted out of office four years earlier. The nation has changed significantly since 1888, still there are striking parallels between then and now.

Oct 2 - The Founding Fathers & Electoral College
The Founding Fathers gave the power to elect the President of the United States, not directly to the citizens, but to the Electoral College. For much of American history, the Electoral College has elected the candidate who won the popular vote. However, six times in US history, and twice in the last 24 years, the candidate with fewer votes was declared the winner. Explore the historical debate that surrounded the Electoral College and how those concerns still resonate in and affect modern society.

Oct 9 - How the Changing Media has Re-shaped US Politics since 1980
In the 20th century, the growth of cable television and the rise of the internet have dramatically affected every aspect of life in the United States, perhaps none more so than politics. The rise of the 24-hour news cycle and social media have reconfigured the nation’s political landscape. Between the insatiable appetite for breaking news, the advent of “fake news”, and access to millions of phones linked to social media, the nation’s political process has evolved in ways that few could have imagined in 1980.

Dr. Huibregtse received his BA and MA from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire and his doctorate from the University of Akron. He teaches American and East Asian history at
Framingham State University.

LIFE TRANSITION BINDER

Thursdays, October 10, 17, 24, 31 at 1:30pm
Dover Town Library, Community Room
Instructor Sandra Batra, Cost: $40.00
Are all your important details organized in one place so your family can easily access it if you need assistance? Join Sandra Batra of LifeLink Consulting LLC in this four-part series to create a customized binder that incorporates all your life details, including personal data, property, financial, retirement and insurance details, medical, and service provider information. Take control and act now so your loved ones have the information they need in the event of an emergency and you have peace of mind. Materials provided. This program filled to capacity last Spring, so sign up early!

TO REGISTER: Please visit the COA office at Dover Town Hall or call the Dover COA at 508-315-5734
Cost: $10 paid on Day of Event - Children under the age of 10 are free

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