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Montrose Township Senior Center Montrose Township Senior Center Montrose Township Senior Center will be closed the following days in December: Friday, December 22nd Monday, December 25th Join us as we deck the halls with the ugliest sweater of Friday, December 29th them all! Here is how it works… that sweater that you thought was so cute in the 70’s and 80’s, but never could find a place to wear it… well dig it out! Ugliest sweater wins first prize! The sights, sounds, and spirit Wednesday, December 13th at 12noon of Christmas Holiday luncheon will include ham and all the fixings. completely sur- Please call or stop by the center to sign up in advance round you at this (810) 639-2822. amazing store, which is the size of one and a half We will also be doing a White Elephant gift exchange for football fields. Bronner’s is overflowing with those who would like to participate. 50,000 trims and gifts. Our bus will be going to Bronner’s on Tuesday, December 12th at 1pm. Please call to sign up in advance. Donations are needed to make items for nursing homes & home bounds! We will be making adult bibs, pillows, and chair/walker caddies. Items needed: New & gently used hand towels, poly fill, fabric, rolls of Velcro, cotton and flannel sheets, and light blankets. See June Fittante for donations of items! June and her volunteers have made 47 lap blankets, 75 bibs, 25 walker caddies, and 15 pillows thus far for local homes! Funding Sources—Genesee County Senior Millage, Charter Township of Montrose, Valley Area Agency on Aging, MDOT, Community groups, and Individual Donations. This program/service is fully or partially funded by Genesee County Senior Millage Funds. Your tax dollars at work!! 1 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 10:30am Range of Motion 12noon Lunch Veggie Lasagna 1pm Bingo 4 5 6 7 8 12noon Lunch 9am Yoga 9:45am Tai Chi 9am VA Rep 10:30am Range of Motion Chicken & 10am Writing Group 12noon Lunch 12noon Lunch Dumplings 12noon Lunch 11am B.P. Checks Turkey Tetraz- Boneless Pork 1pm Euchre zini Chop Beef Pasty 12noon Lunch 3:30 Guitar Pickers 1pm Pinochle 1pm Shopping 1pm Bingo Roast Beef Coupon & Quilt 2pm Drums Alive 1pm Bid Euchre 3:30 Progressive 1pm Knot Just For Dinner Knitters 5:30pm Card Club 5pm Weight Watchers 11 12 13 14 15 11am Massage 9am Legal Aid 9:45am Tai Chi 10am Podiatrist 10:30am Range of Motion 12noon Lunch 9am Yoga 12noon Lunch 12noon Lunch 12noon Lunch Salisbury Steak 10am Writing Group Ham Meatloaf Pecan Crunch 1pm Euchre 11am B.P. Checks HOLIDAY 1pm Shopping Tilapia PARTY 3:30 Guitar Pickers 12noon Lunch 2pm Drums Alive 1pm Bingo 1pm Pinochle 4pm Dinner Date Chicken Patty Coupon & Quilt 1pm Bid Euchre 3:45pm Zumba 1pm Knot Just For Knitters 5:30pm Card Club 1pm Bronner's Trip 5pm Weight Watch- 18 19 20 21 22 10am Advisory 9am Yoga 9:45am Tai Chi 9am Commodities Council 10am Writing Group 12noon Lunch 12noon Lunch 12noon Lunch CLOSED 11am B.P. Checks Bean Soup Pork Loin Stuffed Pepper 12noon Lunch 1pm Pinochle 12:30 Birthday 1pm Euchre Celebration Baked Chicken Coupon & Quilt 3:30 Guitar Pickers 1pm Shopping 1pm Bid Euchre 5:30pm Card Club 2pm Drums Alive 1pm Knot Just For Knitters 5pm Weight Watchers 25 26 27 28 29 9am Yoga 9:45am Tai Chi 12noon Lunch 10am Writing Group 12noon Lunch Braised Chicken Thigh CLOSED CLOSED 11am B.P. Checks Turkey Ham 1pm Shopping 12noon Lunch 1pm Pinochle 2pm Drums Alive Goulash Coupon & Quilt 1pm Bid Euchre 5:30pm Card Club 1pm Knot Just For Knitters 5pm Weight Watchers 2 40th Annual Senior Winter Games Drums Alive Golden Beats combines traditional aerobic movements with powerful beat and rhythms Registration: November 6, 2017 to of the drums. It’s a workout for the entire mind, January 11, 2018 body, and spirit. Drums Alive stimulates people of all fitness levels whether sitting or standing Golden Games: January 29, 2018 to Beats allows you to drum to your own beat. This pro- gram is every Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Call the center February 22, 2018 for more information. Registration Fee: $12.00 includes an unlim- Foot Clinic ited number of events, banquets, and t-shirt. If you are unable to trim your own toes call 2018 Events Include: us to make an appointment with a licensed Pie Eating Bowling Jigsaw Puzzle Podiatrist. There are still appointments Spades Softball Toss available for December 14th. Lawn Bowling Soccer-Free Kick Crib- bage Pinochle Suduko Darts Hats, Coats, Gloves, Snow Bean Bag Toss Shuffleboard Pants, Scarves, Baking Fitness Walk Snowsuits, Ear- muffs, boots, Free Throw Pickleball Volleyball etc… Archery Euchre We will be put- ting our tree up Frisbee Toss Hand,Knee,Foot Pool for display and collecting these winter Line Dancing Karaoke items all through November and December and into January as well. As the tempera- Dominoes (Mexican Train) Arts & Crafts tures drop we see a great need in our com- Trivia Game Miniature Golf munity, especially with the children. No child should be without. Senior Winter Games of Genesee County is Items can be dropped off in need of seniors who are willing to volun- 9am-5pm Monday through Friday at the teer to assist at event sites. If you are inter- Montrose Township Senior Center, 200 ested in volunteering, please contact Alfred Street, Montrose, next to the elementary school. Melinda Soper at the Swartz Creek Senior Center (810) 635-4122 or Misty Moen at 3 Shopping Our bus goes shopping on December 7 to Mei- jer, December 14th to Davison Farmers Market 2nd Loretta Hoy and Aldi, December 21st to Walmart, and 7th Vicki Taylor December 28th to be determined at a later date. We also stop once a week if needed to local 12th Mary Jeffery businesses to shop! Call or stop in to sign up. 13th Guy Kibbe 13th Tom Tithof Do You Need Legal Services? 17th Donelda Deming Meet with Pam Keener 17th Nancy Obershaw Tuesday, December 12th. Call 810.639.2822—by appointment only. 18th Dyane Hines Legal Services of Eastern Michigan is available to provide legal services at our center in these areas: 20th Larry Monroe Elder Law Housing Complaints 24th Dorothy Banks Public Benefits Social Security 25th Arlene Powell Bankruptcy 25th Vicki Lauer Domestic Violence Insurance Complaints 26th Ramona Rubio 26th Harriett Bishop Craft programs report that they have a calming effect and enhance social skills. Handiwork with 31st Timothy Larkin yarn helps arthritic fingers remain more dexter- Donations are Needed ous. Some These items are needed at the Center on a monthly people find basis: that 8oz foam coffee cups Kleenex craftwork Small bowls Tea Bags helps them 6-inch Plates Potato Chips control their weight… Calling all Veterans when hands U. S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs offers a wide range of benefits for our Nation’s Veterans, Vet- are holding needles and hooks there’s less eran’s Dependents, Surviving Spouses, Child or snacking. Parent of a deceased Veteran. Meet with Gary Putinsky, Service Officer, Genesee County Join the Knot just for Knitters Department of Veterans Services, on the 1st Thursday of each month. Knitting & Crocheting Group Appointments are required. This activity for seniors will be every Tuesday Call 810 639-2822 to schedule your at 1:00pm. Drop in to get started. 4 appointment. CARDS Chair Yoga Euchre Mondays at 1:00pm Every Tuesday at 9am Improve strength, Bid Euchre Tuesdays at 1:00pm flexibility, by doing yoga exercises while Pinochle Wednesdays at 1:00pm seated in chairs or while standing and us- ing the chair for support. Join us Tuesdays Call to reserve your spot. with Pam Iaquinto. Card Club Euchre tournament every Wednesday at 5:30 Call to reserve your spot. Zumba Gold takes the Zumba formula and modifies the moves and pacing to suit the needs of the active older participant, as Bingo well as those just starting their journey to a Every Friday at 1pm fit and healthy lifestyle. Join us Wednes- day at 3:45pm with Kim Warchol-Smith. Guitar Pickers Tai Chi Do you play guitar? Do you wish you could play better or practice Tai-Chi is a doctor-recommended form of exer- with others? Need someone to cise/stretching. Join us Wednesday mornings at practice with? Join us Mondays at 3:30-5:30pm. 9:45am with Darcia Bobb. Chair Massage Range of Motion Registered Massage Therapist Emily will be at our center on Mon. Dec. 11 to perform 10 This exercise program will be held every minute chair massages. The cost is $8.00. To Friday at 10:30am. Like the old saying goes make an appointment or more information please call us at 810-639-2822. “if you don’t use it, you'll lose it.” Regular exercise is the best way to improve your Writing Group range of motion. We hope to see you Each one of us has lived a different life Friday’s at 10:30am with Darcia Bobb. from everyone else, each of us has had experiences no one else has had, and you might enjoy getting together with others Dinner Date who are also thinking back. To write, if not the entire story of your life, at least to put The 2nd Monday of each month we go out down some memorable experiences, to see to dinner. This month were go- how perhaps they add up to a whole. Or you may have a totally ing to Gina's in Flushing on different reason for writing Monday, December 11th.
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