NORTH SHORE PRIDE

There was a strong turnout for the 2025 North Shore Pride Parade

and Festival on Saturday, June 28, including 20+ GLSS staff, friends, and

family who marched with our banner from Shetland Park to the Salem Common and staffed our table during the afternoon event on the Common.

NCQA ACCREDITATION RENEWED THROUGH 2028

Thank you to all staff who participated in the complex renewal process of our NCQA accreditation for LTSS Case Management Services. NCQA. NCQA—or the National Committee for Quality Assurance—is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the quality of healthcare by establishing standards, accrediting healthcare organizations, and measuring performance. 

“Excellence in the delivery of case management is at the heart of everything we do at GLSS,” said Kathryn Burns, CEO. “It is very gratifying to have an organization like NCQA recognize us for the high quality of the service provide.”

VOLUNTEER NEEDED TO ASSIST

WITH QUALITY PROGRAM SURVEY

Do you know someone who might like to volunteer for GLSS?

If so, please pass this along.

GLSS' Quality Program seeks a short-term volunteer to assist with the program's annual survey during September and October 2025.

Volunteers will:

• Assist with creating mailing labels
• Print copies of surveys
• Prepare surveys for mailing
• Assist with transporting bulk mailing to the post office,

This is a great opportunity to help your community with just a few hours a week at our office in Lynn!

To learn more, email or contact Volunteer Coordinator

Phoebe Bakeman at pbakeman@glss.net or 781-586-8619.

FARMERS MARKET COUPON DISTRIBUTION

The Nutrition Department, with help from other GLSS staff,

distributed 450 Farmers Market coupons on Thursday, July 31.

The Lynn Farmers Market is held every Thursday from

11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the Lynn Common.

FREE WEBINAR:

HIGH TECH, HIGH RISK:

OLDER DRIVER SAFETY IN OUR DIGITAL WORLD

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

1:00–2:30 P.M.

Earn 1.5 CEUs (Social Work, LMHC, LADC, Nursing)

and learn more about this important topic.

As advanced technology becomes increasingly integrated into

modern automobiles, concerns are growing about its impact

on driver safety—especially among older adults.

PRESENTERS

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Community Outreach Coordinator, Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles

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You will need to create an account or log into your existing

Conversations account to register for the training,

and will need to access that account for the live webinar.

Visit and subscribe to the Conversations YouTube channel here.

UPCOMING PHOENIX FOOD HUB PROGRAMS

Phoenix Food Hub has hosted a number of workshops this summer.

Coming up:

• Cooking Around the World will be held on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.

• “Kitchen for All” class for children and youth will be held on August 19, from 5:00–6:00 p.m., in collaboration with the Lynn Disability Network. This workshop is open to all children ages 4–12, especially those with special needs, accompanied by a parent or guardian.

For more information or to RSVP, please call 781-248-6195.

The next GLSS Mobile Market will take place in Phoenix Food Hub on Friday, August 15, from 9:00–11:00 a.m. This program is for any resident of Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus, or Swampscott, who would like a bag of fresh groceries. Please call ahead (781-599-0110) to ensure that there is enough for everyone.

Above, Lynn O'Neal, LMHC, CIMHP, has led several small-space gardening workshops this summer, in conjunction with The Food Project. Hydroponics— or aerogardening—is a soilless, low-maintenance, and user-friendly growing

technique with various advantages over traditional gardening, including

that it can grow on a windowsill, rooftop, or anl apartment patio or deck.

To learn more, contact elopez@glss.net or call 781-248-6195.

Read Lynn's latest "Food for Thought" newsletter below.

GLSS TV CELEBRATES

FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

This month on GLSS TV we celebrate five fabulous years on air! We look back at some popular segments including Kelly Daugherty's story on how pets can improve your health and well-being. Rose MacDonald shares with us the benefits to the trend of using walking poles. We travel way, way back in time in a history segment on the World's Fair. And in a nod to the present, we learn about GLSS' work with the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.

GLSS TV airs on Lynn Community TV: Channels 3 (Comcast) and 38 (Verizon); Lynnfield Government Access TV: Channels 9 (Comcast) and 29 (Verizon);

Saugus TV: Channel 8; Swampscott Government Access TV:

Channels 22 (Comcast) and 41 (Verizon).

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