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Transportation
The Senior Center offers transportation for seniors to and from the Senior Center on weekdays. In addition, each Tuesday a Senior Center bus is available for grocery shopping and each Wednesday a Senior Center bus is available for retail shopping. This Senior Center bus transportation is available for seniors aged 60 and over.
Senior Center Shopping Policy
A recent review by the Town's Employee Safety Insurance carrier has brought about a small but necessary change to how we operate our shopping program. These changes are being made for the safety and well-being of our three bus drivers.
3 reusable shopping bags will be issued to each of our shoppers. The bags will consist of two regular and one insulated bag. The bags will be marked with each shopper's name, and we will ask that shoppers bring their reusable bags each time they go shopping on the Senior Center bus. Each shopper will be required to limit their purchases to what will fit within the three bags. At major holiday times (Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukkah, Easter/Passover), an additional bag will be provided by the driver upon request for the two weeks before each holiday.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this new procedure. If you have any questions about this new policy, please do not hesitate to contact the Senior Center Director, Eileen Faust, or stop in at the Senior Center front office.
Grocery Shopping - Tuesdays
Grocery shopping at ShopRite on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Grocery shopping at Stop & Shop on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Please call the day before by 3:00 p.m. As a reminder, shoppers are limited to three bags each. (5th Tuesday, Shop Rite)
Retail Grocery Shopping - Wednesdays
Please call 647-3211 for a ride. The schedule is as follows:
1st Wednesday - Walmart
2nd Wednesday - Target
3rd Wednesday - Kmart/Vernon Circle
4th Wednesday - Buckland Hills Mall/Christmas Tree Shop
(5th Wednesday - Walmart)
Bus rides to and from the Senior Center can be scheduled up to 3:00 p.m. on the day before your ride. You may call the Senior Center office at 647-3211, and speak with Kathy or Melanie to schedule bus rides. If you find that you need to cancel your ride with us, please call the office as soon as possible. We appreciate as much advance notice as possible. Thank you.
Dial-A-Ride Services
DIAL-A-RIDE is a separate service from the Manchester Senior Center Transportation
Please direct questions or comments to Senior, Adult & Family Services 860-647-3096 if you need more information.
Reserve a ride with DIAL-A-RIDE from 8:30-2:00 by calling 860-870-7940.
Saturday trips weekly, except on holiday weekends. Trips to ECHN Medical Building in South Windsor are available every Thursday as needed. Trips to Motor Vehicle Dept. will be scheduled on an as needed basis when at least 3 people request a ride.
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