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Advisory committee reviews Wellington Senior Club funding, options to merge services under village
Summary
The Wellington Seniors Advisory Committee heard a detailed presentation from Wellington Senior Club president Eileen Cunnel about the club's history, membership and finances; members debated whether to recommend moving the club's funded activities under Village of Wellington staff before the contract expires in September 2026.
The Wellington Seniors Advisory Committee spent the bulk of its November meeting hearing from Eileen Cunnel, president of the Wellington Senior Club, about the club's programs, finances and membership and debating whether some or all of the club's activities should be moved under the Village of Wellington's senior-services umbrella.
The club president said the organization began in 1992 and currently lists about 504 members. Cunnel described the club's schedule of social activities, monthly luncheons and roughly nine to 12 field trips a year; she said members typically pay about two-thirds of trip costs while the club subsidizes the remainder. "I charge very little because I can't make money. I have to spend money. That is my job is to spend money," Cunnel said, describing how…
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