Welcome!

More than a senior center, the Beech Street Center offers a wide range of activities, resources, and information for seniors and "boomers" in the Belmont area as well as staging many community-based events and programs.

Please call 617-993-2970 or visit our front desk to register for activities and services

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Announcements

1st Annual Beach Party!!
Tuesday, Mar. 19th from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Get your flip flops, Hawaiian shirts, and sunglasses out because we’re having a beach party at the Beech Street Center!
 The winter months can be long so we decided to shake things up. Plus, we’re located on Beech Street (Oops, that’s a tree) still we are going to have an evening of fun in the sun! Come and enjoy delicious nibbles generously donated by the Spirited Gourmet in Belmont along with hot dogs and chips. Make sure you save room for some tropical punch and novelty ice bars. Toby Tobas will be here to play reggae, Latin, and Caribbean music on his steel drums.
 So...bring your beach chairs, outdoor games, and prepare for a “real day at the beach”! Please sign-up at the front desk. Cost: Free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
 
Music performance and food generously donated by Leader Bank, Right at Home in Bedford, and the Spirited Gourmet. 
 Snapshot of Wisdom
 Come spend quality time sharing your life experiences with high school students! You will be interviewed and photographed, and will have the opportunity to give your words of wisdom to the youth in our community. We invite you to join us in our Snapshot of Wisdom project where these students will transform your portrait and your words into an artistic masterpiece. The outcome will be a visual that captures your image (hand-drawn or photographed) and the essence of your story. We hope to present this artistic collection in a later exhibition in Belmont. Participants need to consent to the use of their photograph and words in the project. Interviews to be set individually by appointment at the front desk. Cost: Free.
Belmont High School All Night Party Decorating
Tuesdays starting Mar. 5 through May. 23 at 5:30 p.m.
 How would you like to be part of Belmont's famous annual decorated theme party this June? . The decorating team will be partnering with you to create some very realistic designs. It is a Belmont tradition that seniors at Belmont High School are awarded an all-night party with a secret theme If this speaks to you, please join us in having a great time making things for the event. The party is Sunday, June, 2nd.  Just before the doors open you will be invited to see your work and how it all comes together.  Cost: Free.
Artistic Expression with Sarah G.
Mondays starting Mar. 4 from 1-2 p.m.
We invite you to come join us for a weekly expressive arts group. Within a guided setting, you will explore and strengthen your creative skills, and express your unique self!. This is an open group for people of varying skills and ability.Sarah G. received expressive art training from Lesley University.

AARP Tax Aid Returns to Beech Street
Free tax preparation  will be at the Beech Street Center on Mondays and Fridays from Feb. 4 through April 12, 2019.  This program is for low and moderate income taxpayers.  General assistance, such as answering questions, will be provided to anyone regardless of income level.Tax preparation is by appointment only – please call 617-993-2970 to schedule.  We will send you a list of documents you will need to bring.
All hands on deck!
Volunteers Sought for the Beech Street Center
 If interested, please Contact Marie Poore, 617-993-2979

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​Visiting the Beech Street Center

The Beech Street Center is located at 266 Beech Street in Belmont, MA. On-site parking is available and we are 0.3 miles from the intersection of Trapelo Rd and Beech Street on MBTA Bus Route 73.

On your first visit, please register as a new member at the front desk to receive a free member ID card. We ask that you check in with your ID card at our kiosk for all events you attend.

HOURS
Monday - Friday                      
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday                                         
8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed Holidays

When Belmont Schools are closed for inclement weather, Beech Street Center activities are canceled.