Volume 48 • Issue 5 May 2018 MARION SENIOR CENTER SENIOR CITIZEN RESOURCES, INC.
3100 Devonshire Road Cleveland, OH 44109
Office: 216-749-5367
Center Hours 33rd annual senior Monday−Friday: Olympics
8:30AM−3PM May 14-18, 2018 INSIDE THIS ISSUE $20.00/person *LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER* Highlights Cover Deadline: May 4, 2018 May Menu 2 Events in Old Brooklyn 3 Are you 55+ and enjoy athletics, friendly competition and SCR Programs & Events 4 the Old Brooklyn Community? Please join us for the Senior Olympics to compete in bowling, Bocce Ball, darts, Activities Calendar 5 mini-golf, corn hole, chair volleyball and so much more! Advertisements 6 & 7 The week will be concluded with a Victory Lunch where competitors will be acknowledged. There is an event for Transportation Calendar 8 everyone, no matter your athletic ability. So, come one, Social Services Spotlight 9 come all for a week of fun!
Senior Olympics Reg. Form 10 *Please fill out the registration form on pgs. 10 &11, Senior Olympics Reg. Form 11 attach payment and deliver to SCR office. FYI Back *Seated Olympic participants may pick up a form at SCR, or call 216-749-5367 if interested in participating. Serving persons 60 & over in Old Brooklyn for over 40 years
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Pick up more copies of these events at 2339 Broadview Road. Cleve. OH 44109 216-459-1000 www.oldbrooklyn.com
Western Reserve American Glass Club - meetings first Monday of the Mill Stream Run Reservation, Berea. Ages 4 - 8, 9 am. – noon, ages 9 – 15, month. Crystal Chalet, 3600 Biddulph Rd. 7 pm. Glass topic discussion, 1 - 4 pm. Young anglers try their luck at catching hungry rainbow trout, snacks, raffle, library, glass ID table, items for sale & more. Retro American catfish & a variety of other fish while competing for prizes. Children can Glass Show - Sat. & Sun. May 5 & 6, 10 am. - 5 pm. $6 admission both days, learn to cast or test their skills at the casting challenge. Visit clevelandmet- $1 off coupon available at OBCDC office, 2339 Broadview Rd. For more roparks.com or call 216-206-1010 for more info. info email [email protected] or call 440-799-1618. Learn Backyard Composting 101 - Tues., May 22nd. 6 pm. Parma Hts. City Hall, 6281 Pearl Rd. Free Seminars scheduled throughout Cuyahoga nd th Discount Produce Sale - 2 & 4 Saturdays of each month, 11 am - 2 pm., County – check website for more locations. The following items are availa- Archwood UCC, 2800 Archwood Ave Fellowship Hall in the church base- ble for purchase by cash or check only: Wishing well composter$50. Ulti- ment – or, in nice weather, on the front sidewalk. For more info call Dale mate dirt machine digester - $50, Yard butler (aeration tool) - $20, Com- Lindsey (2nd Sat. organizer), 810-333-0816, [email protected], or Kati post thermometer - $10, Sure-Close compost pail - $5. Compost seminars Baruja (4th Sat.), [email protected]. are open to all county residents and registration is required. To register call 216-443-3731 or www.cuyahogarecycles.org/ Benjamin Franklin Community Garden Plots - now accepting applica- compost_workshops_and_bins or call 216-443-3731. tions. Plot sizes are 20'×25' for $45 or a half plot 12'×20' for $25. Call Sandy 216-459-1000 at Old Brooklyn Community Development to be put on the list Taste of Summer – Fri. May 25th, 4 - 10 pm. Sat. & Sun. May 26th & 27th, noon – 10 pm. Flats East Bank, 1055 Old River Rd. Event will fea- th Healthy Women: The Art of Being Well – Wed., May 9 , 6:30 – 8:30 pm. ture food, local music, craft cocktails, beer, local vendors, a bounce house, Metropolitan Coffee, 4744 Broadview Rd. Program focuses on stress relief & obstacle course, corn hole, giant Jenga, Connect 4 & Operation, volleyball mindfulness for women. Take time to focus, reflect, & celebrate life. Work & many more activities for all ages. http://scenetasteofsummer.com/ for with Cleveland Clinic caregivers from the Arts & Medicine Institute to de- more info. sign a lovely piece of artwork to enjoy for years to come. No artistic talent is required, just an open mind & willing spirit. Refreshments. To register: Call Berea City Club Rib Cook-Off - Fri., May 25th, Noon - 11 pm., Free Janice Gonzalez, RN, at 216-696-7223 or www.clevelandclinic.org/ till 5 pm. Sat., May 26th, 11am. - 11pm. Sun., May 27th, 11am. - 11pm. ComeLearnWithUs Mon., May 28th, 11am. - 7pm. Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, 19201 East Bagley Rd. Admission: $5, kids 12 & under free. For more info. visit th Riversweep - Sat., May 12 , 9 am. - Noon. Join Canalway Partners in www.berearib.com. Ohio’s largest “done-in-a-day” environmental cleanup & help prepare these areas for new trails & parks. Bags & gloves provided. Free commemorative t- Summer Safety Fair – Sat., May 26th, 11 am. - 2 pm. Free event on the shirts available to the first 700 volunteers that sign up. Lunch at the after front grass and parking lot of William Cullen Bryant School, 3121 Oak party. For more details and a list of locations call 216-520-1825 or visit the Park Ave. Sponsored by Old Brooklyn Crime Watch & 2nd District Cleve- website - canalwaypartners.com/riversweep. land Police. Something for everyone. Call Barb Spaan for more infor- mation. Ice Cream Social – 16th Annual Urban Bright Exhibition - Sat., May 12th, 1 – 3 pm. Art House, Inc., 3119 Denison Ave. Mitchell’s Ice Cream. Classic Car Show - Sun., June 5th, 9 am. – 4 pm. Veterans Memorial Call 216-398-8556 or www.arthouseinc.org for more info. State Rd. Park. Trophies / Dash Plaques (First 100) / Prizes / Two Best of Show / Best GM, Best Ford, Best Mopar, Best Import, Best Muscle & Old Brooklyn Pedal for Prizes – Sat., May 19th. Estabrook Recreation Paint. Judging ends 1 pm. Awards Presented 3 pm. Pre-register your th Center, 4125 Fulton Rd., Registration 11am. – 2 pm. Pedal for Prizes is free classic car now before June 7 . Registration forms available at the shel- & open to cyclists of all ages & skill levels. Rain or shine. Event will have ter, or on-line at www.parmashelter.org. Drop off your completed form twenty destinations. You won’t know the destinations until you register. and $12 pre-registration fee at the shelter or mail to: Pedal for Prizes t-shirts for sale for $20/each. We will be giving away back- Parma Animal Shelter, Inc. Attn: Fundraising/Car Show, 6260 State Rd. packs for you to take on the ride. Register and you get one free, courtesy of Parma, OH 44134. Registration fee day of the Classic Car Show $15. En- some great neighborhood businesses that support the event. We provide you a joy food, music, a 50/50 raffle, door prizes, & more! All proceeds go to map & addresses of destinations at which you’ll have your card stamped. Go the Parma Animal Shelter. Call 440-885-8014 for questions or more info. to pedalforprizes.org for more info or to print out a registration form to bring th with you. James Ford Rhodes Class of 1973 - 45 High School Class Reunion. nd Sat., Sept. 22 , 2018. Strongsville Brew Garden. Contact Constance Ride the Emerald Rim – Sat., May 19th, 9 am. – 4 pm. Cleveland Metro- Ewazen at [email protected] with your contact information. parks, Mill Stream Run Reservation, Bonnie Park Picnic Area. Paved APT road Celebrate National Bike to Work Week with a 20, 30 or 50 mile ride. Low Cost Refurbished Computer Systems for Residents, Businesses, $ Enjoy a healthy lunch, slacklining & disc golf. Participants will share the Churches, Wards 12 & 13 only. Basic Desktop Computer System 85 & $ roadway & sections of All Purpose Trails. Helmets required. Paved APT 150. Microsoft Windows 10 Pro & Office 2010 Laptop Systems $135 - road, level to hilly. Age 14 yrs. & over with participating adult. Fee: $25 $229. Dell Latitude 10 Tablet $125. All systems come with a 90 warranty, includes lunch & t-shirt while supplies last. After April 30th $30. Register extended warranty for 1 full year can be purchased for $20. WiFi adapters online www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/programs- events/2018/or/may/ $15. Money orders only, due on day of pick-up. For an application or ride-the-emerald-rim-1 more info call Barb, 216-459-1000 or email: [email protected]. Need more speed or more storage? RET3 can custom build a machine to Children’s Fishing Derbies - Free –Sat., May 19th, Ohio & Erie Canal the specs that you require. Call for pricing 216-361-9991. Reservation, Cuyahoga Hts., & Sun., May 20th, Wallace Lake, To have your event listed here email: [email protected] SENIOR CITIZEN RESOURCES, INC • SENIORS IN TOUCH PAGE 3
We need HELP with Meals on Wheels! Remember the following dates: Can you spare 1 hour a day, 1 day a 5/2 Metro Luncheon week? 5/7 Free Produce (DK Dining Room; 10:30-12:30) We are looking for some volunteers to 5/8 Breakfast Bunch-Cracker Barrel (Lottery: 5/1) help us get the meals out to the 5/9 Music Bingo after lunch @ SCR homebound. 5/11 T-shirt Pick-up Day @ Estabrook It is a great way to stay active, do purposeful volunteering, and connect with 5/14-5/18 SENIOR OLYMPICS your community. 5/17 EMS @ SCR SCR arranges for the delivery of 106 5/18 VICTORY LUNCHEON @ Estabrook meals per day (Monday-Friday). If you 5/23 Lunch Bunch: Baker Square (Lottery: 5/1) could be a driver or a “runner”, we 5/23 NO METRO VOLUNTEERS certainly could use your help. The hours we need help are between 10-11:30, for 5/25 Memorial Day Celebration @ SCR approximately an hour. 5/28 Site Closed—Happy Memorial Day! Great for an active senior to stay engaged 5/30 NO METRO VOLUNTEERS and give back to the community! Call Kim or Lori at 216-749-5367 if you can help.
Quilt and Blanket Donations Wanted! In addition to the sleeping mats for the homeless made out of recycled plastic bags, the craft class is asking for any used or unwanted blankets or quilts to make sleeping bags for Cleveland’s homeless, as well. This will be a great addition to our outreach. Please bring donations to: 3100 Devonshire Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44109 ______Additionally, if anyone has crochet hooks that aren’t being used, please consider donating to SCR’s craft class. They’ll be used daily!
SCR’s Senior Participants have been hard at work painting for the “Seniors Rock” project, led by intern Louise McManus! If you see one of these beautiful rocks in the community, please take a picture, post it and re-hide. We hope this brings in new, friendly faces to SCR!
PAGE 4 MAY 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday S U 4 9:00 Board Games/Puzzles Metro Luncheon 9:30 Crafts 9:00 Ez Exercise 9:30 Crochet Group/Mat 9:00 Ez Exercise 10:00 Chair Volleyball 9:00 Board Games/ + )',% 9:00 Corn Hole/Coloring/ coloring/corn hole 10:30 Tai Chi Board Games/Puzzles 10:30 Bingo 11:00 Wii/Coloring 10:00 Wednesday Trivia/ 11:15 Wii/Darts 12:15 Pinochle Jokes/Jazzercise 12:15 Line Dancing 12:15 Line Dancing
7 8 9 10 11 Free Produce @ SCR! Breakfast Bunch-Cracker Music Bingo 9:30 Crafts 9:00 Ez ExerciseVV Barrel 9:00 Ez Exercise 10:00 Chair Volleyball T-shirt Pickup Day 9:00 Board Games/ 9:00 Board Games/Puzzles 9:00 Corn Hole/Coloring/ with Continental
Online Games/Adult Col- 9:30 Crochet Group/Mat Board Games/Puzzles Breakfast @
-0',% + )',% 10:00 Wednesday Trivia/ Estabrook 10:00 Darts/Puzzles 10:30 Tai Chi Jokes/Jazzercise 11:00 Wii 11:00 Wii/Coloring 12:15 Line Dancing 12:15 Canasta/Bingo 12:15 Pinochle
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Victory Luncheon @ SENIOR OLYMPICS Estabrook
EMS @ SCR
21 22 23 24 25 9:00 Ez ExerciseVV 9:00 Board Games/Puzzles Lunch Bunch-Baker 9:30 Crafts Memorial Day 9:00 Board Games/ 9:30 Crochet Group/Mat Square 10:00 Chair Volleyball Celebration Online Games/Adult Col- + )',% 9:00 Corn Hole/Coloring/ May Birthday -0',% 10:30 Tai Chi Board Games/Puzzles Celebration 10:00 Darts/Puzzles 11:00 Wii/Coloring 10:00 Wednesday Trivia/ 9:00 Ez Exercise 11:00 Wii 12:15 Pinochle Jokes/Jazzercise 9:00 Board Games/ 12:15 Canasta/Bingo 12:15 Line Dancing coloring/corn hole No Metro Volunteers 10:30 Bingo 11:15 Wii/Darts 12:15 Line Dancing
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Memorial Day 9:00 Board Games/Puzzles 9:00 Corn Hole/Coloring/ 9:30 Crafts 9:30 Crochet Group/Mat Board Games/Puzzles 10:00 Chair Volleyball Site Closed + )',% 10:00 Wednesday Trivia/ 10:30 Tai Chi Jokes/Jazzercise 11:00 Wii/Coloring 12:15 Line Dancing 12:15 Pinochle No Metro Volunteers
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Metro Luncheon Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Save-A-Lot/Drug Mart Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Hunger Center Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Aldi’s Eagle/ Bank Eagle/ Bank Pickups begin 8:30 Pickups Begin 11:30 Pickups begin 11:30 Shop 12:30-2:00 Shop 12:30-2:00
7 8 9 10 11 Parmatown Breakfast Bunch: Cracker Hunger Center Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ T-Shirt Pick Up at Pickups begin: 8:30 Barrel Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Estabrook Shop: 9:30-11:30 Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Eagle/ Bank Save-A-Lot/Drug Mart Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Pickups begin 11:30 Aldi’s Eagle/ Bank Shop 12:30-2:00 Pickups begin 8:30 Pickups Begin 11:30 Shop 12:30-2:00
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SENIOR OLYMPICS Victory Luncheon @ Estabrook **Due to the Olympic Events, shopping is canceled this week.**
21 22 23 24 25 Steelyard Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Lunch Bunch-Baker Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Save-A-Lot/Drug Mart Pickups begin: 8:30 Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Square Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Aldi’s Shop: 9:30-11:30 Eagle/ Bank Hunger Center Eagle/ Bank Pickups begin 8:30 Pickups Begin 11:30 Pickups begin 11:30
Shop 12:30-2:00 No Metro Volunteers Shop 12:30-2:00
28 29 30 31 Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Ridge Park Square/ Marc’s/ Site Closed Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant No Metro Volunteers Bank/ Biddulph Plaza/ Giant Eagle/ Bank Eagle/ Bank Memorial Day Pickups Begin 11:30 Pickups begin 11:30 Shop 12:30-2:00 Shop 12:30-2:00
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! " #$ # %% $ #& Hearts on Wheels Bring your art supplies to May Happenings at SCR make inspirational cards and inserts for our homebound. **Mobile Hearing Services is canceled on May 18, 2018 due Call Kim at 216-749-5367 to the Senior Olympics. Next opportunity for an ext. 1121 or come join us on appointment: July 20, 2018 every first Friday of the month at 9:30 a.m. May 22, 11:00 a.m.: Mark Busch from Busch Funeral Home will present, “Ten Mistakes to Avoid in Planning a Funeral”. EMS Thursday, May 17 Cleveland Department of Aging’s 29th Annual Senior Day: Hunger Center Dates The free event will be held on Thursday, May 24 at 10:00 Wednesday, May 2 a.m. at Cleveland Public Hall. Wednesday, May 9 An information fair, program, lunch and entertainment will Wednesday, May 23 be provided. Call SCR if interested in attending. SCR Gift Shoppe Welcome to SCR’s New Participants: The SCR Gift Shoppe has a variety of Sharon Carpenter, Lydia Julao, Ernest Leonard, Carol items to offer! It’s open to the public Patrick, Jane Widlicka & Neal & Jane Wilds Monday‒Friday from 9:00‒11:30 a.m. and most items are handmade. Be sure to stop This month we are keeping the following people in our by and check out our crafted thoughts, with best wishes: potholders, baby clothes, scarves, Mary Barrosse, Millie Bellamy, Shatia Drake, Vivian Gretchen, jewelry, and much more! Charlie Hakaim, Marilyn Harr, John Helmink, Liz Hernandez & Family, Doris Kaczmarek, Judy Kawano, Wes Koch, Patrick Muller, Kim Susak & Family, Lillian Szafranski, Linda Timmerman, Crochet Participants Fred Twigger, Charlotte Ventura, Charles Vonderau, Needed! Ethel Whipkey & Rosemary Williams Do you enjoy crocheting scarves, In Loving Memory: Marcario Estrada, Marlette Heryak, blankets, hats & gloves? Join Mary Kilroy, Terry McLaughlin & Mary Yerega SCR’s crochet group on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. Make lap Thank you to those who donated to the May Newsletter Fund: blankets for the homebound, items Leona Blazak, Marianna Kolakowski & Margaret Kosticak WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT! for the Gift Shoppe, and make new friends!
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33rd Annual Senior Olympics May 14-18, 2018 $20 Registration Fee Payable upon Registration (Check made payable to Senior Citizen Resources) *Please fill out this form COMPLETELY and PRINT all information. Thank you!*
NAME: ______ADDRESS: ______
MALE: ____ FEMALE: ____ AGE: ______PHONE: (______) - ______- ______Please indicate the events you would like to participate in AND whether you need transportation arranged to/from with an “X” on the appropriate line!
Friday, May 11 Attendance? Transport? Thursday, May 17 Attendance? Transport?
9:00 AM Shuffleboard-9:00 AM ______Shirt Pickup @ Estabrook ______Speed Walk Race-11:00AM ______
Homerun Derby– 1:00 PM ______Monday, May 14 Attendance? Transport?
Bowling—9:00 AM ______Friday, May 18 Attendance? Transport? *At FREEWAY LANES 11:00 AM ______Bocce Ball—12:30 PM Victory Luncheon *At Brooklyn Senior Ctr. ______@ Estabrook
T-Shirt Size: Tuesday, May 15 Attendance? Transport? Medium ______Basketball Toss-9:00 AM ______Large ______Beanbag Toss-11:00 AM ______X-Large ______Chair Volleyball-1:00 PM ______The following sizes can be ordered for an additional charge of $1.50: Wednesday, May 16 Attendance? Transport? XX-Large ______Mini Golf– 9:00 AM ______Location TBD XXX-Large ______
Darts—11:00 AM-2PM ______
Cornhole--11:00 AM-2PM ______
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Emergency Contact Information
Please list two (2) emergency contacts:
NAME: ______RELATIONSHIP: ______
PHONE: (______) - ______- ______OTHER PHONE: (______) - ______- ______
NAME: ______RELATIONSHIP: ______
PHONE: (______) - ______- ______OTHER PHONE: (______) - ______- ______
PLEASE READ AND SIGN: All participants are required to read and sign the following “Liability Waiver Statement”—
I, ______, agree to save and hold harmless, release, discharge, and waive all claims against Senior Citizen Resources, Inc., and any and all sponsors, and/or providers of all liability of any nature whatsoever, whether to person or property, including but not limited to the cost of investigation, litigation, judgments, attorney fees and costs arising out of my participation in the Senior Olympics.
Signature______Date Signed: ______\______\______
***Please turn in both page one and page two of this registration form with your payment. If you plan to sign up for the Seated Olympics, please call SCR at 216-749-5367, pick a registration form up from the center, or print one off of our website. Thank you for interest, we can’t wait to see you at the games!***
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Transportation is available to any resident of Old Brooklyn or bordering areas if you are 60 years of age and ambulatory. Our vans are wheelchair accessible, but we do not provide escort service. We provide transportation for congregate meals, shopping, medical and hair appointments. We ask that you schedule appointments ONE week in advance. Freewill donations are accepted, but NOT obligatory. Please call 216-749-5367 for your transportation needs. Scheduling is done through the FRONT DESK ONLY, not through SCR drivers. Thank you for your cooperation as we change our policies.