The senior center in the small Berkshire County town of Clarksburg has averted closure. The center was supposed to close this week.
The volunteer board members on the Clarksburg Council On Aging — all in their 80s and 90s — said they were too tuckered out to continue to arrange activities for seniors. So they decided to step down and close the senior center.
Shirley Therrien, the vice chairman of the board, said Tuesday that about eight or nine younger seniors, in their 60s, from Clarksburg have volunteered.
“It is great, because we need their input,” Therrien said. “Maybe they can come up with things that we don't even know about. So this is what we need. We need younger people.”
Therrien said all of the activities will continue, including bingo games that draw a crowd from nearby towns.
