{"id":6561,"date":"2011-09-26T16:20:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T21:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=6561"},"modified":"2011-09-26T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T22:02:25","slug":"new-senior-transportation-program-in-framingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2011\/09\/26\/seniors\/new-senior-transportation-program-in-framingham\/","title":{"rendered":"New Senior Transportation Program in Framingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6562\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itngreaterboston.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6562\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6562 \" title=\"ITNGreaterBoston - Dignified Transportation for Seniors serves Framingham, MA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ITNGreaterBoston.jpg\" alt=\"ITNGreaterBoston - Dignified Transportation for Seniors serves Framingham, MA\" width=\"175\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ITNGreaterBoston now serves the Framingham, MA area!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA - <\/strong>There's a new dynamic transportation program for seniors in Framingham!<\/p>\n<p>ITNGreaterBoston, a new non-profit transportation option that drives success through grassroots collaboration and community connection.<\/p>\n<p>This organization brings together families, businesses, healthcare providers and community organizations to weave a strong local web of support for mobility for seniors and the visually-impaired.<\/p>\n<p>Seniors are invited to come to the Callahan Senior Center, 535 Union Ave., Framingham MA to learn more and sign up on<!--more--> October 19th, 2011, (from 11:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Cost is $60\/year for individuals or $100\/year for families.<\/p>\n<p>After signing up as a member riders open a transportation account and begin to enjoy door to door, arm through arm service 24 hours per day, 365 days a year to any destination of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>In Phase I of the service member can enjoy going between Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Ashland and\u00a0Boston's Fenway area, Mission Hill, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, Allston, Brighton, Brookline, Newton and Needham.<\/p>\n<p>This service is cost-effective through a mix of volunteer and paid drivers.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about\u00a0<strong>ITNGreater Boston \"Dignified transportation for Seniors\"<\/strong>, or if you are interested in volunteering, contact Lisa at 508-532-5980 (ext. 4108) or Jean Patel-Bushnell 617-451-0049 ext. 362, or visit the website at: <a title=\"ITNGGreaterBoston - Dignified Transportation for Seniors\" href=\"http:\/\/itngreaterboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.itngreaterboston.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; There&#8217;s a new dynamic transportation program for seniors in Framingham! ITNGreaterBoston, a new non-profit transportation option that drives success through grassroots collaboration and community connection. This organization brings together families, businesses, healthcare providers and community organizations to weave a strong local web of support for mobility for seniors and the visually-impaired. Seniors are invited&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2011\/09\/26\/seniors\/new-senior-transportation-program-in-framingham\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[624,2960,1309,2961,2963,2962,2627,2958,2959],"class_list":["post-6561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seniors","tag-callahan-center","tag-car-service","tag-framingham-seniors","tag-itn","tag-itnamerica","tag-itngreaterboston","tag-senior-services","tag-senior-transporation","tag-the-ride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6564,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions\/6564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}