Inside This Issue Come Together Fest Shine on Madison Wreath Sales

VOLUME 36, NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER, 2019 Come Together Fest Inside this Issue WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 5-7:30 PM For Your Information .................. 2 Join us for a celebration of community! We are more alike than we are different but it’s exciting Technology & Finance ................ 4 to share our uniqueness. Enjoy entertainment, light food and merriment. Register by Arts & Entertainment .................. 5 October 30. $2 fee. Call (608) 266-6581 to register or get more information. The Volunteer View ..................... 6 Education & Enrichment ............. 8 Activity & Meal Calendar ......... 10 Wreath Sales Clubs & Groups / Games .......... 13 Our annual holiday wreath sale is wrapping Health & Wellness .................... 14 up, but it’s not too late to get yours. Order forms are available at the Front Desk, and on Services & Support ................... 16 page 15. All proceeds from the wreath sales go to the Madison Senior Center Foundation Community Outreach ................ 17 to support the many programs and services we Giving Matters to Seniors ......... 19 provide at little to no cost. Relevant, Inclusive, Enlightened Madison Senior Center 330 W. Mifflin Street Shine On Madison Madison, Wisconsin 53703 MSC is proud to be a participant of Shine on Madison-Downtown Madison (608) 266‑6581 Seasonal Celebration put on by Madison’s Central Business Improvement cityofmadison.com/senior‑center District (BID). Stop by MSC and experience the spirit of the season. jj Saturday, November 16 4-8 pm Winter Madison Night Market 6-6:16 pm Shine on Madison Lighting Ceremony ~ Tree lighting celebration at MSC ~ Check out our Holiday Window jj Thursday, November 21 Downtown Madison Wine Walk (Ticket required) FOR YOUR INFORMATION Directory Phone.................................................(608) 266-6581 FAX ...................................................(608) 267-8684 Website ..................cityofmadison.com/senior-center Hours ........................ Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm Senior Center Staff Senior Center & Senior Services Manager, Sally Jo Spaeni 267-8652, [email protected] Office/Rental Manager, Karen Cator 266-6290, [email protected] MISSION OF THE MADISON SENIOR CENTER Program Coordinator, Laura Hunt 267-8650, [email protected] The Madison Senior Center involves older adults as leaders, teachers and learners, and provides a Volunteer Coordinator, John Weichelt, balanced, diverse, and coordinated program that acts 267-2344, [email protected] as an ideal model for aging. Intergenerational Coordinator, Laurie Bibo 267-8673, [email protected] Member of Reception Coordinator, Gary Flesher 267-8651, [email protected] Custodian, Jeff Thompson, 266‑6581, [email protected] Wisconsin Association “The Madison Senior Center promotes successful aging.” of Senior Centers AA/EOC Employer and Service Provider FREE E-MAIL SIGN-UP COMMITTEE ON AGING Receive your Messenger, the monthly newsletter An advisory body to the Community Services of the Madison Senior Center, by email. Register Committee and the Community Development for your new My City of Madison Account at: Division, as well as other City Departments, https://my.cityofmadison.com. Click on ‘New User?’ the Mayor and the Common Council. Meets 4th in the green box; then, on the word box ‘Register’. Wednesday at 2:30 pm. Provide your information and click the box to ‘Register’. Scroll down to Senior Center and click! SUBSCRIBE TODAY! If you prefer a paper copy of The Messenger, the monthly newsletter of the Madison Senior Center, it is only $10. Drop off this form and a $10 payment. Register for The Messenger (please print) $10 per year, check enclosed (Make check payable to Madison Senior Center.) Name Address City State Zip Phone Mail to the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703. 2 FOR YOUR INFORMATION Intergenerational Buzz! General Policies The Preschool Craft program is in full jj Public spaces (interior and exterior) at swing again this fall with charming the MSC are monitored by staff on video children from St. James School and security cameras; participants and visitors talented, caring volunteers ranging in age may be recorded. from college students through our ever jj = Register. Most of our presenters faithful older adults! While the noise level are volunteers and their time is valuable. might be high, so is our energy level while we create great The means that programs without craft projects each month from September through May. sufficient enrollment may be canceled. jj All participants and guests must check in New this Fall, we have welcomed students from upon arrival. If you aren’t at the center for Shabazz High School to our Center! Partnering business purposes, and will be returning with older adults, the students are interviewing within the next three months, please apply them weekly with thoughtfully prepared for a free membership. You will be issued questions, and documenting their responses. a key tag to scan when you come in. The end result will be an oral history of each jj Sleeping/napping is not allowed. adult’s life. At a final celebration in late October, jj Participants are limited to a maximum the students and their older adult partners can reflect on the of two bags while at MSC. Bags must be outcome, as well as on the bonds they have created while kept with you at all times. Staff cannot sharing this time together. look after the personal belongings of participants. Looking forward to February 2020, we will welcome jj Our facilities cannot be used for personal another group of Shabazz students to our Center for an art care/hygiene. collaboration. A group of students working with older adults jj Service animals are welcome. They will design and create a 5’x7’ moveable mural which will should always be on a leash. You must be completed over the course of approximately six sessions, clean up after your own animal. culminating in an unveiling ceremony in late March. We will be looking for volunteers to participate on this project! Laurie Bibo REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK AT 2 AM ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 3 TECHNOLOGY & FINANCE Technology Tip of the Month Sip & Swipe Café® THE 6 USEFUL APPS FOR SENIORS Get free self-paced lessons on how to use a tablet. These apps are meant to make life easier: A coach will work with you, provide support and 1. AARP Now App (free) answer questions. These skills also will transfer to This app gives you senior‑specific news, most smart phones. We provide the tablets, so if you shares events happening locally and tells you have been thinking about purchasing one, this is a what discounts you qualify for with your great opportunity to try one out. You must register AARP membership. for this because we take a maximum of 4 people at each session. Call (608) 266-6581 to register. Limited 2. Find My iPhone (free) enrollment. Never lose your pricey iPhone or iPad with this app. If you leave your phone somewhere Computer Lab Hours or it gets stolen, this app will find it. jj Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 11:30 am-4 pm jj Tuesday-Thursday, 9 am-4 pm 3. Life360 (free iOS) The computer lab is available every day MSC is No more asking your family to call to ensure open. On Tuesdays from 10-11:30 am, a volunteer they’ve arrived home safely. This app uses is available to offer assistance. Note that food is not GPS tracking to keep track of family members allowed in the Computer Lab. If you wish to listen to as they attend school, vacations or work. And something, please bring ear buds or headphones. they can keep track of you, too. Financial Perspective 4. Silver Surf (free for iOS) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 10-11 AM iPads and smartphones can be hard to use because of the tiny buttons and text, and it can Finances are personal for most of us, but it’s also often be impossible for the visually impaired. This difficult to navigate the terrain without help. A local app allows you to enlarge buttons and text on financial advisor will be available to share current iPads and iPhones. events and trends in the market. This workshop is appropriate whether you currently have investments 5. Skype (free) or not. Find out what you should know, or ask, before Use Facetime or Skype to visually connect investing. with your children, grandkids or friends in By Dave Green far places. It’s truly like having your favorite Sudoku 4 people in your living room – without the mess. Answers 2 4 9 5 7 6 1 You have to download Skype, but Facetime located comes already applied to all Apple products. on page 17. 3 7 8 2 1 6 6. Yahoo! Weather (free) There are 100s of weather apps, but Yahoo! Weather is worth downloading because it 7 9 5 has a beautiful design and it’s simple to use. 8 1 7 It allows you to track the weather for your location up to five days out and it includes 1 7 2 8 9 4 3 radar maps. 7 2019 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Difficulty Level 10/08 = Register 4 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday Movie Matinees Senior Showcase Band TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1 PM THURSDAYS, 1-3 PM The Great Lie (1941). Starring Bette Listen or dance to the music of the big band era Davis, George Brent and Mary Astor. and other favorites. The Senior Showcase Band Tempestuous, ambitious concert plays every week. $2 per person. No charge the pianist Sandra Kovac shares a bond last Thursday of the month. with Maggie Van Allen and her little boy, Pete. Sandra’s chic New York Botanical Zentangle Inspired Art friends can’t imagine what the two TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 9:15-11:30 AM women have in common. What they don’t know is that Pete is Sandra’s son–and the son of the heroic This class encourages you aviator both women love.

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