200 E. 3rd St., Bonner Springs, KS 66012 Senior Center Director - Gloria Ochoa 913-441-0169 / Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm / email: [email protected] TOP TEN NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FOR SENIORS A New Year’s Resolution is a tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self improvement or something nice beginning January 1st. It is not about losing weight, paying off debt or breaking bad habits. Be around for next year to make another Welcome to our resolution! All about living life to the fullest. January newsletter Get tech savvy! Try our Facebook and Twitter. It is the beginning of a New Year. Socialize more! Make an effort to contact friends Spend more time with family and friends. Try and bring something Revisit memories by telling children and different into your life. grandchildren about the lives we’ve lived. We welcome you to join us Celebrate and be thankful for the little things in and see what is happening at life. the Senior Center. Pray for peace in the world Hope the future We offer a variety of a brings more love and compassion to the people. activities for all interests and Age gracefully Chose to exercise and eat healthy. abilities. Volunteer! Help others and friends in need. We are an active community Senior Center where you can Smile more! Learn to be kinder, more spend time socializing understanding and more patient. informally or participate in structured activities. Be a better listener! Take the time to listen and not interrupt others when speaking. SENIOR CENTER NEWS HEALTH HISTORY FORMS THESE FORMS SHOULD BE UPDATED HAVE SOME FREE TIME AND WOULD YEARLY AS THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL LIKE TO GET PAID OR VOLUNTEER SHOULD YOU BECOME ILL AT THE YOUR TIME TO DRIVE FOR SENIOR CENTER OR ON TRIPS. SENIOR CENTER TRIPS? YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A NEW FORM CONTACT GLORIA AT THE TO COMPLETE FOR THE 2020 NEW YEAR. SENIOR CENTER 913-441-0169 PLEASE COMPLETE IT AND RETURN IT TO GLORIA AT THE SENIOR CENTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL IF YOU NEED COPIES OF YOUR MEDICINE LIST, I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE YOU PROGRAM ONE. THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY NECESSARY KANSANS FILING THEIR INFORMATION. STATE INCOME TAX RETURN CAN DONATE IT WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL TO THE LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM The Senior Center is opened from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday thru Friday except Holidays. You can play pool work puzzles, participate in card games or just visit January 29, 2020 Chills, fever, body aches, The Center is for ages 55 years and cough, sore throat and older Kansas Day is a headache are still holiday in the state of symptoms of influenza, better known as “the flu.” Kansas in the United Bingo States. It is celebrated w/Bonner Springs By practicing a healthy annually on January lifestyle that includes Nursing and Rehab 29 to commemorate getting enough rest, eating the anniversary of the nutritious meals and Jessica is hosting our state's 1861 exercising. Other health Bingo on Thursday, admission to the habits include frequent January 23 at 10:00 Union. It was first hand washing and keeping celebrated in 1877 by your hands away from schoolchildren in She is a great Bingo host! your face. Paola. There are prizes to win! -2- SENIOR CENTER NEWS Bus Driver The Senior Center currently has MONTHLY one volunteer bus driver for our LUNCH trips out of the office. Our trips are limited at the moment as our one driver is still working DATE: JANUARY 17 part time. He is only available two days out of the week. TIME: 11:30 Hopefully in the near future the PLACE: SENIOR CENTER situation will change and we will be HONEY BEE ROOM able to hire or get a volunteer driver, but as of now, we will do the MENU: CHILI best we can with the one driver we CORN BREAD have available. VEGETABLE TRAY CINNAMON ROLLS Hopefully this answers some of COFFEE AND TEA your questions. COST: $6:00 DEADLINE SIGN UP: On outings we participate in at the Senior Center. We need a minimum TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020 of at least 10 participants to a show, END OF DAY lunch, etc required for the Bus. We have had less than this amount and our volunteer driver has Tie Blankets requested that we have a minimum of at least 10 seniors. Don’t forget we meet on Thursday, January 9 at 10:00 in the Sunflower Room working Thank you for your assistance. on the blankets we make for Veterans Join us for Wii games, Pool, Puzzles, Bridge, Pitch, Five Crowns and Bingo!! Available Daily, Weekly, Monthly!! -3- SENIOR CENTER NEWS LEGAL SERVICES JANUARYJANUARY BIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYS There will be no legal services , until POTLUCK Howard R. 1-1 further notice James C. 1-3 Patsy S. 1-4 Willard R. 1-7 Dorothy K. 1-9 Charles Mc C 1-15 PattiTuesday, R. December 1 11-19 Cookies for Kay S. 11:00 am 1-20 In the Honey Bee Room Feed His Lambs Linda V. at the 1-22 Al R. Senior Center 1-25 is on the 1st Thursday of every month. On YourWednesday Birthday - Don’tJanuary 7, at Please deliver to the Senior Center Bring a Dish 11:30 birthday potluck is being heldNot in Yourthe BirthdaySunflower - Room Bring a Dish Your Birthday DINNER THEATER Do Not Bring Potluck CINDY WILLIAMS Starring Not Your Birthday - in The Original CHURCH Bring Potluck BASEMENT LADIES The original is back and this time, it stars Cindy Williams! CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES is the hilarious musical comedy that mixes the silliness of NUNSENSE with the homespun hu- mor of PRAIRIE HOME COMPAN- ION. It’s a celebration of the church basement kitchens everywhere and the wonderful, unsung women who work January 29, 2020 there. The script is spot on, the music is toe-tapping, the humor is delicious and Kansas Day is a the cast includes some of holiday in the state of the funniest people we have ever as- Kansas in the United States. It is cele- sembled on our stage. Don’t miss the brated annually on January 29 to com- memorate the anniversary of the fun. This show will sell out! state's 1861 admission to the Next show on Wednesday April 1, 2020 Union. It was first Cost is $38.00 celebrated in 1877 by schoolchildren in Lunch included in Price Paola. Money to be turned in on or before March 1, 2020 -4- SENIOR CENTER NEWS Braves Cyber Unit Megan Harrell, 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher has asked if we would be in- MARK YOUR CALENDARS terested in the Braves Cyber Unit once again. They would like to drop by and introduce themselves to see the Seniors and see if they Senior Center will be closed Wednesday can help you but only if you are interested. January 1, 2020 for New Years Day holiday They will begin their Cyber Unit in February. Closed Monday, January 20, for Martin Luther King Birthday This is for any questions you might have regarding: Shopping and Lunch - Friday, January 10, Leaving the Center at 10:00 Cell phone help (droid or iPhone) Social Network Sites, Facebook, Snap Monthly Lunch– Thursday, January 17 at Chat and Instagram 11:30 E-mail assistance Text messaging do’s and don’ts Cookies for Feed His Lambs Skype and Google Hangout Money turned in March 1 for Church Basement Ladies. $38.00 includes lunch The students would like to learn Pitch and are hoping that some of you would take a moment Ground Hog Day, Sunday, February 2, 2020 to teach them the game. Those of you who do not play but would like to meet and greet with Superbowl Sunday, February 2, 2020 the BCY here is your chance to get your questions answered. President’s Day, Monday, February 17 Senior Center will be closed. Please sign up so we know how many students should attend to assist you! SHOPPING AND LUNCH BINGO WITH On Friday, January 10 we are leaving VISITING the Senior Center at 10:00 to spent some PHYSICIANS of those gift cards you received for Christmas. We will lunch at the restaurant of your Leslie will host our Bingo on Thursday, choice January 16. Bring your coupons, gift cards, money She will have prizes and Treats and walking shoes so that you may join us for a fun day of shopping. Please come and join in the fun! -5- SENIOR CENTER NEWS DOES Aging Independently WORK FOR YOU? Initiative brings together Village Home Health, Right at Home Private Duty If you receive the newsletter by mail Nursing, Visiting Physicians, and Kansas or have e-mail access we ask that you Palliative & Hospice Care to speak with call the Senior Center at you on how to stay in your home longer. 913-441-0169 or send us your e-mail with your request. Each company will speak on a different service or resource that is available in your If you have not been at the center in area. over 6 months you will need to call the Center to get back on the list. Some of those resources are covered by insurance, private pay, and one is even We would love to hear from you! free of charge to you! Join us so that you can help your family, friends and one day, yourself be able to stay independent as long as possible.