June 2017 Newsletter

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Summer Class Registration Begins June 5. See P. 8 for Info. Acve Times A Gathering NEWSLETTER OF THE MONTPELIER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER Place for June 2017 Healthy Aging, Lifelong Celebrating 50 Years Learning & of the Montpelier Delicious Senior Activity Meals! Center!

Be sure to check out the insert in this month’s issue for historical photographs, a timeline of the Center, and fun facts from 50 years of history.

Also make sure to look at the special feature on the Center in the May 18 issue of The Bridge.

Thank you for supporting us for 50 years and counting!

50th Anniversary Gala & Senior Prom Saturday, June 10, 5-10:30pm

The Montpelier Senior Activity Center will celebrate our 50th Anniversary at a Gala event on Saturday, June 10 from 5-10:30pm at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier. Join us for an evening of music, dancing, food, and fun, with a 60s theme to celebrate our founding in 1967. All proceeds benefit MSAC!

Join us at 5pm for appetizers and dinner and a special program to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Senator Patrick Leahy is scheduled to appear. Tickets including dinner are Issue Highlights: $50. Or, join us after dinner for a dessert buffet and dancing to music by DJ Fred Wil- Announcements 2-3 bur. Tickets for dessert and dancing only are $20. All will enjoy a cash bar, fun photo booth, silent auction, and wonderful 60's-themed decorations. Don’t forget to wear Upcoming Events 4 your 60s attire!

Partner Services 5 Bid on silent auction items in the MSAC lobby now through June 10. More than three Trips 6-7 dozen great items, with more being added regularly! Everything from restaurant gift cards to pool passes to car detailing! Member Notes 7 Buy tickets now in the MSAC office or online at www.msac50.brownpapertickets.com. Summer Classes 8-9 FEAST Menus 10 Activities 11 Calendar ANNOUNCEMENTS Page 2

Annual Meeting: Tuesday, Volunteers Needed We are looking for volunteers who want to contribute a June 20, 12:45-2pm regular weekly shift supporting staff in the office. Typi- MSAC members are invited to join us for this year’s an- cal tasks include answer the phones, accepting nual meeting on Tuesday, June 20 from 12:45-2pm. registrations and payments for classes and trips, Among other topics, we’ll discuss the Community Ser- answering questions, and basic office work. We’re also vices Department integration, senior programming, looking for people to help in our front gardens. If you FEAST, our national accreditation process, and city fa- would like to help, please apply in the office. cility planning. This is a great chance to meet your Advi- sory Council members, learn more about MSAC, and share your important input. Come early for FEAST To- Upcoming Staff Changes gether at noon! Call 262-6288 to reserve a meal.  Harry Divack joins the Community Services Team in a permanent Admin Assistant position following a competition hiring process. Harry has been doing a Programming Decisions fantastic job in this role since February! MSAC’s Program Committee, Advisory Committee,  Dan Groberg’s role in the Community Services De- members and staff have weighed in on program deci- partment will be Director of Development and Com- sion making, especially since our cancellation of a munications for all three divisions, while Janna Clar March 28 travel talk disappointed many members. We (still MSAC Director) will takes over responsibility for understand many members want more—not fewer— MSAC and other adult programming. opportunities to engage in critical and thoughtful dis-  We have begun interviews for the fundraising and cussion about important topics—including controversial volunteer management AmeriCorps VISTA position ones and current events. To that end, we will offer new that starts this fall. programming focused on such, and we hope to launch  Jessica Sanderson, FEAST Program Manager and it in the Fall, facilitated by interested members. Please current employee of Just Basics, Inc., joins the contact Janna if interested in helping. Community Services staff team in July – in the same role! FEAST Continues with Good Taste Catering Sunflower 2017 Call for We are pleased to announce that following a competi- Submissions tive RFP process, Good Taste Catering, owned by Chef Sunflower, the literary magazine of the Montpelier Sen- Justin Turcotte, was selected to continue FEAST senior ior Activity Center, is going to bloom again! Last year's meal production at MSAC in FY18. Operations, volun- inaugural issue was so well-received that we are plan- teer roles, and high quality meals will continue under ning another. Submissions can be prose pieces up to Good Taste’s management for a fifth year. 1,000 words, or poetry up to 30 lines. Poets may submit 1 or 2 poems; prose writers may submit 1 piece. Submissions are due by July 17, sent digitally in a Word MSAC Advisory Council document to Dan Groberg, [email protected]. Look for an early fall release. The council is interested in Bob Barrett, Chair your opinion. Contact info, Mary Carlson agendas, and minutes are Liz Dodd, Vice Chair China Trip Review posted on our website and Bill Doelger 11 MSAC members and friends traveled April 14-24 to outside the office. All meet- Wendy Freundlich China’s current and ancient capitals: Beijing and Xian, ings are open to the public. Fran Krushenick with a six-hour bullet train ride in between the two ma- Members are encouraged to Barb Ladabouche jor cities. Led by native tour guides, the group enjoyed attend! Ron Merkin beautiful weather while touring famous sites such as Janet Ressler the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Next meetings: Diane Richardson Square, the Temple of Heaven, the Terra Cotta Warri- Mon., June 19, 12-1pm Jessica Sanderson, Tues., June 20, 12:45-2pm ors, and more. Secretary Tuesday, June 20, 2:15-3pm Sue Stukey Unique destinations included a Traditional Chinese Page 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Medicine Hospital, a Chinese “aging in place” setting, a “hutong” pedicab tour and in-home dumpling making In the Community: session, a rural artist’s gallery complete with art les- sons, and evening theatrical shows. Members also trav- MSAC’s PD Class Performs! eled to a The Parkinson’s Performance Troupe presents a free sacred Ta- show at the Unadilla Theater in E. Calais on Saturday oist moun- June 17, 6-7pm. Rob Mermin’s pantomime class, held tain. weekly at MSAC will perform comedy skits and lyrical

Group scenes around the issues people with Parkinson’s face members daily. All the performers have been living with Parkin- often rose son’s. Free. Bring your own picnic dinner at 5:00. For early to details contact Rob Mermin: [email protected]. visit near- by parks Benefit for CVCOA and watch Friday, June 9, 7:30pm | $30 seniors in Age Out Loud” features an evening of storytelling about endless aging and families featuring award winning Moth story- forms of tellers Susanne Schmidt and Kevin Gallagher and exercise: Tai chi, fan-dancing, ballroom dancing, callig- live music by The Brevity Thing. Special guest perfor- raphy-writing with meter-long brushes, and more. mance by Willem Lange! At the Barre Opera House.

The group ate a wide variety of regional Chinese cui- Tickets at www.barreoperahouse.org. Proceeds benefit sines, with one special meal featuring a dozen different the Central Vermont Council on Aging. animal shapes of dumpling! “Fish fragrance eggplant” and “longevity noodles” were among group favorites. Call for Classic Cars Look for a travel talk in late fall featuring photos from Mayo Healthcare in Northfield will hold its annual bar- this exciting MSAC trip – and see Janna if you have a becue and car show on June 21 to honor our fa- request for a future international trip! thers. This is an exciting event that brings back many memories of years past. If you have a classic or antique car available to show, please call or email Vicki Slocum Art Show: Bobbie Geyselaers at 485-3161, [email protected]. Bobbie started painting in Vermont Associates for the 1970s, Training and Development focusing Are you unemployed, age 55+ and looking for work? on water- Associates for Training and Development colors. She administers the Senior Community Service Employ- enjoys pen ment Program (SCSEP), which helps mature people and ink get back into the workforce by providing paid occupa- drawing, tional skills and workplace experience training. We creating are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Geared specifically unique gift for income-qualified workers age 55+, the purpose of cards, ar- SCSEP is to provide training and skill-building opportu- ranging flowers, and gardening. Barbara gathers ideas nities to program participants while providing much from Vermont landscapes and from her world travels needed community service to local non-profits and pub- with her husband. She has been exhibiting her art work lic agencies. If you are looking to train for available since 1981. Bobbie belongs to The Paleteers, ARA, jobs, learn updated job search skills and connect with Paine Mountain Arts, and the Art of Creative Aging. She local employers, we can help. If you think you might has shown her work in numerous venues in Vermont. qualify, please call our local SCSEP office at 828-0036. Her work will be on display at MSAC from June 19-July 28. UPCOMING EVENTS Page 4

mer. Please dig out any clothing or other memorabilia Pre-Prom Swing Dance for show and tell. Allan Mackey has been a “Prisoner Lesson of Rock 'n' Roll” since the spring of 1956 when he Tuesday, June 6, 7-8pm heard Little Richard belt out "Long Tall Sally" at the Learn some easy swing dance steps to try out at the Tower Theater in his hometown of Philadelphia. He Prom with instructors Sylvia Kingsbury and Lew Petit. taught the History of Rock 'n' Roll at the Community Sylvia has taught ballroom dance at MSAC and has College of Vermont from 1973 to 1981 and has since been a long-time member of the Rec Department’s made presentations at schools and other non-profits dance class. Sylvia and Lew have been dancing with emphasis on the 50s, 60s and 70s. He holds a together for more than 15 years. Free and open to the B.A. from Temple University in history with emphasis public. Pre-registration required to 223-2518. on 20th Century Popular Culture.

The Summer of Love: 50th Anniversary Gala & Sgt. Pepper, Haight-Ashbury, Senior Prom and Monterrey Saturday, June 10, 5-10:30pm Thursday, June 1, 1:30-3pm See page one for more information.

Parkapalooza Friday, July 21-Sunday, July 23 This summer, the Montpelier Parks Department will host a weekend- long festival that will bring our community together and celebrate the bounty of summer: PARKAPALOOZA – a wildly creative outdoor celebration. For the first time ever, Hubbard Park will be open to camping all weekend. Inside the park, visitors will find Where were you on June 1, 1967, the day the Beatles many delights such as a giant slip ‘n slide, local musi- released their transformative album by introducing cal acts on an outdoor stage, great food, a kids Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to the world? “maker space,” wellness activities, and more. This We will focus our celebration on the cultural impact of event is brought to you with a lot of local support, and that album and the subsequent happenings of that we particularly want to thank our major sponsors: Na- summer, including: tional Life Group, Vermont Mutual, Community Nation- al Bank, North Country Savings Bank, Hunger Moun-  The album itself- the symbolism of the cover and tain Coop, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont. the music inside. Do you have a skill or interest you would like to share  The center of the culture- San Francisco, Golden at the festival? Perhaps you want to teach the nose Gate Park and Haight/Ashbury flute, or lead a lantern-making workshop, or volunteer  The Monterrey Pop Festival- the emergence of Jan- to help with ticketing? If interested, please contact is Joplin and Jimi Hendrix Alec Ellsworth at [email protected]. We will listen to music and share stories of that sum- Page 5 PARTNER SERVICES

Archive are now available to you! MSAC and Savoy PD Young Onset Group Theater members can borrow up to two titles at a time Saturday, June 3, 1-3pm at Westview from the collection for free and keep them for one Meadows week. You may reserve a title by emailing Young Onset Parkinson's Support Group is for people [email protected] (include a couple alternates and with Parkinson's and their partners to come together when you plan to pick up the film), or just stop by and support one another. Meets at Westview during the two weekly times. You may browse titles Meadows. Not affiliated with MSAC. For more online at savoytheater.com/dvd-archive or in our information, contact Andrea Gould at 454-7806. printed guide.

One-On-One PC Help CVCOA Chats Thursdays, 3:30-4:30pm (6/8, 6/22) By appointment Lili Pringles, a sophomore at Montpelier High School, Questions about health insurance/senior services? will provide free one-on-one assistance with your Sarah Willhoit, Information and Assistance Specialist basic PC and web questions. Appointments required— with Central Vermont Council on Aging, is available by call 223-2518 to sign up for a 20-minute time slot. appointment. Call 479-4400 to set up a time.

Memory Café Advance Directives Help Saturday, June 10, 10-11:30am Have you created an Advance Directive? Mary Alice The Memory Cafe is where people with memory loss Bisbee can answer questions by phone and direct you disorders and their care partners can come together to resources. Contact 223-8140. to connect and support one another. In June, Jim Thompson returns for an encore performance! He has Financial Coaching been wowing audiences with his musical talent, humor, and engaging performances. Call Liz at 229- By appointment Capstone Community Action can provide one-on-one 9630 for more info. financial assistance. Contact Liz Scharf at 477-5215.

Foot Clinic Monday, June 12, 9am-1pm Wednesday, June 21, 9am-12pm Nurses from Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice clip toenails, clean nail beds, file nails & lotion feet. $15 for 15-minute appointment—call 223-2518. Bring

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Rainbow Umbrella of Central Vermont Tuesday, June 20, 5:30-7pm Build your LGBT community, have fun, educate others, advocate for social justice, and create a new local LGBT resource. For more information, email [email protected]

Savoy Archive Lending Mondays, 1-3pm & Fridays, 4-6pm More than 1,100 great films from the Savoy DVD Page 6 TRIPS Learn more or sign up in the MSAC office!

stored museum of natural history holds over 30,000 Knight Point State Park objects from an eclectic permanent collection. We will Wed., June 14, 8:30am-6:30pm | $15 also enjoy a planetarium presentation. Located on the shore of Lake Champlain in North Hero, this park features spacious lawns with lovely shade trees, a swimming beach, boat rentals, and an easy Montpelier Recreation trail featuring numerous scenic vistas. Department Trips

Walk at Eshqua Bog Bike Trips Monday, June 19, 9am-3pm | FULL Led by Nancy Schulz and Anne Ferguson. For adults Monday, June 26, 9am-3pm | $5 18+ Bring your own Bike. Helmets Mandatory. Each A lovely walk in the Eshqua Bog (technically a fen) just trip is $5 per Resident/$7.50 Non Resident. For more outside of Woodstock, Vermont at a time of year that it information or to sign up, stop in the Rec/MSAC office. should be covered with blooming orchids. Wed., June 28: “Ride Along the River to Richmond” This shaded 30-mile round trip bike ride from Duxbury Boston Red Sox to downtown Richmond follows the Winooski River via Sunday, June 25, 9am-9pm | $95 River Rd. Mostly on pavement with some unpaved sec- Join us for a trip to Fenway Park to see the Boston Red tions. There will be either a brown bag picnic lunch in a Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels. Price includes round-trip park in Richmond or at a restaurant (if the group pre- transportation from the Berlin Park and Ride and fers that option). Meet at Crossett Brook School in Outfield Grandstand tickets. Family and friends Duxbury. Registration required by Jun 26. welcome. Sign up ASAP in the MSAC office. Friday, June 30: “Journey to St. J” Shelburne Farms Bike the lovely Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. It’s 14 miles, off-road, mostly, slightly downhill, from West Danville to Monday, July 10, 9am-3:30pm | $20 St. Johnsbury. We’ll enjoy lunch in downtown St. J and Shelburne Farms is a working farm, including a dairy, then, pedal back to our starting point at Joe’s Pond. Ap- market garden, and woodlands. Enjoy brunch at the prox. 29 miles round trip (including detour for lunch). stunning Inn at Shelburne Farms, then visit the farm Meet at West Danville Store near Joe’s Pond. Registra- and walk the miles of trails or take a wagon ride tion required by June 28. through the historic landscape. Kayak Trips Lake St. Catherine Park Led by Nancy Schulz and Anne Ferguson. For adults Wednesday, July 19, 8am-7pm | $15 18+. Bring your own kayak, paddle, and PFD (rentals Lake St. Catherine St. Park features a five-mile-long available for Elmore Trip). Each trip is $5 per resident/ lake with an island, two sandy beaches for swimming, $7.50 non-residents. For more information or to sign a spacious lawn with shade trees, a hiking trail with up, stop in the Rec/MSAC office. views, boat rentals, a nature center, and a snack bar. Wed., July 12: “Wildlife Watching on Woodbury Lake” Wednesday, July 26: “Nature Awaits at Nelson Pond” Athenaeum and Fairbanks Wednesday, August 16: Linger Longer at Lake Elmore Museum in St. Johnsbury Monday, July 24, 9:30am-5pm | $25 We will begin at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, a private nonprofit library and art gallery, with a collection by American and European artists from the late 18th century to the middle 19th century. After lunch in town, we will go to the Fairbanks Museum. This recently re- Page 7 TRIPS & FEATURES

Barre Area Senior Center Alzheimer’s Association Trips Register for theses trips through the Barre Area Senior Update: Alzheimer’s & Center. Checks can be made out to “BASC” and mailed Brain Awareness Month to 131 So. Main Street, Barre, VT 05641. Call 479- 9512 for additional information. This is a regular monthly column from the Alzheimer’s Association of Heartbreak Hotel at Vermont. Ongunquit Playhouse Sunday, September 10, 7:45am-7:45pm Worldwide, 47 million people are living with Alzhei- mer's and other dementias. Join the Alzheimer's As- | $121 sociation in going purple and raising awareness this Trip to Ogunquit Playhouse to see Heatbreak Hotel. June. The more people know about Alzheimer's, the This world-premiere from the creator of the Tony Award- more action we inspire. winning Million Dollar Quartet is a brand new musical tribute to Elvis Presley during the early years of his ca- June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, and reer as he created the music that changed the world. the Alzheimer’s Association® needs your help to un- Lunch is on your own in Ogunquit, and dinner will be at cover the truth about Alzheimer’s disease and other your own expense at an affordable stop on way home dementias. Everyone who has a brain is at risk to (TBD). Please reserve with full payment no later than develop Alzheimer’s, a disease that is often misun- August 25. derstood. Did you know:

• Alzheimer’s is fatal. It kills more than breast and prostate cancer combined.

The Bus Blotter • Alzheimer’s is not normal aging. It’s a progressive This is a regular monthly column from Green Mountain Transit. brain disease without any cure. • Alzheimer’s is more than memory loss. It appears through a variety of signs and symptoms. Be on the look out for the new Green Mountain Transit Bus Map & Guide During the month of June, the Alzheimer’s Associa- for Washington and Lamoille Coun- tion asks you to uncover the truth about Alzheimer’s ties, effective June 19, 2017. We will be distributing and take action. new Bus Map & Guides and have the information on our website, RideGMT.com, mid-June. On another note, con- You can help raise awareness of the truth about struction season has begun! Please check our website, Alzheimer’s. Visit alz.org/abam to get started. RideGMT.com, for the most up to date service alerts regarding detours due to construction. Thank you for your understanding. Member Notes Welcome New Members With Our Sympathies Lynda Barclay Jed Guertin, Jr. Rick Davis Alden Guild Allen Evans Gina Newman Lynn Furno Jill Sahlman Maike Garland Lucille Spaulding Serge Isabelle Susan Mahoney SUMMER CLASSES Page 8

New Classes & Groups EVERY situation. This workshop introduces participants to Appreciative Inquiry (AI), a successful methodology Drawing in Perspective embraced by organizations and communities around to Janice Walrafen | Monday, July 17 & 24, 5-8 pm world to lead positive changes. In this session, you will In this class we will go outside into the streets and learn about the principles of AI and how they apply to draw in perspective. We will start inside with instruction everyday life. Alexandra is pursuing a Master’s in Psy- in linear perspective and foreshortening, then take a chology, has a Certificate in Positive Organizational De- chair and drawing pad outside and draw our cityscape. velopment, and facilitates Appreciative Living Learning Circles. Unified Arts and Crafts Class Suki Ciappara | at Heaton Woods | Wed 3-4pm (9 Photography Club weeks, no class 8/16, 8/23, 8/30) | $25 members/ Linda Hogan | Thursdays, 12-1pm – Free drop-in group $50 public Pack a Brown bag lunch, bring your images as prints or Join us for a multi-generational arts + crafts class for on a flash drive and meet some of our many communi- people of all ages coming together and having fun mak- ty photographers. Share your work, thoughts, success- ing things while creating community and enjoying each es and questions. A great chance to get and give some others' company and creativity. Materials included. Eve- feedback on your work and see what others are doing ryone Can Do Art! Suki Ciappara has been leading crea- at the lunch hour. All are welcome! tive arts and activities with diverse populations for dec- ades in Central Vermont and has already established connection with residents of Heaton Woods who look List of Summer Classes & Groups forward to welcoming others to their lovely verandah! Film Series: Just for Fun—The British Edition Performing and Fine Arts Rick Winston | at Savoy Theater | Mon 9:30am-12pm (8 weeks, starting 7/10, no class 8/28 or 9/5) Digital Photography–Mixed Levels | Linda Hogan | Fri Rick will be showing and discussing older films like Alec 10-12 | $40 members/$60 public Guinness in "The Ladykillers," plus newer ones like the NEW: Photography Club | Led by Linda Hogan | Th 12- "Waking Ned Devine," "A Private Function," and "Shaun 1| Free drop–in group of the Dead." NEW: Drawing in Perspective | Janice Walrafen | Mon. Introduction to Appreciative Living July 17 & 24, 5-8 | $20/$30 Alexandra Arnold | Thursday, September 21, 7-8 pm Imagine if you could energize yourself each morning Beginner Guitar | Tom Wales | W 3:45-4:45 | $25 with a positive attitude, transform the negative members/$50 public thoughts that hold you back, develop smoother rela- Advanced Beginner Guitar | Tom Wales | Wed 5-6 | tionships, and recognize the potential good in ANY and $25 members/$50 public Handbuilding in Clay | Nicole Galipeau | Mon 1-2:30 Registration Details (10 wk, starts 7/10) | $55 members Painting: As You Want It | Sylvia Walker | Mon 10-12 | Forms will be processed in the following order (ALL $30/$40 forms accepted 6/5): Rug Hooking | Pam Finnigan | Wed 9:30-11:30 | -Starting 6/5: Montpelier & Supporting Towns. $30/$40 -Starting 6/19: All towns/non-members for classes Ukulele Group | Led Bob Barrett | Th 6-8 | Free drop-in open to public. -$10 late fee applies to registrations after 6/30. New: Unified Arts and Crafts Class| Suki Ciappara | at Heaton Woods | Wed 3-4pm (9 weeks, no class 8/16, 8/23, 8/30) | $25 members/ Classes begin the week of 7/3. $50 public Most Active Living and Wellness classes end the week of 9/18 and most other classes end the week of 9/4. Beginner Voice for Shy Singers | Naomi Flanders | Th 3 -4 pm | $25/$35 For complete info on all our classes and programs, Advanced Voice: Keeping Your Voice in Shape for Life | consult our website or materials in the MSAC lobby. Naomi Flanders | at Westview Meadows | Tu 2-3pm Info subject to change. (starts 7/11) | $25/$35

Financial aid is available for all of our classes. Please inquire for additional information. Page 9

FEAST Menu Focus on FEAST Menus are subject to change. All meals include milk option and fresh fruit and incorporate seasonal produce. Options for vegetarians or those with other dietary restrictions are available. Inquire for details.

Tuesday, June 6: Assorted salads, including chicken Caesar salad and pasta salad with shrimp

Friday, June 9: Cod filet with herb compound butter, served with spinach and mixed vegetables

Tuesday, June 13: Chicken and peanut sauce, served Photo by Linda Hogan with rice, spicy cabbage salad and spinach. Lunch with a Cop Recap Friday, June 16: Pork loin cutlet, served with sautéed On Friday, May 12, officers from the Montpelier onions and peppers and brown rice Police Department, Berlin Police Department, and Capitol Police Department, along with staff from MPD Tuesday, June 19 Ground beef chili, served with Dispatch and the Montpelier Community Justice tossed salad and corn bread. Center, joined us at our FEAST Together lunch! Part of the “Coffee with a Cop” series, this lunch helped Friday, June 23: Ginger beef with wild rice pilaf and bring together police officers and the community poppy seed coleslaw members they serve to discuss issues and learn more about each other. Find out more about upcom- Tuesday, June 27– BBQ chicken, served with baked ing “Coffee with a Cop” events at beans, pasta salad, coleslaw, potato salad, and fresh www.facebook.com/MontpelierPoliceVermont/. watermelon June Birthday Social: Friday, June 16 Friday, June 30: Chicken Caesar salad All seniors (60+) born in June can enter the raffle to win a platter of freshly baked goodies, and everyone gets ice cream! If you, or someone you know, have a birthday in June, please come to FEAST Together and FEAST Together or FEAST To Go stay for the Birthday Social Raffle at 12:30. Call 262- Tuesdays and Fridays, 12pm-1pm 6288 to make your reservation today. Seniors 60+: No charge with suggested donation of $7. Under 60: $7. Volunteer for FEAST All proceeds benefit the FEAST senior meal program. School is out soon. If you’re looking for something to do as a family, we invite you to bring the kids to Make recommended reservations (at least a day in FEAST to help prep or serve at the FEAST Together advance) or inquire about FEAST at Home, by calling meals. We have a great bunch of volunteers at TEAM 262-6288 or emailing [email protected]. FEAST and would love to include you!

Thank you Chef Justin invites volunteers to get hands-on culi- Community nary training. You will learn professional techniques Harvest of Central and have access to The Great Courses books and DVDs like Flavors of the Mediterranean. Vermont for donating gleaned To inquire about volunteering at FEAST, call Jessica produce! at 262-6288. Calendar reflects spring classes. Most Active Living & Wellness Page 11 ACTIVITIES CALENDAR classes end week of 6/26 and most other classes end week of 6/12.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9-10 Living Strong 8:30-9:40 Living Strong (Barrett/ 9-10:15 Gentle Yoga 8:30-9:40 Living Strong 9-9:45 Pilates Express (no (Koenemann) Ladabouche) (Crawford) (Barrett/Ladabouche) class 6/9) 9-10:15 Yoga for Men 9-10 Spanish for Beginners 9-12 Foot Clinic (6/21) 9-10 Spanish I 9-10 Living Strong (Crawford) 9-10:30 Moderate Yoga for (Koenemann) 9-10:30 Gentle Yoga (Crawford) 9:30-11:30 Rug Hooking Balance (Crawford) 9-1 Foot Clinic (6/12) 10-11 Water Aerobics at First in 10-11 Swimming at First in 9-11:30 am Bridge* 10-11:30 Moderate/Vigorous 10-12 Painting Fitness Fitness 10-11 Swimming at First in Hatha Yoga (Stander) 10-11 Swimming at First in Fitness Fitness 10-3 Mah Jongg* 10:30-11:30 Pilates for 10-12 Poetry as You Like It 10-11:30 Movement for Beginners 10:15-11:15 Living Strong 10:45-11:45 Tai Chi Sun Style Parkinson’s 10:15-11:15 Living Strong (Muncy/ 10:30-12:30 Writing 10:30-11:45 Band & Dancing* Intro (Miller) 10-12:30 Film Appreciation: Gould; no class 5/19, 5/26) 12-1 Gentle Yoga and 11-12 Chair Yoga (Parker-Givens) 12-1:30 Advanced Moving Films of 1967 (ends 6/1, at 11:30-12:30 The Whys & Savoy) Hows of Cultivating Meditation (Flower) Every Muscle 12-1 FEAST Meal 10:45-11:45 Vigorous Yoga Happiness 12-3 Mah Jongg* 12-2 Crafters Group* (DiGiovanni) 1-2 Walks with Harris* 12-1 FEAST Meal 12:45-2 Club de Français 12:30-2:30 Writing 11:30-12:30 Using Google 1-3 Scrabble* Services 101 (6/1, 6/15 at 12:30 Monthly Birthday Social Intermédiaire* 1:45-2:30 Dance to Fitness 1:15-2:15 Balance of Being MSMS) (5/19) 1-2:30 Handbuilding in Clay Alexander Technique Method 3:30-4:30 Gentle Flow Yoga 12-1:30 Tai Chi: Long Form 2-3 Living Strong Group* 1:15-2:30 Italian Group* with (Parker-Givens) (Copa) 1-3 Bridge* 2:15-3:30 Moderate Yoga 1:30--3:30 Early Intermediate Ital- 3:45-4:45 Beginner Guitar 12:45-3:30 Bridge* 1-3 Savoy Archive Lending* 1-3 Plein Air Pastels (at (DiGiovanni) ian 4:30-6:30 Intermediate 1:15-2:30 Moderate Yoga Hubbard Park New Shelter) 1:30-3:30 Early Intermediate Landscape in Pastels (Flower) 2-3 Reelin’ and Rockin’ 1:30-3 The Summer of Love Italian 2-3 Advanced Voice (at Westview (6/1)* 2:30-3:30 Living Strong 5-6 Advanced Beginner Guitar 3:15-4:45 Music Appreciation: Meadows) 2-3:15 Moving Into Stillness Group* 5-6:30 Moderate Flow Yoga for Continuing Students 10 Years in Music History 2-3 Trash Tramps* (Parker-Givens) 3:45-4:45 Very Gentle Yoga (Parker-Givens) 4-6 Savoy Archive Lending* (Parker-Givens) 3-4 Music Appreciation: The 3-4 Beginner Voice Beatles as Songwriters 5-6 Swimming at First in 5-6 Drawing Basics 3:30-4:30 One-on-One PC Help Fitness 3:45-4:45 Winning Strategies for (6/8, 6/22) 5-6 Swimming at First in Fit- Weight Loss 3:30-4:45 Moderate Yoga 5-6 Living Strong (Muncy; no ness 5-6 YMCA Diabetes Prevention (Olmsted) class 5/19, 5/26) 5-6 Living Strong (Brown/Viall) 3:30-4:45 Gentle Yoga for Program Beginners (DiGiovanni, at 5-6:30 Moderate Flow Yoga 5-6 Living Strong (Muncy) CVMC) (Parker-Givens) 5-6 Tai Chi: Sun Style Long Form 4-5 Indoor Cycling Session 2 (Hayes) 4-6 Plein Air Water Colors (at 5:30-7 Rainbow Umbrella of Hubbard Park New Shelter) Central VT* (6/20) 4:45-5:45 Beginner Saturday/Sunday Harmonica 7-8 Pre-Prom Swing Dance 5-6 Living Strong (Brown/Viall) Sat. 10-11:30 Memory Café Lesson (5/30) 5-6:30 Gentle Yoga (Crawford) (6/10)* *Does not require registration. 6-8 Ukulele Group* Sat 10:30-12 PD Mime and Donations appreciated. Circus

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARSCELEBRATING 50 YEARS!

Letter announcing formation of MSAC dated August 1967.

Our first home at 18 Barre Street (now home to Angelino’s Pizza).

The Montpelier Board of School Commissioners voted in June 1980 to move the Center to 58 Barre Street. In 1975, the Center moved to 28 School Street (now home to Manghi’s Bread) and membership had reached 500.

After a December 2009 fire and a three-year renovation process, the Center moved back into newly renovated quarters at 58 Barre Over 400 attended the dedication of the new Senior Activity Center at 58 Barre Street. Street in May 1982. The article states that the Montpelier Senior Center was established in 1968. Other records note a 1967 founding. SERVING MONTPELIER SENIORS SINCE 1967

ing, with a rede- A Brief History of MSAC veloped facility for the Center to  In 1967, the Montpelier Senior Center opened its occupy on the 1st doors at 18 Barre St. (formerly Montpelier Elks and 2nd floors. A Club) with 60 members and a budget of $2,000. Capital Campaign was launched in  By 1969, membership increased to 200 and the conjunction with budget grew to $4,000. other funding.

 In 1972, the Center’s purpose was “to provide all  In 2011, a wide Montpelier area senior citizens with facilities condu- variety of commu- cive to providing enjoyment, fun, relaxation, mean- nity stakeholders ingful activity, and to serve as a focal point to pro- participated in vide information as to resources and various ser- the Senior Ser- vices available to them. vices Coordinating Committee, culminating in rec- ommendations to the City Council about strength-  By 1975, membership swelled to over 500. The ening the future of the Senior Center to meet Center moved to 28 School Street “with more usa- emerging needs. Late in the year, renovations be- ble space and more parking,” and began to offer gan at 58 Barre Street. help with tax preparation, Social Security, help with food stamps, housing, consumer fraud, health &  In 2012, Staff and Advisory Board members com- nutrition, transportation and legal aid. pleted a successful Capital Campaign and prepared for the July move into the renovated facility.  In 1981, the Center opened at 58 Barre Street and began serving meals that were prepared on site for  In 2013, a new commercial kitchen is installed and members. FEAST Senior Meals Program is established.

 In 1986, over 900 meals were served.  In 2014, FEAST successfully completes first year and volunteers host first ever Montpelier Memory  In the 1990s, programs and membership continued Cafe. to grow and expand.  In 2015, Senior Center builds on dementia-friendly  In 2005, over 2,400 meals were served. community initiatives; programming expands and diversifies to meet demands of growing member-  A few years later the eligibility age dropped from 55 ship and aging population. to 50. A feasibility study by Harold & Associates stated “MSAC will continue to grow, based on de-  In 2016, Senior Center programming includes up to mographics as well as the popularity of programs.” 60 weekly classes and 130 hours of weekly pro- MSAC developed a new Mission Statement. gramming. Community Services Integration strate- gic planning process leads to early collaborations  In 2007, membership rose to 800. among MSAC, Recreation, Parks and Trees Depart- ments. One out of five Montpelier seniors is a mem-  In May 2009, at a meeting of roughly 100 MSAC ber. members with the Mayor and City Council, there was a unanimous vote to keep the Center at 58  In 2017, Senior Center membership exceeds 1,100 Barre St. The Center became a priority of the Coun- members and staff prepares for 50th anniversary cil which began to oversee administration and oper- and next phase of Community Services Department ations. integration.

 In December 2009, a fire forced the closure of the Help us write the next chapter as we consider a new building and a relocation to St. Michael’s School next door. community center and work to serve you better!  In 2010, the City Planning Department began the Thank you for 50 great years! renovation planning for the building utilizing the up- per floors for 14 apartments of mostly senior hous- Celebrating 50 Years!