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ASAC is the only nationally accredited NEWSLETTER senior center in the state of Washington July 2019 INSIDE There’s lots happening at the Center in July. THIS ISSUE... Add some sparkle to your life and join in the fun! Center Volunteers ...... 5 Computers ...... 7 Creative Expression...... 12 Donations ...... 19 Fitness ...... 8 Games and Recreation ...... 15 Health and Wellness ...... 9 Language & Discussion ...... 14 New ...... 2 News and Notices ...... 4 Public Service Notices ...... 16 Services ...... 15 Special Events ...... 2 Support Groups ...... 20

Community Volunteers ...... 16 Wanted ...... 19 Ways to Save ...... 6

All events at the Center unless otherwise noted Artwork by Susanne Baker Susanne by Artwork NEW ANACORTES SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER Special Programs Sally Hill, Center Administrator Lea DeVere, Administrative Assistant  Independence Day Luncheon, page 2 Visit our website at seniorcenter.cityofanacortes.org to find our latest newsletter, calendar and menu.  Washington Park Picnic, page 3  Realities of Advanced Medical Intervention, page 3 ASAC Foundation  Local Dragonflies and Damselflies, page 3 The Anacortes Senior Activity Center Foundation  Historical Postcards of Anacortes, page 3 advises staff and financially supports the Center.  Happy Café, page 3 It holds 501(c)(3) status. Donations to the Anacortes  Harmonica for Beginners, page 4 Senior Activity Center Foundation are tax deductible  Summertime is Tomato Time, page 4 within the limits of the law. Visit asacfoundation.org. Barbara Cooper, President Health and Wellness Michele Pope, Vice President  AARP Safe Driving, page 9 Dustin Johnson, Secretary  Aging Mastery Is Back! page 10 Patty Howe, Treasurer Colleen Craig, Lin Folsom,  Aging: Opportunities, Challenges, Blessings, page 10 Jan Iversen, Kirk Kennedy, PK Mead, Barbara Smart,  Hearing & Communication Appointments, page 10 Nicholas Walsh Creative Expression Meal Service  Drawing with Pen and Ink, page 12 Lunch: Monday–Friday , 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Drawing Portraits and People, page 12 $5 suggested donation for those 60+. Those under 60

must pay $7. No reservation necessary except special luncheons. Meals on Wheels for homebound seniors: SPECIAL EVENTS hot meals delivered Monday through Friday; frozen meals available for the weekend. Call Kelli at (360) Independence Day Celebration 416-1500 to register. Join us in celebrating our country’s birth on Wednesday,

Volunteer Opportunities July 3. There will be patriotic music playing starting at 11 a.m., and lunch will be served Join the 170+ volunteers working at the Center. at 12 noon. The menu will feature a classic 4th of July Contact Sally Hill for more information. picnic feast including:

Newsletter  Pulled pork sandwich  Baked beans The Anacortes Senior Activity Center Newsletter is  Coleslaw published monthly and is distributed free at the Senior Activity Center and at a number of locations  Watermelon slices in town, including the Chamber of Commerce,  Festive dessert Library, Senior Housing, and Island Hospital. Advance reservations are required. Call Contributors (360) 293-7473 or drop Writers: Sally Hill, Lea DeVere by the Center to sign Editor/Layout/Production: Lea DeVere up. A suggested Distribution: Kathryn and Lou D’Amelio, Red Bell, donation of $5 applies Mel and Leslie Krous, PK Mead, Sybil Graham, Elaine to those 60+, and all Oliphant, Jan Essley, Suzette Richards, Ginger Thomas others are $7.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 2 JULY 2019 Annual Senior The Realities of Activity Center Picnic Advanced Medical Interventions This year, our annual BBQ In this age of ever advancing medical technology, it picnic will take place on is difficult to stay up to date on the latest strategies Thursday, August 8, at medical professionals use to keep people well and Washington Park. There thriving. Dr. Bill Lombard, nephrologist and medical will be special entertainment director at DaVita Mt. Baker Kidney Center will be at at 11 a.m. provided by singer/songwriter Marcia the Center at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, Kester. Come early and get a good seat! A picnic lunch to talk in frank terms about what happens when featuring pulled pork sandwiches will be served at interventions such as CPR, mechanical ventilation noon. Note: There will not be a meal served at the and dialysis are used by health care providers. He Center on this date. Reservations are required. Sign will also talk about the possible short and long-term up in advance at the Reception Desk. outcomes of these interventions. He will discuss in layperson’s terms the realities of what advanced Pacific Coast Dragonflies & Damselflies medical interventions mean to the average person and their families. Advanced care planning, the James S. Walker, the Dragonfly Whisperer, will give POLST (Physicians Order for Life Sustaining a free slide-show presentation at the Center on his Treatment) and book, Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Pacific advance directives Coast – A Life Size Field Guide at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, will be addressed. July 23. Professor Walker has been observing and Bring your questions. photographing dragonflies and damselflies for 12 years. This event is free, but He is credited with discovering the “Splash-Dunk/ please sign up in Spin-Dry” behavior in the Paddle-tailed Darner. The advance at the field guide includes range maps, flight season charts, Reception Desk. and field identification marks on photos. The life-size photographs make this guidebook unique. Professor Walker will share his secret for luring dragonflies and Happy Café: Where Will It Show Up Next? damselflies onto the tip of your finger. His book will At the Senior Activity Center! The Happy Café will be for sale after the presentation. For more information, set up shop in the parking lot out front of the Center contact Cave Art Press at [email protected] or call between 10 and 11 a.m. on Monday, July 15. The Happy (360) 299-0420 or (360) 317-1620. Café will serve coffee, love and fresh baked pastries. And it’s FREE! Born from an unstoppable love of Historical Postcards of Anacortes baking and a fire about making life sweeter, the Happy Café is designed to bring some joy, some delight and a Anacortes Museum Education and Media Curator few moments of “feeling spoiled” into the world. Stop Kate Clark will present at the Center at 10 a.m. by and enjoy a bit of happiness! on Tuesday, July 23. In this presentation titled

Postcards from Anacortes, Kate will share a series No Bake Sale in July of amusing, mysterious, and provocative photos The Bake Sale will be taking a “summer vacation” and stories from parts and will return from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, of Anacortes’ lesser September 27. Come and get your fresh baked goods. known history. Every- These wonderful baked treats, homemade by our one is welcome to this many faithful bakers, bring much enjoyment as well as free event. bringing in funds to help support the Center’s programs.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 3 JULY 2019 Harmonica for Beginners NEWS AND NOTICES Wish you could play harmonica? Learn in one fun hour from Center Closed Independence Day 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, The Center will closed on Thursday, July 4, for the August 15, after the regular Independence Day holiday. Regularly scheduled ukulele jam. Dave the activities will resume on Friday, July 5, at 8 a.m. Harmonica Guy has taught over 1,000 beginners, and you’ll be playing your first song Fire Drill in 14 minutes! The techniques Dave teaches are much The Center holds fire drills four times a year. The next easier than traditional playing methods. Absolutely one will be on Monday, July 8, at 10:30 a.m. Everyone no musical ability is needed. Note: This class is for in the building at that time will be notified just before beginners only, not for people who play already. The the drill begins. Once the alarm sounds, everyone must cost is $20 and includes a new harmonica, two practice exit the building immediately. The drill will take less CDs, easy innovative lesson and some paperwork. The than 15 minutes from start to finish. If you have any class limit to 30 students. Sign up and pay in advance questions or want more information, talk to Sally Hill. at the Reception Desk. For more information, contact Dave at (928) 323-2419 or at [email protected]. New Hydration Station at the Center “Seniors Rock” Painting The City of Anacortes has installed a Join with others to paint rocks as a fundraiser for the hydration station at the Center in Center. Last year this program raised $1,000! Rock place of the regular drinking fountain. painting will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. every Monday A hydration station includes a until through July 15. Only three weeks to paint these drinking fountain but, in addition, it rocks, so please join in! Bring your rocks and paints to includes an easy way to refill your own help build our “rock pile” to sell at Shipwreck Day on water bottle. By using the hydration Saturday, July 20. There are some rocks available, but station, you will help reduce the bring as many as you can to add to the rock pile. There amount of plastic that goes into the will be supplies available, but feel free to bring your waste stream. You can bring your own own supplies. Thanks to everyone who has helped out! bottle and refill it as needed. The Center is no longer be selling bottled water. Summertime is Tomato Time! Stay hydrated! The Summer Fit Foods class will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, taught by Chef Instructor Jackie Burl Ives CDs Davison. Now’s the time to get out of the can, bottle Almost Sold Out or hothouse and get those fresh, local tomatoes on The Dr. Samuel G. Brooks Guild, Seattle your plate! Jackie will talk about tomato history, and Children’s Hospital Guild Association, is celebrating about modern and heirloom its 80th Anniversary of Service, and the guild is selling varieties that are wildly Burl Ives CD “Songs for Our Special Friends” to help nutritious, as well as delicious. support Research Champions at Seattle Children’s. Jackie will chill, grill and toss The CDs are for sale at the Center and are almost tomatoes into three savory, sold out. The CDs are available at the Reception summery recipes to sample. Desk and cost $5. They make great little The cost is $10. Sign up and year-round gifts. pay in advance at the Reception Desk.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 4 JULY 2019 What Is a T-Coil Program Disclaimer in a Hearing Aid? The Anacortes Senior Activity Center invites speakers Induction hearing loops dramatically and organizations to present programs on a variety of improve hearing in public venues. topics believed to be of interest and benefit to Center A t-coil is a small copper coil in participants. Such invitation does not constitute the hearing aid that functions as a endorsement or sponsorship of the presenter, wireless antenna that links a sound product or services represented. Those invited to or a PA system directly into the wearer’s hearing aid. offer programs are advised not to see the presentation T-coils are in most hearing aids and are in all cochlear as an opportunity to sell a service or product. implant processors. The t-coil is required in order to hear within a loop system, a system that improves Red Bag Pantry clarity and helps serve your personal hearing needs. “A Simple Gesture” Anacortes, in collaboration with Simply push a button or switch to the “T” setting on The Salvation Army, has a Red Bag Pantry at the your hearing aid. No additional headsets or receivers Center. The Pantry is available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. are necessary to hear clearly in the loop. T-coils must Monday through Friday. Red be activated by your dispenser or audiologist. Ask for Bag Pantries are mini-food yours to be activated on your hearing aid. closets where anyone in need

may go and pick up food and Honorary and Memorial Gifts toiletries without discrimination A gift to the Anacortes Senior Activity Center or questions. Please kindly take Foundation is the perfect way to honor the memory of what you need for that day. “A a friend or loved one. Donations may be made in any Simple Gesture” restocks the amount and will go to support the many wonderful pantry on a regular basis. A list programs and activities at the Center. Once received, of other Red Bag Pantry a personalized note will be sent in your name to the locations in Anacortes and times honoree or family member notifying them of your kind of free, hot meals in the community is gesture. All donations are tax-deductible, and you will available. Contact [email protected] receive a letter documenting your contribution. For for more information. more information, contact Center Coordinator Sally Hill at (360) 293-7473. CENTER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Get Your Newsletter The Center is always looking for volunteers to fill in Color Online a wide variety of needs, including help at the front desk, in programs and activities and in the kitchen. The Center’s newsletter is available online in color If you are interested in volunteering, please contact on our website! If you would like to Administrator Sally Hill at (360) 293-7473. We also receive a notice each month when list volunteer opportunities in the community in the the website is updated, supply us “Volunteers Needed” section … see the table of with your email address. We do not contents on the front page. share this email list with anyone.

On the website, find “Senior Activity Center” under Seeking Team Members “Departments” and click on The Center is currently recruiting additional members newsletter, calendar or menu for the Chronic Condition Self-Management Team. for the most current information. Contact Sally Hill at (360) 293-7473 for more details.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 5 JULY 2019 Adopt a Are You Getting the Help Garden Patch You Need? for Summer Benefits CheckUp is a free service of the National Summer is here! If Council on Aging (NCOA), a nonprofit service and you love working advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, that outdoors, and would can assist you in connecting with resources to help you like to help keep the Center’s lovely landscaping meet the costs of basic needs such as medications, food, looking its best, please sign up on the chart in the utilities, legal aid, health care, housing, in-home services, Center’s lobby, or contact Sally Hill. Thank you for taxes, transportation and employment training. Benefits your help! CheckUp is an online questionnaire that asks you a series of questions and then creates a personalized report identifying programs that might be useful to you. To WAYS TO SAVE access the Benefits CheckUp questionnaire, go to Free Amplified Telephone with Captions www.benefitscheckup.org.

Caption Call, recommended by hearing-care If you would like help using the program, leave professionals, is a free federally funded program. If you your name and phone number meet simple requirements, you can have an amplified at the Reception Desk, and a telephone with captions installed in your home at no trained volunteer will call you charge. You must have medically determined hearing to schedule an appointment to loss, certified in writing by your hearing or health care meet with you one-on-one. provider. You must also have a high-speed internet Thanks to a generous grant connection in order to receive captions of what callers from Soroptimist International say. For further information about how the phone and of Anacortes, each person captions operate and to download the Certification using the assistance of Center form, go to captioncallphone.com or call (877) 557- Benefits CheckUp volunteers 2227. Take the form to your doctor for signature and will receive a $15 grocery store gift certificate, as long as submit the completed form by mail, email or fax as funds last. All assistance is confidential. The program is directed. You will receive a telephone call from open to individuals 55+ and younger folks with Caption Call to arrange for an installation date. disabilities.

Free State Park Passes Home Repair for Low Income Seniors The Limited Income Senior Citizen Pass provides The USDA Rural Development Washington State camping year-round at 50 percent off the overnight Office is offering a home repair program for low-income camping fee plus free day-use access. You must be homeowners, under USDA Section 504. This program 62, a Washington resident and have an annual provides grants to help seniors repair, improve and/or income, including modernize their homes and to help remove health and Social Security, that safety hazards. For a grant, applicants must be 62 or does not exceed older and not be able to repay a repair loan. For more $35,000, either information about this program, please visit the singly or combined Washington State website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ with a spouse or co- programs-services/single-family-housing-repair-loans- tenant. Call Washington State Parks at (360) 902-8500 grants/wa. or visit www.parks.wa.gov/205/Passes for more information.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 6 JULY 2019 Tips to Save Energy Economic Check Up Here are some tips that Are you making the most of your money? Whether you can help you keep your are retired or still working, it pays to be smart about energy costs down: your income. Discover tips and resources in your  Keep your thermostat community to manage your budget, save money, find between 65 and 68 work, and set financial goals. It is free, confidential, degrees. Set it back to and from a trusted source—the nonprofit National 60 at night and when you leave. Council on Aging. To access the personalized and  Reduce drafts and air leaks by using weather confidential Economic Checkup questionnaire, go stripping, window plastic and storm windows. to www.EconomicCheckup.org.  Set your water heater to 120 degrees.  Keep your fridge between 36 and 40 degrees, COMPUTERS and set your freezer between 0 and 5.  Turn off lights when not in use and replace On Line Computer Classes incandescent light bulbs with compact Computer classes are now available on two computers fluorescent bulbs. (#3 and #4) in the Media Room. These tutorials are  Wash laundry in cold water and select the right free, internet-based and self-paced. Double click on the water level for the load. Keep lint trap clean. icon to open up the website where you will see  Unplug unused appliances; they may still draw tutorials on: energy when they are turned off.  Computer Basics Free Health Equipment Loans  Facebook Soroptimist International of Anacortes provides free  Email Basics medical equipment such as wheelchairs, crutches and  Typing walkers. To be eligible, you must be a resident living in Tutorial the 98221 zip code area. The club cannot loan  Internet equipment to residents of nursing homes or care Safety facilities. The equipment is available from 8 a.m. to  Windows 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Soroptimist (all versions) Thrift Shop on Third Street and O Avenue. For  Internet Basics more information, call (360) 293-7251.  iPad  iPhone Free Medical Eye Exams  Android Basics

EyeCare America GCFLearnfree.org is a free site that offers self-paced matches seniors in video tutorials that provide easy-to-follow instruction. need with volunteer You may reserve a computer for as much as one hour ophthalmologists who to take part in these lessons by signing up on the provide a medical eye scheduling sheet in the Media Room. You can also exam and up to one year access the web site from home by going to http:// of care at no out-of- www.gcflearnfree.org/topics. Let us know what you pocket cost to the patient. To find out if you think of the classes. or your loved ones qualify for this program, visit www.eyecareamerica.org. (The online application does not request financial information.)

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 7 JULY 2019 Free Computer Clinic Silver Foxes Exercise Class Skilled computer This lively low-impact exercise group meets from 10 to volunteers are available by 11 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The appointment on Mondays, first part of the class features a 30-minute non-stress, Wednesdays and Thursdays. low-impact aerobic exercise video by Richard Appointments are available Simmons, designed especially for seniors. Following at 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. If the aerobics video is a low-impact session of weight the computer volunteers do not have scheduled training and rhythm exercises. Both parts of the class appointments, they may be able to accommodate allow you to exercise at your ability; you are welcome drop-ins. Call (360) 293-7473 to schedule an to take a break any time you like. There is no charge appointment. We want to thank our dedicated for the program and everyone is welcome. volunteers Paul Denham and Jan Essley for all their time and skillful computer assistance. Paul specializes Senior Hike: Animals of the Evening in Macs and Jan helps with both PCs and Macs. Join Friends of the Forest for a hike from 5 to 7 p.m. Both Jan and Paul can help with tablets, and on Thursday, July 18. July brings forth a multitude of an can help with phones. berries, deep green growth, and long summer days. There is no better place to be in the middle of summer FITNESS than enjoying our wooded sanctuary! Spend some time Indoor Walking near the end of the day Between 8 and 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, the learning about the animals that Center is a great place to do some walking indoors. delight in the evenings around It is safe and comfortable, all the surfaces are flat, and Little Cranberry Lake. This hike there are no stairs. And when you are done walking, is about 1.8 miles roundtrip with enjoy some coffee or tea. approximately 175 feet of elevation gain. Meet at the Beginning Line Dancing water tower at the west end of 29th Street. Beginning line dancing classes meet every Friday

morning from 8:15 to 9 a.m. Following the class, experienced dancers are welcome to come and dance Strength and Balance between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Learn dance steps and Join personal trainer Jennifer Eddleman for this choreography for both traditional and contemporary moderately paced class suitable for every fitness level. line dancing. In line dancing, students dance in a group, There are two classes every Monday, Wednesday and without partners, and with Friday. The first class meets from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. everyone doing the same steps and the second class meets from 2:30 to 3:15. NOTE: at the same time. Line dancing There will be no class on Friday, July 12. Using a is a popular, low impact way to number of tools and movement drills, Jennifer will exercise both your mind and help you improve strength and balance in a functional body. Drop in any time. The approach and have a great time. Build and maintain cost per class is $5. Contact the the strength and skills you need to keep up with your instructor Kathy Van Luven by favorite activities. The cost is $3 per class or $25 for a calling (360) 540-2378 or email 10-class punch card. If you qualify for Silver Sneakers her at [email protected]. or Silver & Fit, the class is free. Bring your card. For more information, call Jennifer at (360) 333-4048.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 8 JULY 2019 T’ai Chi Chih – HEALTH AND WELLNESS A Moving Meditation Experience more abundant Wellness Tip: It’s UV Safety Month health, harmony and balance. Here are a few tips to help you enjoy the summer sun: T’ai Chi Chih’s gentle  To avoid the risk of skin cancer from excessive movements release stress by sun exposure, wear clothing that covers your skin and relaxing and rejuvenating the body while refreshing use sunscreen. the mind. By circulating and balancing the chi, the  To protect your eyes from UV radiation, wear vital energy within us, the movements promote sunglasses. Check the label for the UVA and physical, mental and emotional health and well-being. UVB protection ratings and pick the pair with the Joan Roulac teaches two classes most Thursdays highest rating. Darker lenses are not always better. (not the last Thursday of the month). Level II The best sunglasses fit close and wraparound to (intermediate) meets from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and protect your eyes. Level I (beginners) meets from 11:15 a.m. to  Wear a hat to shield your eyes and protect your skin. 12:15 p.m. In July, classes will meet July 11 through  Be aware that water, snow, ice, sand and higher July 25. The cost for the three-week series is $50. altitudes make the sun’s rays more intense. Email Joan at [email protected] or call her at (360) 588-4018 for information. AARP Smart Driver Course This two-part class will meet Gentle Yoga from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Beth Wallace’s gentle yoga classes, normally held from on Wednesday, July 3, and on 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays will adjourn until late fall. Wednesday, July 10. This Watch for details in upcoming newsletters. Yoga can Smart Driver course provides help calm the mind while stretching, strengthening research-based information to and toning the body. Regular practice promotes help you update your driving knowledge and skills. By balance, equanimity and self-compassion as life participating in this course, you are taking advantage of unfolds. A typical class may include chair an important opportunity to learn how to drive more yoga, standing poses, kneeling poses, and poses lying safely and confidently. You will find yourself making down on belly and back. For more information, positive changes in your driving behavior. The cost is contact Beth at (360) 708-8941 or email her at $15 for AARP members (bring your AARP card to [email protected]. class) and $20 for non-members. Sign up and pay in advance at the Reception Desk. Seated Wellness Rita Yribar is once again leading this gentle fitness Wellness Day: Idea Party for Caregivers program that meets from 2 to 3:15 p.m. every Tuesday. Jan Taylor, caregiver and Essence Coach, will present Seated Wellness is an “Idea Party for Caregivers” at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, designed to work with July 30. This program will be interactive and will allow each person’s individual participants to brainstorm solutions for some of the range of movement and caregiving issues that they face. Each participant will go focuses on breath, home with a list of possible techniques to try at home. stretch and stress Share your successes and frustrations as you help others reduction. The come up with new ideas. Bring a burning question or cost is $2 per class. uncomfortable situation that you face as a caregiver, and let the group help you solve it.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 9 JULY 2019 Master Your Aging Aging Opportunities, Challenges, Blessings The Aging Mastery Join Pat Buckley from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Fridays, Program, developed by August 9 through August 23, for some new perspectives the National Council on on the questions we think about as we age. What gives Aging (NCOA), will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on your life meaning as you age? Do you talk about the Wednesdays, September 11 through November 13. important things? The first class invites you to do a life This comprehensive and fun program celebrates the map. The second looks at stages of development of gift of longevity. The classes combine goal-setting, seniors, and the third class looks to the opportunities for daily practices and peer support to help you make the time you have left. The cost is $10 for all three meaningful changes. It creates fun and easy-to-follow classes, and scholarships are available. Sign up and pay in pathways for getting more out of life. The 90-minute advance at the Reception Desk. For more information, sessions, led by experts in their fields, feature: contact Pat at (206) 200-3824 or at [email protected].  Navigating longer lives  Exercise Free Hearing and Communication  Sleep Consultations  Nutrition Join Joel Bergsbaken from  Financial fitness the Bellingham Hearing Speech  Medication management and Deaf Center for a free  Advance planning consultation on hearing and  Healthy relationships related communication issues.  Fall prevention These consultations will provide  Community engagement support and education for The cost for the series is $60, which includes all individuals with hearing challenges, class materials. Registration for this class is being their caregivers, and family and friends to help improve handled through the City’s Parks and Recreations communication in everyday life. These are not medical department’s online registration site. This class appointments or tests; rather they are consultations to fills up quickly! To sign up using a credit card, go to learn how to improve hearing and communication. anacortesparksandrecreation.sportsiteslabs.com. If you Appointments will be available between 10 a.m. and want to register using cash or check, please call the 12 noon on the third Wednesday of each month. Sign Center and arrange a time for Sally or Lea to meet up at the Reception Desk. with you to get you signed up. Thank you to Nancy

Andrich, Soroptimist International of Anacortes, RIS Insurance and Noon Kiwanis for sponsoring. Reiki Therapy Reiki therapy sessions are available on Wednesday Color Me Calm afternoons. Enjoy a 15-minute session with a certified Reiki Master or practitioner between 1 and 2:30 p.m. Coloring is not just for kids! Join in this relaxing and Reiki can reduce stress, ease pain, and restore calm to fun activity from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursdays. Enjoy quiet the mind. It was developed by Dr. Mikao Usui in a couple of hours of stress relief, calm and creative Japan to help restore the body, mind and spirit. It is a expression while coloring gentle technique using energy to release stress in the beautiful pre-printed body. By reducing stress, Reiki helps restore the body’s designs. The Center has balance and a sense of calm and optimism. Sign up for colored pencils and pens an individual session at the Reception Desk. Suggested that you can use, or you donation is $5. can bring your own.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 10 JULY 2019 Low Vision Support Hearing Bank Program The Low Vision Support Western Washington University is sponsoring a group will meet from 10 to program to provide qualified adults (18 years or older) 11 a.m. on the last Thursday with hearing aids. The program also invites people to of each month. The next donate hearing aids and assisted listening devices that meeting will be on July 25. they are no longer using. To qualify to receive a hearing Suzette Richards will share device, you must be: information on Aging and  Resident of Whatcom or Skagit County Disability Resources. There is  Demonstrate financial need based on low income no charge. For more information, contact Suzette and/or other extenuating circumstances Richards at (562) 293-7114.  Provide assurance that you will be able to successfully use the equipment Living Well Support Application forms and instructions are posted on the Designed for those living with chronic conditions such Audiology Clinic website at http://chss.wwu.edu/csd/ as pain, diabetes, Parkinson’s and other challenges, clinics, or you may call (360) 650-3881 or fax (360) 650- this group meets at 3 p.m. on the first and third 3884. If you wish to donate to the program, call (360) Fridays and serves as a way for those who took the six- 650-3143. You may also drop off your donations at the week Living Well with Chronic Conditions class to Senior Activity Center’s Reception Desk. continue their goal-setting and progress. It allows people to support one another as they share their healthy living goals and strategies. This month, the Take Care of Your Feet group will meet on Fridays, July 5 and July 19. If Foot care will be available most you have not taken the “Living Well with Chronic Mondays. Call the Center at Conditions” class but are interested in participating, (360) 293-7473 to make an please contact facilitator Sheri Muntean at appointment. The gentle and (360) 420-5867. experienced staff of Catholic Community Services provides the Strengthening Your Voice foot care. The cost is $24. Please and Spirit through SongShine remember to bring a small towel. Hand care is available also for $6. Certified SongShine instructor Miriam Fein is teaching from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday. SongShine is a fun way to restore voices that have Where There’s a Will, been lessened by Parkinson’s, stroke or aging. Gentle There’s a Way — Advance and enlivened breathing, vocal exercises, singing and Healthcare Directives sharing in a community can Join Adrienne Doucette for a detailed workshop that help you heal. A free-will will guide you through completing advance healthcare offering is appreciated directives so someone will be prepared to speak for you for each class. Please if you become unable to speak for yourself. Class will contact Miriam Fein at meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26. Adrienne [email protected] or will use the Honoring Choices PNW form, a simple, call Sally Hill at (360) 293- user-friendly and very effective document. The cost is 7473 for more information $15. Sign up and pay in advance at the Reception on SongShine and Desk. Space is limited and the class fills up fast. SongShine classes.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 11 JULY 2019 Blood Pressure Checks Claire Lemberg Scholarship Elaine Oliphant, RN, does free A new scholarship program is now available at the blood pressure checks from 9:30 Center for low-income people who want to take one or a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on the last more of the Center’s arts and crafts classes. Here are Tuesday of every month here at some examples of the classes taught by well-known local the Center. artists that you could participate in with a scholarship:  Watercolor and Acrylics – Dee Doyle Chair Massage  Drawing Classes – Greg Dugan  Mosaic and Stained Glass – Melody Hoover Relax and ease those aches and pains! From 9 to 11  Basket Weaving – Jane Hyde a.m. every Tuesday, Carol Park offers 15-minute chair This scholarship program is possible thanks to a massages. The cost for seniors age 60 and older is generous donation from the family of Claire Lemberg $10/15 minutes; all others $15/15 minutes. To make and other generous donors. Claire taught arts and craft an appointment, call the Center at (360) 293-7473. classes at the ASAC for a number of years, and after she

stopped teaching, she continued to be active in Center Dental Hygiene Care activities. If you are interested in receiving a scholarship, The next dental hygiene clinics will be on Tuesdays, contact Sally Hill July 16 and July 30. Please ask for an application or Lea DeVere at packet at the Reception Desk. You will be called to set (360) 293-7473. up an appointment. You do not have to be “low income” to use this service. This program targets Drawing in Pen seniors who do not have dental insurance, but all and Ink seniors are welcome. The average cost for a cleaning is $110 ($85 if covered by Medicaid). If there is a need Greg Dugan will be for a more extensive “deep” cleaning, the cost is $150. teaching the basics of If you have insurance, you will need to process your drawing in pen and ink from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on own claim. Thursdays, July 11 through July 25. The class will cover the basics of materials and techniques. The course will focus on different types of pen and ink rendering CREATIVE EXPRESSION techniques, creating good values, and controlling edges. Sewing Seniors This class is for people with some drawing experience. The cost is $38. Sign up and pay in advance at the Join the Center’s new sewing group to work on your Reception Desk. For a supply list, email Greg at projects and share your love of sewing and quilting [email protected]. Scholarships are available. with other sewers. The group meets from 9 a.m. to

3:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each Drawing Portraits and People month. This month the group will meet on Thursday, July 11. Bring your sewing machines, projects, sewing Greg Dugan will be teaching the basics of drawing supplies, a small iron and portraits and people from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. on ironing surface, and a Thursdays, July 11 through July 25. The class will include cutting mat. Pack your own discussions on proportion, features of the face, drawing lunch or bring snacks if hands and feet, and the basics of drawing costumes and you’d like. Also a hot lunch clothes. This class is for people with some drawing is available at the Center experience. The cost is $38. Sign up and pay in advance between 11:30 a.m. and at the Reception Desk. For a supply list, email Greg at 12:30 p.m. [email protected]. Scholarships are available.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 12 JULY 2019 Art Camp in Watercolor Artists Northwest and Acrylics Artists Northwest meets from 10 a.m. to noon on the Have fun at “camp” in July and third Thursday of each month. The next meeting will August with art instructor Dee be on Thursday, July 18. Artists NW is dedicated to Doyle. Mix it up by exploring fostering fellowship and education among artists of mixed media elements, such as all levels using various mediums. At the July meeting, mono-printing, collage, gels, pastels, pen and ink, artist Petty Hunnicutt will present on watercolor (wet stamping and stenciling, and texturizing with whatever on wet). Members come together to share experiences you want. Each week, Dee will provide some coaching and knowledge in artistic endeavors. They promote and instruction on how to use certain elements, but the and share new ideas and techniques to grow and rest is up to you. Bring your regular complements of stimulate creativity. This group of artists occasionally paints to class, and Dee will provide some of the gels, paints as a group, either inside or outside. Yearly mediums, pastels, pens, etc. Acrylic classes meet from dues are $20; non-members are asked to donate $5; 9:30 a.m. to noon on Mondays and watercolor classes the donation can be applied to the dues. New meet from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Fridays. Some members as well as guests are welcome. Call Joyce experience is preferred, but not necessary. Drop-ins at (360) 293-6241, Birgit at (360) 588-4073 or Jerlyn are welcome. The cost is $15 per class. For further at (360) 299-1210 for more information. information and supply list, contact Dee Doyle at [email protected] or call 630-0208. Cultured Purls Knitting Guild Singing with Soul Come and enjoy knitting Join Miriam Fein from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Friday for and conversing with Singing with Soul. Singing is fun, and singing together fellow knitters from 11 can be celestial. You will relax with soothing sound and a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first silence meditations, followed by some singing. Relaxed, Tuesday of every month. your voices will soar and flow, bringing you joy and The next meeting will be fulfillment. Cantor Miriam BSM, has a Bachelor’s in on July 2. There will be Sacred Music (BSM specializing in Jewish music) and is special programs, outings a seminary-trained Cantor and Minister. A free-will and opportunities to share your projects. The group offering to the instructor is appreciated. also participates in serving the community by knitting hats, scarves, afghans and other items for those in Mosaic and Stained Glass Workshop need. For more information, call Pat Buckley at Make your choice of wall art, three-dimensional art (206) 200-3824. or yard art in an ongoing workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesdays. Instruction for beginners Basket Classes is available in both media. Some materials -- glass Jane Hyde teaches basket making from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and grout – and tools are on the fourth Thursday most months. The next class available to get you started. will be on Thursday, July 25. Class size is limited; call For information, cost of Jane at (360) 661-7477 to sign up in advance, and for classes and to arrange for more information and the cost of the basket she will instruction, call Melody be teaching. Scholarships are available. at (360) 755-2214. Join in at any time. Scholarships are available.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 13 JULY 2019 Ukulele is Big at ASAC Creative Circle Ukulele enthusiasts meet for jam Join with other creative folks at the Creative Circle sessions from 1:10 to 2:40 p.m. from 9 a.m. to noon every Monday. Some of the every Thursday, alternating projects that people work on include beading, felting, between Fidalgo Ukulele Network jewelry making, polymer clay, egg art and more. Join us (FUN) and the Senior Ukulele for three hours, meet new people and get your projects Ensemble (SUE). To access song done. There is no cost. Just bring your projects and materials for each group, contact join in. Clay Wilcox (for SUE) at [email protected], and Linda Zielinski, (for FUN and “Ukadores” classes) at LANGUAGE AND DISCUSSION [email protected]. These fun, free uke events are for all levels. Coffee with Karl Join Community Service Officer Loaner Ukuleles Available Karl Wolfswinkel from the If you are interested in learning to play the ukulele, but Anacortes Police Department don’t yet have your own uke, or if you are not yet ready for coffee and a chat from 10 to to invest in purchasing one, there are loaners available 11 a.m. on the second Tuesday at the Center that you can try. Ask at the Reception of every month. Karl will be at Desk to arrange to borrow one. the Center on Tuesday, July 9 with Officer Hatcher and his K-9 partner, T-Bone. Miracle of Art Everyone is welcome.

This free informal art appreciation class, conducted by Lou D’Amelio, is held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. American Sign Language Practice Group This class was started in 1989 by Dr. Susanne Baker, The American Sign Language (ASL) Practice Group whose art work is seen each month in the Center’s meets on Tuesdays from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. All levels newsletter. The first part of the class consists of a and all ages are welcome to come, learn and practice discussion on a selected art-related topic that changes together. The group is free. Drop in any time! weekly. The discussions are followed by the showing a DVD on art by professors of art history. Fidalgo Book Group The group meets from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on the first Cultured Palette Thursday of each month, except during the summer. The Cultured Palette is a group of eclectic local artists The next meeting will be on September 5. For that who live in or near Anacortes and gather to paint meeting, the group will read Overstory by Richard together from 12:30 to 3:45 p.m. on Friday afternoons. Powers, Pulitzer Prize winner for 2019. A sweeping, There will be no formal instruction, but there will impassioned work of activism and resistance that is occasionally be instruction in the form of DVDs or also a stunning evocation of — and paean to — the workshops. The group varies natural world. From the roots to the crown and back in skill level, chosen media to the seeds, Richard Powers’s twelfth novel unfolds in (water-based or pastel), concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from subject matter, and artistic antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century style. All skill levels are Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. invited to come and paint. For more information, contact Terri Bawden at Call Joyce at (360) 293-6241 (509) 670-4412. or Betty at (360) 293-4450.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 14 JULY 2019 Coffee with Laurie Flyswatter Volleyball Mayor Laurie Gere invites you Come and join in the fun. Flyswatter volleyball games to join her at the Center for a are held regularly from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. on the first casual conversation over coffee and third Wednesday. NOTE: There will be volleyball to ask questions and discuss City on July 3 due to the Independence Day luncheon. issues. She is at the Center most There are sure to be lots of laughs and memorable months from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on moments! the fourth Wednesday of the month. Everyone is welcome. NOTE: Mayor Gere will Game Time! not be meeting at the Center in July or August. She will  Bridge: 12:30 p.m. Mondays be back on Wednesday, September 25.  Canasta: 12:30 p.m. first and third Fridays

 Cribbage: 8:30 a.m. Thursdays GAMES AND RECREATION  Double Deck Pinochle: 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays  Mexican Train: 1 p.m. Wednesdays Double Deck Canasta  Partner Bridge: 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays Join in the fun at 12:30 p.m. on the first and third  Pinochle: 12:30 p.m. Fridays Friday of every month. If you played as a kid, or if you  Scrabble: 12:30 p.m. Mondays are a beginner, or if you just want to start playing again, you are invited to join this group. Rules will be SERVICES AT THE CENTER discussed and provided to anyone joining in. If you have a card shuffler, bring it with you to use. For more Anacortes Senior Activity Center Lunch information, contact Terry Costa at (360) 399-7898. Delicious, well-balanced

hot lunches are served from Women’s Pool 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Do you love to shoot pool or have you always wanted to Monday through Friday. In give it a try? Come and join the Women Pool Players addition to the menu listed that meet to shoot pool and have a few laughs from 10 in this newsletter, soup and a.m. to noon every Tuesday. There is no cost, pool cues salad are served most days. are provided, and there are two pool tables. Players with The suggested donation for any or no experience are welcome. This fun group will seniors 60+ is $5 per meal; even teach you how to play. Going out to lunch after is cost for non-seniors is $7 per meal. Reservations optional, but it adds to the fun and friendship. are not required. For more information, call (360) 293-7473. The same menu is also delivered to Learn and Play Cribbage homebound seniors. Contact (360) 416-1500 for more information and to sign up for Meals on Wheels. New and experienced players are welcome to join the regular Cribbage group on Thursday mornings. Arrive anytime between 8:30 and Ensure Available at the Center 11 a.m. if you are new to The Skagit County Senior Nutrition Program offers the game, the regular liquid meal supplements (Ensure Plus) to seniors on a players will teach you how suggested donation basis of $30. Ensure is available at to play. Come and meet the Center between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Contact some new friends, hang Amanda Miller at (360) 293-7473 if you have any out and have fun! questions about what you need in order to qualify. There are a variety of flavors available.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 15 JULY 2019 Haircuts with Lighthouse Memory Care Volunteers Marianne Meyer Volunteers are needed to supplement our Memory Marianne, who owned La Care Program by reading stories and reminiscing Conner’s Mane Event for 25 and assisting with activities. Volunteers need to years, is available for complete an application and a background check. appointments now twice a Experience with individuals with dementia, patience, month, normally on the understanding and a healthy sense of humor are a second and last Monday. Marianne’s next plus. Contact the activity directors at (360) 399-7263 appointments will be on Monday, July 8, and Monday, or email them at [email protected]. July 22. The cost is $10 and you must schedule an appointment in advance. Call (360) 293-7473 or make Volunteer at the Skagit County your appointment in person at the Reception Desk. Historical Museum

The museum, which is dedicated to preserving and VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY sharing Skagit County’s rich history, is seeking volunteers for the Education Program. Here are some volunteer opportunities in the If you are interested in local Anacortes community. If you are interesting in history, enjoy working with volunteering at the Senior Activity Center, see the students and/or adults and notice in the “Center Volunteer Opportunities” have a few weekday mornings section … see the table of contents on the front page. or afternoons free, consider

becoming a school tour Rosario Assisted Living Needs Your Help docent. The limited time Would you like to bring joy to yourself while putting a commitment and careful smile on someone else’s face? If so, Rosario Assisted planning make it easy to Living is looking for you! Contact Heidi Poirier, stay involved. Tours are Director of Activities, at (360) 293-3174 or by emailing scheduled by appointment, her at [email protected] to find out how to are two hours long, and include our three galleries. make a difference in someone else’s life. The Education Coordinator will provide all materials and instructions to you prior to the tour. For more Volunteer Services information, contact Tricia Scheer at (360) 466-3365. The Volunteer Services Program provides assistance to All volunteers who will be working with children must seniors and disabled adults so they may remain living pass a WSP background check. independently in their own homes. Volunteers assist with housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping and PUBLIC SERVICE NOTICES errands, yard work, minor household repairs, moving assistance and more. Currently there is a special Summer Art Exhibit at the Library need for volunteers to provide transportation. The Friends of the Anacortes Library Art Committee Drivers receive mileage presents a summer exhibit of artworks by local artists, reimbursement and held in the Friends Community Meeting Room. All secondary insurance. If you artworks are for sale with a portion of the proceeds are interested in helping or if benefitting the Friends of the Library. Public viewing you have a need for services, hours are posted at the library, or you may view the contact Robert McCracken exhibit during any public event in the meeting room at (360) 588-5745. until the end of August.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 16 JULY 2019 Anacortes Police Help for Veterans Department Volunteer Do you, or someone you know, need assistance Citizen Patrol with filing paperwork through the Veterans Does this scenario entice you — Administration for compensation, pension or patrolling the streets and alleys of death benefits? Through prior arrangement made Anacortes for two to three hours at with the Veterans Service office, you may be able to a time? How about ongoing meet the Veterans Service Officer at the Center. The training opportunities that will sharpen patrol skills Veterans Service office is located at 330 Pacific Place and provide first-hand insight into the life and work in Mount Vernon, and is open Monday, Tuesday, of a law enforcement officer? If so, you might be a Thursday and Friday. For more information, candidate for the Anacortes Police Department’s contact Erica Slane, Skagit County Veterans Auxiliary Patrol Unit, a group that was formed in Service Officer, at (360) 416-7585 or email 1992 to engage and protect our community. The him at [email protected]. group as a whole donated over 4,000 hours of their time in 2018 — the equivalent of nearly two full-time Summer Time Gardeners Needed employees. The volunteers were more than “extra eyes Anacortes Middle School is looking for a few and ears” for the department on patrol — they staffed gardeners to help with their school garden during several special events hosted by the City of Anacortes the summer and performed thousands of in-person vacation months. What checks on 212 Anacortes homes. Want to learn the garden needs is more about the work of the Auxiliary Patrol in help with watering, our community? Contact CSO Karl Wolfswinkel harvesting and at (360) 293-4684 or at [email protected]. weeding, with the goal of having a Help Create a Film beautiful garden for on the W.T. Preston the students to come back to, with plenty to harvest Seattle-based dance company “Malacarne” will be when they return. If you are able to help out this creating a dance film on the W.T. Preston Historic summer please contact Anne Chase-Stapleton at National Landmark steamboat, and they are looking [email protected]. for community members to get involved. The time commitment will be one hour on Saturday, July 20, Red Door Watch Clinic or Sunday, July 21. No prior dance experience or Craig Smith, on behalf of the Red Door Thrift Shop, ability is necessary; participants will be standing in a will be at the Center from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. every group formation for a few minutes. This project is fourth Friday of the month. This month Craig will be part of an artist at the Center on July 26. He will replace batteries in residency program watches and will have watches for sale at a reasonable at the Anacortes price. Standard batteries are $5, and lithium batteries Museum. If you are are $10. Limit: three watches per person. You may interested in getting either choose to wait or leave your watch, and you will involved or have be called when it is ready for pickup. Some watches questions, contact take longer than others to repair. All proceeds will June Zandona at benefit the Red Door Thrift Shop, which grants (415) 690-6718 or at [email protected]. funds to deserving nonprofits in the community The W.T. Preston is ADA Accessible. including the Center.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 17 JULY 2019 Council of the Blind Aging and Disability The purpose of the Skagit Resources and Island Counties Aging and Disability Resources (ADR) helps people Council of the Blind is to who are age 60 and older, people with disabilities, and promote opportunity, family members access a wide variety of community equality and independence resources, information, services and programs. ADR for visually impaired and provides confidential services free of charge and can legally blind people. The Council has resources for help you find the information and programs that meet people dealing with vision loss. You and your family your individual needs. ADR specialists work with you and friends are encouraged to make use of the over the phone or in person by appointment between 8 Council’s resources and to contact the Council with a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the questions. The Council meets from 1 to 3 p.m. on the ADR office, or if necessary, in your home. Please call second Saturday of the month at Washington Federal, (360) 428-1309 or e-mail [email protected]. located at 300 E. Fairhaven Avenue in Burlington. Contact Andy Arvidson for more information at (425) Salvation Army 218-0190 or email him at [email protected]. Food Bank Needs You Island Hospital Auxiliary The demand for food The Island Hospital Auxiliary meets in the Burrows/ at the Food Bank has Fidalgo conference room in the Island Hospital at been increasing over 11:30 a.m. on the first Monday of each month the past ten years while (September through June except January). The the supply of low-cost Auxiliary's purpose is to support and promote projects food is dwindling. A for the benefit of Island Hospital, and the health and new program called welfare of the community. Guests are welcome, and “A Simple Gesture” anyone is welcome to join the Auxiliary. For more makes it easy to help fill information, contact Kathy at (360) 293-8393 or the the food bank pantry. Sign up by emailing Island Hospital Foundation office at (360) 299-4201. [email protected]. Once you have signed up, follow these simple steps: Skagit Valley Genealogical Society  Each week when you go grocery shopping, buy The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS) is extra non-perishable food items. available the first Saturday of each month from 11 a.m.  Store them in the red bag provided by the to 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army. Burlington Public  On the second Saturday of the even-numbered Library, 820 months of the year, place your red bag outside your Washington front door. A volunteer driver will pick up the bag, Avenue in leave another bag in its place, and take the filled Burlington. bag to the food pantry. Contact Margie Wilson at (360) This program is also looking for volunteer drivers to 757-6224 or email help pick up the food bags. Spread the word to your [email protected]. For more information neighbors. And thank you! Your simple gesture will about SVGS, visit skagitvalleygenealogy.org. make a difference.

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 18 JULY 2019 Join the Harmonaires  Newsletter  Furnishings Love to sing? Have some  Equipment fun by joining the  Office supplies Harmonaires. This all-  Postage level women’s singing  Staff support group learns and  Kitchen supplies occasionally performs four-  Coffee and tea part Barbershop harmony music. The group meets for  Fundraising expenses rehearsal from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday evenings. It’s a  Special projects lot of fun, and you get to help make some good music  Building improvements while enjoying yourself with the group. For more  Landscaping information, call Virgene at (360) 293-0950 or  And much more! Emilie at (360) 755-6090.

One-on-One Medical Insurance Help The following are donations received this past month from groups and individuals. Thank you for your SHIBA (Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors) generous support. volunteers are available at Island Hospital Resource  Line dancers Center to help make choosing health care coverage  Ukulele players easier. SHIBA provides one-on-one health insurance  Creative Circle information, including Medicare and Extra Help. They  Sewing Seniors can help you save money, make sense of all the  Arlene Stradler confusing information and make the best choice of  Jean Eisenstein coverage. Call (360) 299-4212 to schedule an  Alyeska Design LLC appointment.  Dustin Johnson and Trevor Dimarco  Virginia Heiner DONATIONS  Bronko Jurkovich  Paul and Rene Vance The ASAC Foundation Financially  Jim Taylor and Lenore Peterson Supports the Center with the Help of People Like You! WANTED The Foundation raises funds to support the Center, Greeting Cards Wanted and donations of any size are most welcome and appreciated. The support from our many generous We will happily accept your surplus greeting cards to donors helps maintain the Center as a vibrant, fun and offer for sale at the Center. Birthday cards are inspirational community center. The Foundation’s goal especially needed. Thank you for helping support the is to “Help Seniors Thrive!” It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Senior Activity Center. organization, and all donations are tax Jig-Saw Puzzles Wanted deductible. Below are The Center has a need for 500-piece puzzles to sell in examples of some of the our gift shop. If you have any of that size that you ways that the Foundation would like to donate, please drop them off at the helps the Center pay for: Reception Desk. Thank you!  Copy machine  Internet access

Anacortes Senior Activity Center Page 19 JULY 2019 Yarn Donations Gentry House Caregiver Support Group The Center is once again  Lunch and Learn: 12:30 to 2 p.m. on the first accepting donations of Tuesday yarn that will be passed  Caregiver Support Group: 1 to 2:30 p.m. on on to local knitters who the fourth Tuesday are knitting for various Location: Christ Episcopal Church, 1216 7th Street, charities. The projects for these charities include: Anacortes. Led by Nancy Gentry. Contact:  Scarves for Red scarf, a national program for foster (360) 293-4466. kids who age out of the system  Baby things for needy parents of newborns at Council of the Blind Island Hospital Meets from 1 to 3 p.m. on the second Saturday of each  Knitted Knockers for women who have had breast month. Location: Washington Federal, 300 E. cancer surgery Fairhaven Avenue, Burlington (enter through  Hats for various organizations including the rear door). Anacortes Family Center  Clothes for teddy bears for kids at Camp Erin who Grief Support Group have lost a parent or sibling  Twiddle Muffs for patients at local dementia care Meets at 3:30 to 5 p.m. every facilities Wednesday. Location: Island  And more! Hospital/Fidalgo Room. Please leave your donations at the Reception Desk and Contact: Doug Fakkema at they will be put to good use. Thank you! (360) 202-1699.

SUPPORT GROUPS Cancer Caregiver Drop-In Support Group Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Meets from 3 to 4 p.m. every second Monday of each month. Anyone affected by cancer welcome. Location: Meets at 1 p.m. on the second Monday. Location: Merle Cancer Center at Island Hospital. Contact: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 Ninth Street. Danah Peace-Laws at (360)588-2082. Contact: Ann Giboney at (360) 299-9569. Skagit Widowed Support Services Willis-Ekbom Disease (Restless Leg) All are welcome for: Support Group  Grief Groups: Contact Terr Heuterman at (360) Call for meeting dates. Location: Island Hospital / 336-3037 Burrows Rooms. Contact: Charlotte at (360)  Social Events including weekly lunches 293-7328.  Contact Robin MacNeil at (360) 333-9973 or see SWSS monthly newsletter at www.skagitwss.org. Kidney Support Meets quarterly. Next Low Vision Support Group meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. Meets from 10 to 11 a.m. on the last Thursday of each on August 20. The group month. Location: Anacortes Senior Activity Center. will also meet on November Contact: Suzette Richards at (562) 293-7114. 19. Location: Anacortes Senior Activity Center. Contact www.theroadbacktolife.com.

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