Ashby Council on Aging Friends

06/01/2026

Mark your calendar and Join your fellow seniors for a fantastic adventure. We’ll take a luxury Wilson Bus to Boston on Wednesday, July 22nd, we arrive at the famous Chateau Restaurant in Waltham to enjoy a gourmet luncheon then we’ll embark on a beautiful afternoon guided cruise of Boston Harbor, with all the sites and History outlined for us, before returning home in the mid-afternoon.
Because of all the fundraising efforts of the Friends, we can provide all this, Transportation Harbor Cruise, and gourmet luncheon for only $75, a $50 savings! This trip is open to any and all Ashby seniors 55 or over and your friends, but seating is limited.
To assure your place for this adventure, please immediately send us the names of all those in your group to: [email protected], and a check for $75/person to:
Friends of Ashby COA, Inc
PO Box 524
Ashby, MA 01431
You can also use our mailbox just outside April’s COA office and save a Stamp!!

06/01/2026

Crafters needed for a Christmas fair, Sat., Nov. 21st. We'll be using the hall at the Ashby Congregational Church. $25 for 6' straight table and chair. There is 1 - 10' left $30.
Spaces are limited
RSVP - ASAP [email protected] or 978-302-1109

05/29/2026

To sign up for the Boston Harbor Cruise, please email [email protected] sorry we missed this in the scoop article!

05/13/2026

Only 23 seats left….reserve your tickets now!! Sunday, June, 7, 2026: The Friends of Ashby COA, Inc. are once again going to the 1pm Woosox Game!!!
We have again reserved the Shaw's Home Bullpen Terrace, on the first base side for our exclusive use during the game. This is a canopied private area that can hold up to 100 participants. There will be a 2 hour buffet of fresh off the grill hamburgers, hot dogs, mac and cheese, coleslaw, kettle chips, cookies, water and lemonade. There is also a cash bar on the Terrace serving sodas, beer and wine. The buffet runs for 2 hrs, and starts an hour before the game, at 12 pm.
Thanks to all the fundraising efforts of our volunteers, the Friends are able to subsidize over a third of expense for all of us, so the cost to you for all of this will only be $50!!! That's right, all of this-bus, buffet, meal, ballgame, and comradery- for only $50!!
The bus only holds 56 people and we expect this to fill up quickly, so if you are interested yourself or want to get a party together to go, Do two things right now:
1. reply to [email protected] RIGHT AWAY with names and emails of attendees to get on the list.
2. Send your check for $50 per person to:
P.O. Box 524, Ashby, MA 01431 (The Friends also have a mailbox right outside April’s office in Town Hall if you want to save yourself a stamp!)

04/29/2026

Don't forget this Saturday, May 2nd!!

04/20/2026

Friends of Ashby COA
Celebrates Earth Day

EARTH DAY PLANT SALE: This Saturday, April 25th, 2026 is again being celebrated as Earth Day around the world! In honor of that, The Friends of Ashby COA will once again be sponsoring a a booth for a Houseplant Sale and Membership Drive at the local celebration held at North Middlesex High School campus in Townsend, from 10-3pm. This is a major local event with lots of participants having booths at the fair.

We are soliciting all our members and friends who have extra houseplants (most of us have one or two too many, right?) or, who want to make cuttings of their plants for new starters, to bring them to the COA office, 1st floor, on this Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, April 21-23, anytime from 9 am to 1 pm.

We will then transport them to our booth at the Earth Day Fair Saturday morning, April 25th and find them new homes! (Or you can bring them to out table on Saturday if you are going!) And we hope many of you will join us and support the Fair-It’s a a fun day for all and a great fundraising event for The Friends! Thank you for your ongoing support. Please email any questions/suggestions to [email protected].

04/07/2026

Calling all Ashby gardeners: our 5th annual Mason Brook- Ashby Gardeners Day this year will be Saturday, May 2nd from 9-4. If you identify yourself as an Ashby Resident that day, a percentage of all your plant purchases will be donated to the Friends of Ashby COA.
All your spring annuals, hanging baskets, perennials, shrubs and trees are included (pellets, mulch, etc. is excluded)
And if you round up your purchase price to the next dollar, they will donate that to us as well.
So, mark your calendars, Saturday May 2nd to get all your garden plants at Mason Brook Nursery to support the future activities of your Friends of Ashby COA

04/03/2026

Don't forget this Monday 4/6/2026......head on down to Bailey's Restaurant in Townsend! They've once again graciously offered to sponsor the Friends of Ashby Council on Aging by donating a percentage of that days proceeds to our organization!!!

03/31/2026

Looking for something to do this Monday 4/6/2026......head on down to Bailey's Restaurant in Townsend! They've once again graciously offered to sponsor the Friends of Ashby Council on Aging by donating a percentage of that days proceeds to our organization!!!

02/23/2026

Calling hours will be Friday, February 27th, 4-7pm at Anderson & Son Funeral Home, 250 Main St, Townsend

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