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News & Notes | SEPTEMBER–NOVEMBERSEPTEMBER– 2017 NOVEMBER 2017 EXPERIENCE THE UPSIDE OF AGING! YOGA... you can achieve more than you think! Strengthen your muscles, improve balance, give your joints added support, improve bone density, reduce anxiety and the calming effect that can lower stress, heart rate and blood pressure. Yoga encourages the body, mind and spirit to remain healthy and strong while reducing the effects of some age-related issues. See page 5 for class schedules. INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 Autumn Events 5 Fitness & Recreation 8 Day Trips/Tours 3 Special Events 6 Health & Wellness 9 II Calendars 4 Crafts & Arts/Leisure 7 Educational/Technology ABOUT US Save the Au t u m n dates! AuSPECIAL t u m EVENTS n Cruising Towards Healthy Living THE HOPKINS HEALTH FAIR ACTIVITY CENTER is a Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1-4 p.m. gathering place for mature adults to participate at the Hopkins Activity Center in organized as well as unorganized recreational, Attend important FREE health screenings: Provided by North Memorial Health System social, educational, fitness and volunteer activities. • Balance • Stroke • Blood Pressure • Body Mass Index The Activity Center is • Osteoporosis • Advanced Directives also a community facility Coupons will be available for free Leg Circulation Screening at available for business Minnetonka Medical Center (valued at $250)! Door functions, group meetings, Prizes! neighborhood & family Plus: gatherings, birthday, • Vendor Booths, Door Prizes, Refreshments and More! anniversary celebrations, Sponsored by North Memorial and Hopkins Activity Center. or wedding reception. Call regarding rental rates. Tooth Wisdom: Get Smart About Your Mouth MEMBERSHIP Tuesday, Sept. 26, 12-1 p.m. A dental professional discusses the importance of oral health, The cost of the tooth care, gum disease and oral cancer. Come prior to the Health Fair! Call to register. Membership program for one year is just $28/ Flu Shot Clinic person or $44/household. Provided by Minnesota Visiting Nurses Association Members receive a Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1-3 p.m. No appointment needed! newsletter four times a Protect yourself and the community from Influenza by getting vaccinated! Quadrivalent year in the mail, reduced flu shot (cash price $38) or high dose ($65) available. Bring Picture ID, Medicare card and fees for activities, selected insurance card and MNVA will bill your insurance plan on your behalf. trips and facility rental discounts. Non-Frequent User Memberships also available; call for details. Luncheon Events Contact us to receive a “It’s a Good Day to Have a Good Lunch” complimentary issue of the Advance ticket purchase required. Attend the educational speakers series newsletter or be added to (see page 7) before lunch. Stay and Play Bingo (see page 4) following lunch. our weekly email notices. Back to School Frightfully Fun Salute to Vets Thanksgiving Contact Us BBQ Halloween Thursday, Nov. 9, Celebration 33 14th Ave N Thursday, Sept. 21, Lunch 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, Hopkins, MN 55343 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, A program to 11 a.m. 952-939-1333 Celebrate the 11:30 a.m. honor veterans. A time to gather activitycenter@ fall season with a Halloween fun and Presentation of with friends to hopkinsmn.com BBQ pulled pork tacos are on the colors by Hopkins pause & reflect sandwich and all American Legion on the things that www.hopkinsmn.com/ menu. Prizes for the the fixings. Color Guard bring us joy. Join activitycenter best, scariest and Sponsor: most unusual hat! Sponsor: us for a traditional Augustana Sponsor: Westridge St. Gabriel’s turkey dinner, Members $7 Members $7 Womens Club pumpkin pie and Others $8 Others $8 Members $9 door prizes. See Coupon on back page Others $10 Members $9 VETERANS FREE! Others $10 2 TO REGISTER, CALL 952-939-1333. AREA AuAu t t u u m m n n CONTACTS Fair For All 763-450-3880 Hennepin County Library At-Home Service 612-543-8850 H.O.M.E. (Household/ In Praise of Grandparents Outside Maintenance (& A Photo Contest) for Elderly) Octoberfest Supper Being a grandparent is a rewarding 952-746-4046 experience and now is your opportunity Sponsor: Hopkins Health Hopkins City Hall to show us what makes your grandchild Services (formerly Golden Living Hopkins) 952-935-8474 Thursday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m. so “grand!” Enter your favorite Enjoy a hearty taste of the fall season grandchild or young person photo. Hopkins Community with an Octoberfest themed menu and Education 952-988-4070 fun Bingo games. Call to register. 2017 Categories: • Cute as a Bug! Hopkins Minnetonka Members $4; Others $5. Recreation 952-939-8203 • Grandparent & Me! Medicare Part D: • Looking for Trouble Hopkins VFW (loans Open • Kid’s & Pets walkers, wheelchairs, Enrollment is Oct. 15-Dec. 7! etc.) 952-938-9916 Thursday, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m. • Trick or Treat Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging One photo and winner per category. hopkinsvolunteers.org (MAAA) presentation explains how Part Vote for your favorite kid photo between 952-935-2371 D works, “the donut hole” and new September 11-28. Winners announced 5-star plans, available throughout the October 2. I.C.A. Food Shelf 952-938-0729 year. Extra Help is a program for people Sponsor: RidgePointe of Minnetonka with lower incomes, that may reduce Meals on Wheels prescription drug costs. Copies of the Foot Massage 952-935-9028 Health Care Choices booklet, published “Touch is the essence in which by the Minnesota Board on Aging, will Metro Paint-A-Thon our hearts are conveyed” 612-721-8687 be available. 3rd Wednesday each month beginning Call 952-939-1333 to register for this Sept. 20, 12:30-2:30 p.m. NAPS (Nutritional free program, a collaboration of the Relax, rejuvenate and decrease stress Assistance Program for Hopkins Library and Hopkins Activity and anxiety in the entire body with a 20 Seniors) 651-484-8241 Center and Hopkins Library. minute foot massage. Volunteer Certified NORC (Nurturing Our Massage Therapist: Cathy Retired Citizens) Call for an appointment. 952-542-4866 Members free; Others $2. ResourceWest 952-933-3860 Creative Chaos Crafting Weekend Senior Citizen Property Tax Deferral Bring your projects & join the fun! 651-556-6088 Hours of dedicated crafting time! Friday, Oct. 27, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Senior Linkage Line Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 1-800-333-2433 Sunday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Store To Door Join in on the crafting/scrapbooking weekend fun! Plenty 651-642-1892 of space to spread out your stuff (will be locked up overnight)! Free snacks and refreshments, Cricuts, Kodak Transit Link photo scanner and scrapbooking tools available for use 651-602-5465 plus much more. Contact us to register. Members $45; Others $48 or $20/day Experience the upside of aging! 3 News & Notes | SEPTEMBER–NOVEMBER 2017 Crafts & Arts Free for members; Others $2 (unless otherwise noted.) Helping Hands: Every stitch Primitive Rug Hooking makes a difference! Wednesday, 11 am Monday, Sept 11 & 25, Oct 9 & 23, Enjoy social time while rug 9 am-12 pm. hooking, an art form that Join the group for our charity knit repurposes and recycles THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO DRESSED DOLLS FOR THE HOPKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT! and crochet-along to create hats, wool cloth into beautiful mittens, scarves, prayer shawls and rugs, pillows, wall hangings. infant angel gowns for the local Members of the group work on their Ongoing Projects hospital & care facilities. Please turn individual projects while enjoying Pick up a project pattern for: in all items by October 5 to prepare social time as well as sharing ideas Dress-A-Dollie: Volunteers dressed 29 for distribution to area organizations. and technique. dolls for the Hopkins Schools. Walker Bags: Fabric is available to Scrap Your Heart Out Days Creative Chaos Crafting Weekend sew a simple walker bag for our local 3rd Monday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. hospital and care facilities. 2nd Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Enjoy social time while you work on Preemie Blankets: Make comforting your scrapbooks without interruption Sunday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. quilts for babies in our local hospital. and preserve those memories. Join Feed your creativity and re-energize Work as a group or at home. Fabric us for all or part of the day, bring a your soul with uninterrupted time for and pattern is available. your creative pursuits. Plenty of space bag lunch or visit one of the local Backpack Project: Sew a simple to spread out your stuff. Cricuts and restaurants. The CRICUT MACHINE drawstring bag for school children scrapbooking tools available for use is available for use, a fun way to cut in Haiti. Thank you to Marian B. for plus much more. Call for additional shapes and letters. sewing 40 backpacks that will be details or to register. delivered to Haiti in November. Open Artists Studio Members $45; Others $48 or $20/day Monday, 1-8 pm Comfort Caps: Fabric and pattern is Drop in to work on individual craft available to sew a simple chemo cap projects. Bring your own supplies. for those whose lives are drastically changing. Leisure & Entertainment Book Club Cards and Games Free Cup of “Joe” Members free; Others $2 Monday, Sept 11, Oct 2, Nov 6, Monday, 9–11 a.m. 1 p.m. Enjoy a free cup of coffee and treats. Bridge Fun for Everyone Discussion of the monthly book. Monday, 9 a.m. This quarter’s sponsors (by week): Sept: Where You Once Belonged by 1st Hopkins Health Services Cribbage Kent Haruf Hand & Foot 2nd RidgePointe Active Senior Living Tuesday, Oct: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Monday, 10 a.m.