St. Joseph-Lincoln Senior Center TAX TIME IS UPON US Beginning Monday, January 3271 Lincoln Avenue 20th, you can call to make an St. Joseph, MI 49085 appointment to get your taxes done. Time slots will begin on (269) 429-7768 February 4th. Please round up all [email protected] of your paperwork before WWW.SJLSC.ORG scheduling an appointment. Please use the Hours: Monday thru Friday 8 am to 4 pm checklist on page 2 of this newsletter when gathe ring your documentation. The AARP tax volunteers are able to help you file simple Federal and State income tax returns, including Homestead Property Credit and Home Heating Credit. Due to changes in the property tax rules, more people will be eligible for credits this year. It is suggested that everyone bring their property tax bill to their appointment. FYI, COMPLEX TAXES MUST BE COMPLETED BY A TAX SERVICE! This includes any business 2020 pursuits. Appointments fill quickly, so call as HAPPY NEW YEAR soon as possible to save your spot! Out with the old and in with the new. May the WE NEED YOU! year 2020 bring delightful Due to our continued extreme surprises and good luck growth, we are in need of for you! Wishing everyone some volunteers who love our a Healthy and Happy New Center and would like to share Year from all of us here at the Senior Center! that enthusiasm by working a 2-hour shift registering new SUPERBOOKS ARE COMING! members, giving them tours of We hope that the Superbooks have our Center and assisting the staff in various arrived by the time you get this ways. If you are interested, please see Sharyl newsletter so you can buy them for for the details. Christmas gifts for that special person on your list. Remember this is THE CENTER IS CLOSED a great way to help out the local businesses, DECEMBER 31st & JANUARY 1st save a lot of money and help your Center. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Please call to see if the books have arrived or to get on the list to reserve your copy. BOOK CLUB NEWSLETTER MAILING VOLUNTEERS! Wednesday, January 8th, 10:00 a.m. This month’s mailing is The first book of 2020 is “When Wednesday, January 29th at 9:00 am Evil Came to Good Hart” by author Mardi Link. Leading this TAX CHECKLIST month’s discussion will be Barb EVERYONE MUST HAVE A PHOTO ID AND Dorow. SOCIAL SECURITY CARD WITH THEM TO HAVE TAXES DONE. THERE WILL BE NO Just a reminder that all EXCEPTIONS! IF FILING MARRIED/JOINTLY, programs/events previously BOTH PEOPLE NEED TO BE PRESENT. published will be listed in this section. Please refer to last Also, bring ALL of the following to your month’s newsletter or call the appointment: Center for more details. -2018 tax filed forms, no matter where they were PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED done FOR ALL EVENTS -2019 Social Security Benefit Statement (SSA-1099) ST. JOSEPH NORTH PIER LIGHTHOUSES -2019 Interest Statement for bank or credit union Tuesday, January 7th, 10:30 am (1099-INT) -2019 Statements of dividends earned or capital COMPUTER ROOM REMINDER gains distributions from mutual fund companies or Just a reminder that once tax season begins, sale of stocks (1099 Div., 1099B) the Senior Center’s Computer Please calculate your cost basis of stocks/funds Room will only be available on that you sold Mondays. Ralph Rumpf, our computer consultant, will be -2019 statements for income received from available on Mondays from 9:00 pensions, annuities, IRA, etc. (1099 R) am until 12:00 pm. After the tax -2019 information about any earned income (W-2, season is complete, the 1099’s) schedule will then return to Mondays and -2019 premiums paid by you for health insurance Wednesdays. We thank you for your -Summer AND Winter property tax bills. BOTH cooperation during the busy tax season. bills must be brought in; the bill that was due in Sept. 2019 AND the bill that is due Feb. 2020 JINGLE & MINGLE CHRISTMAS PARTY -2018 AND 2019 state income taxes paid in 2019, if Thank you all for coming to you itemize your deductions the annual SJLSC Christmas -2019 heating bills. (Please get a printout from your party! We would like to thank the many volunteers utility company for billings for Nov. 1, 2018 through who helped decorate, wrap Oct. 31, 2019) gifts, donated gifts, and -Any and all Federal and/or State income tax forms helped at the party. We are looking forward to you may have received in the mail next year! -Any other information you feel may be helpful in preparing your taxes -If you want your refund direct-deposited, you must January 9th 1:00 pm $1 bring a blank check or savings account information January 23rd 1:00 pm FREE with both the account number and routing January 30th 1:00 pm $1 number -If you rent, have the amount you pay each month 2 and the name and address of your landlord HELPFUL TIPS HEALTH NEWS PREVENTING FALLS The Nurse is in! We all want to stay in our homes as long as possible. Preventing injuries from falls will BRAIN HEALTH help maintain our independence. Because Brain health is an interesting falls can be life changing, some simple topic. Mayo Clinic did a study precautions can ensure safety and reduce that showed doing more your risk of falling at home. Have you done activities daily may offer greater cognitive a safety check in your home recently? protection for our brains (the part of our brain used for thinking, memory, using existing FOOT CLINIC knowledge and new knowledge). By Appointment Only Friday, January 10th I find that interesting from the standpoint that Friday, January 17th our Senior Center revolves around the number Van’s Medical Equipment provides of activities available to all the seniors in our this monthly service which is also community. The choices seem endless. available to diabetics, with a doctor’s order. The first visit is $30, A prescription for maintaining or improving which includes a reusable foot care brain health might include the following: kit. Follow up visits are $25. Reading books, playing games, spending time on the computer, engaging in social activities, WINTER BLUES and taking on a craft project. Looking to reduce those winter blues? If you are a “It’s not just about engaging in an activity, it’s crafty person and would about mixing it up with two or more,” says like to share your craft for a study co-author Yonas Geda, M.D., a professor couple hours with a group of Psychiatry and Neurology at Mayo Clinic. here at the Center, please “Two activities are better than one, three are contact Jennifer. We know better than two, and four are better than three.” there are a lot of you out there, so please He suggests doing a mix of these activities help raise the spirits of everyone during three to five days a week. these months ahead. Learning something interesting every day CHARM BRACELET MAKING challenges your brain and at the same time, Friday, February 14th, 10:00 am nutrition, physical exercise and sleep promote $20.00 payable at sign up brain health. $2.00 per charm-payable day of class On Valentine’s Day Kathy See you in the library, the game room, the Kasischke will be here to show computer room, the craft room, the exercise you how to make yourself or a room, the dining room, in Yoga, Tai Chi, loved one a Pandora-like charm Resistive Exercise, Chair Drumming, or bracelet. You will be able to wherever we might find ourselves improving select from a large variety of our brain health!! beautiful charms. You decide how many charms to add, pick out and design your very own charm bracelet. Jan Yelding, RN Don’t forget to sign up for this class, space is limited. 3 RECURRING SCHEDULE EXERCISE CLASS SUMMARY MONDAYS Beginning and Advanced Line Dancing -Teaches 9:00 am - Computer Lab dancing either for the new or experienced (active 9:15 am - Resistive Exercise activity). 9:30 am - Quilting Group Calisthenics-Full body workout, improves general 10:30 am - Range of Motion Exercise health and motor control by engaging muscular 11:45 am - Moving with Melodie chains rather than individual muscles (moderate 12:00 pm - Tai Chi activity). 12:30 pm - Bridge 1:00 pm - Hand & Foot Cards Cardio Drumming-Standing while you drum along 1:15 pm - Chair Drumming to the beat of music (active activity). 2:30 pm - Contra Dancing Chair Drumming-Seated while you drum along to TUESDAYS the beat of music (moderate activity). 9:00 am - Resistive Exercise 10:00 am - Calisthenics Chair Yoga-Mindful approach to practicing 12:30 pm - Euchre balance, strength, flexibility, and breath work. 12:30 pm - Bridge (contact: 208-9682) Experience stress reduction, improve blood 1:00 pm - Art Class- NO CLASSES UNTIL MARCH pressure and pain management (moderate 1:00 pm - Advanced Line Dancing activity). 2:00 pm - Beginning Line Dancing Circuit Training Room-The training room is open WEDNESDAYS daily from 9:00 am--3:00 pm. Monitors on duty at all 8:45 am - Resistive Exercise times. No special time or appointment needed for 9:00 am - Computer Lab first timers.** 9:00 am - Greeting Card Making 10:00 am - Moving with Melodie Contra Dance-Social, energetic, accessible, and 11:00 am - Mah Jong Game fun. No fancy footwork. Come try this American 11:15 am - Cardio Drumming classic form of dance (moderate activity). 12:15 pm - Parkinson’s Exercise *Registration Required Moving with Melodie-Exercising, stretching, and 12:45 pm - Pickleball a variety of dance numbers to all forms of music.