a newsletter for active adults 50+ November 2017 • Volume 4, Issue 11 EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER This Month VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 1 EAMC Volunteer Join the East Alabama Medical Center Auxiliary and join a family of Opportunities friendly, caring people. You don’t have to be retired to volunteer, even volunteering four hours per month can make a difference. 2 Sign Up for EAMC Auxiliary members help the hospital achieve its mission of high Trips quality, compassionate health care while gaining a sense of 2 Birthdays well-being that comes from helping others. For more information about the Auxiliary and ways to get involved, please contact Victoria Beasley, volunteer coordinator, at 3 Events [email protected] or 334-528-5923. 4 Calendar Harris Center • 425 Perry St • Auburn, AL 36830 (334) 501-2930 • www.auburnalabama.org/seniors • [email protected] Open Monday - Friday • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Register for Trips Happy November 2nd: Million Dollar Quartet, The Springer Opera House, Columbus, GA The Tony Award Birthday! Winning musical, Million Dollar Quartet is set on December 4, 1956, when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at Sun Records in Memphis for The Please make sure we have greatest impromptu recording session of all time. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary December night to life with an irresistible tale of YOUR birthday on our broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations that is both poignant and funny. Showcased hit songs include: “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” list so we can acknowledge it! “Walk the Line,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog,” and more. Don’t miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame as the “Million 2- Louise Morris, Ella Reese Dollar Quartet” performs their greatest rockabilly, gospel and country hits. The cost of the trip includes admission, transportation and dinner. $45. 4- Harriet Billups, Eloise Johns Payable to AAB. Thursday, November 2nd • 4 - 9:30pm. This trip is full, but you can be added to the waitlist. 7- Mike Williams, Rita Masek November 17th: Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), 9- Renee Gardner Atlanta, GA MODA is the only museum in the Southeast dedicated exclusively to the study and 11- Barbara Henderson, celebration of all things design. Formed in 1989 as the Atlanta International Museum of Art & Design, MODA has Linda Nelson, grown and evolved over the years to become the Southeast’s only design museum. The museum also holds the distinction of being a Smithsonian Earnestine Washington Affiliate. MODA's mission is to advance the understanding and appreciation of design as the convergence of creativity and functionality through 14- Kwang Stone exhibitions, education, and programming for visitors of all ages. The cost of the trip includes admission and transportation. Please bring extra money for 15- Ginny Allen lunch. $15. Payable to AAB. Friday, November 17th • 9am - 6pm. 16- Lee Wilson December 4th: South Cobb Christmas House Arts & Crafts Show, Mableton, GA The Christmas House Arts & Crafts 17- Chuck Flores Show takes place every year in early December at the Mable House Arts Center in Mableton, GA. It is a juried show with a 18- Stephanie Hutchinson, Christmas theme. All of the items are handcrafted, from bath products to hand turned wood. Buyers will find just about Elizabeth Johnson, Sarah Rainey everything they need for holiday gifts as well as items to be used year round. We will also enjoy lunch at Mable’s Tea Room where all proceeds 19- Jerry Weldon, fund projects within the Mableton Community and the SCAA Scholarship Program. The cost of the trip includes transportation. Please bring extra Caroline Woodford money for lunch and shopping. $5. Payable to AAB. Monday, December 4th • 9am - 6pm. 20- Margaret Segrest DATE CHANGE! December 8th: A 21- Jackie Sherbert Chili Country Christmas, We Piddle Around Theater, Brundidge, AL A 22- Patty Allen, Mary Collier Chili Country Christmas is the best kind of Christmas. There is no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to 23- Judy Lockhart sit down to a bowl of hot chili on a chilly, winter night and enjoy the songs and stories of the Christmas season. Each Chili Country Christmas event 24- Jeanne Bradley, Joy Huyler, celebrates the merriment of the season and brings renewed awareness to the real reason for the season. The 2017 Chili Country Christmas Storytelling Betty Shaw, John Lin Event will follow past shows with renowned performances with your meal of a chili supper with all the fixin's and a holiday dessert. We will arrive early 26- Connie Rosenblatt to enjoy a wagon ride through historical downtown Brundidge. The cost of the trip includes transportation, admission and dinner. $25. Payable to AAB. 29- Don Large Friday, December 8th • 4 - 11pm. November 2017 • Page 2 Mark Your Calendar! Golden Giving Days: Community Market “Family” Feud Food for Thought: Elder Law Attorney Sara Bragdon Each quarter we will focus on one local Family Feud is an American television Enjoy a presentation from Sara Bragdon of non-profit to donate our time to! This game show, currently hosted by Steve Akridge & Balch , P.C. Attorneys at Law quarter we will be focusing on The Harvey, where two families compete to about elder law, estate planning, etc. This Community Market. We will spend our name the most popular responses to sur- FREE breakfast is sponsored by Organize time stocking the shelves for customers to vey questions in order to win cash and Me Now. shop the next day. Each volunteer will prizes. In our version we will draw to see receive a free t-shirt. who will be our team (family) and com- Tuesday, November 14th pete to see who will win some exciting 8:30 - 10am Wednesday, November 1st, 2 - 4pm at gift cards (sorry, no cash or cars awarded Register at the Harris Center by Friday, The Community Market (3810 Pepperell here). Join in the fun for our first ever November 10th at 5pm. Pkwy., Opelika) “Family” Feud! Limited to 15 volunteers. Register at the Harris Center by Wednesday, November 8th, 6 - 9pm Tuesday, October 31st at 5pm. $5 to cover the cost of dinner. Register at the Harris Center by Monday, November 6th at 5pm. Crafty Crew: Thanksgiving Napkin Rings Movie Night: The Zookeeper’s Wife Get Out and Go! Local Adventure Club: Tour of Auburn University Airport Come hang out with us on select In 1939 in Poland, Antonina Zabinski and Wednesday afternoons each month and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski run a zoo. Meet us at The Auburn University Airport enjoy making a seasonal craft with step-by The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's (2150 Mike Hubbard Boulevard) for an -step instruction from Gabby! This month stewardship and Antonina's care. When educational tour. we will be making decorative napkin rings their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan Participants must provide their own for your Thanksgiving Table. and Antonina are forced to report to the transportation. Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Wednesday, November 15th 2 - 3pm Lutz Heck. The Zabinskis covertly begin Tuesday, November 28th , 8:30 - 10:30am $5 per person to cover the working with the Resistance and put into FREE to the public. cost of supplies. action plans to save the lives of hundreds Participants must register by Please register by Monday, November from the Warsaw Ghetto. Wednesday, November 22nd at 5pm. 13th at 5pm. (Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday) Thursday, November 16th, 5:30 - 8pm $5 to cover the cost of dinner. Register at the Harris Center by Wednesday, November 15th at 5pm. Read and Reflect: A Christmas Memory: Munch ‘N Mingle Lunch Club: One Christmas, and The Thanksgiving Shrimp Basket Visitor By Truman Capote Get together with old friends and make This book is a new and original edition of some new as we gather for lunch at Capote's most famous short stories: "A Shrimp Basket (1651 South College Street Christmas Memory," "One Christmas," in Auburn). Participants must provide and "A Thanksgiving Memory." All three their own transportation and cover the stories are distinguished by Capote's cost of lunch. delicate interplay of childhood sensibility and recollective vision. Wednesday, November 29th 11:30am - 1pm Tuesday, November 28th Register at the Harris Center by Tuesday, 10 - 11am at the Harris Center November 28th at noon. FREE to the public November 2017 • Page 3 November 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Community Market 2 - 4pm Field Trip 4 - 9:30pm 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 AU vs. Georgia 6-9pm 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Food For Movie Night: Thought The Zookeeper’s Wife 8:30 - 10am Field Trip Crafty Crew 5:30 - 8pm 2 - 3pm 9am - 6pm 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Get Out & Go! AU Airport 8:30 - 10:30am Munch N’ Book Club Mingle 11:30am 10 - 11am Shrimp Basket All classes and programs are held at the Harris Center, unless otherwise noted. Trips depart from the Harris Center. Trip departure times are exact. Return times are approximate. .