Vol. 2019 No. 4 Fall (September-November 2019) 10505600 62170 PRSRT STD Class & Trip Registration Division of Senior Services U.S. Postage Paid Community & Special Events Longmont Senior Center Longmont, CO see 910 Longs Peak Avenue Permit #19 inside Resource Guide Longmont, CO 80501
55+ | No member fee! Call us at 303-651-8411 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services vea páginas 32-35 en Español.
Meet George Baskos and Barb Hau. George runs our local KGUD Community Radio station on 90.7FM, and Barb is the public access coordinator for Channel 8 TV and leads the "Eyes on Longmont" TV production club here Registration Information at the Senior Center. Read about their passion for media on page 68. For classes, films, special events, outdoor programs, cycling, athletics, and all non-day trip programs begins Monday, August 12 at 8:00 am. Register at the Senior Center, online, or over the phone.
For all day-trip activities listed on pages 53-60, registration begins with a lottery-style sign-up at the Senior Center on Friday, August 16 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Participants can register for themselves and one other person.
All activities with a registration number require advance registration. For your convenience, registration forms are available at the Senior Center. Payment is due at time of registration.
If you require a disability accommodation or have a special request, please complete a yellow request form available at the Senior Center Front Desk when you register. This is your time. See page 1 for more information regarding registration and participation in services and programs. OWN IT. FACILITY CLOSURES: ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER: Monday, September 2 City of Longmont Facebook Information and More... Monday, November 11 Join now. Off of the lobby, there is a small room that INFORMATION Senior Services is a Division of the Thursday & Friday, November 28 & 29 www.facebook.com/cityoflongmontco/ contains current magazines, information on City’s Community Services Department Senior Services programs, resources for older Via the internet adults and caregivers, and city and partner Our at www.LongmontColorado.gov/senior-services agencies information. Near the dining room there SENIOR SERVICES STAFF are a number of free publications available for Mission – listener-supported community To build and foster opportunities which promote KGUD 90.7 pickup in the magazine rack. Michele Waite, Manager radio, playing music with you in mind. “Senior dignity, wellness, independence, enjoyment, [email protected] Moments” hosts an interview with a Senior Services 303-651-8415 community, and a sense of purpose for older adults. Room Temperatures staff person on Saturdays at 8:00 am, giving The room temperatures can vary in the building. Kari Grotting, Seniors Recreation Program Our information on upcoming events and activities at You might consider dressing in layers if you are Supervisor the Longmont Senior Center. Listen to “K-Good” going to be here for a while. [email protected] Vision Statement throughout the week for updates and service 303-651-8495 announcements from the Senior Center. Longmont - a community in which we all age well. Handicap Parking Brandy Queen, Counselor Please remember to always display your handicap [email protected] 50+ Marketplace News
INFORMATION placard when parking in one of these spaces. 303-651-8414 Animals available at the Senior Center monthly. Larry Holtgrewe, Seniors Recreation Coordinator The only animals allowed in the [email protected] building are Service Animals as defined Longmont eAlerts This is an e-mail alert system 303-774-3533 by the ADA which are dogs (or miniature from the City of Longmont for community members Veronica Garcia, Resource Specialist - se habla español horses) that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. to receive brief notices on various topics: Longmont Get the Email [email protected] government news, Adults 55+, City Council News, 303-651-8716 Per Senior Center policy, only Service Animals as Newsletter and defined above and animals invited as part of a staff Environment, Golf, Jobs, and Community Programs GO Catalog! Amy Payan, Resource Specialist and Events. You can receive information via e-mail, - arranged program are allowed in the building. Fall 2019 [email protected] phone, cell, or fax. Visit www.ci.longmont.co.us/ Never miss a special 303-774-4372 selectalert/index.htm to sign up. event, LSC news alert, or Monica Bautista, Office Assistant -se habla español featured class again: join our TABLE OF CONTENTS Longmont [email protected] email list and get regular updates in your | 303-651-8411 or 303-774-4452 (en español) Arts & Creative Pursuits 13 Channel 8 inbox twice a month. We’ll also email you when www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services (Government Access the GO Catalog is ready to view electronically. Deanne Kear, Office Assistant Community News 64 [email protected] Channel) or Comcast Visit www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior 303-651-8411 Computers & Technology 15 Cable Channel 16. services, text SENIORCENTER to 42828, or sign up at the front desk. Robyn Bosica, Admin, Asst., Facility Reservation Drop-in Programs, Groups, & Clubs 6 [email protected] Exercise & Fitness 45 303-774-4714 Friends of the Longmont Senior Center 4 GO SUBSCRIPTION FORM - 2019 Martin Hernandez, Building Maintenance General Information 1 303-651-8411 If you would like the convenience of having the last issue of The 2019 GO catalog mailed to you, General Interest 21 General Information please complete this form and return it to the Senior Center. Please enclose a check made payable email: [email protected] Health and Wellness Programs 36 to the City of Longmont in the amount of $1.00 for residents, $2.00 for non-residents. The GO is regularly available online and at the Senior Center before the bulk mailing is completed. Check out www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services | History & Science 26 www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services Humanities & Cultural 28 Información y Programas en Español 32 Name (Please Print) ______
Fall 2019 Fall Resource & Supportive Services Guide R1 Special Events 10 Address ______City ______Zip Code ______WINTER Sports and Outdoors 50 Telephone Resource Page 67 Phone ______will be available after Trips 53 Monday, November 4. Volunteer & Involvement 62 GETTING INVOLVED: PARTICIPATION & REGISTRATION INFORMATION Welcome to The Longmont Senior Center and Longmont Senior Services Many new and some repeated activities, events, trips, and services are offered each quarter. Some activities are offered INFORMATION weekly throughout the year and some on a series of dates, monthly, or quarterly basis. Many activities require registration and a fee to be paid. You will see a Registration # listed with the activity and these are in various sections throughout the catalog. There are activities offered on a “drop-in” basis, often free or for a very low cost, most are listed in the Drop-In section of the GO with more detailed information. Resources and Supportive Services are detailed in the Resource Guide located in the center of each catalog. Registration kickoff dates and information are located below. PARTICIPATION IN GENERAL: • There is no membership fee to participate in • Special Requests & Reasonable activities or receive services from the Division of Accommodations: Senior Services. - Senior Services activities are geared toward • Adults 55+ are first priority; however, independent adults who are able to manage people under 55 may participate in certain their own care, decision making, and safety. Staff, activities if space is available and/or in certain leaders, and escorts cannot provide supervision of circumstances. Requirements vary by activity. individuals. If an adult companion is needed, the Contact the front desk for details. Information companion may participate, regardless of age, and regarding participants is not provided to, nor must pay all fees associated with the activity. shared with, other individuals. - Please note that personal or individual listening • Caregivers of older adults are welcome to devices are available for activities occurring in the attend programs in order to provide assistance Senior Center. to someone. In that case, please inform our - DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: In compliance front desk when the care recipient registers. If a with the Americans with Disabilities Act caregiver wishes to participate in the program, (ADA), we will do our best to make reasonable then the caregiver should also register and pay accommodations to ensure our activities are for the program. accessible for the widest range of participants. • Wait Lists: Wait Lists are maintained for Please be specific with the accommodation activities requiring registration. Staff process you need. Please let us know at the time of all cancellations and waitlisted participants are registration or prior to your planned participation given first priority to fill openings. If the activity in a program that does not require registration. is occurring the next day or next business day, The earlier we know, the better we may be able to staff process the waitlist quickly and cannot accommodate your request. wait for call backs. - SPECIAL REQUESTS: If you do not have a disability as defined by the ADA but would like to make a special request, please be specific about REGISTRATION BEGINS your request at the time you register and before FOR THE you plan to participate. The earlier we know, the better we may be able to accommodate your Fall Quarter: request. Classes & Special Events begins: • Registration #: Refers to the unique Activity, Monday, August 12, 8:00 am Class, Event or Trip number which a person would reference when registering. Lottery Style Trip Registration begins: Friday, August 16, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Weather Activity Written and published by the Division of Senior Services, City of Longmont. Cancellation 910 Longs Peak Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501 Information Phone: 303-651-8411 | Fax: 303-651-8413 www.LongmontColorado.gov/senior-services For up-to-date information about program Regular Operating Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday cancellations due to inclement weather, please Para información en español llame al 303-774-4452 o correo call 303-774-4447. electrónico [email protected] (se habla español) 1 REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT INFORMATION Registration Receipts may contain additional information. Each quarter, two specific registration kickoff Please review and retain for reference. dates are set; the first date is for classes, sports, Resident/Non-resident/Non-senior Fees: First price special events, etc. and second date is for trips listed is for those living within the City of Longmont Registration continues after the kickoff dates. You boundaries as required by Municipal Code, the may register at the front desk, Monday-Friday, second price is for those whose residence is outside 8:00 am-5:00 pm or over the phone with a credit the city boundary and for those under 55 years of age. card by calling 303-651-8411, Monday-Friday, Cancellations: 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Online registration is an option • The City reserves the right to cancel an activity for most activities at www.longmontcolorado.gov if the minimum number of participants has not after the quarterly kickoff dates and times and registered. Participants will be notified by phone when lottery trip registration is concluded. immediately if an activity cancels. See Page 1 for Registration date information. *Amounts of $10 or less will be credited to the payer’s City activity account. Payer will not receive a refund check or a Trip Registration – Each quarter’s initial credit back to their credit card for amounts of $10 or less. registration for trips is a lottery format. Beginning • A full refund/credit will be given if Senior Services Monday following the Friday kickoff, you may cancels the activity. register at the front desk or over the phone, • A full refund/credit will be given if the participant INFORMATION 303-651-8411 or online. See below for more details. cancels a class or special event three (3) or more business days prior to the activity. Each trip has a Registration Numbers – Each activity that requires specific cancellation date deadline. registration in advance and/or has a fee attached • If an individual cancels an activity that was paid will have a unique registration number listed. for by a scholarship, those funds will be forfeited. Payment may be made by credit card, cash, • A credit must be used within 12 months of the check, gift certificates, and/or Senior Center issue date. scholarship. Full payment is required at the time of • Wait Lists are maintained for classes, special registration. events, and trips.
DAY TRIP-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
LOTTERY STYLE (for 1st day of trip registration Return times are approximate. We do our best only) In fairness to all and to eliminate the need to determine time, however, we never know when to arrive early, a lottery format for the first day of delays may occur. trip registration is used. Numbers are distributed Bus seat assignments are made at the time of to participants as they arrive and corresponding check-in. Participants draw a seat number for numbers are placed in a tumbler and drawn shared seating (yourself and travel companion). randomly throughout the assigned time frame. These assigned seats are used going to and from When your number is called, you will have the the trip destination. For extended trips, you will opportunity to register for trips for yourself and draw new seats each day. one other older person. An activity registration form is required, one form per person. Cancellations must be received by the dates printed in The GO if a full credit or refund is Modes of transit: minibuses, RTD buses, and to be given. After that date, a partial credit or coach buses are used and depend upon cost, size refund may be issued only if the spot is resold. of group, and time and distance traveled, as well Cancellations must be processed through Senior as availability of buses. We always try to be cost Services. When possible, the staff will attempt efficient and comfort oriented. to resell your spot to the people on the waiting Special accommodations for wheelchair or list, or if it is last minute and the Senior Center is scooters and service animal: on a trip, advance closed, you may give your ticket to a person of notice is necessary. Please contact the front desk your choice. Please call 303-651-8411 if you do so. 303-651-8411. Pickup and return Location: Longmont Senior Departure times are definite. We do not wait for Center; 910 Longs Peak Ave. Please park your participants past the designated departure time vehicles at the east end of the parking lot, leaving either from the Senior Center or venues. the spaces closest to the building for customers coming and going throughout the day. Check-in 2 takes place in the lobby. INFORMATION
AgeWell at the Longmont Senior Center is your "go to" resource on how to stay healthy. Stop by or call for information about Health and Wellness Services and Programs. See pages 36-44 & R3 for more details. Office Hours: Scholarship Funds – Tuesday: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm The Friends of the Longmont Senior Center, Inc., Wednesday & Thursday: 9:00 am – Noon have set aside funds to assist low income older & 1:00 – 4:00 pm adults in participating in various activities organized Closed: Friday by Senior Services. As long as funds are available, an individual may use up to $150 a year towards Senior Telephone: 303-651-5080 Services activities of his or her choice and up to $150 www.centura.org/locations/longmont-united-hospital per calendar year specifically to assist participa- tion in Senior Services exercise/wellness programs. Cancellations are not refunded back to the person’s FREE WELLNESS CLINIC scholarship account. Persons who live within the St. THE NURSE IS IN: Vrain Valley School District with a total annual in- 1st & 3 rd Mondays, 9:00am-Noon come (from all sources) of $20,000 or less for a single & 2nd Thursday 9:00am-11:00am person and $30,000 or less for a couple can qualify for scholarships. Call the front office at 303-651-8411 for more information.
Gift Certificates Gift certificates are available at the Senior Center. What a great way to show someone you are thinking of them! Tell your family about these as a gift suggestion. They are available in any amount and can be used for your choice of Senior Services organized classes, trips, or special events. Call the front office at 303-651-8411.
' FOR A BETTER Experience Youre Invited to Lunch! FOR ALL AND TO HELP US Monday - Friday, 11:30 am - noon SERVE YOU BETTER PLEASE: If you need a special accommodation, Great meals are available weekdays please let us know as early as possible. at the Senior Center. Arrive prior to when the activity begins Longmont Meals on Wheels prepares nutritious Silence all devices during activities meals and serves onsite in our Park View Café. Tell us in advance if you have to cancel, even if it’s a free activity Call 303-772-0540 Register for all activities with a registration number for information on menus and meal costs. Help minimize disruptions to activities in www.longmontmeals.org progress. For example if you have to leave early, please take a seat near the door. 3 FROM THE FRIENDS PO Box 313, Longmont, CO 80502 | www.friendslongmont.org President, Chuck Beehler; Vice President, Euvaldo Valdez; Co -Treasurers, Jane Cox and John Shetter; Secretary, Ruth Rosenblum, with Kaye BacheSnyder, Mary Blue, Linda Fetterman, Karan Michael, Sean O’Halloran, Ed Nava, and Ruth Waukau.
The Friends of the Longmont Senior Center, Inc. is a 501©3 non-profit organization registered with the State of Colorado. The Board meets the fourth Tuesday from 3:00 – 4:30 pm at the Senior Center. If you would like more information, please contact Michele at 303-651-8415. OF THE LONGMONT THE LONGMONT OF CENTER SENIOR
Dear Friends,
I hope that many of you are aware of just how much the Friends of the Longmont Senior Center support the programs and services we have at the Senior Center. Lectures, classes, cultural enrichment programs, peer counseling, scholarships for both general activities as well as exercise classes, last resort funds, emotional
FRIENDS support activities, and activities which use the van purchased by the Friends, are a part of what you support when you give. Your generous donations, endowments, and estate gifts make so much possible.
By giving to the Friends of the Longmont Senior Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, you not only ensure a legacy for the heart of our community, but your tax-deductible contribution shows how much our Senior Center means to you and your friends.
As a member of the board, I am constantly amazed at what we are able to do because you all give so much and this includes over 300 volunteers. We could not be the incredibly dynamic Senior Center that we are without individuals who give of their time and knowledge and skills. Our volunteers escort trips, serve as peer counselors, help folks with money management, teach classes, provide computer training, and lead many of our free, drop in programs (like bridge, knitting, shuffleboard) and lots more.
Kudos to you who give generously through your financial support and with your time and expertise. We are so very grateful.
Ruth Waukau, MSW Friends Board member and volunteer Peer Counselor
4 THANK YOU TO OUR RECENT DONORS:
Kiwanis Club of Longmont Ruth Waukau Ricardo Stone
Raymond & Martha Allison Anonymous Gifts in Memory Of:
Donna Wetzbarger R M Rivera Fay Reynolds FRIENDS
CEP donors Bailes di mi Tierra dancers June Robinson
Kimberly Ackerman Marietta Gonzales & Jim Nason
David & Lynn Daignalult Regena Vick
Joanne Juneau Emily Conklin SENIOR CENTER OF THE LONGMONT
A Grand Thank You ... • To the Tuesday Lap Robe group for their donated book bags to our local Head Start and quilts to many in need;
• To the Wednesday knitters for their thousands of donated hats, sweaters, blankets, etc. to many happy folks;
• To our Extended Travel Partner, Gold Key Travel, and especially Karen Wood;
• To the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) organization for sponsoring the BIFF films, and especially Ann Moss, Jerry Shapins, and Robin Beeck;
• To the sponsors of and volunteers for the weekly Lunch Bunch: Atria Longmont, Friends of the Longmont Senior Center, Longmont Meals On Wheels, Life Care Center of Longmont, and our other volunteer facilitators;
• To Atria Senior Living for providing meals for our monthly Monday night Caregiver Support Group;
• To our Thursday Night Dance sponsors: Colorado Hearing Center, Life Care Center, Atria Longmont, The Friends of the Senior Center, Brookdale Senior Living, Balfour Senior Living; and Regnier Farms;
• To Mental Health Partners and Ursula Herrmann for providing support groups for women;
• To Teddy Wright for proofreading the GO;
• To Front Range Community College for ongoing support of the Computer and Technology learning program;
• To the Royal Neighbors 4825 for their support of the Tuesday Lap Robes group; and
• To The Sunshine Club of Longmont for their initiation and financial support of The Sunshine Senior Smiles Program offered in cooperation with the Friends of the Senior Center. 5 Bailes de Mi Tierra Dancers are wanted to join this Latino outreach activity though you do not need to be Latino to participate. The dancers practice and perform various dances and songs from Central and South America. If you are interested or want more information, call Monica at 303-774-4452 or Veronica at 303-651-8716.
Cards Mondays, 12:45 - 4:00 pm Leader: Barb. Mainly play Hand and Foot Canasta. Beginners and newcomers welcome. Wednesdays, 12:45 - 4:00 pm Generally for established groups. 4th Saturday of the Month, Noon - 4:00 pm Saturday Potluck and Games. Newcomers welcome. Billiards - 6 Great Tables! Computers for Public Use
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, & CLUBS GROUPS 50¢ donation suggested for play Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 4:45 pm Two public access computers with a black and white Wednesdays and Fridays 8:00 am - 4:45 pm ink printer are available in the computer room in 9:00 am to Noon, a time for women wanting the lobby. Use is time limited and monitored to play with other women is encouraged to 60 minutes. A guest pass is required and Thursday evenings: 6:00 – 8:45 pm available at the front desk. Printing of the first five pages is free, then 10¢ per page after that payable at the front desk. Computer room hours Bowling - for Seniors are Monday-Friday 8:00 am- 4:45 pm. Tuesdays & Wednesdays at Centennial Lanes. DROP-IN New Players Check-in at the Bowling Alley Desk for Computer Club information and lane assignment. September 16, October 14 and November 18, Practice begins at 12:45 pm and games begin 9:30 – 11:30 am at 1:00 pm. The cost is $9.50 for 3 games. A forum for the exchange of information and This is come-as-you-can, no commitment knowledge relating to technology, personal for regular attendance. Sponsored solely computers, and smart devices. See page 15 for by Centennial Lanes. Call 303-651-3800 for more information. information. Creative Stitches Bridge (Open) Drop-in Handwork Group Mondays, 12:30 - 4:00 pm Fridays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm Partners are not necessary. Individuals are rotated Bring your own quilting (or other small handwork) into games. New players are welcome. Call Ray and enjoy conversation and help with your project. Allison at 303-772-7816. Small donation for snacks and supplies.
Coffee in the Café Monday - Friday Mornings Coffee may be purchased through Meals on Wheels each day for 50¢ a bottomless cup. 6 Current Events Tuesdays, 10:15 - 11:30 am For years, older adults have been meeting for an hour or more to review local, national, and international events which affect them. They share their views and analyses arrived at from wide reading and often personal and professional experiences. Many meet a bit earlier to share coffee and conversation. Moderated by Tom McCoy.
Dulcimer Group - Singin’ Strings 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:30 pm Dances The mountain dulcimer, also known as the DROP-IN Thursday evenings, 7:00 - 10:00 pm lap or Appalachian dulcimer, is an intriguing Dances are held at the Longmont Senior Center. instrument developed in America. It is an $6.00 per person for admission to the dances. increasingly popular musical instrument Both singles and couples enjoy the fun at the known for its sweet lilting qualities. All levels friendliest dance and on the best dance floor in of dulcimer players are welcome to join in town. to work on their skills and share music. Call Nancy Beaudrot at 303-772-2094 for more (Genre: BR - Ballroom, P - Polka, CW – Country information or before dropping by the group Western, W - Waltz, L -Latin, S -Swing, BB - Big as they may be in the community performing Band, LD - Line dance, most can play most during practice time. GROUPS & CLUBS PROGRAMS, requests) Cost: 50¢ per session.
Sept 5 Big Twang Theory (CW, W, LD, S)
Sept 12 Harris & Harris (BR, BB, L, S, W)
Sept 19 Davy Allard & Honkabilliy Heroes (CW, S, W, LD)
Oct 3 Harris & Harris (BR, BB, L, S, W)
Oct 10 Big Twang Theory (CW, W, LD, S)
Oct 17 Jim Ehrlich (P, W, S, BR)
Oct 24 Pepie (K, S, W, P, CW)
Oct 31 Halloween Dance with Tom Yook (BR, P, S, W) "Eyes on Longmont" TV Production Club Nov 7 Jim Ehrlich (P, W, S, BR) Mondays, 9:00 - 11:00 am Nov 14 Harris & Harris (BR, BB, L, S, W) We are a volunteer group who have fun producing in depth documentaries for Channel Nov 21 Big Twang Theory (CW, W, LD, S) 8 local Public Access TV to educate, entertain, Nov 28 NO DANCE and inform residents of the Boulder County area. Join us and learn every aspect of video production in a supportive atmosphere. Barbara Hau is the contact person for the group: barb@ longmontchannel.com or 303-776-1424. Visit DANCE LESSONS AVAILABLE www.longmontchannel.com for information Before every Thursday Night Dance. about Ch. 8. See page 21 for dates when we are 5:30 - 6:30 pm $5.00 per person. showing their productions. 7 Friday Citizens’ Open Forum Great Issues in American Life Fridays, 1:30 - 4:00 pm Reading and Discussion Group The focus for this group has broadened from the Dates: specific Thursdays original one regarding the 2008 “great recession.” Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm The addition of “citizens” encourages a link of this Great ideas discussion group, led by Brian study to positive participation in the community. Hansen, uses reading and discussing specific Topics are suggested and chosen by vote a week topics from the “Great Ideas: A Lexicon of early. Topic leaders get up to 20 minutes to Western Thought”, by Mortimer Adler. kickoff discussion. Other attendees typically See page 28 for more information. get two 5 - minute slots to air their views, hold the floor, and direct the discussion. Curious newcomers are welcome and need not participate Knit and Purl at their first meeting. Expect lively discussion and Wednesdays, 9:00 - 11:00 am good humor. Rick Fitzgerald, host. This group is continuing under the expert guidance of Becky Williamson. Folks can knit their own projects or, if you’d like, knit for local Friends of charities in the area. Yarn and needles are available the Longmont for the charity knitting. Donations of needles and Senior Center, Inc. yarn are always appreciated. This group welcomes 4th Tuesday, 3:00 - 4:30 pm all levels of knitters. This non-profit board seeks to enhance the services and programs of the Longmont Senior Center LGBT Supper Club
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, & CLUBS GROUPS through fundraising activities. See page 4. Second Thursday each month, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Rainbow Elders of Boulder County is a social and German Language aging resource for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) older adults. They have a Supper
Conversation Group Club that alternates monthly meeting at a local Date: Thursdays restaurant and having a potluck meal at the Time: 1:00 – 2:15 pm Longmont Senior Center. Call the Area Agency on If you are a native speaker of German or have Aging at 303-441-4518 for more information or studied German, but lack someone to practice the email [email protected]. language with to keep your speaking skills up to
DROP-IN date, come to this group to practice with others who also speak some German and are looking to Lap Robes Tuesdays, 8:00 – 10:30 am enhance their skills in conversation with others. This Senior Center–sponsored all volunteer sewing Contact Julia Jordan at 720-333-2318 or Jim Petri group creates quilts and lap robes for non-profit at 303-772-6048 or for more information. agencies in the community to be distributed to those in need and for disaster relief locally, nationally, and internationally. Call Kari at 303- 651-8495 to find out about joining this group and helping to cut blocks, piece tops, or tie quilts. Diane is the group leader. New batting material as filler is needed; if you have any please drop it off at the front desk.
Library (Senior Center) Grandparents Raising Books are available for checkout every day. Please return them within three weeks. Grandkids Kinship No late fees are charged. Support Group 1st Monday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Longmont Kiwanis Club (2nd Mon. if 1st Mon. is a holiday) Fridays, 9:25 -10:25 am Share and learn from others who are involved New members are always welcome. Call Marv Van in raising their grandchildren. Childcare Peursem 303-618-7452 for information. We serve provided. Please RSVP to Martha Wilson with the community and children all over the world. See The Kinship Program at 303-441-1205 if you our web site for more information. 8 plan to attend. Senior Citizens Advisory Board 1st Wednesday, 10:00 am - noon The City Council appointed board meets the first Wednesday of the month from 10:00 am to noon. The 2019 members are: Susan Alling, Sara Beery, Jack Belchinski, Wilma Cocannouer, Michelle Cregut, Juana Mendoza, Art Quintana, Mah Jongg and Jeanine Tarrant. Please contact Michele at Fridays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm 303-651-8415 for more information. 4th Saturday, noon – 4:00 pm (combined with Potluck & Games)
Mah Jongg players. Join this lively group if you already know how to play the game and are DROP-IN looking for others with whom to play.
NARFE 2nd Friday, noon - 2:00 pm at Perkins. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees meet regularly at Perkins for a lunch. Call Larry Schluntz at 303-772-6419.
Pickleball – see page 50 for details. GROUPS & CLUBS PROGRAMS,
Quilting (By Hand) Shuffleboard Thursdays, 1:00 - 4:00 pm Thursdays, 8:30 – 10:30 am Old-fashioned quilting for others who pay to Beginners welcome, no experience needed. The
bring in their own quilt tops to be quilted by the group play several games and then have coffee Thursday Hand Quilters. Funds raised are donated and snacks. Participants will have a chance to play to the Friends of the Senior Center. Hand-quilting with a variety of people. A donation of $1.00 for experience is required and NO instruction is refreshments is asked. Leftover funds support an provided. Newcomers please call Doni at annual group lunch. 303-651-3213 before dropping in and for more information. Small donation for snacks and supplies.
Saturday Potluck & Games Spanish Conversation Group 4th Saturday of the month, noon – 4:00 pm Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm Older adults meet for a potluck, cards, Mah Jongg, Develop cross-cultural friendships and cultural games, and socialization. Call Pat at 720-494-1535 understanding while improving your Spanish. or Wilma at 303-485-7044 for information. All levels are welcome; however, there is no instruction and all conversation is in Spanish. Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts Wednesdays, 9:00 am – noon Square Dance Club - This is an ongoing drop-in group, meeting weekly; Hix-N-Chix come as you can. Work on creating scrapbooks, (Sept. – May) Dances 2nd and 4th Wednesday family history journals, greeting cards, and other evenings at the Senior Center, 7:30-10:00 pm paper crafts. All levels of skills are welcome as we New dancers are always welcome! Please call share ideas and inspiration. If you are new to this Joan Bristol at 303-678-7711 or Norm Haubert hobby or just want to explore how to get started, drop in and visit with others to see what supplies at 303-774-8239 for information and cost for the you will need. Call Marty Baker at 303-776-8835 club. for more information. 9 Supper Club – for LGBT older adults & Older Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Table Tennis Volleyball persons are invited to meet for dinner. The see page 50 for details group alternates between a local restaurant and a potluck meal at the Longmont Senior Center. Call 303-441-4518 for more information or email Women’s Social Group [email protected] 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Are you looking for a way to make new friends? Support Groups Come have lunch with us and enjoy socialization Several support groups are available for with other supportive women. You can either interested persons. Many are open for drop-in bring your lunch or buy lunch from Meals on participation. See the Resource Guide for a list or Wheels here at the Senior Center. If you have call Brandy at 303-651-8414. questions, you can call Wilma at 303-485-7044.
Swingin’ Seniors Rhythm Band Woodcarving
Begins, Monday, September 9 and then the Fridays, 8:00 am -11:30 am 1st Monday, Oct-May, 1:00 – 2:30 pm Beginner and experienced woodcarvers meet This group performs regularly at senior weekly to work on projects, offer advice on residences and organizations in the community. techniques or equipment, and share their Traditional and homemade instruments are enjoyment of this lifelong hobby. All carvers are welcome. The ability to read music is not welcome. Call John at 303-772-2007 or Bob at PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, & CLUBS GROUPS required. Call Mori Glidewell at 303-651-0960 303-435-9505 for more information. On the first for more information. Friday of each month, carvers do a “show and tell” that is open to anyone who would like to see their work. DROP-IN
SPECIAL EVENTS
Supper and a Stroll Get Acquainted with UCHealth Physicians #483006.09 Join UCHealth physicians for a light supper and Thursday, September 12, 5:30 – 7:00 pm shared conversation on a variety of health-related #483006.10 topics from head to toe. After supper join us for a Thursday, October 3, 9:00 – 10:30 am stroll around Roosevelt Park to continue our talk. #483006.11 In case of inclement weather, we’ll walk around Thursday, November 7, 9:00 – 10:30 am the gym. Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Time: 5:30-6:30 pm at 303-651-8411 Cost: Free, but please register in advance Dates: Tuesday, September 10 Get acquainted with others who are new to the Registration #485700.09 Senior Center or new to the area. Join us to learn more about various programs, opportunities, Tuesday, October 8 and resources at the Senior Center. Facilitated by Registration #485700.10 Senior Services staff. Please arrive by start time, as Tuesday, November 12 program begins promptly. 10 Registration #485700.11 CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS Sponsored by the Friends of the Longmont Senior Center, there will be engaging speakers and music this quarter. The programs will be educational, insightful, and intriguing. We hope you enjoy the variety we have scheduled for this quarter. Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Ptarmigan String Quartet Registration #483000.09 Date: Saturday, September 28 Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Come spend a relaxing Saturday afternoon as we enjoy the music of the Ptarmigan String Quartet. They are a talented, diverse, energetic quartet, and active members of local symphony orchestras. They have been playing as a quartet for over two decades and will be delighting us with their extensive music selections. SPECIAL EVENTS
Hawkquest! Birds of Prey Kaia’s Story Registration #483000.10 Registration #483000.11 Date: Friday, October 18 Date: Friday, November 8 Time: 1:00-2:30pm Time: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Cost: FREE, and please register in advance This exciting program will bring you nearly within arm’s reach of several of Mother Nature’s Join us as award-winning author Kaia Anderson most magnificent birds of prey, including a shares her remarkable true story of the ruthless Bald or a Golden eagle, an owl, a falcon, and hunt of a deranged stalker, her fight for safety features a free-flying hawk. We will learn about and justice, and how, with the guidance of a the importance of different raptor species, counselor, she worked with her experience to their specially-adapted tools, and their role in be transformed by it. Advocating legislative our ecosystems. In this participatory program, reform, Kaia has helped strengthen Colorado’s we will have the chance to observe the unique stalking law and crime victim rights. Investigation tools of the owl, the incredible talons and six- Discovery’s “Stalked” documentary series featured foot wingspan of the eagle, the aerodynamic her story. Her memoir, “Trial by Fire: A Personal features of the falcon, and the precision flying of Journey of Consciousness, Power & Freedom,” the hawk! There will be time for a question and is a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award answer period at the end of the program. winner and reading selection in higher education HawkQuest is a Colorado nonprofit, tax-exempt programs. Kaia welcomes audience participation 501(c)3 charitable organization started in 1986 in Q & A after her talk. Light refreshments will by Master Falconer, Kin Quitugua. HawkQuest’s follow, and autographed copies of her book goal is to make education both meaningful and will be available. For more about Kaia’s story, fun, while creating an atmosphere which fosters visit www.kaiaanderson.com. Co-sponsored by respect for our land and the stewardship of all Longmont AAUW. living things. 11 Moose Luncheon Date: Tuesday, November 5 (election day) Time: Noon Location: 2200 Pratt St., Longmont The Moose Lodge will again sponsor and host its annual lunch for seniors! The Lodge offers this free lunch as a community service to the local seniors in recognition of all seniors who give and have given so much to our community. Starting October 1, you may pick up a ticket for yourself and one other senior at the Longmont Senior Center. Tickets must be picked up in person, and a ticket is required. Día de los Muertos Dance Registration # 483116.19 Out Boulder County is Date: Tuesday, October 22 expanding programs to 50+ Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Costo: FREE, and please register in advance older LGBT adults. A weekly newsletter goes out each Thursday with Join Longmont and Boulder Senior Services for a information on upcoming activities including the dance in early celebration of Día de los Muertos! monthly supper club and so much more. Visit www. We will have a DJ providing a variety of music. outboulder.org From the homepage you can sign up Costumes are welcome but not required. for the newsletter and link to program information.
SEPTEMBER HOSTS See page FALL PREVENTION WEEK – 36 for details look for special and free programs September 23 - 27! Have you ever had a fall? If so, you know first-hand how it can “change your life.” If you haven’t experienced a fall yourself, chances are you know or care for someone who has. Even a non- life-threatening fall can lead to days of soreness and difficulty taking care of day-to-day chores. Unfortunately, we know that falls often have much more serious consequences. Your chance of falling increases with age however, FALLS ARE NOT A NORMAL PART OF AGING AND MANY FALLS ARE PREVENTABLE. Here are some simple steps you can take to reduce your risk of falling:
SPECIAL EVENTS • STAY PHYSICALLY ACTIVE Develop a regular physical activity program and include exercises that build strength, flexibility and balance.
• REVIEW YOUR MEDICATIONS WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ON A REGULAR BASIS
• HAVE YOUR VISION AND HEARING TESTED Keep eyeglass prescriptions up-to-date
• KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE Do a home safety check, remove clutter, improve lighting, have handrails and grab bars installed, remove or secure small rugs
• TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR AND YOUR FAMILY Tell your doctor if you have had a fall and ask for help in preventing falls Remember you have the power to reduce your risk of falling! Enroll in one of the many programs offered by the Longmont Senior Services such as A Matter of Balance. This health education class was developed to reduce the fear of falling and help participants get more active. Watch for Falls Prevention Week September 23 – 27. This week-long event of educational and fun activities features a variety of programs offered at various locations throughout Boulder County. Additional information will 12 be available in early September at: www.BoulderCountyhealthyaging.org “Make a Point” Writing Salon Dates: Monday, September 9 Registration #484137.09 Monday, October 14 Registration #484137.10 Monday, November 25 Registration #484137.11 Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Cost: Free, and please register in advance Want to explore your writing Oil Painting for All Levels skills? Want help prompting Dates: Tuesdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24 ideas from your brain to Registration #484113.09 paper? All you need is paper Tuesdays, October 8, 15, 22, 29 and pen/pencil, and an Registration #484113.10 open mind. Spend the time writing and encouraging Tuesdays, November 5, 12, 19, 26 each other. The salon is Registration #484113.11
facilitated by Debbie Noel. ARTS & CREATIVE PURSUITS Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm Previously an award winning Cost: $48.00 resident, $57.00 non-resident reporter, marketing director, executive director and project manager, her talents were used in various Come and learn to oil paint. It is the most ways to fulfill her dream of writing. Debbie held a forgiving of all mediums. Instructor, Donna writing salon in Pennsylvania and now brings her Clement, helps students one on one. You will writing and organizational skills to Colorado with learn painting techniques such as impasto, knife this salon and her blog “Drop in With Debbie” at painting, scumbling, and dry brush. You will learn longmontcolorado.gov/ownit. composition and color theory and how to choose the correct paint brush. Most of all you will learn to see the nuances in color and how to mix those Studio Time colors correctly. This class is for all levels of with Donna Clement painters; beginners and experienced. Supply list will Dates: Mondays, September 9, 16, 23, 30 be available at the front desk and on your receipt. Registration #484112.09 Mondays, October 7, 14, 21, 28 Pastel Class for all levels Registration #484112.10 Dates: Wednesdays, September 4, 11, 25 Registration #484138.09 Mondays, November 4, 11, 18, 25 Cost: $30.00 resident, $36.00 non-resident Registration #484112.11 Wednesdays, October 2, 9, 23, 30 Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm Registration #484138.10 Cost: $42.00 resident, $50.00 non-resident Cost: $40.00 resident, $48.00 non-resident If you have ever taken a class from Donna Clement Wednesdays, November 6, 20, 27 you can take this class. You can work on drawing Registration #484138.11 whatever project you wish, using mediums such as colored pencil, graphite, pen & ink, oil paint, Cost: $30.00 resident, $36.00 non-resident watercolors, etc. This is not a lecture class, and Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm guidance is provided by Donna if you need some Pastels are easy to work and travel with. We will work coaching on a particular aspect of your project. a little on designing the picture you want to paint Bring supplies that you need for your project. and then transfer the image to the Pastel paper and paint it. Bring photos of what you want to paint to class – best to start with landscapes or flowers or fruits or vegetables. A supply list is available at the front desk. Instructor: Hanlie Wessels.
Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. 13 Using Art as a Tool to Promote Fun with Acrylics Positive Feelings for Beginners Registration: Drop-in Registration #484139.00 Date: Tuesday, September 10 Dates: Thursdays, October 10, 17, 24, 31 Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am Cost: Free Cost: $48.00 resident, $57.00 non-resident Remember when you were a kid and you would The journey to learning to paint with acrylics can paint rocks to give to your friends? All different be exciting, but it does not begin with brush and colors? Here’s an opportunity to relive that fun, paint. It begins with mapping your route by using stress-free, with a feel good experience by painting the guidelines you will receive during this class. positive messages on smooth rocks that can then You will learn how to use different tools besides be passed out in the community in places for brushes, a variety of painting techniques, how to people to find: under a tree, near a favorite park use the color wheel, mixing colors, understanding bench, etc. Spreading positive feelings always feels positive and negative space, movement, and good. Supplies provided: smooth rocks, paint, drawing the viewer into your artwork. You will brushes, and ideas, but you are also welcome to complete the class with a painting by using what bring your own supplies. This is part of Art Week you learned. It is never too late to tap into your for SAM’s (Supporting Action for Mental Health) creative genius. Supplies will be furnished or you September focus on Suicide Prevention. may bring your own. Wear old clothes or bring a painting apron. Instructor: Basia Christ
Birdhouse Gourd Painting Workshop Registration #484115.19 Date: Wednesday, October 16 Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm Cost: $35.00 resident, $42.00 non-resident (plus $10.00 supply fee payable to the instructor) Come paint gourds and walk away with a birdhouse at the conclusion of this workshop. We will use acrylic craft paints and acrylic varnish. Your instructor, Donna Clement, will have many ideas for designs both simple and advanced, whimsical, Creative Card Making funny, or just pretty. Or, you can design your own. There is a $10.00 supply fee payable to Donna. Dates: Monday, September 16 Registration #484128.09 Alcohol Ink Workshop Monday, October 21 Registration #484140.00 Registration #484128.10 Date: Wednesday, November 13 Monday, November 18 Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm Registration #484128.11 Cost: $35.00 resident, $42.00 non-resident ($7.00 supply fee payable to the instructor) Time: 2:00-4:00 pm Cost: $12.00 Resident, $14.00 non-resident Join your instructor, Donna Clement, in designing wispy, ethereal, magical creations that have the look You will make 4 Projects in each class – seasonal of translucent cloth. We will work on different non- cards as well as general purpose cards (e.g. Thank absorbent surfaces, including ceramic and Yupo CREATIVE PURSUITS PURSUITS & CREATIVE ARTS you, Birthday). Chris Pereira will be leading these paper. You will practice on freezer paper. Alcohol classes and is so very excited to share with you inks, as you might guess, have rubbing alcohol in her love of paper crafting. All paper supplies are them; we will be using straight 99% rubbing alcohol included and extra kits will be available for $3.00 as well. We will use straws, hair dryers, metal ball each. You need only bring your smile, scissors, and styluses/embossers to move the inks around. This your favorite adhesive. is a really fun medium! There is a $7.00 supply fee payable to Donna 14 Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. Senior Computer Tech Center – A Peer to Peer Learning Opportunity This ALL VOLUNTEER program includes both formal instruction and COMPUTERS one to one individual assistance for those 50+ regarding a wide variety of technology devices (examples include laptops, cameras, phones, tablets, eReaders) and various applications and software.
ONE great program, THREE wonderful locations! Be sure to note where the program or class you are interested in is being held.
Longmont Senior Center: 910 Longs Peak Ave (blue in the table) Lashley St Station: 1200 Lashley Street (yellow in the table) Front Range Community College: 2190 Miller Drive, Administration Bldg A1444 ( See the front desk or online at our website (www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services) TECHNOLOGY AND for a map and driving directions to FRCC.) (white in the table)
Through classes, lectures, demonstrations and one to one assistance, there are many ways to learn and stay current on the ever-changing world of technology. Activities and programs are held at the Senior Center, Lashley St. Station and at Front Range Community College. Look for these opportunities in the following tables: Registration: Please register in advance for • Drop-In Labs – drop-in, all devices, several locations all offerings with a Registration • Workshop – register in advance, specific topics, all devices number by calling the Senior • Cell and Smart Phone Tutoring – register in advance, phones only Center, 303-651-8411. • Personal Coaching – make an appointment, all devices, occurs in various locations and manners • Please register as early as possible in order for instructors to fully prepare
Drop-In Labs Computer Club: Visit us at one of our 3 Computer Lab locations as This group shares the exchange of information and we are a great resource for all of your technology knowledge relating to technology, personal com- needs. Our peer Coaches offer one-on-one puters, and smart devices. assistance. Any device. Any question. No • Free, no registration required, Drop-in at the registration required. Longmont Senior Center Locations to choose from: Meets September 16, October 14, • Front Range Community College, November 18 2190 Miller Drive, Room A1444 • Time: 9:30 – 11:30 am • Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave. • Lashley Street Station, 1200 Lashley St. Personal Coaching Appointment: Are you new to smart devices or computers? Dates and Times: Vary by location. See the Do you need help with a special project? The detailed schedule on page 16-18. Personal Coaching program is for those who Cost: $2. Pay at the door or purchase a 5-session need some one-on-one assistance outside of the punch card at the Senior Center for $10.00. classroom environment. We can provide technical assistance on most devices and consult with you No FRCC lab: Fridays August 30, to help get you started. ! September 6, & November 29 • Cost is $5.00 per hour • Call the Longmont Senior Center 303-651-8411 to request a Coach • A SCTC Volunteer will contact you to discuss Join the SCTC group on Facebook! your particular needs and schedule a day, time Find us at SCTC Digital Neighborhood and location to meet 15 LOCATIONS for Senior Computer Tech Center Activities include 3 local facilities.
The location for Front Range Community College | 2190 Miller Drive – Classroom A1444 Closed: Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29. the programs listed below are LONGMONT SENIOR CENTER | 910 Longs Peak Ave color coded to Closed: Monday September 2 for Labor Day, Monday, November 11 for Veterans Day and Thursday and Friday November 28 and 29 for denote at which
AND AND TECHNOLOGY Thanksgiving. facility the activity is being held. LASHLEY ST. STATION (LSS) | 1200 Lashley St. Closed: same days as Senior Center
Topic Registration# Dates Times Location Res/Non-Res No Registration Tuesday Senior 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Senior Center Drop-In Lab required Sept 3 Center Windows 10 Beyond the Wednesday 482528.09 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $7.00 $9.00 Basics Sept 4 Cell & Smart Phone 482102.1A Monday 9:30 – 10:30 am Senior $2.00 $3.00 Tutoring 482102.1B Sept 9 11:00 – Noon Center COMPUTERS COMPUTERS Tuesday Lashley St 482400.00 9:30 – 11:30 am $2.00 $3.00 Google Photos Sept 10 Station Windows 10 & You Wednesday 482532.09 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Workshop Sept 11 Lashley St Station No Registration Thursday Lashley St 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Drop-In Lab required Sept 12 Station No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Sept 13 No Registration Monday Senior 9:30 – 11:30 am Free Free Computer Club required Sept 16 Center Mon & Wed 482516.09 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $17.00 $19.00 Windows 10 Basics Sept 16 & 18 No Registration Tuesday Senior 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Senior Center Drop-In Lab required Sept 17 Center Demystifying iCloud Thursday Senior 482137.19 1:30 – 3:30 pm $2.00 $3.00 and Your Apple ID Sept 19 Center No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Sept 20 Cell & Smart Phone 482102.2A Monday 9:30 – 10:30 am Senior $2.00 $3.00 Tutoring 482102.2B Sept 23 11:00 – Noon Center Monday 482503.19 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Email Workshop Sept 23 No Registration Tuesday Senior 4:30 – 6:00 pm Free Free Accessibility Fair required. Sept 24 Center Genealogy Research No Registration Wednesday 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC Free Free Drop-In Lab required Sept 25 Lashley St Station No Registration Thursday Lashley St 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Drop-In Lab required Sept 26 Station 16 Topic Registration# Dates Times Location Res/Non-Res An Evening with Thursday Senior 482131.19 6:30 – 8:30 pm $2.00 $3.00 Sept 26 Center
Ancestry DNA COMPUTERS No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Sept 27 Monday 482529.19 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Microsoft Excel Workshop Sept 30 No Registration Tuesday Senior 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Senior Center Drop-In Lab required Oct 1 Center Windows 10 & You Wednesday 482532.10 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Workshop Oct 2 No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Oct 4
Cell & Smart Phone 482102.3A Monday 9:30 – 10:30 am Senior TECHNOLOGY AND $2.00 $3.00 Tutoring 482102.3B Oct 7 11:00 – Noon Center
Mon & Wed 482520.19 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $17.00 $19.00 Microsoft OneDrive Oct 7 & 9 Lashley St Station No Registration Thursday Lashley St 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Drop-In Lab required Oct 10 Station No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Oct 11 No Registration Monday Senior 9:30 – 11:30 am Free Free Computer Club required Oct 14 Center File Management Monday 482530.19 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Workshop Oct 14 No Registration Tuesday Senior 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Senior Center Drop-In Lab required Oct 15 Center Thursday Senior 482155.00 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $3.00 YouTube Oct 17 Center No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Oct 18 Cell & Smart Phone Monday 9:30 – 10:30 am Senior 482102.4A $2.00 $3.00 Tutoring 482102.4B Oct 21 11:00 – Noon Center Monday 482525.19 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Microsoft Word Workshop Oct 21 Tuesday Senior 482151.19 9:30 – 11:30 am $2.00 $3.00 Going Google Oct 22 Center Genealogy Research No Registration Wednesday 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC Free Free Drop-In Lab required Oct 23 Lashley St Station No Registration Thursday Lashley St 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Drop-In Lab required Oct 24 Station No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Oct 25 Windows 10 & You Monday 482532.11 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Workshop Oct 28 No Registration Tuesday Senior 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Senior Center Drop-In Lab required Oct 29 Center 17 Topic Registration# Dates Times Location Res/Non-Res Wednesday 482514.19 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Photo Workshop Oct 30 No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Nov 1 Cell & Smart Phone 482102.5A Monday 9:30 – 10:30 am Senior $2.00 $3.00 Tutoring 482102.5B Nov 4 11:00 – Noon Center Windows 10 Monday
AND AND TECHNOLOGY 482528.11 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $7.00 $9.00 Beyond the Basics Nov 4 Mobility in Tuesday Lashley St 482401.00 9:30 – 11:30 am $2.00 $3.00 Boulder County New Nov 5 Station
Lashley St Station No Registration Thursday Lashley St 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Drop-In Lab required Nov 7 Station No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Nov 8 Mon & Wed 482516.11 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $17.00 $19.00 Windows 10 Basics Nov 11 & 13 No Registration Tuesday Senior Senior Center Drop-In Lab 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00
COMPUTERS COMPUTERS required Nov 12 Center Thursday Senior 482123.19 1:00 – 2:30 pm $2.00 $3.00 Artificial Intelligence New Nov 14 Center No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Nov 15 Cell & Smart Phone 482102.6A Monday 9:30 – 10:30 am Senior $2.00 $3.00 Tutoring 482102.6B Nov 18 11:00 – Noon Center No Registration Monday Senior 9:30 – 11:30 am Free Free Computer Club required Nov 18 Center Windows 10 & You Monday 482532.12 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC $5.00 $6.00 Workshop Nov 18 Genealogy Research No Registration Wednesday 1:30 – 4:00 pm FRCC Free Free Drop-In Lab required Nov 20 Lashley St Station No Registration Thursday Lashley St 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Drop-In Lab required Nov 21 Station Thursday Senior 484520.19 10:00 – 11:30 am Free Free 12 Scams of Christmas Nov 21 Center No Registration Friday 1:00 – 4:00 pm FRCC $2.00 $2.00 FRCC Drop-In Lab required. Nov 22 No Registration Tuesday Senior 9:30 – Noon $2.00 $2.00 Senior Center Drop-In Lab required Nov 26 Center
Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration.
COMPUTER TECH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED If you are interested in volunteering with the Senior Computer Tech Center, please contact Kari at 303-651-8495 or 18 [email protected] SCTC FALL ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS
12 Scams of Christmas Email Workshop
See page 25 for details. Location: Senior Center This is a 1 session Workshop where you will work COMPUTERS one-on-one with a Coach. All email addresses Accessibility Fair welcomed!! A Coach will assist you with setting up an account, composing and sending messages; See page 23 for details. Location: Senior Center storing names in your address book; replying and forwarding messages; sending and receiving Artificial Intelligence New attachments. Bring your device or use one of the Artificial intelligence, also referred to as AI, makes classroom computers. Remember to bring all it possible for machines to learn from experience, necessary email account addresses and passwords. adjust to new inputs, and perform human-like tasks. This is not a structured class with lecture. How does AI work? Where is it used today? What Location: FRCC can we expect in the years to come? In this lecture you’ll learn about how AI, from chess-playing File Management Workshop computers to self-driving cars, is shaping the world This is a 1 session Workshop where you will work TECHNOLOGY AND around us. Location: Senior Center one-on-one with a Coach to address your specific
needs. Your Coach will help you with safely Cell and Smart Phone Tutoring storing your important documents and photos in A one-on-one Tutoring Session with a peer an organized way so you can easily and reliably Coach. Registration required. For an hour, a find them. Recommend you bring your laptop Coach will help you with your phone. Please computer or device to best assist you. This is not a bring your phone, the charger, and the manual. structured class with lecture. Location: FRCC This is not a structured class with lecture. Location: Senior Center Genealogy: An Evening with Ancestry DNA Computer Club You ordered the kit and sent it back to Ancestry. A forum for the exchange of information and com. Now that you have your DNA test results, knowledge relating to technology, personal what does it all mean? The information you get computers and smart devices. Computer Club will back can be quite confusing. Spend an evening with meet on Mondays September 16, October 14, and genetic genealogist Patricia Jordan Roberts and November 18. Free, no registration required. Drop learn how to interpret your Ancestry DNA results, in. Location: Senior Center and along the way learn how to go “cousin fishing.” Location: Senior Center Demystifying iCloud and your Apple ID Genealogy Research Still trying to figure out Apple’s iCloud and the Drop-In Workshop associated Apple IDs, iTunes, App store and where Are you a beginner, intermediate, or even an all your photos are? Come to this session, bring advanced genealogist? Do you have questions or your Apple laptops, iPhones & iPads and we’ll help issues for which you would like assistance: How you make sense of how these things fit together in to get started with genealogy research? How to your world. If you have an Apple ID this session is use your personal genealogy software? How for you! Location: Senior Center to use and research using on-line genealogy resources? Struggling with a research problem? Drop-In Lab Bring your issue or question and your expertise. Visit us at one of our 3 Computer Lab locations Work together with other genealogists including as we are a great resource for all of your members of the Longmont Genealogical Society technology needs. Our peer Coaches offer one- to find answers. Bring your question/issue and on-one assistance. Any device. Any question. No information you have already gathered. Bring your registration required. Pay at the door. laptop or use one of the lab computers. Remember • Front Range Community: 2190 Miller Drive, to bring user-IDs and passwords for any online Room A1444 genealogy accounts you may have and want to use! • Longmont Senior Center: 910 Longs Peak Ave Location: FRCC • Lashley Street Station: 1200 Lashley Street See the schedule on pages 16-18 for exact dates, times and locations. 19 Going Google Photo Workshop Embrace your Gmail address and join the Google Are you in overload with your pictures? Do you world of free email, photo, Internet storage, need advice downloading, uploading, organizing, document creation, and more. Regardless of your editing, scanning, deleting, finding, backing up? device Google has a way to connect your digital Each of us has individual needs and methods world. The session starts at 9:30am. Bring your of managing our photos. Come in with specific portable device; this is a hands on demonstration. questions. You will work one-on-one with a Arrive at 9:00am if you’d like help in creating a new Coach who will assist you. Bring your devices and
Gmail account or recovering an old one! necessary accounts and passwords. This is not a Location: Senior Center structured class with lecture. Location: FRCC AND AND TECHNOLOGY Google Photos Windows 10 Basics Google Photos is a great way to collect, organize, This is a 2-session Class. Windows is here to edit and share your photos. Your photos and stay. Microsoft continually updates the operating videos are automatically backed up and organized system and adds new features. Are you new to in one place, accessible from any computer and Windows 10? Are you a current user surprised by smart device. Your photos are safe, secure, and a recent update? This class will guide you through private to you. Moving your photos to Google the basics, the latest updates, and the most useful Photos allows you to free up space on your smart features. There is always something new to learn. device. This lecture demonstrates the capabilities. If you have a Windows 10 laptop, please bring it Location: Lashley Street Station to class with your power cord. Or, you can use a classroom computer. Location: FRCC Microsoft Excel Workshop COMPUTERS COMPUTERS This is a 1 session workshop. You will work one-on-one Windows 10 Beyond the Basics with a Coach who will answer your specific questions If you have been using Windows 10 for a while let’s about using Microsoft Excel. Bring questions. Bring now look a little deeper. In this 1-session class, spreadsheets that you need help with. If you have we will delve into items such as Cortana, Timeline, a laptop, bring it to class with your power cord. This Sticky Notes, Photos, Storage, and Security. If you is not a structured class with lecture. This is hands on have a Windows 10 laptop, please bring it to class helping you hone your skills. Prerequisite: experience with your power cord. Or, you can use a classroom using Microsoft Excel. Location: FRCC computer. Location: FRCC
Microsoft OneDrive Windows 10 and You Workshop This is a 2 session Class. OneDrive is Microsoft’s For New and Experienced Windows 10 users. In Cloud. You can easily save your files, pictures and this one session Workshop, you will work one-on- videos to OneDrive and get to them from any one with a Coach who will answer your specific device. OneDrive is free online storage that comes Windows 10 questions and help you personalize with your Microsoft account. This class will show your computer. Bring all necessary user names you how to use OneDrive. Location: FRCC and passwords with your Windows 10 laptop. Or you can use a classroom computer. This is not a Microsoft Word Workshop structured class with lecture. Location: FRCC You will work one-on-one with a Coach who will answer your specific questions about using YouTube Microsoft Word. Bring questions. Bring documents What is YouTube? YouTube is a video sharing that you need help with. If you have a laptop, bring website. It’s the destination to watch videos, it to class with your power cord. Or you can use a everything from movie trailers and music videos to classroom computer. This is not a structured class vlogs and even news. Are you confused? What is a with lecture. This is hands on helping you hone your “vlog”? This lecture/demonstration will explore the skills. Prerequisite: experience using Microsoft Word. YouTube library and demonstrate how you too can Location: FRCC share your videos. Location: Senior Center
Mobility in Boulder County New Using Tech to Get Around BOCO as a Senior. Technology and a little knowledge of the Boulder County Transportation options can make traveling and short-term trips easier. If you drive and rely on GPS navigation, utilize RTD, ride-sharing, Uber, Lyft or Via, there are many ways for seniors to move economically and efficiently with ‘tech’. This session will consist of demonstrations of tech apps and a roundtable 20 discussion. Location: Lashley Street Station THE BIG PICTURE The Senior Center’s TV Production Club, “Eyes on Longmont,” and its members have been busy exploring Longmont and surrounding areas – capturing the stories, history, events, and more, ALL on VIDEO! We are fortunate to show and enjoy some of their work. Along with the video, we’ll include someone involved in the production or something else related to the topic. It’s more than just a show – you get “the big picture.” For information regarding becoming a part of the TV Production Club see page 7. For video showings, see below. GENERAL INTEREST
Time: Shows begin at 1:00 pm at the Senior Center Cost: Free, and please register in advance
Pre-History of Rocky Mountain National Park Date: Thursday, September 5 Registration #484220.09
Native Americans have lived in Rocky Mountain National Park for over 12,000 years. Retired park archeologist, Dr. Bill Butler, tells the story of the various human occupations and discusses past environments, atlatls, bows and arrows, lithic tools, pottery, game drives, wickiups and Indian trails. Producer, Dr William Butler (24:46)
El Dia de Los Muertos – A Latino Gift to Longmont Marilyn Decker, Date: Thursday, October 3 Watercolor Artist Registration #484220.10 Date: Thursday, November 7 Registration #484220.11 Every Year since 2001, in October and November, the After Marilyn Decker’s high school art teacher gave City of Longmont comes alive her the impression that she had no talent for art, with dancing skeletons, sugar she picked up a brush and started painting on her skulls, elaborate altars, pan de own, using an oil paint set that her father had given muerto, Mexican chocolate her. She got interested in painting with watercolors and marigolds. How did a after participating in a one-day workshop, which small Mexican folk toy exhibit led to many other group lessons over the years. In at the Longmont Museum become the largest El this film, Marilyn shows some of her paintings and Dia de los Muertos celebration in Colorado? Local explains the techniques used to create them. A Latino residents and Longmont Museum staff bonus feature is a brief demonstration of Marilyn describe the history, significance and traditions painting a landscape entitled, “Escape to the of the holiday and this unique cultural gift to Mountains,” from beginning sketch to completed Longmont. Producer, Rick Fitzgerald (33 min) watercolor painting. Producer, Bill Decker (1 hour)
Genealogy - Collaborative Research Workshops The Longmont Genealogical Society (LGS) and the City’s Senior Computer Technology Center (SCTC) are organizing a series of workshops where interested family history researchers can meet to work together to solve individual genealogy research issues and answer questions of common interest. Please see page 19 in the Computers and Technology section for more information.
Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. 21 Driver Safety Class – Driver Medicare Basics Classes Awareness for Cyclist Safety Registration #484502.09 Monday, September 16 Registration #484260.00 Registration #484502.10 Tuesday, October 22 Date: Thursday, September 12 Registration #484502.11 Tuesday, November 19 Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm Time: 10:00 am – noon Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Cost: FREE, and please register in advance The Bicycle Friendly Driver class is for ALL users of the Medicare Basics classes are offered by the roadways. Whether you drive your BIKE on the roads, Boulder County Area Agency on Aging your CAR on the roads or a larger vehicle, this class Medicare Counselors. The classes provide is all about understanding the intentions, the laws, unbiased, up-to-date information about Medicare and each doing our part to ensure the safety of all enrollment, benefits, costs, what and how users! Participants will have a chance to take a quiz, Medicare pays, choices under Medicare plans, ask questions, and test their knowledge on sharing how they work, and prescription drug coverage. the road. Designed and generously shared by the Everyone is welcome: pre-enrollees, people with City of Ft. Collins, this class is being conducted across Medicare, caregivers, family members, staff and the country and has been well received from all road service providers, and community members. Call users. This class is made possible by the Traffic Safety the Senior Center at 303-651-8411 to register. Fund of the City of Longmont. Presented by Lauren Greenfield, Longmont Traffic Safety Coordinator. Medicare Part D Clinics Dates: Mondays, October 21 – December 2 AARP Driver Safety Class Time: 8:00 am – noon Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Wednesday, September 11 Registration #484212.09 at 303-651-8411 Wednesday, October 9 Registration #484212.10 During Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period, Wednesday, November 13 Registration #484212.11 the Boulder County Medicare Counseling Program Time: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm provides Open Enrollment Clinics at each of
GENERAL INTEREST Cost: $15.00 AARP members, $20.00 non-members, the Boulder County Senior Centers. Medicare payable to AARP and accepted at class. beneficiaries can schedule an appointment to meet individually with a trained Medicare/SHIP AARP’s fast-paced format of a half-day session is Counselor to review their Part D (Prescription designed to sharpen driving knowledge and skills Drug Plan) or Medicare Advantage Plan and see if and to develop strategies for adjusting to accelerated they’re in the most affordable plan for 2020. Call changes in vision, hearing, reaction time, and other Longmont Senior Services at 303-651-8411 to elements that relate to our abilities to be safe drivers. register and receive a list of items to bring to your Graduates may be able to qualify for a discount on appointment. [Note: this Open Enrollment Period auto insurance. Registration for this class is required. is NOT for Parts A & B or Medigap plans] Social Security 101 Registration #484522.09 Thursday, September 12, 2:00-3:30pm Basics of Duplicate Bridge Registration #484233.19 Registration #484522.11 Dates: Mondays, September 16, 23, 30, Friday, November 1, 11:00am-12:30pm and October 7, 14, 21 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Times: 4:30 – 6:00 pm at 303-651-8411 Cost: Free, and please register in advance Josh Weller, public affairs specialist with the Social Paul Flanders will be conducting a series of six Security Administration, will provide a pre- lessons on the rudimentary principles of playing retirement presentation discussing Social Security duplicate bridge. Duplicate bridge differs from benefit eligibility, how benefits are calculated, party bridge game in that all the hands are the enrollment options, online services and more. This same for every direction; all the north players have class is a webinar, and Josh Weller is present via the same cards as do the east, west and south for phone to answer questions. any particular hand. These lessons are for those who already know the basics of bridge.
22 Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. Sound the Alarm – Returning to Work Preparing for Emergencies Registration #484525.00 Registration #484523.00 Date: Wednesday, September 25 Date: Monday, September 16 Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Workforce Boulder County offers a variety of career Please join the City of Longmont’s Office of services, community learning, business services, and Emergency Management and Fire Department to empowerment tools. Join Claire Benton, Community GENERAL INTEREST learn about some of the ways the City can help you Education at Workforce to learn how Workforce can prepare for emergencies and maintain fire safety. help you with coaching, resources, workshops, resume The Sound the Alarm program will provide you reviews, self-directed computer labs, and more. with a FREE All Hazards/Weather Alert Radio. Did you know smoke detectors only last for 10 years Beginning Mah Jongg even with regular battery replacement? You will also Registration #484242.19 have an opportunity in this program to sign up to Date: Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24 have Fire personnel come to your home to inspect, Time: 12:30 - 3:30 pm replace, and/or install smoke detectors. Cost: $36.00 resident, $43.00 non-resident Learn the basics of this fascinating and stimulating Willmaker Legal Seminars game. There will be several sessions where the In a single easy session, complete a will, a financial rules for the game are explained. Then you will put power of attorney, and a combined medical your knowledge to work by playing the game. This directive (including living will, medical power of class will be taught by Sandy Allen, Dixie Cox, attorney, and organ donation), all with the help of and Diane Gamble. Current Mah Jongg cards are a licensed attorney Rebecca L. Bennetti and her included, as every player is required to have their staff. Includes all materials, witnessing, notarizing, own card. There is a minimum of 8 students and individual review, and plenty of time for discussion maximum of 12 allowed. and questions. Couples must have individual wills. A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor at the After registering, pick up the handouts at the front beginning of class. desk prior to the start of the classes.
Date: Tuesday, September 17 Note: If you don’t need lessons, but would like to Registration #484530.09 play, see drop in Mah Jongg on page 9. Thursday, November 21 Registration #484530.11 Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm Stop the Bleed Cost: $100.00 resident, $110.00 non-resident, Fridays, October 11 Registration #484261.11 (plus $30.00 materials fee) Friday, October 18 Registration #484261.18 Note: See page 39 for information Friday, October 25 Registration #484261.25 about Advance Directives classes. Time: 8:30-10:30 am Cost: Free, and please register in advance Accessibility and Adaptive This course offers training in basic bleeding Technology Fair control techniques and is intended to encourage Date: Tuesday, September 24 bystanders to become trained to help in a Time: 4:30 – 6:00 pm bleeding emergency before professional help Cost: FREE arrives. Taught by UC Health professionals. If you are an older adult, family member of a senior, or a caregiver, please join us to learn about adaptive services and technology available in Boulder County that help our communities age well in place. The fair is addressing a variety of needs including hearing loss, vision changes, dementia, low mobility, and social isolation. 23 Aging in Boulder County: Senior Options Series Past, Present, Future Friday, October 11 Registration #484527.11 Registration #484526.00 Friday, October 18 Registration #484527.18 Date: Friday, October 4 Friday, October 25 Registration #484527.25 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Friday, November 1 Registration #484527.01 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm Cost: FREE, and please register in advance This program will present the first report in the current strategic planning efforts of the Boulder Join local professionals for this free series as we County Area Agency on Aging (BCAAA). This discuss subjects that concern older adults (and their report is a review of local data focused on older families). You are welcome to sign up for the entire adults within several domains including housing, series or just for the topics that interest you: transportation, built environment, community • October 11: Boulder County Senior Living and health services, and communication and • October 18: Decluttering information. It also looks at the needs of specific populations such as mountain communities, • October 25: Aging in Place/Fall Prevention caregivers, racial and ethnic minorities, and more. • November 1: Money Saving Options Presented by Longmont resident and Aging Policy Advocate & Planner with the BCAAA, Death Café Lindsay Parsons. Lindsay creates and maintains Registration #484509.19 partnerships with local councils, service providers, Date: Wednesday, October 16 and other community agencies; and coordinates Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm the ongoing implementation of the countywide Cost: Free, and please register in advance strategic plan for aging well. Let’s talk about death! Join us at Death Café, a Deepening the Sage Within salon for those who wish to engage in thoughtful, respectful, and sometimes provocative conversation Registration #484249.19 about death. Our objective is to increase awareness Friday, October 4, 6:30 – 8:30 pm GENERAL INTEREST of death and dying while helping people make the Saturday, October 5, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm most of their finite lives. This is not a bereavement Sunday, October 6, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm or grief counseling group. Discussion will be Cost: $300/person or $250 each if registering as a confidential and facilitated by senior-to-senior peer couple or for participants who have attended counselors. Tea and sweets will be offered. a full weekend Sage-ing Intensive before. Sage-ing affirms the importance of aging as a Long-Term Care time for deep reflection, continued learning and spiritual growth. Using the power of circle and Financial Planning the support of community, we will explore the Registration #484516.19 principles and practices described in Zalman Date: Thursday, October 17 Schachter-Shalomi’s best-selling book From Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm Age-ing to Sage-ing. This series is designed Cost: FREE, and please register in advance for people of all ages interested in aging well. Planning for long-term care can be complex Facilitated by Maureen Dobson, MSW, CSL and and even daunting. Our panel would like to help Elizabeth Bell, CSL, Certified Sage-ing Leaders. you learn the basics of long-term care options and financial planning. Please join us to learn about: benefits from the Veterans Association, the difference between Medicaid and Medicare coverage, how long-term care insurance policies work, and the logistics of applying for Long- Term Care Medicaid and how its coverage and spousal allowance work. The session will include a question-and-answer segment with our panelists Karen Townsend from Veterans Services, Veronica Molina from the Boulder County Long-Term Care Please Note: All classes and programs with a Medicaid team, and a long-term care insurance Registration number require advance registration. professional, Gail Longenecker. This program is 24 open to seniors and their family members. Bullying Among Older Adults Need Help With Registration #484528.00 Your Heating Costs? Date: Friday, October 18 Registration #484504.19 Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm Date: Thursday, November 14 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which Cost: FREE, and please register in advance someone intentionally and repeatedly causes Is your heating bill out of control? It might be another person injury or discomfort. It can take time for you to find out if you are eligible for LEAP the form of physical contact, words, or more GENERAL INTEREST (Low-income Energy Assistance Program). Staff subtle actions. Bullying can occur throughout our will be available to assist with completing LEAP lifespan in relationships, workplaces, living spaces, applications. Ask the front desk for a list of items or activities. This presentation will explore the you need to bring to the presentation in order to characteristics and effects of bullying among older complete the paperwork. adults. We will also provide tools to recognize bullying and develop constructive ways to intervene and prevent it. Presented by the Community The 12 Scams of Christmas Protection Division of the Boulder County Registration #484520.19 District Attorney’s Office. Date: Thursday, November 21 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Conservation and Your Wallet Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Registration #484529.00 Scammers would love a seat at your holiday table. Date: Monday, October 21 Come learn about the scams and frauds that pop Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am up this time of year, whether they’re coming our Cost: FREE, and please register in advance way by phone, email, popup, or mail, or even at the door. Learn about the latest call-blocking features Historically, environmental action has corresponded with rising costs. That’s not the that our landline and cellphone companies now case today! There are many ways to conserve provide to reduce the number of scam calls. We resources and save money. Learn what the City of will also talk about identity theft and how to keep Longmont is doing and steps that you can take your personal information and money safe in this to create a more sustainable community that technological age. Presented by the Community benefits both your wallet and the environment. Protection Division of the Boulder County Presented by City of Longmont staff in Water District Attorney’s Office. Conservation and Sustainability, Waste Services, Transportation Planning, and Energy Specialists.
Housing Information Session for Older Adults Date: 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm This session provides information on affordable and subsidized housing in Longmont. One of our Longmont Senior Services Resource Specialists, Amy Payan and Veronica Garcia, will discuss the reality of current housing, availability and affordability, and how to get started. At the end of the presentation, there will be time to look over the applications and get assistance from the resource specialist. No registration is required.
Guided Autobiography Registration #484229.00 Date: Tuesdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, November 5 &12 Time: 3:00-5:00 pm Cost: FREE, but please register in advance Write your life story two pages at a time, no writing skills necessary. This 10-week class provides activities and prompts to help you write your life story and share it in a safe, welcoming environment. You will write your story outside of class and bring it the following week. When you are done with the class, you will have nine stories that are great to share with your family and friends. The class is taught by Amy Payan, Senior Services Resource Specialist. 25 5 Most Influential Women The Remarkable Life in American History of George Washington Registration #484343.00 Registration #484347.00 Date: Wednesday, September 4 Date: Wednesday, October 2 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident In this talk, Paul Flanders will try to present the The first commander in chief provided the early most influential women in the history of the United republic with distinguished leadership in the first States. There should be room for lively discussion years of the new Constitution. That era, along with afterwards. his general command of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, should help us all William Henry Jackson: to revere Washington. Presented by Paul Flanders. A Photographer for All Times Registration #484344.00 London: Biography of a City Date: Wednesday, September 11 Registration #484346.00 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm Date: Wednesday, September 25 Cost: $4.00 resident, $5.00 non-resident Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm William Henry Jackson’s Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident career as a photographer is Join Active Minds as we not only one of the longest tell the story of one of and most successful but the world’s greatest cities. has had a lasting impact on From the Romans to the American culture. During Anglo-Saxons, the Norman his lifetime, Jackson’s Conquest, and more, we photographs adorned will tell the story of London the parlors of millions of right up to the present day. Along the way, we’ll American households and visit some of London’s most colorful characters helped create National and notable places, including the Tower of London, Parks such as Yellowstone. Elizabeth Nosek from where Elizabeth I was held before becoming queen. iCurate4u explores Jackson’s work and the part he Come float with us down the river Thames for a front played in Manifest Destiny. row seat. It’s the next best thing to being there! & SCIENCE HISTORY
Fraud, Self-deception, and The Transcontinental Story Plagiarism: Voodoo Science Registration #484348.00 and Engineering Date: Wednesday, October 9 Time: 1:30 – 2:30 pm Registration #484345.00 Cost: $5.00 resident, $6.00 non-resident Date: Wednesday, September 18 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm 2019 is the 150th Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident anniversary of the completion of the This is the story of man’s failure to walk Transcontinental Railroad the straight and narrow in science, history, from Omaha to California. archeology, medicine, and art. Breaches of ethics The program will begin with as encountered in scientific research cover a a brief review of the venture spectrum of behaviors ranging from outright fraud to familiarize everyone with and conscious falsification, through plagiarism, this fabulous project. Then, concealment of information, and erroneous we will explore some of research both deliberate and unintended. This the lesser-known events presentation deals with the various aspects of (and scandals!), facts, and misconduct in science and engineering – both people involved in building intentional and misunderstandings associated with one of America’s greatest poor science, flawed analysis and bias. Presented achievements. Presented by by Robert Meroney. Doug Geiger. 26 Fluids that Whirl: Tornadoes, Hawaiian Quilts: A History HISTORY & SCIENCE Dust Devils, Water Spouts, Registration #484351.00 Date: Wednesday, October 30 Hurricanes, Fire Tornadoes, Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm Whirlpools, and Rotating Cost: $4.00 resident, $5.00 non-resident Galaxies Hawaiian quilts tell a story of adaptation and change. Registration #484349.00 As the former Curator of Collections and Education Date: Wednesday, October 16 at the Mission Houses Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Elizabeth Nosek of iCurate4u discusses the history Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident and impact this classic American art form had on both the people of the Hawaiian islands and those All around us fluids rotate, twist, and whirl. who taught them to quilt. Some are beautiful, and many are awesome and frightening. Nature abounds in examples of vortices that blow, suck, loft, and float. This Knives, Forks and Spoons, Oh My! presentation provides a picture history of whirls Registration #484352.00 old and new. It looks at legends, books and Date: Wednesday, November 13 poetry generated by whirling fluids. As the title Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm suggests, this “whirlwind” tour of nature provides Cost: $4.00 resident, $5.00 non-resident a look at whirling fluids both big and small. The story of how these classic cutlery items found Especially fascinating is how whirlpools have their way to your dining table is an interesting entered literature from Virgil’s Aeneid to Jules one. Elizabeth Nosek of iCurate4u looks at Verne’s 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. the evolution of eating utensils from the shells, Presented by Robert Meroney. sharpened stones and animal horns of early man to today’s famous (or infamous) spork. China’s Human Rights Struggle Registration #484350.00 The Legacy of World War I: Date: Wednesday, October 23 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm A Flawed Peace Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident Registration #484353.00 Date: Wednesday, November 27 Thirty years ago, China’s human rights issues Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm were showcased to the world by the Tiananmen Cost: $2.00 resident, $3.00 non-resident Square Massacre. Join Active Minds as we look at how modern China continues to struggle with As we mark the hundred year anniversary of the the balance between authoritarian government Treaty of Versailles and the end of World War I, join and basic human rights. We will highlight the Active Minds for a look at how the agreements ways in which Chinese society is restricted as we made at the Paris Peace Conference after “the Great peer through the lens of American freedoms we War” sowed the seeds of conflict soon thereafter, as sometimes take for granted. well as to the present day.
Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. 27 Thriving vs Surviving in a modify the trajectory of our set patterns regarding discomfort, disbelief and endless concern? We Chaotic World are a resilient species and can create many Registration #484470.09 different choices to consider. What we lack are Dates: Tuesday, September 3,10,17,24 the techniques to face challenges that we perceive Time: 10:00-11:30 am as unfamiliar and/or scary. Can an old dog learn Cost: $15.00 resident, $18.00 non-resident new tricks? I’m betting the answer is a big YES! In Life isn’t fun any longer. I’m scared about the these few weeks you can learn quite a few ‘tricks future. What happens if I cannot keep up with of the trade’ that will allow you to take control of things like I used to? what you can change and alter the face of how you Those worries and more like them infiltrate our view those things you cannot change. As a team of awareness many times a day. The filters we learned ‘co-conspirators’ reaching for answers, we can face to use to navigate through these dilemmas may no the future undaunted by worry, fear or reticence! longer work. Is it possible to create new filters and Instructor: Bobbi Nesheim
The Great Ideas - Reading and Predicting and Improving Discussion Group Your Future Dates: Thursdays Registration #484470.10 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm Dates: Tuesday, October 1, 8, 15, 29 Cost: FREE, donations accepted for cost of Time: 10:00-11:30 am copying materials for class Great ideas discussion Cost: $15.00 resident, $18.00 non-resident group, led by Brian Hansen, uses reading and When we think about our future, we tend to worry discussing specific topics from the “Great Ideas: A or fret, become angry, seek to hide or makeup Lexicon of Western Thought,” by Mortimer Adler. stories that allow us to feel a bit better about Reading materials are provided. the chaos of the world around us. When and September 5 Great Books, Vol 3, pp 171-179 if we do come face to face with chaos, we tend (video, reading and Discussion) to choose one of two alternatives – fight or run The Idea of Mind from the Syntopicon or Mortimer away. Our thought processes have trained us to Adler’s Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought, deal with the chaos through our senses. There pp 542-550 may be other avenues available to us. Scientists, medical researchers and faith practitioners agree September 19 Great Treasury of Western Thought, that there seem to be two worlds in which we pp 309-322 (Reading and Discussion) live – one of the senses and one that is not visible Intelligence and Understanding and remains undefinable. How do we learn to October 3 Great Books, Vol 3, pp 342-350 navigate between them and learn to recognize the (video, reading and discussion) difference? Our current physical world seems to The Idea of Philosophy from the Syntopicon or challenge us with unfathomable decisions that run Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western contrary to our learned understanding.
CULTURAL HUMANITIES & CULTURAL Thought, pp 609-618 STOP! Take a deep breath. If we learn to navigate October 17 Great Books, Vol 2, pp 468-475 between the two worlds we discover why and how (reading and discussion) to predict what happens next and then, how to deal The Idea of Experience from the Syntopicon or with it ahead of time. You don’t need someone Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western else’s crystal ball to realign your target and hit the Thought, pp 734-742 mark. Abraham Lincoln has been credited with the words, “The best way to predict the future is October 31 Great Books, Vol 2, pp 941-949 to create it.” William Shakespeare tells us “It is not (video, reading and discussion) in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.” The Idea of Language from the Syntopicon or Let us become co-creators of our individual and Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western collective destiny. Instructor: Bobbi Nesheim Thought, pp 407-415 November 14 Great Books, Vol 2, pp 665-683 (reading and discussion) The Idea of Habit from the Syntopicon or Mortimer Please Note: All classes and programs with a Adler’s Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought, Registration number require advance registration. 28 pp 287-295 BIFF FILMS Longmont Senior Services and the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) have created an exciting partnership to bring exceptional independent films to the Longmont Senior Center. A BIFF representative will present each film and facilitate a brief discussion. The films are projected onto a screen so that they are larger and easier to see. Time: begins at 5:30 pm Cost: Free, and please register in advance
Fiddlin’ Registration #484405.09 Date: Tuesday, September 10 HUMANITIES & CULTURAL The rollicking heart of competitive bluegrass is the Old Fiddler’s Convention run Skid Row Marathon by the Moose Registration #484405.11 Lodge in Galax, Date: Tuesday, November 12 VA. Sister filmmakers Winner of Best Documentary and/or Audience Julie Simone Award at 11 film festivals and Vicki Vlasic were given permission to film Judge Craig Mitchell is the definition of the festival for the first time in its 80-year history inspirational. By day he presides over a criminal because Lodge members remember the sisters’ court for Los Angeles County, but in the early grandpa. Through the film we meet unbelievable mornings, he leads a running club comprised of musicians, and are eyewitnesses to the folk roots of homeless addicts, a recovering single mom and some of the greatest and most authentic bluegrass a paroled murderer, or who consider themselves in America. USA, Feature Documentary, 96 min among those least likely to succeed. As they train together to run in international marathons, they learn to dream big. Directed by Gabriele and Mark Hayes. USA, Feature Documentary, 2017, 85 min
IMPRESSIONS BY DAVE HANEY Join traveler Dave Haney for presentations on his impressions of two cultures during his recent visits. This version of armchair travel will include photos and stories of Dave’s travels. Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Cost: Free, but please register in advance Impressions of a Visit to Japan Impressions Registration of a Trip to #484471.06 Date: Friday, China September 6 Registration Travel with a fellow #484471.13 Senior sharing the Date: Friday, September 13 experience of Japan’s We continue our Asian tour with a trip to China. history, culture, and Though the pictures of this trip, we will share people through pictures of this journey. We can experiences of China’s history, culture, and people learn a few things about this wonderful country that at a time when China is increasingly becoming a may add perspective to our own lives. Presented by world power. We learn a few things that may add David Haney to the appreciation of our own lives. Presented by David Haney 29 Death Traditions Multicultural Potluck Around the World Date: Friday, October 25 Registration #484452.19 Time: Check-in at 10:30 am, Date: Monday, October 7 Depart at 10:45am. Return by 2:15pm. Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Cost: $4.00 resident, $5.00 non-resident with Brandy Queen at 303-651-8414. Space is very limited. Cultural death practices all over the world reflect the needs of the living, the dying, and the dead. This event is part of a series of Multicultural We will look at some of the most interesting Potlucks occurring at Senior Centers around the reflections of our collective response to death and county. In October we will visit Lousiville. Join us mourning, which often spurs us to think about to celebrate friendship and a variety of fabulous our own. Presented by Kim Mooney of Practically food. Please bring a favorite dish to share that Dying. represents your heritage or childhood and will serve 4-6 people. Seats are very limited; please call Brandy Queen at 303-651-8414 for questions and Intergenerational Discussion to register. on Dying and Death Traditions Registration #484518.19 Discovering What You Thought Date: Saturday, October 12 Was Hidden – Finding Your Time: 2:00 – 4:30 pm Cost: $4.00 Resident, $5.00 Non-Resident Sixth Sense Registration #484470.11 How does the way we approach death affect the Dates: Tuesdays, November 5, 12, 19, way we approach life? What do our death traditions and December 3, 10 say about us as an individual, a community, a Time: 10:00-11:30 am culture? Join middle and high school students from Cost: $15.00 resident, $18.00 non-resident Grey Havens Philosophy for a discussion on what it means to honor the dying, the dead, and our own Have you ever wondered how some people claim mortality. Facilitated by Kelly Cowling and Robyn to see into the future, hear voices of the dead, tell a Bosica. All views welcome. (This discussion makes person’s life history without knowing them, or heal a a great follow up to Death Traditions Around the seriously injured friend? Are those people the only World.) For more discussions, see page 31. ones gifted with special abilities or do we all have latent power we simply have not bothered or not Project Visibility known how to develop? What is lurking behind the wizard’s curtain and are we willing to uncover it? Date: Thursday, October 10 Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm We continually discover areas of our physicality Cost: Cost: FREE, but register in advance that we have not developed and mental abilities we (information below) ignored. Is it possible that we also have areas of our psychic senses that we never considered accessible
CULTURAL HUMANITIES & CULTURAL Project Visibility is a free, dynamic cultural before now? Though we’ve passed the ‘prime’ of competency training that addresses the particular life, is it too late to delve into those secret places in needs and strengths of lesbian, gay, bisexual, our psyche that we’ve tended to ignore? and transgender (LGBT) older adults provided by Michael Chifalo, from the Boulder County Area If you are an explorer of ‘self’- join us in exploring Agency on Aging. Award-winning and the first the uniqueness of what is possible. You may delight of its kind in the nation, the training features a in learning new tools for enhancing self-knowledge documentary that highlights the experiences of and self-satisfaction or in sharing with your friends local LGBT older adults. Project Visibility offers or family. Either way, uncovering what was hidden service providers, caregivers, and others engaged in is a life-affirming fulfillment. Be prepared to the lives of older adults information, perspectives, surprise yourself. Instructor: Bobbi Nesheim and best practices for working with this often invisible population. To register, email [email protected] or call 303-441-4518 no later than 5pm on Tuesday, Please Note: All classes and programs with a October 8. Registration number require advance registration. 30 POP CULTURE & PHILOSOPHY DISCUSSION This discussion series is based on the belief that philosophy can and should be practiced by anyone, any- where! Using the Geek Philosophy method created by Kelly Cowling and Robyn Bosica, film and television clips serve as inspiration for fascinating conversations. Discussions are led by trained facilitators from Grey Havens Philosophy, a local non-profit and part of the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization. All ages welcome- bring your kids and grandkids! Get ready #ToBoldlyThink. Time: 6:00-7:30 pm Cost: $4.00 resident, $5.00 non-resident
How to Have a Civil Humanity, Survival, Philosophy Discussion & Philosophy Registration #484467.09 Registration #484467.10 Date: Thursday, September 12 Date: Thursday, October 10 HUMANITIES & CULTURAL
Even though these philosophy discussions Is humanity doomed to inevitable extinction or have been happening for a few years now, we survival against all odds? What is it about the recognize that it can still feel hard to listen to human spirit that endures through adversity? In opposing points of view, speak up respectfully, so many science fiction stories, human beings and engage in civil discourse. What is it that survive in space, but rarely do they leave their stands in our way as individuals? As a society? human baggage behind. Should humanity’s Join us for an interactive conversation on how ingenuity and progress flourish, even if that to be creative, caring, collaborative, and critical means our hatred and power-hungry tendencies thinkers. Whether you have been coming can flourish too? Join us for a fascinating for years or this is your first time, you will be discussion using media clips to get us started. equipped with the tools to enjoy many more philosophy discussions in the future.
Gender, Identity, & Philosophy than any other generations in American history. Registration #484467.11 This is great news to some and a bit baffling to Date: Thursday, November 14 others. Join Grey Havens Philosophy for a frank, intergenerational discussion on the meaning of Millennials and Generation Z have been described gender using examples from pop culture to get as more open to an expanded concept of gender us started.
German Language Conversation Group Date: Thursdays Time: 1:00 – 2:15 pm Cost: FREE, drop-in Spanish If you are a native speaker or if you have studied Conversation Group German, but lack someone to practice the Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm language with to keep your speaking skills up to date, come to this group to practice with others Develop cross-cultural friendships and who also speak some German and are looking cultural understanding while improving to enhance their skills with conversation with your Spanish. All levels are welcome; others. Contact Julia Jordan720-333-2318 or however, there is no instruction and all Jim Petri for more information, 303-772-6048 conversation is in Spanish.
31 Para más información sobre recursos para Adultos Mayores en la Internet, vea la pagina de red www.BoulderCountyAyuda.org o teléfono 303-441-1617, (marque 2 por espanol).
¿Becas quien Califica? A través del generoso apoyo de Los Amigos del Longmont Senior Center, Inc., hay fondos reservados para ayudar a las personas de bajos ingresos a participar en varias actividades organizadas por el centro. Mientras los fondos estén disponibles, un individuo puede usar hasta $150 por año (empezando en Enero hasta Diciembre) para actividades que se ofrecen en el Senior Center. Igualmente, se ofrece $150 por año (empezando en Enero hasta Diciembre) específicamente para programas de ejercicios ofrecidos por el Senior Center. Las cancelaciones no se devuelven. Personas 55 años y más que viven dentro del distrito escolar St. Vrain Valley con un ingreso anual de $20,000 o menos para una sola persona y $30,000 o menos para una pareja pueden calificar para becas. Comunicase con Monica al 303-651-8411 para más información.
Bailes por la noche El Grupo de Conversación Venga a bailar una variedad de música cada en Español jueves del mes de 7:00 pm a 10:00 pm Vamos a divertirnos hablando español. Costo: $5.00 para la admisión, solteros Acompáñenos a desarrollar amistades y parejas bienvenidos a bailar. interculturales y ayudar a otros a mejorar su Cuando: Cada jueves de mes de español. 7:00 pm a 10:00 pm Tiempo: Viernes, 1:30-3:00 pm Costo: Gratis, No es necesario registrarse Coro ¿Te gusta cantar? Acompáñanos, cantamos Bailes de Mi Tierra canciones Mexicanas clásicas y mucho más cada Las bailarinas practican y realizan varios bailes y lunes a la 1:00 pm en el Senior Center. canciones de las Américas. Si está interesada/o o Cuando: Cada lunes del mes a la 1:00 pm desea más información, llamele a Monica a 303-774-4452 o a Veronica a 303-651-8716.
Círculo de Apoyo Fecha: El primer jueves de cada mes Tiempo: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 am Costo: GRATIS Registración: no es necesario
ESPAÑOL ¿Qué es un Grupo de Apoyo? Un grupo de personas que comparten experiencias en común, dan apoyo, educación y hablan sobre los cuidados de un ser querido. Igualmente se habla sobre problemas de salud relacionados con el envejecimiento. Al participar en un grupo de apoyo usted puede:
INFORMACIÓN Y Y INFORMACIÓN EN PROGRAMAS • Sentirse menos solo al encontrar consuelo y apoyo en otras personas con experiencias Billar similares Juegue billar por solamente una donación de .50 • Ayudar a otros relatando y compartiendo tus centavos. experiencias Cuando: lunes a viernes de 8:00 am - 4:45 pm • Aprender a expresar sus sentimientos, temores y jueves 6:00 pm - 8:45 pm frustraciones • Aprender a lidear con las situaciones difíciles y planear estrategias para enfrentar los problemas. • Mantener una conexión con la familia y la comunidad. 32 Los siguientes programas, clases y eventos requieren registración y traen un número de registro asignado y deben de registran antes de tiempo con Monica en la recepción.
¡Cuidado! Cómo Prevenir las Caídas Baile del Día de los Muertos # de Registración: 484615.00 # de Registración: 483116.19 Fecha: viernes, 6 de septiembre Fecha: martes, 22 de octubre Tiempo: 9:00 – 10:30 am Tiempo: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica Acompañe a la enfermera de Centura Health, Marisol Vamos a abrir la temporada en celebración del Día de Zavala, RN, BSN, para hablar sobre los riesgos de Los Muertos con un baile. Tendremos al DJ Rafa que las caídas y como prevenirlas. Vamos a aprender nos brindara una variedad de música. Los invitamos que cambios podemos hacer en nuestro hogar para a venir en disfraz de Catrín o Catrina, pero no es tratar de evitar caídas. También que riesgos de salud requerido. Los esperamos para una noche inolvidable. contribuyen a las caídas. Convivio Multicultural “Go Wish” (un juego de cartas) Fecha: viernes, 25 de octubre # de Registración: 484616.00 Tiempo:Nos reuniremos a las 10:30 am en Fecha: viernes, 13 de septiembre el vestíbulo; el autobús sale a las 10:45 am. Tiempo: 9:00 – 10:30 am Regresaremos a las 2:15 pm. Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica Las discusiones sobre la etapa final de la vida Acompáñenos a celebrar la amistad y una variedad de pueden ser difíciles. Go Wish es un divertido juego comida fabulosa. Este evento está dando inicio a una serie de cartas para ayudarte a iniciar fácilmente una de convivios multiculturales que se llevan a cabo en los conversación cómoda y elegir tu propia manera de Centros para personas mayores en todo el condado En hablar sobre este tema. Go Wish ayuda a guiarte en la Octubre iremos a ‘Louisville Senior Services’ para celebrar identificación de tus deseos, valores y preferencias y a la amistad y una variedad de fabulosas comidas de garantizar que se cumplan esos deseos. Jugaremos Go diferentes culturas. Por favor traiga un plato favorito para Wish juntos en pequeños grupos. compartir que servirá a 4-6 personas y que represente su país de origen. El Senior Center proporcionará un plato principal, bebidas, platos, tazas y utensilios. Los asientos PROGRAMAS EN INFORMACIÓN Y Pan, Café, y la Muerte son muy limitados; póngase en contacto con Monica al # de Registración: 484611.19 303-651-8411 si tiene preguntas y para inscribirse. Fecha: viernes, 20 de septiembre Tiempo: 9:00 – 10:30 am Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica Lo Básico: La Pérdida de Memoria, La ¡Hablemos de la muerte! Únase con nosotros en el Demencia, y La Enfermedad de Alzheimer Café de la Muerte, una reunión para aquellos que # de Registración: 484618.00 desean ser parte de una conversación reflexiva, Fecha: martes, 12 de noviembre respetuosa y, a veces provocativa, sobre la muerte. Tiempo: 1:00 – 2:30 pm Nuestro objetivo es aumentar la conciencia de la Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica ESPAÑOL muerte mientras ayudamos a las personas a sacar Los síntomas del Alzheimer generalmente se confunden el máximo provecho de sus vidas finitas. Este no es con ser una parte normal del envejecimiento. Si usted un grupo de apoyo en el duelo. La discusión será nota síntomas de pérdida de memoria o cambios de confidencial. Se ofrecerá café y pan. comportamientos en usted o en otros, es conveniente aprender acerca de la Demencia y el Alzheimer. La Sustentabilidad, de una Moda a un detección temprana le da a usted una oportunidad de empezar un tratamiento temprano y planear para el Modo de Vida futuro de forma que se tomen en cuenta sus deseos # de Registración: 484617.00 acerca de su cuidado. Participe en esta clase para que Fecha: lunes, 21 de octubre aprenda más acerca de los síntomas del Alzheimer y Tiempo: 1:00 – 2:30 pm otras demencias y cuáles son los pasos a seguir si usted Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica o un ser querido recibe un diagnóstico de Alzheimer. Vengan a aprender más sobre los programas de la Ciudad de Longmont que les pueden ayudar a ¿Necesita Ayuda con su Calefacción? ahorrar dinero y desarrollar actitudes para vivir de # de Registración: 484504.19 una manera más sustentable. Ustedes constituyen la Fecha: jueves, 14 de noviembre memoria viva de La Tierra, son parte de la historia y Tiempo: 10:00 – 11:30 am lo siguen siendo. Pueden contribuir con propuestas Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica para solucionar los problemas que padece la sociedad Su cuenta de la calefacción esta fuera de control? Es y el medio ambiente. Esperamos que esta charla los hora que descubra si es elegible para LEAP. Habrá inspire a promover un desarrollo sustentable con empleados que le ayudaran a completar la aplicación. sus familias, vecinos y amigos. ¡No se lo pierdan! Pídale a Monica una lista de artículos que necesitara Tendremos sorpresas y regalos. traer para terminar el formulario del programa antes de la presentación. 33 Apoyo Para Personas Con Discapacidades # de Registración: 484619.00 Fecha: miércoles, 20 de noviembre Tiempo: 10:00 – 11:30 am Costo: GRATIS, pero por favor regístrese con Monica transición de vivienda, mas allá de la visión, y programa CPWD es un Centro Para Vida Independiente. de Veteranos Independientes. Tienes discapacidades? CPWD provee varios servicios para personas con ¿Conoces a alguien que se beneficiaria de estos discapacidades, servicios de abogancia, servicios de servicios? Te invito a nuestra presentación. Presentado bienestar en el hogar, programa de vida independiente, por Martha Fierro, Consejera de Vida Independiente, apoyo entre compañeros, servicios de empleo, del Centro Para Personas Con Discapacidades.
RECURSOS Para más información sobre recursos para Adultos Mayores en la Internet, vea la pagina de red www.BoulderCountyAyuda.org o teléfono 303-441-1617, (marque 2 por espanol).
Meals on Wheels ¡Conéctate con Cultivate! (un programa de alimentos) Si tienes más de 60 años, inscríbete para recibir Es un programa sin fines servicios gratis para ir al médico, recibir pedidos del de lucro, diseñando para supermercado, reparar cosas en tu casa, limpiar tu proveer un almuerzo jardín, y charlar con nosotros. Para más información caliente y nutritivo para sus sobre estos programas y como inscribirse venga y participantes. Las comidas son conozca a Ruby Zavala estará en el Senior Center el preparadas de lunes a viernes segundo Lunes de cada mes entre 1:00-2:30pm. Una por un Chef profesional. La cita no es necesaria. misión principal de este programa es ayudar a los adultos mayores, gente incapacitada o personas Consejera de Medicare que se están recuperándose de una enfermedad Proporciona información objetiva y asistencia con para que continúen siendo independientes a través respecto a los beneficios de Medicare, seguros de de una buena nutrición e interacción social. Las salud, las políticas complementarias, sus derechos y comidas se pueden entregar en casa o participantes más. Si necesita ayuda o para una cita llame al 303- están invitados a comer en el comedor “Parkview 678-6113. Si le gustaría hablar directamente con Guio Café” ubicado en el Senior Center de Longmont. Las Bravo (consejera de Medicare) puede venir al Centro comidas en el comedor se sirven de 11:30 am a 12:00 (Senior Center) el tercer lunes de cada mes entre la pm. El costo es determinado por una escala a base 1:00 pm hasta las 2:30 pm, una cita no es necesaria. de los ingresos mensuales del participante. Si gusta más información sobre este programa comunicase con Veronica Garcia al 303-651-8716 o Monica Clases de Ciudadanía ESPAÑOL Bautista al 303-651-8411. de los Estados Unidos El Comité de Longmont ofrece clases de Ciudadanía ¡Duplicar sus beneficios de cada jueves. Las clases ayudan a estudiar, practicar asistencia alimentaria en el mercado! y prepararse para la entrevista de ciudadanía. Son GRATIS y en inglés solamente. Debe ser capaz de Personas que reciben asistencia para alimentos escuchar, hablar, leer y escribir en ingles en el nivel 3 pueden usar su tarjeta de SNAP para comprar o superior para estudiar en nuestro programa. Si su comida elegible en el Mercado de Agricultores en nivel de inglés es bajo, pueden recomendar las clases Longmont. Por cada dólar que gasta usando su INFORMACIÓN Y Y INFORMACIÓN EN PROGRAMAS de inglés para determinar su nivel alfabetización. tarjeta de SNAP, recibirá un dólar en Double Up Food Adultos edad 17 y mayores pueden asistir. Por favor Bucks (hasta $20 por visita al mercado) para comprar llame a 303-651-6125 para obtener más información. frutas y verduras cultivadas localmente. Para más Clases son los jueves y hay 3 opciones; 10 am - 12:00 información, visite bouldercountydoubleup.org o pm, 1:00 - 3:00 pm o 6:00 – 8:00 pm El Comite es llame al 303-441-1330. localizado en 455 Kimbark St., Longmont.
Marisol Zavala Sardina, RN, BSN – NUEVA ENFERMERA en la oficina deAgeWell El segundo jueves de cada mes, 9:00 – 11:00 am; una cit no es necesaria. Marisol lleva sus habilidades de enfermería y cultura al equipo de AgeWell ubicado en el Longmont Senior Center. Como enfermera, pertenece al equipo de transición de cuidados de Longmont United Hospital. Marisol ensenara una clase. Igualmente, ofrecerá una clínica por mes en español a partir de febrero 2019. En su función aquí coordinará 34 sus esfuerzos con Verónica García. Relaciones Seguras y Saludables Bi-lingual, Voluntarios de habla hispana El personal de Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley estará ¡Tenemos una variedad de oportunidades, especialmente en el Senior Center el primer y tercer viernes de cada para aquellos que disfrutan de las enseñanzas del arte a mes de 11am-12pm. Puede visitarnos (no se requiere la historia y la tecnología – nos encantaría escuchar sus cita) y reunirse con su personal si le gustaría hablar ideas! Contacte a Kari at 303-651-8495 o si solamente sobre la relación con su pareja, u otros miembros habla español contacte a Monica al 303-651-8411. de la familia. Puede hablar sobre preocupaciones de seguridad en sus relaciones, o simplemente tener ¡Ayúdanos a enriquecer la una discusión sobre qué hace que las relaciones se vida de los adultos mayores! sientan saludables o no para usted. Muchas personas, incluyendo adultos mayores, enfrentan desafíos día a día que no les permite florecer Red Auditiva de Información en su comunidad. Al ser parte de nuestro cuerpo de ¿Tienes un conocido que no puede leer voluntarios puedes ayudar a los adultos mayores a independientemente? Forma parte de la primera y sentirse acogidos y apoyados dentro de su comunidad. única emisora comunitaria en español en todo el Contamos con diferentes oportunidades de voluntariado Estado de Colorado. Apoya a aquellos que no pueden que se cuadran a tus intereses, habilidades y horario. leer material escrito. Todos nuestros servicios y Te invitamos a que te conectes con los adultos mayores equipos son gratuitos. Llama al 303-786-7777 x114 de tu comunidad. Visita nuestro sitio web https:// cultivate.ngo/engage/volunteer e ¡inscríbete ya!
INFORMACIÓN SOBRE LA PARTICIPACIÓN EN PROGRAMAS EN EL SENIOR CENTER: Contacte a Monica al 303-774-4452 o 303-651-8411 • No hay membresía para participar en actividades o para recibir servicios del Senior Center • Adultos mayores de 55 años son la primera prioridad; sin embargo, las personas menores de 55 años pueden participar en ciertas actividades si hay espacio disponible y / o en ciertas circunstancias. Los requisitos varían según la actividad. Póngase en contacto con la recepción para más detalles. La información sobre los participantes no se proporciona a, ni se comparte con otros individuos. • Listas de espera: las listas de espera se mantienen para actividades que requieren registro. El personal procesa todas las cancelaciones y los participantes en la lista de espera se les dan prioridad para llenar las aperturas. PROGRAMAS EN INFORMACIÓN Y • Necesidades especiales: - Haremos nuestro mejor para acomodar sus necesidades especiales. Por favor manténganos informados sobre cómo podemos ayudarle. Por favor, especifique su necesidad y escríbalo en su formulario de inscripción en el momento de registrarse para cada actividad o viaje para el que necesitará alojamiento. - Dispositivos de escucha están disponibles para las actividades. - Las actividades están dirigidas a adultos independientes que son capaces de manejar su propio cuidado, toma de decisiones y seguridad. Los acompañantes pueden participar y pagar todos los honorarios asociados con la
actividad. No se proporciona personal, líder o supervisión de escoltas de individuos. ESPAÑOL
# De Registración: Los programas, las clases y los eventos que requieren registración, trae un número de registro asignado y deben de registran antes de tiempo. REGISTRACION PARA LOS PROGRAMAS DE INVIERNO COMIENZA EL 13 DE NOVIEMBRE. - Puede registrarse en la recepción con Monica, de Lunes a Viernes, de 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Por teléfono con una tarjeta de crédito a 303-651-8411, de Lunes a Viernes, de 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - En línea en www.longmontcolorado.gov para la mayoría de las actividades después de la fecha de registro se abre y para viajes el Lunes después del registro de la lotería. • Pago: Se aceptan tarjetas de crédito, dinero en efectivo, cheques, certificados de regalo y becas del Senior Center. El pago completo se requiere en el momento de la registración. - Recibos contienen información adicional. Revise y retenga para referencia. - Residente/No-residente/No- mayor precio: El primer precio indicado es para aquellos que viven dentro de los límites de la Ciudad de Longmont según lo requerido por el Código Municipal, el segundo precio es para aquellos que residencia está fuera del límite y para los menores de 55 años de edad. • Cancelaciones: - La ciudad se reserva el derecho de cancelar una actividad si el número mínimo de participantes no se ha registrado. Los participantes serán notificados inmediatamente si una actividad cancela. - Un reembolso / crédito total será dado si el Senior Center cancela la actividad. - Un reembolso / crédito total será dado si el participante cancela una clase o evento especial tres (3) o más días hábiles antes de la actividad. Cada viaje tiene una fecha límite de cancelación específica. - Si un individuo cancela una actividad que fue pagada por una beca, esos fondos serán perdidos. - Un crédito debe utilizarse dentro de los 12 meses siguientes a la fecha de emisión 35 SEPTEMBER 23-27: FALL PREVENTION WEEK September may signify the beginning of fall, but it is also a time to focus on falls – prevention and recovery. You have the power to reduce your risk of falling! We are offering special programs and opportunities throughout the month of September. See page 12 for programs offered throughout Boulder County. Demonstration: Yoga for Nursing your Fall Prevention: Bone Strength and Balance Pills and Falls Registration #486027.00 Registration #485105.09 Date: Friday, September 27 Date: Tuesday, September 24 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am AND WELLNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS Cost: Free, and each participant will receive Cost: FREE a coupon for 2 free classes. Renita Henson, RN, will discuss Linda Goodhew will demonstrate some of the which medications are most specific exercises used to help promote bone likely to cause dizziness and density and improve your balance. You are also other side effects that may welcome to join in if you wish. increase the risk of falling. See page 40 for more information. Sample a Fitness HEALTH HEALTH Class for FREE! Lunch & Learn: During the month of September, Longmont Fall Reduction Strategies Senior Services and The Registration #413401.1 Friends of the Longmont Date: Tuesday, September 10 Senior Center, Inc. are Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm offering seniors the This is part of SilverSneakers opportunity to try a fitness Lunch & Learn series. Adopt class for the entire month of safety strategies to reduce your September or you may try risk of falling. See page 40 for more details. up to four different drop-in fitness classes. Please check with the front desk of the Senior Center for a Stepping On pass. See pages 46 & 47 for the listing of our Workshop for fitness classes. Fall Prevention Stepping on Workshops run once a week for seven Hear More, Fall Less weeks and subjects covered include: strength and Registration #485138.00 balance exercises, home modifications, community Date: Thursday, September 26 safety, medication review, and vision. See page 41 Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am for more details. Cost: Free Come listen to Dr. D’Anne Rudden, walk you Matter of Balance through the relationship between hearing and Dates: Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, falling. See page 39 for details. and November 5, 12, 19 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm Foot Care Clinic Cost: Free for Boulder County Date: 2nd and 4th Fridays Residents age 60 and over Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Join “A Matter of Balance” and learn We’re sure it’s no surprise, ways to decrease your fear, increase but part of preventing falls your activity levels and make changes is taking care of your feet. to reduce your risk of falling. See page See page 38 for more information. 41 for details.
Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. 36 September – Although it is “fall,” it is also time to “get back up” and “right ourselves” because we want… MANY MORE TOMORROWS: SUPPORTING ACTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH In September, Longmont’s community-based group Supporting Action for Mental Health (SAMH) is making efforts to bring attention to wellness for everyone in the community. The programs below are for any older adults wanting to feel healthier or to simply experience new ideas and tools related to wellness.
All of the programs listed below Week #3 – Movement PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS are FREE thanks to the generous Yoga Balance for Body and Mind support of The Friends of the Fitness: Seated and Standing Longmont Senior Center, Tuesday, Sept 17, 4:00-5:00 pm Longmont United Hospital’s Registration #484552.00 AgeWell Program, Meals on Wheels, and SAMH partners. This gentle yoga class that will Supper and a Stroll help you relax, relieve stress, with UCHealth integrate brain function, increase Week #1 – Music focus, build strength and Physicians Creating Sound Wellness: flexibility, align body, and create Date: Tuesday, September 10, Music for the Mind, Body, balance in life. 5:30-6:30pm and Soul Wednesday, Sept 4, Active Body, Active Mind: Join UCHealth physicians for a light 10:00-11:30 am Watch What You Can Do supper and and a stroll around Registration #484550.00 Friday, Sept 20, 1:00-2:00 pm Roosevelt Park. See page 50 for more Registration #484554.00 details. Music can help you many aspects of health in this Whether you enjoy actively interactive program, including watching or actively moving, Balance Assessment the physical, mental, emotional, you’ll learn ways to engage the Date: Friday, Sept 20, social, and spiritual wellness. mind in ways that keep you 8:00 am – noon mentally healthy through Sign up for a 30-minute Week #2 – Art movement. comprehensive balance consultation. Rock Painting: Using Art as See page 38 for more information. a Tool to Promote Positive Week #4 – Nutrition Feelings Feed the Mind Fall Prevention Tuesday, Sept 10, 1:00-2:00 pm Friday, Sept 27, 11:30am-12:45 pm Registration Registration #485137.00 Drop-in, no registration #484553.00 Date: Monday, Sept 23, required. 2:00-3:00 pm See page 14 for details. Meals on Wheels is hosting a Cost: Free FREE LUNCH today with Feed Conversation Starter Film: the Mind. Join a nutritionist to In coordination with National Falls Dissonance explore foods that are healthy Prevention week, this 1-hour session Friday, Sept 13, 9:00-10:00 am for your mind as well as your taught by a UC Health physical Registration #484551.00 body. therapist will help you learn about fall risk factors, help you modify your Come watch this creative and Coping with Loss home and lifestyle to prevent falls, compassionate short film Monday, Sept 23, 3:00-4:00 pm and teach you a few simple exercises about a mentally ill, musically Registration # 485110.19 that help strengthen the muscles that gifted man that lives trapped help you prevent a fall. in the surreal world of his own Please join us for a guided imagination. conversation exploring the topic of loss. See page 42 for more details. 37 HEALTH & WELLNESS SERVICES PROVIDED BY AgeWell
Office Hours: Tuesday: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Wednesday & Thursday: 9:00 am - Noon & 1:00 - 4:00 pm Closed: Friday Telephone: 303-651-5080 Location: Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave.
Advance Planning
AND WELLNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS Assistance Services We can help you review and update your advance medical directives (living will, medical power of attorney, Five Wishes) or provide you with new documents. We can also discuss ethical wills and other forms of personal legacies, if you wish. Call 303-651-5080 for an appointment with the AgeWell Program Coordinator. HEALTH HEALTH Wellness Clinic - Foot Care Clinic The Nurse Is In! FREE Date: 2nd and 4th Fridays When: 1st and 3rd Mondays Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Time: 9:00 am – noon Cost: $48.00 for first Assessment When: 2nd Thursday (bilingual nurse) $38.00 for follow up visits Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am $12.00 for fingernails and extra charge for home visits and special needs Walk-in, open to all, no appointment necessary This clinic is a brief visit to assess your health and Foot care is offered by a registered nurse and vital signs. We focus with you on your wellness goals includes a short foot massage, foot bath, and and support you in achieving them. Be proactive and nail and callus care. Call Summer Cares LLC at preventive about your health care by stopping by 303-651-5224 for an appointment. our office to explore the possibilities with our nurse. Please call 303-649-3617 to schedule a wellness Balance Assessments consult or for further information. Date: Friday, September 20 Time: 8:00 am - noon Cost: Free, and you must make an appointment MEDICAL by calling 303-651-8411. Free EQUIPMENT Sign up for a 30-minute comprehensive balance Several local organizations manage loan closets consultation to assess your risk of falls. Assessments that include walkers, canes, wheelchairs and other performed by a Longs Peak Hospital physical therapist. medical equipment. See page 65 for loan closet Exercise suggestions, balance, and fall prevention contact information. strategies will be shared based upon your results.
Therapeutic Services Various forms of massage therapy to meet your unique needs are available at the AgeWell office. Detailed information describing the therapies, fees, and schedules is available there. Please stop by or call 303-651-5188 to schedule an appointment. 38 HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS Please see the Centura Health logo by each of their sponsored activities! Call 303-651-8411 to register; 303-651-5080 for
further information. Programs are held at the Senior Center. HEALTH
Advance Directives Thursday, September 12 Registration #485018.09 Thursday, October 10 Registration #485018.10 Thursday, November 14 Registration #485018.11 Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am Cost: $5.00 resident, $6.00 non-resident
Please note: These are separate classes, not a series. PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS There is no better time than the present to consider and clarify your wishes for medical treatment in the event you cannot speak for yourself. Preparing documents expressing those wishes ahead of Meditation time is a true gift to yourself, as well as your loved Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am ones and your physician, relieving them of the uncertainty of how you want to be treated. In this Registration #485015.09 class, we will review the various documents related Thursdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26 to advance planning (medical power of attorney, Cost: $32.00 resident, $38.00 non-resident living will, Five Wishes) and provide you with the Registration #485015.10 necessary materials. Facilitated by Meghan Weese, Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 AAS, AgeWell Program Coordinator. Cost: $40.00 resident, $48.00 non-resident Does the Tooth Fairy Registration #485015.11 Thursdays, November 7, 14, 21 Give Gold Stars? Cost: $24.00 resident, $28.00 non-resident Registration #485140.00 Date: Monday, September 9th Please note: You also have a drop-in option - Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am $9.00 resident, $11.00 non-resident. Cost: FREE, and please register in advance. Yogacharya Dharmananda has been conducting Teeth are a big deal as the years go by. You start meditation classes at the Longmont Senior Center for loosing them as children when you got money the past five years. Swamiji is a preeminent scholar for them to come out. The process potentially and teacher of the Science of Yoga, Hindu Philosophy begins again with age but you don’t get paid this and Comparative Religion. He brings a wide time. Pam Weathers, RDH-will share some of understanding and perspective about the purpose the problems that can occur in your mouth such and benefits of meditation, drawing on ancient Indian as decay and wear. She will talk about what you Yogic philosophy and psychology. While based in the can do to prevent issues from occurring. Do teeth Hindu form of meditation, this class is not limited to count as a part of your health? Can dental issues that tradition, and he offers a variety of techniques, be related to different systems in your body? both basic and advanced, to suit individual needs. Renita Henson, RN Age Well Nurse with LUH/ Please note that you have the option of registering Centura Health will connect how your oral heatlh for four-week sessions or on a drop-in basis. Any can affect the way the rest of your body feels and questions about the class, even before registering, can functions. Let’s win gold stars for you for having be directed to Swamiji at [email protected]. good to great oral health!
Hear More, Fall Less that untreated hearing loss can lead to a myriad Free! of health and personal safety issues. Dr. D’Anne Registration #485138.00 Rudden, Board Certified Doctor of Audiology and Date: Thursday, September 26 owner of Longmont Hearing & Tinnitus Center will Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am walk you through the relationship between hearing Did you know hearing loss can result in an and falling to make sure you live a happy, healthy increased risk of falling? It is well-documented and more balanced life! 39 NURSING YOUR LUNCH & LEARNS HEALTH SERIES Join us on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a SilverSneakers® educational class! You don’t need Our AgeWell nurses Renita Henson, RN, BSN, to be a SilverSneakers® member to attend. Bring NRPC, CCCTM and Marisol Zavala, RN, BSN, a lunch or snack. Meals on Wheels is also available Community Nurse Navigators, are offering special prior to the classes. Please register in advance. programs to promote safety and awareness in support of Fall Prevention Week in September. They Time: Noon – 1:00 pm will also continue to offer their health and wellness Cost: Please register in advance series to promote the importance of good health in SilverSneakers® Members: free older adults. Non-SilverSneakers® Members: $2.00 resident, $2.50 non-resident AND WELLNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS Nursing Your Health: Fall Prevention Pills and Falls Fall Reduction Strategies Registration #485105.09 Registration #413401.1 Date: Tuesday, September 24 Date: Tuesday, September 10 Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Time: 9 – 10:30 am Cost: FREE, and please register in advance One out of three people 65 and over falls every Falls are just like pills - they come in all shapes year, making them the leading cause of accidental HEALTH HEALTH and sizes, and we know certain medications can injury or death in these individuals. Come and precipitate falls. This program will discuss which increase your knowledge about factors that can medications are most likely to cause dizziness contribute to falls, identify how you can prevent and other side effects that may increase the risk falls by changing your behavior and/or your of falling. We will talk about what you can do to surroundings, and adopt safety strategies to reduce decrease your risk and will share ideas on how to your risk of falling. Instructor: Lynette Lowe take your meds to be the safest you can be. This is one fall prevention measure you can have some Aging Backwards with control over so come hear how Renita Henson, Essentrics® RN, will be providing your learning experience. Registration #413401.2 Date: Tuesday, October 8 Nursing Your Health: Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Mushrooms the Magical- Come learn how our muscle cells play a key role Nope Not Fruit - Fungi in longevity and how we can slow down the aging Registration #485105.10 process on a cellular level, improving our vibrancy Date: Thursday, October 17 and mobility. There will be a 30-minute slow- Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am paced Essentrics® class during the presentation. Cost: FREE, and please register in advance. Instructor: Sephra Albert
Mushrooms have multiple benefits to our health and wellbeing including good nutrition, a better Boost Your Immune System immune system, longevity, and more. They also Naturally help our planet be more clean and vibrant. Renita Registration #413401.3 Henson, RN will collaborate with knowledgeable Date: Tuesday, November 12 nutrition and mushroom experts to bring you Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm information on this interesting topic. Colder weather can decrease immune system Cuidado! Como Prevenir Caidas! (Careful, How function. In this class, we will explore natural to Prevent Falls)- Presented by Marisol Zavala, ways to support a healthy immune system using RN in Spanish only; please see p. 33 for further whole foods, herbs and supplement that increase information. immunity and resistance to colds. Instructor: Michelle Beyer
40 Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS Stepping On The Senior Center offers multiple Caregiver Support Workshop for Groups that are a free, confidential, drop-in space Fall Prevention to talk with other family members caring for a Sponsored by: City of Longmont Senior Services, loved one. We discuss resources, self-care, coping HEALTH Longmont United Hospital/Centura Health, and UC methods, and more. One group is specifically for Health Longs Peak Hospital those caring for someone with dementia, and the other group is open to any family caregiving One in four people age 65 or older has a fall each situation- please see page R2 of the GO for time/ year. Don’t be one of them. Join a Stepping On location information. For more information, please workshop this spring. The programs run once a call Brandy Queen at 303-651-8414. week for seven weeks and subjects covered include: • Strength and balance exercises Caregiver Training Courses • Home modifications The Area Agency on Aging offers evidence-based • Community Safety PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS training programs for family caregivers and will • Medication Review have the following classes available in Longmont • Vision this fall. • Presentations by a pharmacist, community • Powerful Tools for Caregivers will be held mobility expert, vision expert and a physical Wednesdays, August 21 – September 25, 5:30- therapist. 7:30pm • National Caregiver Training Program will be held Each workshop is co-sponsored by the City of Tuesdays, September 10 – October 15, 1:30- Longmont, UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital and Longmont United Hospital. 4:30pm Please call 303-678-6116 or email InfoCaregiver@ Dates: Fridays, September 6 – October 18 bouldercounty.org to register or for more Location: Longmont United Hospital information. Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm Cost: $15.00 suggested donation Lunch Bunch Registration: Please call 720-819-6855 to register. Mondays, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Wednesdays, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Matter of Balance Cost: FREE, and please register in advance with Dates: Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Elaine Keiser at 303-335-6933 and November 5, 12, 19 This weekly activity group is for those in the early Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm to middle stages of dementia who are beginning Cost: Free for Boulder County Residents to have some difficulties with the complexities of age 60 and over everyday living. It is an opportunity for engaging in Registration: please register in advance by calling conversation, socializing, and enjoying stimulating 303-441-3599 or email [email protected] activities. Family caregivers also attend along with those with memory loss. Call Elaine Keiser at 303- Are you afraid of falling? Have you 335-6933 to discuss joining the Lunch Bunch. Thanks stopped doing the things you enjoy to: Atria Longmont, Friends of the Longmont Senior because you are concerned about Center, Longmont Meals on Wheels, Life Care Center falling? Join “A Matter of Balance” of Longmont, and our other volunteer facilitators. and learn ways to decrease your fear, increase your activity levels and make Music Therapy Singing Group changes to reduce your risk of falling. Classes Date: Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00 pm meet once a week for two hours. This eight Lashley Street Station, 1200 Lashley St week program is sponsored by Boulder County’s Cost: $6.00 resident, $7.00 non-resident (each week) Area Agency on Aging. Donations to help cover expenses are appreciated. Class size limited. This group is for those living with dementia and their caregivers, partners, or family. Group singing can improve physical and mental health and promote social bonding. Join board certified music therapist Leah Medicare Basics, Quiller for an hour of singing familiar songs along with monthly classes see page 22 keyboard or guitar. Lyrics may be provided upon request. All are welcome to share stories, feelings, and memories brought up by the songs we sing. 41 Understanding Alzheimer’s Effective Communication and Dementia Strategies Registration #485122.00 Registration #485123.00 Date: Tuesday, September 10 Date: Tuesday, September 24 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Cost: FREE, and please register in advance
Presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Learn how to create opportunities for positive Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It’s a disease interaction by using effective communication of the brain that causes problems with memory, techniques. This class covers successful thinking and behavior. Join us to learn about: communication skills for interacting with people • The impact of Alzheimer’s. with dementia, as well as how to observe and AND WELLNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS • The difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia. respond to different and unusual behaviors often • Alzheimer’s disease stages and risk factors. experienced with this diagnosis. Presented by the • Current research and treatments available to Alzheimer’s Association. address some symptoms. • Alzheimer’s Association resources Preparing to Be a Caregiver Registration #485130.00 Coping with Loss Date: Thursday, September 26 Registration #485110.19 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
HEALTH HEALTH Date: Monday, September 23 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm An estimated 1 in 5 adults in America were Cost: FREE, and call Brandy Queen, 303-651-8414, caregivers for a family member last year. Join our to register and make an appointment prior panel of family caregivers to learn what they wish to joining the group. Space is limited. they had known before becoming caregivers and Please join us for a guided conversation exploring where they turned for help along the way. Whether the topic of loss. When we talk about grief, most you may be caring for a spouse, parent, sibling, people immediately think about death. However, neighbor, or friend, this program is a space to bring there are many kinds of loss. Some are one-time questions and become better prepared for the losses, and some are ongoing, ranging from possibility of becoming a caregiver. physical or cognitive changes to relationship changes and major life transitions. We will discuss Take Care of your PFDs some of our own experiences with loss, what helps us cope, and even how we can learn from loss. With Your One, Two, Three’s Presented by Senior Services counselor Brandy Registration #485124.00 Queen, LPC, as part of Longmont’s Supporting Date: Thursday, September 26 Action for Mental Health series of Community Time: 9:30 – 11 am Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Conversations on Mental Health. Pelvic Floor Disorders can occur in both men and women resulting in incontinence of bladder or bowel, constipation, prolapse, sexual dysfunction, pain or other problems. Join us in this informative program to learn about common pelvic floor Safe and Healthy disorders, risk factors, self-care techniques and exercises to help treat the symptoms of PFD. Relationships Finding relief can improve quality of life if you Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley staff will be at follow the recommended exercise and self-care the Senior Center on the first and third Fridays techniques offered in this program. each month from 11:00 am to noon. You can drop-in (no appointment required) and meet Program and interactive exercises will be presented with their staff if you would like to talk about by Longmont United Hospital’s pelvic floor relationships with either an intimate partner or specialist, Julie Blaser, PT, MSPT, along with a other family members. You can discuss safety pelvic floor anatomy discussion offered by Centura concerns in relationships or even just have a Health Integrative Medicine’s massage therapist, discussion about what makes relationships feel and instructor at the Colorado Learning Center of 42 healthy or not for you. Human Anatomy, Bev Boyer, RMT.
Exploring Mindfulness Road Trip to TRU PACE Practices Friday, October 4 Registration #485126.10 Registration #485125.00 Friday, November 8 Registration #485126.11 Date: Thursday, September 26 Time: Check-in at 8:15 am, Depart at 8:30 am, Return by 11:30 am. Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm HEALTH Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Cost: FREE, and please register in advance by September 30 and November 4, respectively Why explore/experience different practices? Join us for a road trip to tour TRU PACE, a • Knowing various practices gives us resources to Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly call on in different circumstances in our lives. based in Lafayette. TRU PACE serves older adults • A practice may be particularly compatible with a who desire to remain independent in their homes. person’s mind and life experience, according to TRU PACE provides and manages all medical care, research into mindfulness and meditation. in-home care, dental, medications, hearing aids PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS • Research shows that different practices affect and more. In addition, TRU PACE has a medical different parts of the brain. clinic, day program with social and creative activities, and a rehabilitation gym for physical This program will include two different practices: therapies. TRU PACE services are paid through Meditative Art- led by Dava Money, M. Ed., and Medicare and Medicaid. Light refreshments will Breath and Meditation (breathing techniques, guided be provided on the tour. Notes: confidentiality meditation, and coordinating yoga movements with forms will need to be signed for TRU PACE the the breath)- led by Marcia Walker, CYT. morning of the trip. Program presented by The Meditation Place in Longmont. For more information and a Living with Alzheimer’s: For calendar of programs, please visit their website: People with Alzheimer’s Disease themeditationplace.org. Registration #485062.10
Date: Tuesdays, October 8 and 15 Grief Recovery Support Group Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm Dates: Mondays, September 30 – November 25 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance
(excluding Veteran’s Day) This interactive program is for people with a Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm diagnosis of dementia, be it Alzheimer’s Disease Cost: FREE, and call Brandy Queen, 303-651-8414, or another type. The diagnosis is life-changing to register and make an appointment prior and leads to many questions. What will this to joining the group. Space is limited. mean for me and my family? How do I plan for There is no right or wrong way to grieve. This the future? Where can I get the help I need? Join support group is a confidential space to experience us for this three-part program where you will your grief process and receive support from other hear from others who have been where you are. older adults who are grieving as well. You may have We will discuss what you need to know, what lost a loved one recently or in years past, and all you need to plan, and what you can do as you are welcome. Peer counselors Sara Beery and June navigate this chapter of your life. Presented by Sullivan will facilitate this group. the Alzheimer’s Association.
Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration.
Care Connections Newsletter Care Connections, a bimonthly newsletter published by Boulder County Area Agency on Aging, is written with the family caregiver in mind. We search out local caregivers and aging services professionals who share their expertise with you. Every issue provides information about local resources as well. To subscribe, please contact: 303-678-6116 or [email protected] 43 Colorado ALTO Project- Living with Alzheimer’s: What Alternatives to Opioids Late Stage Caregivers Means to You Registration #485062.11 Date: Tuesdays, November 19 and 26 Registration #485127.00 Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm Date: Thursday, October 24 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Those caring for someone with any stage of dementia are welcome to join this class. In the Longmont United Hospital and Longs Peak Hospital late stage of Alzheimer’s disease, caregiving joined the Colorado ALTO Project in 2018 to help typically involves new ways of connecting and reduce the administration of opioids from the interacting with the person with the disease. Join AND WELLNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS emergency department. The project goal is to us and hear from caregivers and professionals improve pain management while recognizing the about resources, monitoring care and providing risks of prescribing highly addictive medications meaningful connection for the person with late- like opioids. This presentation explains what you stage Alzheimer’s and their families. Presented by can expect when you visit the emergency room the Alzheimer’s Association. with a complaint of pain and shares the ongoing work to address the opioid epidemic. Presented by Longmont United Hospital’s Director of Emergency Living Well with Dementia & Trauma Services, Chris Duran, MBA, RN and #485042.19 The 10 Warning Signs, HEALTH HEALTH Longs Peak Hospital’s Emergency Department 1:00 – 2:00 pm Medical Director Jamie Teumer, MD. #485135.00 Dementia Conversations: Q&A, 2:20 – 3:40 pm Weather the Storm #485136.00 Transcending Dementia, with Stories 4:00 – 5:00 pm Registration # 485128.00 Date: Thursday, November 21 Date: Thursday, November 14 Cost: FREE, and please register in advance Time: 2:45 – 4:15 pm Join us for an afternoon of programs providing Cost: $2.00 resident, $2.50 non-resident hope and information for people living with Let there be a cloudburst of tales to begin our dementia and their family care partners. You seasonal weather with images that keep our minds are welcome to register for one, two, or all three warm and energized. Let there be story! Kathy programs. Breaks between programs will allow Santopietro Weddel, professional storyteller, will time for snacks, talking with speakers, and checking engage us with memorable characters, classic plots out local resources. Presented by the Alzheimer’s and a gale of environs soaked in snow, wind and Association, the Area Agency on Aging, and rain. Stories are accompanied by classic poetry Longmont Senior Services. and sweet piano music. Let’s story together! Kathy • The 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s is a member of and performed for the Northern Disease- Have you ever wondered what the Colorado Storytellers, Rocky Mountain Storytellers, difference is between normal age-related and National Storytelling Network. memory loss and dementia? This class will help you understand some of those differences. • Dementia Conversations: Q&A- This program highlights some of the more challenging Hospice Care conversations surrounding Alzheimer’s disease Quality, compassionate care for people facing and related dementias. We are including break- a life-limiting illness or injury. Hospice and out sessions for caregivers and for people living palliative care involve a team-oriented approach with a diagnosis. to expert medical care, pain management, • Transcending Dementia- There is something and emotional and spiritual support expressly “more” going on with people who have tailored to the person’s needs and wishes. Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. This class Support is provided to the person’s loved provides a positive perspective on the value of ones as well. Hospice care is covered under looking more deeply at the person beyond the Medicare, Medicaid,most private insurance plans, disease. HMOs, and other managed care organizations. Information regarding all hospice providers may Please Note: All classes and programs with a 44 be found at www.bouldercountyhelp.org Registration number require advance registration. Exercise Scholarship Funds are Available The Friends of the Senior Center provide up to $150 a calendar year for each qualified individual to use toward exercise and fitness classes offered at the Longmont Senior Center. See the front desk staff to complete a brief application. See page 3 for more information. SILVERSNEAKERS® FITNESS PROGRAM
• Access: A SilverSneakers® Pass also allows EXERCISE for unlimited access for daily admission at the Longmont Recreation Center and use of all amenities at Centennial Pool, and St Vrain Memorial Building. • Sign-up: You may sign up for SilverSneakers® at the Senior Center, Recreation Center, Memorial Bldg, or Centennial Pool. • Orientations involve a tour of the Recreation Center and an overview of fitness equipment.
They are held on the 1st Thursday at 9:00 am FITNESS AND • Non-SilverSneakers Passholders may take and the 3rd Thursday at 2:00 pm. Please call SilverSneakers® Classes and Educational 303-774-4752 to sign-up. Programs at the Senior Center for a drop-in • Lunch and Learns are educational programs held fee of $2.00 for residents and $2.50 for non- on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. See page 40. residents (or purchase a Senior Center Fitness • Limited class size: Please note that due to Pass). SilverSneakers® safety concerns, classes may be • Designed for: Medicare participants with select limited to 34 students. Numbers can be picked insurance plans. up at the front desk 30 minutes before class • Includes: a variety of SilverSneakers®- begins. You must have a number to enter the designated classes offered at the Senior Center, class and you cannot pick up numbers for other Lashley St Station, Recreation Center, St. Vrain people. Thank you for your understanding. Memorial Building, and Centennial Pool • Additional information: please call 303-774-4752. SILVERSNEAKERS® CLASSES BY FACILITY Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:00-8:45 am Classic 11:00-11:45 am Yoga 8:00-8:45 am Circuit 1:00 – 11:45 am Yoga 8:00-8:45 am Classic 11-11:45am Circuit 11:15am-Noon Stability Lashley St Station, 1200 Lashley St MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30-9:15 am Classic 9:30-10:15 am Yoga 9:30-10:15 am Yoga St. Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak Ave MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8-9 am Circuit 9:15-10:15 am Classic Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 9:00-10 am Yoga 8:45-9:30 am Classic 9:00-10 am Yoga 8:45-9:30 am Classic 9:00-10 am Yoga 9:15-10 am Boom 9:35-10:20 am Circuit 10:15-11 am Yoga 9:35-10:20 am Circuit 10:15-11 am Yoga 10:15-11 am Yoga 1:30-2:30 pm Cardio 10:15-11 am Splash 10:15-11 am Splash 11:15-Noon Stability 45 EXERCISE & FITNESS CLASSES Longmont Senior Center - 910 Longs Peak Ave Lashley St Station - 1200 Lashley St Class Days/Times Dates Registration# Cost Sept 12 486026.09 Free Fitness Thursday Oct 10 486026.10 Free 8:30-9:30 Assessments Nov 14 486026.11 Free
Awareness Sept 3, 10, 17, 24 486003.09 $36 (R) $43 (NR) Tuesdays Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 486003.10 $45 (R) $54 (NR) Through 10:00 – 10:45 am Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 486003.11 $36 (R) $43 (NR) Movement Single Class Fee $9 (R) $11 (NR)
AND FITNESS Awareness Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 486016.09 $36 (R) $43 (NR) Through Thursdays Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 486016.10 $45 (R) $54 (NR) Movement 10:30 – 11:15 Nov 7, 14, 21 486016.11 $27 (R) $32 (NR) at Lashley St. Station Single Class Fee $9 (R) $11 (NR)
Sept 3, 10, 17, 24 Core Tuesdays Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Drop In $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily 8:30 – 9:15 am Strengthening Nov 5, 12, 19, 26
Core Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 Thursdays Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Drop In $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Strengthening 8:30 – 9:15 am EXERCISE at Lashley St. Station Nov 7, 14, 21
Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 New Thursdays, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Drop In $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Foundations Class 11:30 am – 12:30 pm at Lashley St. Station Nov 7, 14, 21
Sept 4, 11, 18, 25 486004.09 $15 (R) $20 (NR) Line Dance, Wednesdays Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 486004.10 $25 (R) $30 (NR) Beginning 1:45 – 2:45 pm Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 486004.11 $20 (R) $25 (NR) Single Class Fee $8 (R) $10 (NR) Sept 3, 10, 17, 24 486013.09 $15 (R) $20 (NR) Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Line Dance, Tuesdays 486013.10 $25 (R) $30 (NR) Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 1:30 – 2:30 pm 486013.11 $20 (R) $25 (NR) Advanced Single Class Fee $8 (R) $10 (NR)
Sept 9, 16, 23, 30 486005.09 $32 (R) $38 (NR) Mondays Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 486005.10 $32 (R) $38 (NR) Pilates 12:30 – 1:30 pm Nov 4, 18, 25 486005.11 $24 (R) $29 (NR) Single Class Fee $9 (R) $11 (NR)
Sept 4 - 30 Non-SS Members SilverSneakers® Mons, 11-11:45 am, Drop In Oct 2 - 30 $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Weds, 8-8:45 am (limited number) Circuit Nov 4, 6, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 SilverSneakers® Free
Sept 6 - 30 Non-SS Members SilverSneakers® Mons, 8-8:45 am Drop In Oct 4 - 28 $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Friday, 8-8:45 am (limited number) Classic Nov 1, 4, 8, 15, 18, 22, 25 SilverSneakers® Free
SilverSneakers® Sept 3, 10, 17, 24 Non-SS Members Tuesdays Drop In Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Classic 8:30-9:15 am (limited number) at Lashley St. Station Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 SilverSneakers® Free
Wednesdays Sept 4, 11, 18, 25 Non-SS Members SilverSneakers® Drop In 11:15 am – noon Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Stability (limited number) 46 Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 SilverSneakers® Free Class Days/Times Dates Registration# Cost Sept 3 - 26 Non-SS Members SilverSneakers® Tues, 11-11:45 am Drop In Oct 1 - 31 $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Thurs, 11-11:45 am (limited number) Yoga Nov 5 - 28 SilverSneakers® Free
SilverSneakers® Sept 3 - 26 Non-SS Members Tues, 9:30-10:15 am Drop In Oct 1 - 31 $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Yoga Thurs, 9:30-10:15 am (limited number) at Lashley St. Station Nov 5 - 26 SilverSneakers® Free EXERCISE
Social Dance Thursdays $5.00 cash, Single Class Fee Drop In Lessons 5:30-6:30 pm payable to instructor
Sept 9, 16, 23, 30 $35 (R) $41 (NR) Mondays Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 Tai Chi - Ruler 486023.00 Plus $35 Ruler 9:30-10:30 am Nov 4, 18, 25 Class is 11 weeks
Sept 10, 17, 24 $35 (R) $41 (NR) Tai Chi – Ruler Tuesdays Location: Lashley St. Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 486025.00 Plus $35 Ruler 1:45 – 2:45pm FITNESS AND Station Nov 5, 12, 19 Class is 11 weeks $32 (R) $38 (NR) Sept 4, 11, 18, 25 486011.09 $40 (R) $48 (NR) Wu Tai Chi, Wednesdays Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 486011.10 $32 (R) $38 (NR) 4:00-5:00 pm Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 486011.11 Beginning $9 (R) $11 (NR) Single Class Fee
Sept 4, 11, 18, 25 486010.09 $32 (R) $38 (NR) Wu Tai Chi, Wednesdays Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 486010.10 $40 (R) $48 (NR) Advanced 5:00–6:00 pm Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 486010.11 $32 (R) $38 (NR) Single Class Fee $9 (R) $11 (NR)
Sept 9, 16, 23, 30 486009.09 $32 (R) $38 (NR) Yoga for Active Mondays Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 486009.10 $32 (R) $38 (NR) Adults 2:00–3:00 pm Nov 4, 18, 25 486009.11 $24 (R) $29 (NR) Single Class Fee $9 (R) $11 (NR) Gentle Yoga for Thursdays Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 Bone Strength and 1:00 – 1:45 pm Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 Drop In $2 (R) $2.50 (NR) daily Balance at Lashley St. Station Free Demo September 27. See page 36.
Sept 3, 10, 17, 24 Single class fee $2.00 for 1 class Tues & Wed Zumba Gold Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 or Senior $20 for 10 classes 12:15 - 1:15 pm Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 Center Pass $36 for 18 classes
Preparing for Class Fitness Passes You should consult your physician or other health Senior Services Passes care professional before starting this or any other • Purchase at the Senior Center. fitness program to determine if it is right for your • 10 visits or 18 visits, for use ONLY at the Senior Center. needs. Please check page R8 if you would like to SilverSneakers® Passes consult with a nurse at the senior center for free. • May be obtained at the Senior Center or Recreation Center
Learn How a Personal Come find out why orkingw one on one with a personal trainer is an effective and efficient way to get stronger, increase Trainer Can Help You mobility and improve balance. Trainers are able to customize Registration #486028.00 Free! routines to help you with your individual needs and goals. Date: Tuesday, September 24 We will show you how easy it is to sign up and get Time: 1:00-2:00 pm started with a trainer that is right for you! 47 Awareness Through Movement Line Dance (Beginning) You can learn to move more comfortably through Are you looking for fun? Look no further. Join Terry Awareness Through Movement lessons from the Wallace, your instructor, in this wonderful form of Feldenkrais® Method. Learn to improve your balance exercise. For those who love music and want to learn for greater ease and safety of movement. Taught some dance steps for their repertoire, this is for YOU! by Rita Diewold and Gary Mass, alternating weeks. The benefits of line dancing are many — control Location: Senior Center, Lashley St Station high blood pressure and cholesterol, manage stress, strengthen bones and muscles without hurting your Core Strengthening joints, and improve your balance. Not only is it a physical activity, it will keep your brain active, and Using a variety of equipment such as balls, bands, you get to socialize and have a lot of fun all at once. steps, mats on the floor and standing. You will learn Location: Senior Center ways to strengthen and stretch core muscles which keep us upright, walking, bending, and moving in a healthy manner. No aerobics, just working on Line Dance (Advanced) AND FITNESS muscles, alignment, and being strong for our daily If you have been taking Terry’s line dance for some chores and routines. time, or are experienced at line dance steps and can Location: Senior Center, Lashley St Station move along to the faster tunes, this is for you. Terry will continue some of the group favorites and teach Fitness Assessments New! new dance steps to keep you motivated. This is one of the greatest forms of exercise for all the reasons Are you wondering which class is right for you? listed above in the beginner class. Or, are you wondering if there has been any Location: Senior Center progress from taking classes? Please join us for this opportunity to track your progress and ask questions. Location: Senior Center Pilates Are you craving a sweeter connection with your EXERCISE Foundations Class New! body? Enhanced comfort, space, strength and an overall improved sense of well-being? Come This new fitness class has come about from the practice mat Pilates with Kathy Kerr, a certified support of the Parkinson’s Network and their desire to Pilates instructor. You will learn about your body and improve the quality of life for people with neurological mindful movement. Your Pilates practice will help diseases such as Parkinson’s. This class is science- you cultivate overall body strength, flexibility, balance, based physical and cognitive drills specifically tailored focus, awareness and more. We enjoy the process to target eight specific deficits: rigidity, hand dexterity, and always have great laughs as a group. Are you akinesia, bradykinesia, postural stability, balance, feeling drawn to try it? Just come. We welcome you! cognition, and gait. As with all exercise classes, we Location: Senior Center recommend checking with your doctor first. Location: Lashley St Station SilverSneakers® Boom New! This is a fast-paced challenging workout developed to improve strength, flexibility, and endurance. Location: Recreation Center
SilverSneakers® Cardio Get Up & Go with an aerobics class for you-safe, heart-healthy and gentle on the joints. The workout includes easy- to- follow low impact movement, and upper-body strength, abdominal conditioning, stretching and relaxation exercises designed to Gentle Yoga for energize your active lifestyle. Bone Strength and Balance Location: Recreation Center This class will focus on specific exercises to increase bone density, improve balance, build core strength SilverSneakers® Classic and extend range of movement. Some poses will Have fun and move to the music through a variety be done seated, some standing, and some on floor of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, mats. A chair will always be available for balance range of movement, and activity for daily living skills. and safety. Gentle Yoga is suitable for all ages and Hand-held weights, elastic tubing with handles, and levels of ability, but is focused on moves that may be a ball are offered for resistance, and chair is used for beneficial to people concerned about osteopenia. As seated and/or standing support. Location: Senior with all exercise classes, we recommend checking with Center, Lashley St Station, Memorial Bldg or your doctor first, especially if you have osteoporosis Recreation Center 48 or osteopenia. Location: Senior Center SilverSneakers® Circuit Wu Tai Chi (Beginning) Combine fun with fitness to increase your Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese art consisting of relaxed, cardiovascular and muscular endurance power with a slow movements that serve to release tension standing circuit workout. Upper-body strength work in the body and enhance posture, balance, and with hand-held weights, elastic tubing with handles, strength. In the beginning level you’ll learn the basic and a Silver Sneakers® ball is alternated with non- movements to achieve good body alignment, balance, impact aerobics choreography. A chair is offered and coordination. Taught by Lillian Koenigsberg. for support, stretching, and relaxation exercises. Location: Longmont Senior Center Location: Senior Center or Memorial Bldg or EXERCISE Recreation Center Wu Tai Chi (Advanced) At the advanced level, you’ll learn movements SilverSneakers® Stability that will challenge your coordination and mental, Maintaining balance and preventing falls are critical emotional, and physical balance. In addition to that, factor in staying healthy. Improve your balance you’ll learn techniques that require the relaxation of and maintain or regain confidence, strength and the large outer muscles and the use of smaller inner independence. Come learn exercises that will help or structural muscles. Previous enrollment in Wu Tai with daily activities and keep you steady on your feet. Chi required. Lillian Koenigsberg will advise you if Location: Senior Center you have the skills to enroll in the advanced lessons. Location: Longmont Senior Center
SilverSneakers® Yoga FITNESS AND YogaStretch will move your whole body through a Yoga for Active Adults complete series of seated and standing yoga poses. This alignment based yoga class offers clear Chair support is offered to safely perform a variety of instructions and careful sequencing to guide you postures designed to increase flexibility, balance and through your yoga experience. Yoga improves range of movement. Restorative breathing exercises body awareness, flexibility, strength, balance, and and final relaxation will promote stress reduction and relaxation. Participants must be able to get up and mental clarity. Location: Senior Center or Lashley down off the floor, since we explore reclining, sitting, St Station or Recreation Center and standing poses. Please bring 1 sturdy blanket or 2 large beach towels and a yoga mat, if you have SilverSneakers® Splash one. New students please come to the first class 10 minutes early. Instructor: Gwyn Cody, RYT. Activate your aqua urge for Location: Longmont Senior Center variety! SilverSplash® offers lots of fun shallow-water moves to improve agility, Yoga for Bone flexibility and cardiovascular Strength and Balance New! endurance. No swimming This class will focus on specific exercises to help ability is required, and a promote bone density, improve balance, build core special SilverSneakers® strength and extend range of movement. Some kickboard is used to develop poses will be done seated, some standing, and strength, balance, and coordination. some on floor mats. A chair will always be available Location: Recreation Center for balance and safety. Gentle yoga is suitable for all ages and levels of experience, but is focused on Social Dance Lessons moves that may be beneficial to people concerned Come for a refresher or for your first time. about osteopenia. As with all exercise classes, Instructor, Greg Wendling, offers a variety of we recommend checking with your doctor first, couples social dance classes – foxtrot, country two especially if you have osteoporosis or osteopenia. step, swing, cha cha, waltz, and more (the students Location: Lashley St Station pick the monthly style). Couples and individuals welcome. Following the lesson, we hope you will Zumba Gold reinforce your memory and try your new moves at This easy to follow program gets you moving to the Thursday Night Dance. the beat of invigorating music. Get rid of stress and Location: Longmont Senior Center improve your cardio fitness and balance. Location: Longmont Senior Center Tai Chi – Ruler For beginners or experienced students. With this class you will acquire all the benefits of Tai Chi and learn how to use the Tai Chi ruler, which is a short wooden stick with rounded ends that fit nicely into your palms. The ruler is used for various Tai Chi exercises to keep attention focused and energy moving within your hands. The exercises are a combination of Qigong (energy work) movements to increase Qi (energy) within the body and Tai Chi movements to keep the body limber and coordinated. Anyone can follow these simple, flowing moves. A ruler is required and the cost of a ruler is separate; you may use your ruler from a previous class. Your instructor for this class is Steve Elliott. Location: Senior Center, Lashley St Station 49 DROP-IN SPORTS Drop-In Volleyball Pickleball Date: Fridays, beginning Aug 24 Indoors Time: 12:30 – 2:30 pm Location: Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Rd Location: St. Vrain Memorial Building Mon-Thurs, 2:00-4:00 pm; Sun 1-3:30 pm 700 Longs Peak Ave. Fee: Your SilverSneakers® pass will work for Cost: $2.00 per session (each afternoon) payment for pickleball. If you prefer, use an activity or use a Senior Center Activity Card card or pay the daily rec center drop-in fee. (10 or 18 uses). Outdoors – Courts are available during the spring, All levels of players are welcome! You don’t summer, and fall as long as weather permits. Free. have to be a great player or in great shape to Hover Acres Park – located at 1361 Charles Drive play. Enjoy the camaraderie of other volleyball Collyer Park - located at 6th & Collyer. enthusiasts and get some exercise too. This is an ongoing activity. Volleyball Teams Table Tennis The Colorado Senior Volleyball Assn. begins
competition in September. This league is for at the Senior Center age 50+ Coed volleyball teams throughout the Date: Wednesdays and Fridays Front Range metro area. Teams practice Mondays AND AND OUTDOORS Time: 9:15 – 11:00 am from 12:30 to 2:30 pm at the Memorial Building, Cost: 50¢ per session 700 Longs Peak Ave. Matches are hosted on Join other table tennis enthusiasts for some Wednesday afternoons, at home and throughout friendly competition. Equipment provided. the area. Call Kari Grotting at 303-651-8495 or email [email protected].
Supper and a Stroll Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
SPORTS with UCHealth Physicians Cost: Free, but please register in advance Join UCHealth physicians for a light supper and shared conversation on a variety of health-related Date: Tuesday, September 10 topics from head to toe. After supper join us Registration #485700.09 for a stroll around Roosevelt Park to continue Date: Tuesday, October 8 our talk. In case of inclement weather, we’ll walk Registration #485700.10 around the gym. Topic and physicians name will be available close to the date of the stroll. Topic Date: Tuesday, November 12 suggestions go to Kari at 303-651-8415. Registration # 485700.11
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Wednesday Meet-Up Group Rides Registration: none required, drop in Time: 8:30 am Date: Wednesdays, with limited rides in September and October. All rides are weather dependent. Call Larry Holtgrewe at (303)774-3533 for updates. These rides meet at the Senior Center at 8:30am Wednesday mornings, going into November as weather allows. The group will meet by the picnic tables in front of the senior center and discuss the route and/ or destination prior to heading out each week. Come ride with us! Safety checks and biking tips and techniques provided. About 75-90 minutes of riding in a safe environment. Please bring an extra layer, helmet[required], water bottle, snack, and flat repair essentials (tube, travel pump, tire levers). The group and/or leader will do their best to assist in flat repairs as needed. (helpful hint: your local bike shop and/or yourself can install puncture resistant tubes!) Ride leader: Lauren Greenfield
50 Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. LONGMONT SENIOR CYCLERS GROUP EXCURSIONS Ride to Historic Ryssby Church Ride to Sandstone Ranch Registration #487002.07 with Stop at Red Frog Coffee Date: Saturday, Sept. 14 Registration #487002.11 On this ride we will be visiting Ryssby Church, a Date: Friday, October 11 Swedish style church built in 1882 by Swedish For our last organized ride of the season we will be immigrants, although the church was disused heading out to Sandstone Ranch in east Longmont, between 1914 and 1924. The church is located on with a stop at Red Frog Coffee in Harvest Junction. N. 63rd Street west of Longmont. It was completely This Ranch dates back to the late 1800’s and has restored in the 1960’s, and in 1984 the site was been converted into a multi-use park complete with declared a National Historical Site by the Department ballfields, playgrounds, and the original farm house of Interior, U.S. Government, and the State Historical built in 1860. The property the house sits on gets SPORTS Society of Colorado. Upon arrival we will have its name from the surrounding sandstone bluffs a chance to go inside for an informational tour that act as a natural barrier from Colorado’s strong given by a local member of the Ryssby Committee. winds. That very sandstone was quarried onsite to Approximate distance 15-20 miles round trip. build the home, which also has the original barn on PLEASE NOTE: Trip maximum is 12 participants for site. At the highest point of the Ranch/park there this ride. is a 360 degree view and on a clear day you can Check-in: 9:00 am see for miles in every direction. This ride will start Depart: 9:30 am on quiet streets and bike lanes, but the majority
Return: 1:00 pm will be on the paved Longmont greenway paths. OUTDOORS AND Cost: FREE, MUST register in advance Approximate distance 10-15 miles.
PLEASE NOTE: Trip maximum is 12 participants for this ride. Check-in: 9:00 am Depart: 9:30 am Return: 1:00 pm Cost: FREE, MUST register in advance (Coffee cost on your own)
Niwot Ride via LoBo Trail PLEASE NOTE: All riders are required to wear a Registration #487002.22 helmet, bring a water bottle, and encouraged to Date: Sunday, Sept. 22 bring sunscreen, an extra layer, spare tube, safety On this ride we will be winding through Longmont lights, and a lock to secure bike while exploring/ on bike lanes and greenways until we reach the shopping/touring at our destinations. We will ride LoBo trail head on South Hover Street. From there as a Senior Center group, at a comfortable pace, we will follow the trail that parallels the Diagonal and check in with riders as we go. We ask that you Highway until we reach N. 83rd Street. From there are able to ride roughly 8-10 miles within an hour we will continue on the path system until we reach time frame. We generally take a water break at the Cottonwood Square, where you can check out the half way points. All attempts are made to avoid various shops, grab a coffee, or ride or walk to the significant hills when deciding routes, however quaint stretch of Main Street just a block away from these rides are not intended for single speed/cruiser where we will be stopping. Approximate distance style bicycles due to distance. Be aware that riding 15-20 miles. * The ride will be partially on packed a bicycle, especially at higher elevations, can be gravel paths once we start on the LoBo trail. strenuous. We ask that you please consider your ability level prior to riding, and be sure to check with PLEASE NOTE: Trip maximum is 12 participants for your physician regarding this program to make sure this ride. you are in good health. Feel free to contact Larry Check-in: 9:00 am Holtgrewe at 303-774-3533, or Larry.Holtgrewe@ Depart: 9:30 am LongmontColorado.gov if you have any questions or Return: 1:00 pm concerns regarding the rides or your ability level. Cost: Free, but please register in advance 51 Nature Hikes Enjoy the outdoors with a variety of hiking destinations, tailored to accommodate different skill levels. Please read our Hiking Newsletter, available at the front desk, for more details and ideas. Senior Center hikes: • Are volunteer led, group activities, and hikers are responsible for staying with the group; • Are rated by difficulty and hikers should be able to maintain the pace appropriate to the rating. To hike at the Easy or Easy-moderate levels you should be able to walk 4 to 5 miles in town; • Proceed at a steady pace with occasional stops to drink water and enjoy the views. Participants: • Are responsible for bringing and carrying their own gear, including water, food, clothing and equipment (see the Newsletter for ideas and suggestions); • Should wear shoes with soles that have tread suitable for negotiating rough terrain, mud and water, and rocks;
• Should be aware that hiking, especially at higher elevations, can be strenuous. Prior to hiking be sure to check with your physician regarding this program to make sure you are in good health.
AND AND OUTDOORS Hike: • Mileage is approximate and represents the entire distance; • Locations may be changed due to unforeseen conditions (e.g. weather, road construction). Day: Thursdays Check-in: 7:30 am Depart: 7:45 am Return: between noon and 3:00 pm, varies according to location, pace, and trail conditions. Cost: $8.00 resident, $10.00 non-resident (For a full refund, cancel 3 business days prior to the hike.)
SPORTS Starting Date Location Rating Distance Gain Notes Registration# Elevation Sept 5 Allenspark – Calypso Moderate 5.0 mi 8,520’ 680’ V, W, R 487001.02 Sept 12 Bear Lake to Bierstadt** Moderate 4.0 mi 9,450’ 255’ V, R 487001.15 Easy- Sept 19 Caribou Ranch 4.4 mi 8,850’ 300’ V, H 487001.27 moderate Wild Basin – Finch Sept 26 Moderate 5.0 mi 8,480’ 520’ V 487001.03 Trailhead – Aspen** Oct 3 Hollowell Park** Moderate 3.5 mi 9,000’ 600’ V, S 487001.05 Easy- Oct 10 Overland Lichen Loop 3.6 mi 6,200’ 258’ 487001.33 moderate Oct 17 Goshawk Ridge Moderate 5.0 mi 6,000’ 600’ S 487001.06 Easy- R, V, G, Oct 24 Devil’s Backbone 5.0 mi 5,060’ 400’ 487001.07 moderate H, F **In Rocky Mountain National Park, you will need a pass or you can pay a one-day fee. W=water crossing, R=rocks, S=steps, ST=steep or switchbacks, V=views, WF=wildflowers, H=historical, G=geology, F = fauna/birds Easy Moderate Difficult Elevation 8500’ or less 8501’-10,000’ 10,000+’ Gain Minimal – 400’ 401’ – 500’ 501+’ Distance 3 – 4 mi 3 – 6 mi 4+ mi All hikers stay with the group. The group stops approx. every 20-30 min and at all trail Pace junctions. The pace increases with the level of hike unless otherwise noted. Hikes are rated based on the most difficult factor, even if it is only one from a certain level. For example, a 3-mile hike may be rated difficult if it is at 12,000’. Please see our Notebook at the front desk for more details about individual hikes and our 52 Newsletter for additional information about equipment and other program tidbits. LUNCH WAGON
Each month, visit a different restaurant for fine dining, casual lunch or brunch/breakfast, depending on the restaurant and dining style. Seating is limited to Senior Services minibus.
The Huckleberry, Louisville Tuesday, September 3 Registration #481138.03 Tuesday, September 10 Registration #481138.10 Tuesday, September 17 Registration #481138.17 Tuesday, September 24 Registration #481138.24 Menu prices range from $9 - $14. Enjoy a “Seed to Plate” lunch/breakfast in Check-in: 10:15 am an atmosphere of fun, creative comfort. The Depart: 10:30 am Huckleberry chefs work directly with Three Leaf Return: 1:00 pm Farm to plan the wide variety of vegetables, fruits Cost: $9.00 resident, $10.00 non-resident and herbs used in their creative seasonal menus. Transportation: Senior Services Minibus Menu choices include appetizers, soups, salads, Includes: Trip escort and transportation burgers, sandwiches, traditional breakfast entrees, Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by August 27, TRIPS scramlettes, and benedicts. They also have a full September 3, September 10, service bakery on site, baking fresh pies, pastries, September 17, respectively, cookies, cakes, and bread (gluten-free too!) daily. for full refund. TRAVEL AND
Big Horn Restaurant, Famous Dave’s, Thornton Estes Park Tuesday, November 5 Registration #481140.05 Tuesday, October 1 Registration #481139.01 Tuesday, November 12 Registration #481140.12 Tuesday, October 8 Registration #481139.08 Tuesday, November 19 Registration #481140.19 Tuesday, October 15 Registration #481139.15 Tuesday, November 26 Registration #481140.26 Tuesday, October 22 Registration #481139.22 Famous Dave’s is passionate about BBQ! Their Join us today for a beautiful fall drive up the canyon authentic BBQ starts in a live-wood smoker stoked to Estes Park. The Big Horn has been a favorite local with genuine hickory logs and pit-masters hand-rub dining spot for over 40 years! The menu is full of the meats with a custom blend of spices and cook choices, including hickory-smoked platters, soup & for hours to extract the natural flavors. Famous salad bar, spaghetti, fish & chips, meatloaf, country- Dave Anderson has won some of the most coveted fried chicken/steak, fried chicken, sandwiches, BBQ awards in the nation. Menu choices include burgers, Mexican fare, and much more. appetizers, salads, soups, ribs, smoked chicken, Menu prices range from $9 - $20. pork, brisket, sandwiches, combos, and more. Lunch menu prices range from $7 - $18. Check-in: 10:15 am Depart: 10:30 am Check-in: 10:15 am Return: 2:30 pm Depart: 10:30 am Cost: $10.00 resident, $12.00 non-resident Return: 1:00 pm Transportation: Senior Services Minibus Cost: $9.00 resident, $10.00 non-resident Includes: Trip escort and transportation Transportation: Senior Services Minibus Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by Includes: Trip escort and transportation September 24, October 1, October 8, Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 29, October 15, respectively, for full refund. November 5, November 12, November 19, respectively, for full refund. 53 CASINO TRIPS
Gilpin Casino, Black Hawk all day, ½ price meal in Registration #481021.19 Lucille Mallone’s, or earn Date: Tuesday, September 3 50 points that day and Check-in: 8:40 am get a free meal (up to Depart: 9:00 am $15). Once 50 points have Return: 5:00 pm been earned receive up Cost: $15.00 resident, $18.00 non-resident to 4X points for the day! Joining is free of charge
Transportation: Coach Bus Includes: Trip escort and transportation and will include your Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by August 27, free membership to the AND AND TRAVEL for a full refund ‘Winners Club’ which allows The Gilpin to reward you with cash, free food and drawing entries. Just We’re heading up the hill to Gilpin Casino, where visit the Player Services desk upon arrival to sign up they feature ‘Club 50’ every Tuesday. Exclusive and learn more. offers for those 50+, including earning 2X points TRIPS Century Casino, Central City Grand Z Casino, Central City Registration #481059.19 Registration #481118.19 Date: Wednesday, October 2 Date: Thursday, November 14 Check-in: 8:40 am Check-in: 8:40 am Depart: 9:00 am Depart: 9:00 am Return: 5:00 pm Return: 5:00 pm Cost: $15.00 resident, $18.00 non-resident Cost: $15.00 resident, $18.00 non-resident Transportation: Coach Bus Transportation: Coach Bus Includes: Includes: Trip escort and transportation Includes: Includes: Trip escort and transportation Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by September 25 for a full refund November 7 for a full refund In addition to the friendly staff, this casino is home With over 550 of the to some fun new hottest slots, the latest games. They have a progressives, and the great mix of the most very best in video popular and loosest poker, Grand Z Casino penny slots and has the largest number of jackpots in Central City! video poker machines Some of your favorite slots are awaiting you. Each around. Join the group guest will receive $5 Z-Play and $5 off food. Enjoy a heading up the hill for day away and good luck! an entertaining and hopefully winning day!
54 Please Note: All classes and programs with a Registration number require advance registration. Erma Bombeck – At Wit’s End at the Garner Galleria Theatre Registration #481141.00 Date: Saturday, September 7 Erma Bombeck, one of our country’s most beloved Check-in: 12:00 pm humorists, captured the frustrations of her Depart: 12:15 pm generation by asking, “If life is a bowl of cherries, Return: 5:00 pm what am I doing in the pits?” Starring “Suburban Cost: $57.00 resident, $67.00 non-resident Outlaw” and columnist Pam Sherman, this is the Transportation: Coach Bus, Senior Services Mini Bus story behind America’s favorite average housewife Includes: Trip escort, performance, and who championed the lives of women with an transportation incomparable wit that sprang from the most Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by August 30, unexpected place of all — the truth. for full refund. TRIPS TRAVEL AND Denver Mob Tour! With lunch Boulder Valley Velodrome – at Gaetano’s Restaurant Track Cycling Wednesday, September 4 Registration #481155.04 Registration #481142.00 Wednesday, September 11 Registration #481155.11 Date: Thursday, September 12 Wednesday, October 23 Registration #481155.23 Check-in: 5:30 pm Depart: 5:45 pm This popular and exciting guided tour through Return: 9:30pm North Denver’s Little Italy explores the former social Cost: $12 resident, $13 non-resident clubs, homes and haunts of some of Denver’s most Transportation: Senior Services Minibus influential mobsters, while uncovering the truth Includes: Trip Escort, Tour, Transportation behind many of the legends. This guided driving Sign-up: Begins August 16, Cancel by tour led by local Mob Historian Tom Hackett will September 5 for a full refund take place on our Senior Services mini-bus. The tour takes about an hour and a half and concludes Have you ever driven down County Line Road in at Gaetano’s Restaurant for a ‘delizioso’ mob style Erie and seen the giant oval stadium? Well that’s meal! Fuggedaboutit! (Cost does NOT include the Boulder Valley Velodrome, 1 of 26 in the price of lunch. Lunch ranges from around $10-$25 country, and we’ll be checking out the excitement depending on order.) of the Thursday Night Bicycle Races! The races typically feature the U.S. National Team, as well Check-in: 9:30am as juniors, masters, and pros, some of which hold Depart: 9:45am championship titles at the national and international Return: 3:30pm level. We will have a short tour and talk with Susan Cost: $30.00 resident, $33.00 non-resident Lavelle, the Velodrome’s Development Director, Transportation: Senior Services Minibus prior to the start of the races. The seating area has Includes: Trip escort, guided tour, and picnic tables as well and you can either bring your transportation dinner with you, or dine before and bring a light Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by August 28, snack if you wish. There will be a cooler on our September 4, October 16, respectively, Senior Services bus if anyone would like to store for a full refund their food and we will provide bottles of water. 55 Rick Steves’ Europe: A Take Me Out To The Ballgame: Symphonic Journey with Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets, Denver Registration #481143.00 the Colorado Symphony at Date: Wednesday, September 18 Boettcher Concert Hall Grab your peanuts, Registration #481156.00 sunflower seeds, and Date: Sunday, September 15 Cracker Jacks to watch Usually you’ll find Rick Steves touring the great your Colorado Rockies destinations of Europe. Now you can join him on take on the New York a different journey: A Symphonic Journey. Just as Mets. Today’s game travel broadens one’s perspectives, so can music. should be an exciting In this hour-long concert special, Rick teams up match-up against one of their National League East with the Colorado Symphony on a musical tour rivals. Come cheer on your home team as they hope that begins in the US, then touches down in to gain another post-season appearance. Enjoy seven different European countries as Rick paints shaded seating on the lower level and a wonderful the cultural context in words, with the orchestra afternoon game in the Rockies at Coors Field - performing stirring anthems — Strauss in Austria, Batter Up! Wagner in Germany, Smetana in the Czech Reminders: Bring your own lunch or visit one of the Republic, Verdi in Italy, Elgar in England, Grieg in many food vendors in the park. Wear comfortable Norway, Berlioz in France — each accompanied by shoes for walking (about 1 mile) and bring adequate glorious video footage. While each piece celebrates clothing (hat, jacket) for a full day at the ball park.
a particular nationality, the finale, Beethoven’s “Ode The maximum allowable bag size is 16” x 16” x 8”. to Joy”, celebrates a continent whose motto is You will need to be able to walk several blocks to and
AND AND TRAVEL “united in diversity.” from the bus drop-off area to your seats.
Check-in: 12:00 pm Check-in: 11:00 am Depart: 12:15 pm Depart: 11:15 am Return: 5:00 pm Return: 5:30 pm Cost: $56.00 resident, $66.00 non-resident Cost: $45.00 resident, $51.00 non-resident Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus Transportation: Coach Bus TRIPS Includes: Trip escort, performance, Includes: Trip escort, game ticket, and and transportation transportation Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by September 6, for full refund. September 13 for full refund.
HISTORY COLORADO LECTURE SERIES Explore Colorado through the fascinating lectures at History Colorado in Denver. At the time of printing, we only have the titles to the lectures; closer to the time of the trip, you can check at the front desk for full descriptions. Remember to eat lunch prior to going.
Colorado’s Ski Patrol Registration #481063.11 A History of Colorado’s Date: Monday, November 18 Governors Check-in: 11:15 am Depart: 11:30 am Registration #481063.09 Return: 3:30 pm Date: Monday, September 16 Cost: $22.00 resident, $25.00 non-resident Presented by former Governor Lamm Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus Denver Broncos History Includes: Trip escort, lecture, and transportation Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by September 9, Registration #481063.10 October 14, and November 11, Date: Monday, October 21 respectively, for full refund. 56 Leadville Train Ride & Fall Colors Registration #481062.19 Date: Monday, September 23 All Aboard! Today’s adventure will take you to a Rhapsody & Rhythm: The place that is rich in history and beauty. Leadville Gershwin Concert Experience mines made millionaires in the mining industry, but at Boettcher Concert Hall many of those people are long gone. What remains Registration #481157.00 is a quaint historic small town in the heart of the Date: Saturday, September 28 Rockies with the Leadville Colorado and Southern Railroad as one of its main attractions. We will Rhapsody & Rhythm is the definitive Gershwin arrive at the depot by 12:30 pm to board the train concert experience, offering a unique and for this scenic ride which lasts two and a half hours. entertaining multimedia musical celebration. This While on board, you’ll enjoy a box lunch, the train exciting concert event includes special family conductor will talk about the history of the area and stories and rare Gershwin home videos and photos, you’ll see some spectacular scenery. providing an unforgettable experience. Packed with Gershwin masterpieces such as Rhapsody in Blue Following the train ride, we’ll depart for home with and Concert in F, as well as beloved Gershwin songs a stop at the McDonalds in Silverthorne for a rest including “Summertime,” “Strike Up the Band,” stop and refreshment if you need before the drive
“Embraceable You,” and “‘S’Wonderful,” Rhapsody TRIPS down the hill to Longmont. It is a long day, but well & Rhythm is a one-of-a-kind, not-to-be-missed worth it for the great scenery. Keep your fingers concert! Performance includes visual imagery crossed that the fall colors will be showing off. projected on large format screens. Check-in: 8:55 am Check-in: 5:45 pm Depart: 9:15 am Depart: 6:00 pm Return: 6:30 pm
Return: 10:30 pm TRAVEL AND Cost: $85.00 resident, $97.00 non-resident Cost: $56.00 resident, $66.00 non-resident Transportation: Coach Bus
Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus Includes: Trip escort, lunch, train ride and Includes: Trip escort, performance, and transportation transportation Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by September 9 for full refund. September 20 for full refund.
Hangar Restaurant and Elk Bugling Registration #481144.09 Monday, September 30 Registration #481144.10 Monday, October 7 are required to stay near the road and vehicle and Registration #481144.11 Monday, October 14 not enter the fields where the animals are roaming and grazing; it is also imperative to be quiet and Tonight we will head for the hills for a tasty dinner talk in whispers when near the herd. The return at the Hangar Restaurant on the Estes Park Golf time printed is an estimate; the timing of this trip Course, which features Smokin’ Dave’s menu that is dependent on the animal activity and there is has a great variety; dinner costs will be on your always the possibility that the elk herds may move own. Then we’ll venture into Rocky Mountain and not be in a location conducive to viewing. National Park where Elk Bugling is one of the favorite fall season wild life rituals. For the park Check-in: 3:50 pm entrance, you may pay the individual fee of daily Depart: 4:00 pm admission of $15.00 per person or bring your Return: 9:00 pm annual national park pass. Cost: $10.00 resident, $12.00 non-resident We advise bringing your binoculars and various Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus layers of clothing, as we never know how cool the Includes: Trip escort, transportation evening may be. Inside the park, the van will go Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by Sept 23, to places where the elk herds are known to gather Sept 30, and Oct 7, respectively, and hope that we can view the animals. All guests for full refund. 57 Mama Mia!! At the Boulder Dinner Theatre Registration #481146.00 Date: Saturday, October 12 Check-in: 5:30 pm Depart: 5:45 pm Return: 11:00 pm Cost: $76.00 resident, $84.00 non-resident Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus Includes: Trip escort, performance, Senior Services Golden Oldy Cyclery Museum mini bus, entrée & water, coffee or tea. & Golden History Park Additional beverages, appetizer & Registration #481145.00 dessert will have an additional charge. Date: Wednesday, October 9 Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 4, Check-in: 8:30 am for a full refund Depart: 8:45 am The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs Return: 4:00 pm propels an enchanting tale of love, laughter and Cost: $40.00 resident, $44.00 non-resident friendship. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s Transportation: Senior Services Minibus quest to discover the identity of her father brings Includes: Trip escort, tour, transportation
three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 2 island paradise they last visited 20 years ago. A for a full refund mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip AND AND TRAVEL On this trip we will be spending the day in Golden, down the aisle you’ll never forget! CO at two wonderful and unique locations. The trip starts with a visit to Golden Oldy Cyclery Museum: The Sustainable Museum of Sustainable Transportation, a private home collection of 80 bicycles and countless accessories that are Pre- TRIPS 1900. This appointment only museum has been visited by multiple gold medal cyclists, including 3-time Tour de France winner Greg Lemond. While at the museum we will have a chance to hear from Casa Bonita, Denver owner Steve Stevens on his collection, as well as Date: Thursday, October 17 Registration #481147.17 issues of sustainability and his unique furnace-free Date: Thursday, October 24 Registration #481147.24 sustainable home. Come celebrate 40+ years of Mexican dining From there you will head down the road to Golden and family entertainment at Casa Bonita. This History Park to have lunch by the creek and take historic, Denver icon has been voted one of the another step back in time. The Senior Center will nation’s top 10 roadside attractions. Enjoy the provide bottled water, chips, and fruit, and you can 30 foot waterfall, daring cliff divers, stage shows, bring a sandwich or main dish of your choosing. and musicians while eating your lunch. Lunch This living history museum is ideally located along menu prices range from $16-$30, which includes Clear Creek in downtown Golden. The outdoor entertainment, All-you-can-eat chips, salsa, and setting recreates the look and feel of a late 1800s sopapillas with honey for dessert! mountain ranch complete with gardens, a working Please Note: meal, drink, and gratuity are NOT blacksmith shop, schoolhouse and chicken coop, included in trip price. making you forget you’re just minutes from downtown Golden. Check-in: 9:30 am Depart: 9:45 am *The Golden Oldy Cyclery Museum is in a private Return: 2:00 pm home and has 1 flight of stairs to access the exhibit. Cost: $9.00 resident, $10.00 non-resident *If there is inclement weather the day of the trip Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus we will dine at a local Restaurant in Golden. Cost of Includes: Trip escort and transportation meal NOT included. Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 11 or 18, respectively for full refund. 58 Artwear Fashion Show Registration #481148.00 Date: Friday, October 18 Check-in: 5:45 pm Depart: 6:00 pm The ArtWear Biennial Fashion Show presents Return: 10:00 pm one-of-a-kind creations by nationally recognized Cost: $35.00 resident, $42.00 non-resident artists and is dedicated to highlighting the work Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus of wearable art artists. ArtWear’s goal is to present Includes: Trip escort, fashion show, and innovative and wearable work of the highest quality transportation and provide a forum to share enthusiasm for an Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 11 exploration of techniques and materials. for full refund.
Blue Man Group Phamaly Theatre Presents: TRIPS at the Buell Theatre Come to your Senses Registration #481149.00 Registration #481150.00 Date: Saturday, October 26 Date: Saturday, November 2 Check-in: Blue Man Group performances are euphoric Depart: Information available August 9. celebrations of human connection through art, music, Return: TRAVEL AND comedy and non-verbal communication. Blue Man Cost: $40.00 resident, $44.00 non-resident
Group is universally appealing to a broad range of Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus age groups and cultural backgrounds, and continually Includes: Trip escort, performance, and injected with new music, fresh stories, custom transportation instruments and sensory stimulating graphics. You’ll Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 25 rock and laugh as three bald and blue men explore for a full refund our world. Together we’ll discover music, comedy and surprises at every turn. By the end of this spectacular Six plays. Six playwrights with disabilities. Six human journey, you’ll be saying “I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT senses…yes, six. (Or perhaps more.) For the first JUST HAPPENED BUT I LOOOVED IT.” 35 million time, Phamaly Theatre Company presents a one- people of all ages and cultures know what Blue Man act play festival featuring the work of playwrights Group is really about. Now it’s your turn! with disabilities, with short plays that engage, NOTE - Security Reminder: There will be a security explore, or challenge the human senses. The plays screening prior to entering the theater, so we will will be performed in uniquely interactive spaces at plan on arriving early. You will pass through a metal Denver’s RedLine Contemporary Art Center, and will detector and all bags may be inspected. Wand feature the talents of Phamaly actors and various inspections and pat-downs are possible. Permitted: local directors. empty (resealable) or factory-sealed bottles, bags An award winning theater company, PTC is smaller than 12”x12”x12”. Prohibited: outside food and transforming stories, deconstructing barriers, and beverage, audio recordings, video recording, cameras. elevating disability. PTC was founded in Denver in Check-in: 12:00 pm 1989 by 5 individuals with disabilities who were Depart: 12:15 pm graduates of the Boettcher School. Originally Return: 5:00 pm created as the Physically Handicapped Amateur Cost: $76.00 resident, $86.00 non-resident Musical Actors League (PHAMALy), the founders Transportation: Coach Bus wanted the group to have a “family” feel, where Includes: Trip escort, performance, and professionalism was balanced with accommodation, transportation and performers with disabilities could be Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 18 themselves and perform at their full potential. for full refund. 59 Denver Art Museum Paula Poundstone Claude Monet Exhibit Registration #481152.00 Registration #481151.00 Date: Friday, November 8, 2019 Date: Monday, November 4 Location: Ft. Collins Lincoln Center Today’s adventure will Paula Poundstone is a humorist, author and be to the Denver Art comedian known for her clever, observational Museum where you will humor and spontaneous wit. When she isn’t have a guided tour of collecting hotel soaps while on tour or paneling the most comprehensive on NPR’s #1 show, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, U.S. exhibition of Monet Paula hosts the popular Maximum Fun podcast, paintings in more than two Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone. She has decades. The exhibition also starred in her own series on both HBO and will feature more than 125 ABC, is included on Comedy Central’s Top 100 paintings spanning Monet’s entire career and Comics of All Time and won an American Comedy will focus on the celebrated French impressionist Award for Best Female Stand-Up. In February artist’s enduring relationship with nature and his 2019, Paula’s stand-up special, Cats, Cops and response to the varied and distinct places in which Stuff was named by TIME Magazine as one of he worked. Following the 90-minute tour, you’ll The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever. (Advisory: have some free time to explore more on your own, mature content and/or language) shop in the museum store or grab a bite to eat “…it’s like listening to a wonderful, hilariously funny before heading back to Longmont. friend you never knew you had.”—Peter Sagal
Check-in: 1:00 pm Check-in: 5:45 pm Depart: 1:15 pm Depart: 6:00 pm AND AND TRAVEL Return: 7:00 pm Return: 10:00 pm Cost: $59.00 resident, $69.00 non-resident Cost: $53.00 resident, $58.00 non-resident Transportation: Coach Bus Transportation: Senior Services Mini Bus Includes: Trip escort, guided museum tour, and Includes: Trip escort, performance, and transportation transportation Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by October 29 Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by TRIPS for full refund. November 1 for full refund
Jesus Christ Superstar at the Buell Theater Registration #481153.00 NOTE - Security Date: Tuesday, November 26 Reminder: There will be a security screening An album that inspired a revolution. A prior to entering revelation that changed the world. A the theater, so we reinvention for this millennium. Jesus Christ Superstar will plan on arriving early. You will pass through a is an iconic musical phenomenon with a world- metal detector and all bags may be inspected. Wand wide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, inspections and pat-downs are possible. Permitted: a new mesmerizing production comes to North empty (resealable) or factory-sealed bottles, bags America. Appealing to both theater audiences and smaller than 12”x12”x12”. Prohibited: outside food concert music fans, this production pays tribute to and beverage, audio recordings, video recording, the historic 1971 Billboard Album of the Year while cameras. creating a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring. With music and lyrics by Emmy, Check-in: 12:00 pm Grammy, Oscar and Tony winners Andrew Lloyd Depart: 12:15 pm Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is set Return: 5:45 pm against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of Cost: $76.00 resident, $86.00 non-resident events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ Transportation: Coach Bus as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the Includes: Trip escort, performance, and rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary transportation score includes ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’, Sign-up: Begins August 16, cancel by 60 ‘Gethsemane’ and ‘Superstar’. November 19 for full refund. JUNE 3-10, 2020 – CANADA ROCKIES AND RAIL CANADIAN ROCKIES AND RAIL - Fly into Vancouver B.C. then take a ferry to the world famous Butchart Gardens and the charming city of Victoria. After a city tour of Vancouver, embark on a timeless rail journey as you climb aboard VIA Rail’s “The Canadian” that takes you to Jasper on a once- in-a-lifetime overnight train journey. Relax in the dome car and experience panoramic views of snow-capped mountains, glacial lakes, waterfalls, rushing rivers and the sheer unspoiled wilderness from Denver International Airport, air taxes and of Canada. In Jasper, see the dramatic Maligne fees/surcharges (subject to change until paid in Canyon and its picture-perfect lake, where you full), all transfers (including roundtrip transfer enjoy breakfast with a view! Journey along the from Longmont to DIA provided by Gold Key unforgettable Icefields Parkway, with a stop at the Travel), independent travel/cancellation insurance Athabasca Falls and Glacier. Then enjoy the splendid provided by Collette, gratuities to Collette tour allure of Lake Louise and Banff as well as the natural manager/driver/local guides, baggage handling beauty of Moraine Lake, the powerful Bow Falls and tips, cocktail party provided by Gold Key Travel and impressive Hoodoos. services of a Travel Host from Longmont Senior Reservations are currently available by calling Gold Center/ Gold Key Travel. Key Travel at 303-776-7024. Per person sharing Detailed itineraries are available at the TRIPS a room $5,395. Single rate $6,895. Space is filling Longmont Senior Center and Gold Key Travel or quickly and the prices are subject to change after call 303-776-7024 for more information or to 11/26/19. Included in the price: roundtrip air register for the trip. GREEK ISLES & ADRIATIC COASTAL CRUISE | OCTOBER 14 – 25, 2020
Oct 14 Fly Denver to Athens TRAVEL AND Oct 15 Arrive Athens – overnight hotel
Oct 16 Athens, Greece - board the ship Oct 17 Rhodes, Greece Oct 18 Ephesus, Turkey Oct 19 Santorini, Greece Oct 20 Katakolon, Greece Oct 21 Corfu, Greece Oct 22 Kotor, Montenegro Oct 23 Zadar, Croatia Oct 24/25 Venice, Italy - return to Denver
Don’t delay - very limited space is left! Next stop is the awe-inspiring Ephesus, one of the Call Gold Key Travel at 303-776-7024 world’s largest open air museums with its unique if you want to hold a room. biblical history in early Christianity, followed by everyone’s favorite Greek island, Santorini. With two Join us on this outstanding 9-day itinerary sailing to more ports in Greece (Katakolon and Corfu) plus the the idyllic Greek Isles as well as the historical UNESCO charming town of Kotor, Montenegro and the natural World Heritage site of Ephesus, Croatia, Montenegro, allure surrounding Zadar, Croatia, this itinerary truly and Italy. Your home will be the elegant Oceania has something for everyone! The cruise ends with an Cruises Marina, a premium mid-size ship (1250 overnight in fascinating Venice, Italy. guests) with exceptional food, service and activities. You will love sailing on this luxurious ship with country See the flyer found in the lobby of the Senior club casual ambiance and open seating dining! Center or at Gold Key Travel for the pricing. Our special group rates also include pre-paid gratuities, It is the perfect time to visit Greece, a country $100 shipboard credit per stateroom, free WiFi, that is steeped in history and the largest coastline free dining at all specialty restaurants, and a group in Europe, surrounded by the beauty of the cocktail party. You will also have the choice of one Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. With our one pre- of these: complimentary beverage package, 2 shore cruise hotel night in Athens, you will be able to relive excursions or a $200 shipboard credit. We are history as you witness the ancient archaeological currently taking reservations for this trip. Sign up sites in this capital city, then sail to Rhodes with its today if you are planning on this “bucket list” trip! dazzling medieval ruins and spectacular beaches. Call Gold Key Travel at 303-776-7024. 61 EXTENDED TRAVEL ON THE DRAWING BOARD FOR 2021
In the spring, a River Cruise in Southern France. For the fall a land tour in Blue Grass Country and the Smoky Mountains. We have had requests for an Active Tour, such as a week-long bicycling
tour in the U.S., where bicycles would be provided by the tour operator. These tours are for smaller groups (20 max), so it is difficult to hold space for very long. If this sounds like something AND AND TRAVEL you would like to do, please call Gold Key Travel at 303-776-7024 to get on the interest list for the Active Cycling Tour, and also share your destination "wish list". This will help us to gauge the amount of interest. We will then contact you with the proposed itinerary, dates and pricing. TRIPS
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Statistics! Snowshoe Leaders Do you love numbers and details? Are you Exercise your mind, body, and heart! Help lead hikes comfortable working in Excel? If so, this may be and snowshoe outings in the beautiful Colorado an interesting ongoing project for you. Please call outdoors. Call Kari at 303-651-8495. Karri at 303-651-8407 for more information. Bike Leaders Lashley Exercise you mind, St Station body, and heart! Help lead Longmont Senior Ambassadors Cyclers rides in the We are looking for beautiful Colorado some people to help welcome customers to outdoors. Call Larry at our new classroom location - Lashley St Station. 303-774-3533 Depending on the class, this may include guiding people to the correct room, answering questions, checking names on rosters, or taking payments. For Computers & Technology more information, please call Kari at 303-651-8495. We welcome new coaches and instructors to assist with computer and technology classes that are OPPORTUNITIES designed for and led by older adults. Call Kari at Lunch Bunch 303-651-8495. Lunch Bunch is a social, supportive group for those in the early to moderate stages of memory loss and their family caregivers. It is an opportunity for engaging in Bilingual, Spanish-speaking conversation, socializing, and completing stimulating Volunteers activities led by Lunch Bunch volunteers. Volunteers We have a variety of opportunities, especially for can come biweekly, as a substitute, or once or twice those who enjoy teaching! From the arts to history per year to share a special talent. Contact Brandy to technology to peer counseling – we’d love to Queen at 303-651-8414. hear your ideas! Call Kari at 303-651-8495.
OUR PARTNERS SERVING LONGMONT NEED LOCAL VOLUNTEERS! VOLUNTEER Are you looking to give back to the community? Are you looking to give back to the community? A small investment on your part can make a world of difference in someone else’s life. Longmont Meals on Wheels is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals to our homebound clients and to help in our kitchen serving our clients. 62 If interested, please contact Meghan at 303-772-0540 or [email protected] OUR PARTNERS SERVING LONGMONT NEED LOCAL VOLUNTEERS!
Be a friend to an older adult! Boulder County Area Agency on Aging seeks volunteers to provide companionship to older adults (age 60 and over) who are experiencing isolation or to give a break to a caregiver. Volunteers are matched with an older adult whom they visit for two hours once a week. Volunteers serve as companions; they do not provide hands-on care. Volunteers must pass a criminal background check, and make a 6-month commitment. Apply at BoulderCountyVolunteers.org. For more information call 720-864-6526 or email [email protected].
Longmont Museum Docent Position Make a Difference for an older Work with Museum education staff to train for and person living in a local long term lead hands-on school tours and cultural programs care facility – for third grade students. This is a part-time, non- If you have some time and a smile to share please paid, volunteer position, working September consider volunteering at one of Longmont’s care through May. Scheduling varies and tentative facilities. There are many older adults living there tour dates are available upon acceptance in the who would enjoy and benefit from one-on-one program. Training sessions available in visiting and attention or you might assist with September/October and January/February. one of the many coordinated activities that are Contact Ann Macca at ann.macca@ planned for residents. longmontcolorado.gov or 303.651.8723 Life Care Center – contact Julie Wilson at 303 684 5522 or [email protected] VOLUNTEER Homebound Book Program at the Longmont Library The Peaks – contact Carrie Sladek at 303 776 2814 or [email protected] Is seeking volunteers to help pick up and deliver books to locally homebound individuals. If you appreciate the love and/or importance of reading Volunteer through Cultivate and are willing to bring the world to someone who Many older people face challenges that can may be unable to get out and get their own good make life difficult. When you join Cultivate’s “reads”, please consider being a volunteer for this team of volunteers you can help older adults feel program. Call 303- 651-8795 for more information. supported; shop for or deliver groceries, provide transportation, be a handyman, and much more. Reading Tutors for Children With a wide variety of volunteer opportunities, you can find something that suits your interests, skills, Join The Reading League. Share books and games OPPORTUNITIES with children in grades K-3. Tutors meet students at and schedule. Visit www.cultivate.ngo/engage/ their schools once a week during the school year. volunteer or call 303-443-1933 to volunteer. Materials are provided. If interested, please contact Boulder County American Red Cross [email protected] 303-774-3755. Consider volunteering for local, state, or out of area Red Cross work. The American Red Cross has Longmont Library Spellbinders four Chapters in Colorado and numerous sites Storytelling Group where they offer classes or have disaster staff and Become a Volunteer Storyteller! Join Spellbinders. resources. Call 303-722-7474 for more information. For more information, go to www.spellbinders.org and look for the Longmont Library further down on Mountain States Children’s Home the page. Mountain States Children’s Home is in need of volunteers in a variety of capacities Monday through Saturday, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. Call Gayle at 303-834- 5399 to learn more about this great services and the opportunities to get involved with and support this important service in our community. 63 Rainbow Connections Longmont Senior Center Boulder County Area Agency on Aging LGBT Dance Committee (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) program Do you enjoy Dancing? Party Planning? Socializing? is piloting a program to create connection and The Longmont Senior Center is looking for combat social isolation for LGBT older adults. If you volunteers to join our Dance Committee and assist are interested please contact Michael at mchifalo@ in Thursday Night Dances. If interested, or for more bouldercounty.org or 303-441-4518. information, call Larry Holtgrewe at 303-774-3533.
Junior Achievement Needs You! Junior Achievement is looking for volunteers to present lessons about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work force readiness to students of all ages in the St. Vrain Valley in the coming school year. All materials are provided for free to volunteers and schools. Training and lesson plans are included, and no teaching experience is necessary. If you’d like to make a positive difference in the lives of local kids, contact Stephanie Taylor, Education Manager at JA Rocky Mountain ([email protected]; 303/260-6289). To learn more about Junior Achievement, visit www.jacolorado.org.
NEWS VOLUNTEER DRIVERS: VIA Transit CULTIVATE service has a volunteer-based driving program to Provides medical transportation services augment their existing transportation service and for veterans and their family members. to meet the growing demand. Please contact Lianne Visit https://cultivate.ngo/engage/volunteer at VIA for more information, 303-447-2848. or call 303-443-1933.
Dementia-Friendly Free Law Clinics Community Calendar August 27 & November 19 from 5:30-7:30 pm COMMUNITY COMMUNITY In an effort to become a more dementia- there will be a free law clinic held at the Senior friendly community, a number of businesses and Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave. Open to all community organizations are extending a special welcome to members. For questions please call Susan Spaulding people with dementia and their family caregivers. at 303-651-8444. Registration is not required. Brandy at 303-651-8414 has a calendar for the City of Longmont, and soon a county-wide calendar will Senior Law Day be available as well. Boulder County’s 2019 Senior Law Day will be held St Vrain Valley School District on Saturday, September 28, at the Boulder Jewish (SVVSD) GOLDEN AGE Pass Community Center. The The local school district provides admission at no program includes a keynote address from Boulder charge to SVVSD activities such as regular season County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, a athletic events, music performances, and cultural variety of informative workshops, one-on-one events. The pass is for verified residents of SVVSD attorney consultations, and exhibits with local who are 62 years of age or older. It does not include resources. Registration before September 26 is playoff and state championship athletic events. You FREE; see can pick up a pass at the Senior Center front desk. http://www.bouldercountyseniorlawday.org/ Please bring age and residency verification. for more information.
Watch Longmont City Council Live: https://www.youtube.com/c/cityoflongmont/live 64 COMMUNITY
THE CENSUS IS COMING IN 2020. The U.S. Constitution requires a national census once every 10 years to determine the population of the United States. Data collected is used to apportion representatives to Congress. It is also how the federal government allocates $675 billion in federal funding to states and communities, funding comes to Longmont each year to support schools, housing, businesses, hospitals, roads, public works and other vital programs. Census data also provides general demographic information that is used by the City in a NEWS variety of ways.
April 1, 2020 is Census day. The preparations for the Census count start early to ensure that there is time to get the word out about the importance of participating in the Census. For the first time ever in 2020, people will be able to respond to the Census questionnaire on the internet. They will also be able to respond by phone or through the paper form that will be mailed to all households in the nation.
Each person counted as living in Longmont on Census Day brings approximately $1,480 per person, per year to Longmont – that is almost $15,000 over the course of a decade that each person brings to Longmont! Here are some important things to remember about the Census:
1. It’s simple – it takes less than 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire and you can complete it a number of ways (on-line, phone, or mail). 2. It’s safe – your responses are protected by law and confidentiality is guaranteed. 3. It’s required – the law requires that everyone living in the US participate in the Census
65 LONGMONT MUSEUM Ruckus Rodeo: Day of the Dead exhibition Pop Art & Cowboy Culture October 11 – November 4, 2019 | Free Admission Now open through January 5, 2020 The annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Explore Ruckus Rodeo, an immense, walk- celebration is the largest Day of the Dead celebration through work of art consisting of painted in Colorado, attracting more than 6,000 people.The two-dimensional surfaces and sculptural three- celebration demonstrates how a diverse community dimensional figures that depict the Fort Worth can come together to share a common desire – to rodeo created by renowned pop artist Red honor our ancestors and keep their memories alive. Grooms. Wire, canvas, burlap, acrylic paint, and • Opening reception will be Thursday, October 11, fiberglass were used to construct the work’s 6 – 8pm, free. larger-than-life caricatures of rodeo archetypes. • The family celebration will be held Saturday, The exhibit also celebrates the grand heritage November 2, 2 – 7pm, free admission. NEW and mythology of the American West. LOCATION: downtown Longmont at the
NEWS Location: 400 Quail Rd intersection of 4th Avenue and Kimbark Street. The family celebration features traditional food, live entertainment, face painting, Catrinas and more.
Friday Afternoon Concerts at the Museum Location: 400 Quail Rd October 18 – Altius Quartet (chamber) 400 Quail Rd November 15 – 300 Days Band (bluegrass) December 13 – Boulder Big Band (17-piece jazz orchestra) 2:30 pm; $12 general admission, $10 students/seniors, $8 members
Senior Center and other city facilities are available to rent COMMUNITY COMMUNITY for your event or party If you need a space for a wedding or wedding anniversary, birthday party, celebration of life, neighborhood group meeting, or another personal or family event consider renting the Senior Center (nights and weekends) or one of the other city facilities. Find out more at the Senior Center, 303-774-4714, or online at https:// longmontcolorado.gov/online-services/facility- directory/facility-rentals
66 TELEPHONE REFERRAL SHEET
AARP (Colorado Office) ...... 1-866-554-5376 Medicare ...... 1-800-633-4227 Abuse of older persons – Longmont Police ������ 303-651-8555 Medicare Counselor ...... 303-441-1546 or Adult Protection at ����������������������������������������� 303-441-1309 Mental Health Partners ������������������������������������������ 303-413-6263 ACMI - Nursing Home Diversion (HCBS) �������� 303-439-7011 Mental Health Crisis Line 24/7 ������������������������1-844-493-8255 AgeWell Located at the Sr. Ctr. ���������������������������� 303-651-5080 Nursing Home Monitoring ����������������������������������� 303-441-1173 Alzheimer’s Assoc. 24-Hr Helpline ...... 1-800-864-4404 OUR Center ...... 303-772-5529 Audio Information Network ��������������������������������� 303-786-7777 Parkinson’s Association of the Rockies ...... 303-830-1839 Better Business Bureau ������������������������������������������� 303-327-4500 Poison - Rocky Mt. Poison Control ����������������1-800-332-3073 COMMUNITY Center For People With Disabilities ...... 303-772-3250 Police, Longmont non-emergency ��������������������� 303-651-8501 Centura Health Integrative Medicine (CHIM) ���� 303-651-5188 Reverse Mortgages - Boulder County �������������� 303-441-1544 Colorado Division of Insurance ��������������������������� 303-894-7499 Rocky Mountain Legal Center ������������������������������ 720-242-8642 Colorado No-Call Program �������������������������������1-800-309-7041 Safe Shelter (Domestic Violence) ����������������������� 303-772-0432 Colorado Talking Books Library �������������������������� 303-727-9277 Salud Clinic ...... 303-776-3250 Community Protection ������������������������������������������� 303-441-3700 Senior Centers in the area (Boulder County) -Berthoud ...... 970-532-2730 Cultivate ...... 303-443-1933 -Boulder (East) ...... 303-441-4150 Dental Aid-Longmont ...... 303-682-2619 -Boulder (West) 3...... 03-441-3148 El Comité ...... 303-651-6125 -Lafayette ...... 303-665-9052 Elder Care National Locator ������������������������������1-800-677-1116 -Longmont ...... 303-651-8411 NEWS Elder Watch Fraud Hotline ��������������������������������1-800-222-4444 -Louisville ...... 303-666-7400 Employment Workforce Boulder County �������� 720-864-6600 -Loveland ...... 970-962-2783 Foot Care Clinic ...... 303-651-5224 Senior Reach (counseling) ���������������������������������1-866-217-5808 Food Programs Social Security ...... 1-800-772-1213 - Carry Out Caravan ��������������������������������������������� 303-241-4426 Social Services (BCDHHS) �������������������������������������� 303-678-6000 - Eldershare ...... 303-652-3663 Stroke - Rocky Mt. Association ���������������������������� 303-730-8800 - Meals on Wheels ...... 303-772-0540 Suicide Prevention Hotline ��������������������������������1-800-273-8255 Fraud - Attorney General Hotline �������������������1-800-222-4444 Transportation Inspector General Hotline ���������������������������������1-800-447-8477 -Access-A-Ride ...... 303-292-6560 Health Department, Longmont ��������������������������� 303-678-6166 -Berthoud Area Transportation ����������������������� 970-532-3049 Housing: Longmont Housing Authority ������������ 303-651-8581 -RTD ...... 303-299-6000 Legal Services of Boulder County ���������������������� 303-449-7575 -RTD Call-n-Ride (East) ��������������������������������������� 303-994-3552 Legal Services AARP ...... 1-888-687-2277 -RTD Call-n-Ride (West) ������������������������������������� 303-994-3551 Loan Closet Medical Equipment FREE -Via ...... 303-447-9636 -American Legion (Marilyn) ������������������������������ 720-771-2676 -VetsGO ...... 303-443-1933 ext.414 -Elks ...... 303-776-1055 Veteran Services - Longmont ������������������������������� 720-864-6663 -Moose ...... 303-776-4911 Weatherization ...... 720-864-6401 Long Term Care Ombudsman ������������������������������ 303-441-1173 www.bouldercountyhelp.org �������������������������������� 303-441-1617 Medicaid (BCDHHS) ...... 303-678-6000 67 Spotlight In the
George and Barb, you both have a huge impact on our community thanks to your work in local radio and television. What makes you so passionate about the community? George: I’ve been here for 77 years and always loved this town. You know, I went to CU but I was very much a homeboy and even in Boulder I got homesick for Longmont to the extent that I walked home from Boulder once! I had a great need to not be too far from home for too long.
NEWS Barb: You know, I feel like we’re bonding to the community. When my husband and I were leaving Taos, we had never been in Longmont but as we were unpacking boxes we plugged in our cable box and we hit upon Channel 8. They were playing a documentary called “Portrait of Longmont.” Well, we stopped unpacking and watched and I just thought it was marvelous: the media leaders have such an appreciation for capturing and sharing our history here. If you’ve been volunteering for about 9 years, Barb—did you have a background in film? Barb: I had none—I come from a nursing background, actually, but I ended up working on media and marketing for cancer screening so I morphed from health care into messaging and media. I was chomping at the bit to do film and when I saw the senior center here was starting a media club I thought “This is the club for me.” The other thing that drew me in is that LOCAL identification: local stories, local news, local history. And I can’t believe how much I learn. George, do you have a background in radio or did you also come to that later in life? George: I do have a background in radio. I shouldn’t admit it, but I was around before television came to this area. As a kid, I listened to all those radio shows like Fibber MdGee and Molly and The Lone Ranger. I would spend COMMUNITY COMMUNITY hours listening so when radio came to Longmont in 1949, I started hanging around the station. The people who ran it liked to go for coffee at a place called William’s Cafe. Because I was always watching what was going on at the station they said “Hey kid, would you like to learn to sequel records while we go have coffee?” and I was truly hooked from that moment on. I guess it gets in your blood in some way or another. Our media has changed so much—how do you see the impact in radio and television? George: I have a notion that communication is so important it ought to be considered a public utility just like water and sewer. What makes a community? A community coalesces because of what we know about each other. And that’s the goal of Channel 8 and KGUD radio to let the community know about each other because people who are friends just naturally get along a little better. And with the help of technology, two volunteers can run the station 24/7. Barb: I think Channel 8 and KGUD tend to go for quality over quantity and we’ll see how it goes as we start incorporating newer technology. I’m doing a series of clips on my phone of all the little visuals in our Longmont parks, in fact. As we wrap up, is there a pearl of wisdom you’d like to leave us with? Barb: In high school I found a little gift card that said “When everything is finished, the mornings are sad.” and that’s kind of been a mantra for me— George: —keep something to look forward to. Everything at the Senior Center counters the notion that “I sit at home.” Barb: Yes! You walk in there and nothing is ever finished. Anyone can find a club, an activity, play pool, go on a trip, eat lunch, have coffee… don’t ever feel like you’re finished or it’s finished. Thank you both again! For the full length interview, visit the blog at www.longmontcolorado.gov/ownit. The Eyes on Longmont video club meets Mondays at 9am at the Senior Center. For more about the Big Picture film screenings, see page 21. And listen to KGUD Community Radio at 90.7FM on your radio dial. Don’t forget to tune in to Senior Moments, a 15 minute special program, every Saturday morning at 8am. 68 www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services R1 RESOURCE INFORMATION, PROGRAMS & SERVICES
SENIOR SERVICES RESOURCE STAFF Seniors Resource Specialists are available for: • Assisting older adults age 55+ and family Se habla español caregivers of older adults in locating and VERONICA GARCIA accessing resources and services such as 303-651-8716 housing and in-home care [email protected] • Navigating systems such as Social Security and/or Medicaid • Completing forms and applications for various benefits, services, and programs AMY PAYAN • Applying for financial support when eligible 303-774-4372 and appropriate. [email protected] SENIOR SERVICES COUNSELING STAFF
Brandy Queen, a licensed professional Seniors Counselor and counselor, is available for: Resource Education Coordinator • Individual, couples, and family counseling for BRANDY QUEEN, LPC older adults age 55+ and for family caregivers 303-651-8414 of older adults: up to twelve free, confidential [email protected] counseling sessions. • Matching older adults with a Senior-to-Senior • Facilitating or coordinating a number of support Peer Counselor volunteer who also offers groups individual counseling and a variety of support • Managing dementia-friendly educational groups. Peer Counselors are experienced, trained, activities and programs and supervised volunteers who provide support • Organizing a variety of education programs and understanding from one senior to another. about resources
ADRC - BOULDER COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGING
A great source for information and resources! Visit the comprehensive website at www.BoulderCountyHelp.org or call the Aging and Disability Resource Line at 303-441-1617 (Bilingüe) or Email: [email protected] Weld County Click on the Resource Guide menu tab to find categories to explore, Area Agency on Aging such as: General AAA information: 970-346-6950 • Services at Home • Legal Support Information and Assistance: • Caregiver Resources (including • Hospice 970-346-6952 bi-monthly Care Connections Newsletter) Website: www.weldaaa.org • Emergency alerts systems • LGBTQ+ services and programs • Transportation and Driving • And many more! Larimer County Area Agency on Aging • On the website you will see a blue box on the right side of the Helpline: 970-498-7750 page called AGENCY PUBLICATIONS. Here you will find a link to the Housing Guide, Care Connections newsletter, LGBT Newsletter, Website: www.lcoa.networkofcare.org and other helpful information. Summer 2019 R2 RESOURCE INFORMATION, PROGRAMS & SERVICES
CAREGIVER SERVICES SUPPORT GROUPS for friends or family members caring (meet at the Senior Center unless otherwise noted) for an older adult include: Adjusting to Life’s Changes: Call Brandy Queen at 303-651-8414 for information about Contact Brandy if you’d like to know when this group will be the following: offered next. Intake required. 303 651 8414 • Caregiver consultations and family meetings: Referrals Alcoholics Anonymous (open meeting) & information about adult day programs, home health Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Triple S Group care, long-term care, counseling, caregiver self-care, etc. • Respite & Companion Volunteer Program and Respite Grandparents Raising Grandkids Kinship Assistance referrals: Volunteers matched with older adults Support Group who live alone or with a family caregiver provide respite, a 1st Monday, 6:00-7:30 p.m. friendly visit, and a caring connection. Respite Assistance Call Martha Wilson at 303-441-1205 funds can help pay for respite care for a caregiver. Grief Recovery Support Group • Social Groups and Educational Programs for family Mondays, September 30-November 25, 3:00-4:30 pm caregivers and those living with dementia (see Health & Contact: Brandy at 303-651-8414; intake required. Wellness section of the GO). Low Vision • Caregiver Support Groups provide information and 2nd Friday, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. support for family caregivers; no registration required: Contact: CPWD at 303-790-1390 o 1st Monday, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Senior Center LGBT Older Adults in Boulder County o 2nd Tuesday, Noon – 1:30 p.m. (Alzheimer’s Assn. Social and aging resources for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual group) at Senior Center and transgender) older adults, includes a monthly o 4th Tuesday, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (Alzheimer’s Assn. newsletter, regular groups (Coffee Klatch and Supper Club), group, meets at Longs Peak United Methodist and an annual holiday celebration. Call Boulder County Church at 1421 Elmhurst Dr, Longmont) Area Agency on Aging, 303-441-4518, or infoLGBTelders@ o LGBT Support Group for Caregivers is forming bouldercounty.org. Confidentiality maintained. – If you are interested please contact Michael at [email protected] or 303-441-4518. Multiple Sclerosis Group 2nd Monday Self Help Group: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Call 970-482-5016 EMPLOYMENT Parkinson’s The Longmont Workforce Boulder County office is located Meets at Longs Peak United Methodist Church, at 515 Coffman Street. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 1421 Elmhurst Dr., Longmont Monday – Friday. After you have registered, you can access 2nd Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. other services and programs, Call 720-864-6600. Contact: Parkinson's Association at 303-830-1839
FINANCIAL Medicare Counseling Money Management Program Medicare Counselors provide objective information and assistance Longmont Senior Services Money Management Program regarding Medicare benefits, HMOs, supplemental policies, rights, (MMP) volunteers help you sort through your mail, organize and appeals. For assistance or to schedule an appointment, call your bills, develop a budget, write your checks, manage your 303-441-1546. Medicare Counselors also offer monthly Medicare monthly expenses, and work on your debts. To find out more Basics classes at the Longmont Senior Center. Call the Senior about the program, call Amy 303-774-4372. Center at 303-651-8411 to sign up. Current dates are listed in Home Foreclosure Prevention the General Interest section of The GO. You can learn more about Call Boulder County Housing Authority at 720-564-2279 or Medicare at www.medicare.gov or 1-800-633-4227. Colorado Foreclosure Prevention Hotline at 1-877-601-4673. Social Security Tax Help Social Security – http://ssa.gov/ or 1-800-772-1213; for Call Colorado Taxpayer Advocate Service at 303-603-4600. claims, please call 1-877-405-5872. The local office is located at 480 West Dahlia St, Louisville, CO 80027. Their office Fraud, Financial Abuse, & Consumer Complaints hours are 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Call Boulder County District Attorney at 303-441-3700, and Friday. Wednesday hours are 9:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m. Adult Protection at 303-441-1000, and/or Longmont Reverse Mortgage Information Police at 303-651-8555. For more information, see www. bouldercounty.org/district-attorney/community-protection Call the Boulder County Housing and Financial Counseling Program at 720-564-2279 www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services R3 RESOURCE INFORMATION, PROGRAMS & SERVICES
HOUSING INFORMATION IN-HOME SERVICES For information and referral regarding senior, affordable, In Home Services – a list of in-home providers of both and other housing programs, call Veronica at 303-651-8716 medical home health care and non-medical personal care or Amy at 303-774-4372, or come to a housing information is available online at www.bouldercountyhelp.org . You can session. On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month from also ask for a copy at the Senior Center front desk. 1:00 – 3:00 pm the Senior Center. Audio Information Network of Colorado - A Boulder County Senior Housing Guide Provides blind, visually impaired, and print-disabled persons is available at the Senior Center front desk or online at with free audio access to magazines, grocery ads, calendars www.bouldercountyhelp.org; Includes all cost levels for of events, public service notices, and nearly 100 CO independent assisted living, and long term care. newspapers. Listeners choose what type of device they want Housing Rehabilitation Programs to use to access programming. Call 303-786-7777. The City offers several programs for home improvement and Book Delivery Service – If you or someone you know access. Call Molly McElroy at 303-774-4648. Some programs is homebound and interested in receiving books or if you require owner occupancy. are interested in being a volunteer to deliver books, please - The General Rehab Program & Weatherization call Debbie Puzo at 303-651-8795 (Longmont Library). Makes repairs to bring your home up to code, correct health and safety issues, or make your home more energy efficient. Fix-It Folks – Volunteers are available to come to your - The Accessibility Program - gives you or a family home to make minor repairs and install grab bars. Call member full access to your home by installing ramps, Cultivate at 303-443-1933 ext. 414. widening doorways, lowering cabinets, etc. Well Connected is an award-winning program of Covia - The Emergency Grant Program - helps with emergency offering activities, lifelong learning, friendly conversation, and repair to major systems that unexpectedly fail, including support groups. Each week, seniors can access over 70 groups furnaces and/or water heaters. by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. Please contact - Mobile Home Repair Program them at 877-797-7299 or www.covia.org/services/well-connected. Landlord-Tenant Services The City of Longmont’s office of Community and FREE Medical Equipment Loan – See telephone Neighborhood Resources provides information to both referral list on the back inside cover of The GO for a list of landlords and tenants on all aspects of the landlord/tenant local organizations who may be able to provide you with a relationship, including law and legal process and general free walker, wheelchair, raised toilet seat or other equipment. guidance on how to create successful tenancies. Call Telephone Check-in Service – Always InTouch 303-651-8444 or email [email protected]. provides free daily telephone call for check-ins and socialization for isolated or homebound older adults. Call FOOD ASSISTANCE Always Best Care at 1-855-710-2255 Carry-Out Caravan - A free grocery shopping & delivery service for people 60+. To place your order, call 303-241- 4426 on MONDAY between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Cultivate VETERANS SERVICES volunteers deliver to you on TUESDAY. Before calling in your Veterans Service Office - The Boulder County Veterans’ order, you must enroll by calling 303-443-1933 ext.414. Service Office offers assistance to veterans in determining for Eldershare - Adults 60+ can receive supplemental food which benefits they may be eligible. Call 720-864-6663. items twice a month at the Longmont YMCA. Maximum Boulder Vet Center - Counseling, substance abuse income of $1,354 per month for a family of one, $1,832 for assessments and referrals, and benefits assistance for two. Call 303-652-3663 for an application and information. veterans. Call 303-440-7306 or visit 4999 Pearl East Cir, Ste Home-delivered Meals - Meals on Wheels delivers 106, Boulder CO 80301. meals to the homebound Monday – Friday. Call 303-772-0540 Cultivate Veteran's VetsGO Program –Volunteers one day in advance and for information on fees and menus. pick up veterans or their family members who are 60+ and Lunch at the Senior Center - Meals are served escort them to and from medical appointments, including Monday – Friday, 11:30 a.m. – noon. Call 303-772-0540 for to VA facilities, in and beyond Boulder County. To enroll call menus and fees. Reservations are not required. (303) 443-1933 ext. 414. LEGAL Law Clinics – There are free legal clinics at the Longmont Boulder County Legal Services is available to assist Senior Center with attorneys available to answer questions about those Boulder County residents 60+ with legal issues. family law, bankruptcy, probate, and more. The next clinics will For appointments, call 303-449-7575 or visit their website be August 27 and November 19 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. www.ColoradoLegalServices.org No registration required. Call Susan Spaulding at 303-651-8444 if you have questions. Rocky Mountain Legal Center – A non-profit organization providing free civil legal representation, Advance Directives Planning (Living Will, 5 Wishes, mediation, and counseling services to qualifying low-income MDPOA, etc.) See the Health and Wellness section of The families, singles, parents, and seniors. Sliding scale fees GO catalog for a listing of monthly classes. available. Please call 720-242-8642. Summer 2019 R4 RESOURCE INFORMATION, PROGRAMS & SERVICES
SAFETY TRANSPORTATION City of Longmont Emergency ALERT - A full list of Transportation resources can be found at If police & fire had to reach you in an emergency, could they? www.boudercountyhelp.org Resource Guide, Transportation Anyone living within Longmont city limits who no longer & Driving Issues section. If you are concerned about has a landline in their home and wants to receive police and someone’s driving or would like driver training, please see fire emergency notifications (known as reverse 9-1-1) must the Mature Driver Training listing on that site. register. You can sign up yourself at http://longmontcolorado. gov/news/city-emergency-alert. Transportation Services VIA – provides many transportation-related services: Long Term Care Ombudsman • Door-to-door, wheelchair accessible transportation in Help and information for residents of nursing homes and Longmont and surrounding communities. Ride requests can personal care facilities and their families to address concerns, be made from 1 to 7 days in advance. Fares within Longmont compare facilities, and resolve problems. Call 303-441-1173. are $5 one-way; from Longmont to other towns $10. Same- day rides may be possible if space is available. To schedule a ride: Frauds and Scams – see the Financial section of this o New riders: Call 303-447-2848, press 1 to register and Resource Guide for more information. schedule your first ride with VIA. o Current riders: Call 303-447-9636, or go to www. Report Elder Abuse – The County’s Adult Protection Unit viacolorado.org for information on how to request and the local police respond to reports of physical, emotional, your ride on-line. financial, and sexual abuse, neglect, and self-neglect.Call 303- o Reduced-fare options are available for those who 441-1309 for APS or 303-651-8555 for Longmont Police meet income guidelines. Call 303-447-2848, ext 1014. non-emergency dispatch; in an emergency call 911. For o Mobility Specialists can help you understand the best more information, you can also see https://www.bouldercounty. services for your needs and create an individualized org/families/seniors/adult-protection-senior-services/ travel plan. Call 303-447-2848, ext. 1014 • Mileage Reimbursement Program reimburses trips provided File of Life - If a medical emergency occurs at home or by family, friends, and neighbors for rides outside Via’s while you are in the car, how would the paramedics know service area or service hours. Trips must be preauthorized for how best to help you? First responders are trained to registered Via riders by calling 303-447-9636. look for a File of Life on your refrigerator or in your wallet • Travel Training: One-on-One, comprehensive individual or purse. This card contains information that details your and group instruction prepares seniors and people with medical conditions, allergies, and medications. It also lists disabilities to safely and confidently use RTD and Call-n- your emergency contacts and insurance information. You Ride buses. Call 303-447-2848, ext. 1048 to learn more. can get your free cards at the Senior Center front desk. FlexRide (formerly Call-n-Ride) Longmont Lockbox Program - Longmont Meals on Wheels, in For Longmont FlexRide information, to schedule a ride, or to partnership with Longmont Fire Department, can provide register as a new rider call 303-994-3551 or 303-994-3552. a free lockbox to Longmont residents who live alone and Once you are registered as a rider you can also schedule are age 65+ or younger with a disability or major medical your rides on line at www.rtd-denver.com. Reservations may issue. The program allows Fire, Police, and Emergency be requested three days to two weeks in advance. Rides are Medical Services to access your residence in the event of within Longmont, scheduled on a first come-first served basis, an emergency preventing you from opening your door. Call and cost $1.30 each way for seniors. For more information Meals on Wheels at 303-772-0540 for an application or regarding FlexRide or RTD bus routes call 303-299-6000. further information. Ride RTD - Local RTD routes can get you across Longmont Prescription Drug Disposal - Do not flush unused (323, 324, 326, & 327). RTD also has routes available from medications. See your pharmacy for safe drug disposal. Longmont to Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder. • For trip planning go to LongmontBus.com or call RTD at Do Not Call Registry: Consumers may register online 303-299-6000.For a video about riding RTD in Denver, visit at The National Do Not Call Registry, www.donotcall.gov, or https://youtu.be/nFv_jESDcYo by calling toll-free, 1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236), • To learn about the RTD Special Discount card visit www. from the number that is to be registered. Registration is free. RTD-Denver.com or call 303 298-2667. Numbers are downloaded from the National Do Not Call Car Sharing: call 303-720-1185 or email [email protected] Registry on a quarterly basis and included in the Colorado No-Call List. Transportation for Veterans - See Cultivate’s VetsGO program in the Veteran’s Services section of this Resource Guide. Longmont Fire Department Smoke Detector Program – Crews can provide smoke detectors for low Transportation in other areas: income seniors. They will also install and change batteries in • Berthoud Area Transportation: call 970-532-3049 for smoke detectors for anyone unable to do so. Call 303-651-8501 BATS or visit www.berthoud.org. For rural Berthoud for more information. transportation, call 970-532-0808 or www.berthoudraft.org. • Weld County Transportation: visit https://www.weldgov. com/departments/human_services/area_agency_on_aging and view the Helpsource Directory. FACILITY CLOSURES: ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER:
Monday, September 2 City of Longmont Facebook Information and More... Monday, November 11 Join now. Off of the lobby, there is a small room that INFORMATION Senior Services is a Division of the Thursday & Friday, November 28 & 29 www.facebook.com/cityoflongmontco/ contains current magazines, information on City’s Community Services Department Senior Services programs, resources for older Via the internet adults and caregivers, and city and partner Our at www.LongmontColorado.gov/senior-services agencies information. Near the dining room there SENIOR SERVICES STAFF are a number of free publications available for Mission – listener-supported community To build and foster opportunities which promote KGUD 90.7 pickup in the magazine rack. Michele Waite, Manager radio, playing music with you in mind. “Senior dignity, wellness, independence, enjoyment, [email protected] Moments” hosts an interview with a Senior Services 303-651-8415 community, and a sense of purpose for older adults. Room Temperatures staff person on Saturdays at 8:00 am, giving The room temperatures can vary in the building. Kari Grotting, Seniors Recreation Program Our information on upcoming events and activities at You might consider dressing in layers if you are Supervisor the Longmont Senior Center. Listen to “K-Good” going to be here for a while. [email protected] Vision Statement throughout the week for updates and service 303-651-8495 announcements from the Senior Center. Longmont - a community in which we all age well. Handicap Parking Brandy Queen, Counselor Please remember to always display your handicap [email protected] 50+ Marketplace News
INFORMATION placard when parking in one of these spaces. 303-651-8414 Animals available at the Senior Center monthly. Larry Holtgrewe, Seniors Recreation Coordinator The only animals allowed in the [email protected] building are Service Animals as defined Longmont eAlerts This is an e-mail alert system 303-774-3533 by the ADA which are dogs (or miniature from the City of Longmont for community members Veronica Garcia, Resource Specialist - se habla español horses) that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. to receive brief notices on various topics: Longmont Get the Email [email protected] government news, Adults 55+, City Council News, 303-651-8716 Per Senior Center policy, only Service Animals as Newsletter and defined above and animals invited as part of a staff Environment, Golf, Jobs, and Community Programs GO Catalog! Amy Payan, Resource Specialist and Events. You can receive information via e-mail, - arranged program are allowed in the building. Fall 2019 [email protected] phone, cell, or fax. Visit www.ci.longmont.co.us/ Never miss a special 303-774-4372 selectalert/index.htm to sign up. event, LSC news alert, or Monica Bautista, Office Assistant -se habla español featured class again: join our TABLE OF CONTENTS Longmont email list and get regular updates in your |
[email protected] www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services 303-651-8411 or 303-774-4452 (en español) Arts & Creative Pursuits 13 Channel 8 inbox twice a month. We’ll also email you when (Government Access the GO Catalog is ready to view electronically. Deanne Kear, Office Assistant Community News 64 [email protected] Channel) or Comcast Visit www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior 303-651-8411 Computers & Technology 15 Cable Channel 16. services, text SENIORCENTER to 42828, or sign up at the front desk. Robyn Bosica, Admin, Asst., Facility Reservation Drop-in Programs, Groups, & Clubs 6 [email protected] Exercise & Fitness 45 303-774-4714 Friends of the Longmont Senior Center 4 GO SUBSCRIPTION FORM - 2019 Martin Hernandez, Building Maintenance General Information 1 303-651-8411 If you would like the convenience of having the last issue of The 2019 GO catalog mailed to you, General Interest 21 General Information please complete this form and return it to the Senior Center. Please enclose a check made payable email: [email protected] Health and Wellness Programs 36 to the City of Longmont in the amount of $1.00 for residents, $2.00 for non-residents. The GO is regularly available online and at the Senior Center before the bulk mailing is completed. Check out www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services | History & Science 26 www.longmontcolorado.gov/senior-services Humanities & Cultural 28 Información y Programas en Español 32 Name (Please Print) ______
Fall 2019 Fall Resource & Supportive Services Guide R1 Special Events 10 Address ______City ______Zip Code ______WINTER Sports and Outdoors 50 Telephone Resource Page 67 Phone ______will be available after Trips 53 2 Monday, November 4. Volunteer & Involvement 62 Vol. 2019 No. 4 Fall (September-November 2019) 10505600 62170 PRSRT STD Class & Trip Registration Division of Senior Services U.S. Postage Paid Community & Special Events Longmont Senior Center Longmont, CO see 910 Longs Peak Avenue Permit #19 inside Resource Guide Longmont, CO 80501
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Meet George Baskos and Barb Hau. George runs our local KGUD Community Radio station on 90.7FM, and Barb is the public access coordinator for Channel 8 TV and leads the "Eyes on Longmont" TV production club here Registration Information at the Senior Center. Read about their passion for media on page 68. For classes, films, special events, outdoor programs, cycling, athletics, and all non-day trip programs begins Monday, August 12 at 8:00 am. Register at the Senior Center, online, or over the phone.
For all day-trip activities listed on pages 53-60, registration begins with a lottery-style sign-up at the Senior Center on Friday, August 16 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Participants can register for themselves and one other person.
All activities with a registration number require advance registration. For your convenience, registration forms are available at the Senior Center. Payment is due at time of registration.
If you require a disability accommodation or have a special request, please complete a yellow request form available at the Senior Center Front Desk when you register. This is your time. See page 1 for more information regarding registration and participation in services and programs. OWN IT.