Danville Senior Services 2018 SILVER STREAK A NEWSLETTER OF PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Registration Dates: September · October · November · December AUGUST 14 (R) AUGUST 15 (NR) [email protected] | www.danville.ca.gov/seniors | (925) 314-3430 Oak Hill Park Village Theatre Danville Senior Center Danville Community Center Hap Magee Ranch Park Community Center Town Meeting Hall & Art Gallery 115 E. Prospect Ave 420 Front Street 1025 La Gonda Way 3005 Stone Valley Road 201 Front Street 233 Front Street Happy National Senior Interests Subcommittee Senior Center Month! ...mark your calendar! Do you have an idea for a new activity or an improved September is National Senior Center Month. Celebrate procedure for Senior Services? Attend the scheduled by trying something new! Have you explored our wide meetings to be heard by the decision makers. variety of health and fi tness classes? What about a cooking class or painting class? Maybe it’s time you NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2018 stopped by for a free Friday movie! Either way, we hope TIME: 4:00 P.M. to see you soon. LOCATION: DANVILLE SENIOR CENTER, MEETING ROOM Silver Streak Distribution The Silver Streak Newsletter program schedule will be as follows: January/February/March, followed by April/ May, June, July/August/September, October/November/ December. The Town of Danville will continue mailing the quarterly Silver Streak Newsletter to Danville residents within the Town boundaries. Non-residents are encouraged to view or download the Silver Streak online at www.danville.ca.gov/ seniors or view a copy at any Town Offi ce location. Do you love Bocce? New to bocce? Want to socialize and enjoy the beautiful courts at Sycamore Valley Park? Join the Fall Senior Bocce League on Tuesday, Wednesday, Inside or Thursday mornings. Come play in a supportive SENIOR SNEAKERS TRIPS 2-3 and social environment. All levels welcome. Bocce SPECIAL EVENTS 3-4 volunteers will help guide you if you’re new! Please pre- BUZZ SESSIONS 4-7 register. CLASSES 6-12 Tuesday, September 4-October 23; REGISTRATION FORM INSERT Wednesday, September 5-October 24; COMMUNITY RESOURCES 10-11 Thursday, September 6-October 25 HEALTH & WELNNESS 11 Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am. ENRICHMENT 11-12 $30(R) $36(N) Senior Sneakers Trips ACTIVITY LEVELS Mumm Napa Tasting/Gott’s Roadside Lunch You must be able to walk six steep steps to board the bus. Bus Tuesday, September 18, 8:15 am-5:00 pm will be provided unless otherwise noted. Please let us know if We will begin with a walkthrough and educational tour you have any physical limitations prior to signing up for a trip of Mumm Napa’s demonstration vineyard and learn all so staff can try to accommodate your needs ahead of time. about the seasonal cycle of the vines, grape varietals, and All trips depart from Diablo Vista Park. Choose your level their environmentally friendly and sustainable agricul- carefully: LEVEL 1: Easy, sitting/little walking. Must be able to ture. Learn how they blend their wines and get the bubbles stand 10 minutes without assistance or bring your walker into the bottle in their state-of-the art winery! The tour or wheelchair. ends with a stroll through the fi ne art photography gal- LEVEL 2: Small amount of walking lery housing a permanent exhibit of original photographs LEVEL 3: Moderate to heavy walking by Ansel Adams. The tour includes 4 tastes of sparkling LEVEL 4: Heavy amount of walking/standing wine along the tour path, a logo fl ute, and a 10% discount 5 LEVEL : Strenuous walking/hiking on wine purchases. After the tour, enjoy a little time in the If you aren’t sure where you fi t, call us at (925) 314-3430. gift shop before lunch at the famous Gotts Roadside! Ac- Please note: Times listed for trips are approximate. tivity Level 3. Fees: $133(R) $159(N) Lunch not included in price. Phantom of the Opera Wednesday, September 26, 12:30 pm–6:00 pm Join your Senior Sneaker friends for a trip into the City for an afternoon at the theater. This trip will include trans- portation and admission to the Award-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, The Phantom of the Opera. Advanced tickets on sale now! No need to wait for registration. Activ- ity Level 1. Fees: $140(R) $168(N) Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec Trips Fleet Week Hornblower Lunch Cruise Please Note: Cancellation policy regarding - San Francisco trips. Any cancellations on trips must be made 10 business days prior to the trip unless tickets Sunday, October 7, 11:30 am–6:00 pm have been purchased. Some trips may not be The Belle is a San Francisco landmark and the crown jewel refundable. Transportation included unless from a bygone era. The sternwheeler features Art Nouveau otherwise noted. style on all three enclosed levels, a spacious sun deck and Grandparents Day at the Oakland Zoo three full wrap-around decks and provides an Sunday, September 9, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm excellent vantage point Come celebrate Grandparents Day at the Oakland Zoo to see the Fleet Week Air with your grandchildren, strolling through the zoo while Show. Enjoy a hosted buf- checking out the new California Trail (opened Summer of fet lunch including free- 2018) featuring bison, grizzly and black bears, bald eagles, fl owing champagne with gray wolves, jaguars and mountain lions. Enjoy the Chil- festive background music, dren’s Zoo and rides and the new gondola! Grandparents then step onto the outer receive a free train ride ticket; Gondola ride is included in deck to watch the famous your admission. Trip includes admission and transporta- San Francisco Fleet Air tion. Lunch on your own. Each participant must register. Show! Transportation, admission and lunch is included. Activity Level 4. Fees: $67(R) $81(N) Activity Level: 2. Fees: $175(R) $210(N) 2 DANVILLE SENIOR SERVICES (925) 314-3430 Senior Sneaker Trips/AdVANtures Hiller Aviation Museum - San Carlos Moss Beach Distillery – Half Moon Bay Wednesday, November 14, 9:00 am–3:00 pm Wednesday, October 24, 10:00 am–5:00 pm Where Inspiration Takes Flight! The museum chronicles Enjoy lunch at the historical landmark, Moss Beach Dis- over a century of aviation history and provides a glimpse tillery. Known as Frank’s Place during Prohibition, the into air transportation’s future. Vintage and futuristic air- San Mateo Coast was an ideal spot for rum running, crafts, prototypes, photographic displays and models are bootlegg ers and “speak- on display. Be sure not to miss the Beginnings of Flight, easies.” The Moss Beach the First Transcontinental Flight and Real Time Air Traf- Distillery is also well fi c Exhibits. Also included on this docent-led trip is the known for its famous chance to see inside a 747 cockpit and so much more! ghost, “The Blue Lady.” Wednesday’s local food trucks come to the museum for a The popular NBC TV lunch of your choosing. Activity Level 3. series Unsolved Myster- Fees $60(R) $75(N) Food truck lunch not included in price. ies recreated a haunting version of “The Legend of the Blue Lady.” A preset lunch menu and Ghosts at the old speak- Poinsettia and Cheese Tour easy! After lunch enjoy a short stop in the quaint town of Tuesday, December 4, 9:00 am–3:00 pm Half Moon Bay for a little shopping before heading back Visit Duarte Nursery for our annual tour and opportunity to Danville. Happy Halloween! Fees: $55(R) $66(N) to purchase spectacular Poinsettia and Cyclamen plants. Enjoy shopping in a beautiful winter wonderland fi lled with delightful gifts. Please bring cash or checks, as credit Special Events cards are not accepted. Our visit to Hilmar Cheese will in- clude a short cheese-making tour, and hosted hot buff et Historic Downtown Danville Walking Tour holiday luncheon, followed by plenty of time to shop for and Lunch at Bridges delicious gourmet foods, sweet treats and gift items found Wednesday, September 5, 9:45 am–12:45 pm in the country boutique. Activity Level 3. Fees: $55(R) Enjoy a morning stroll with a docent-led tour through $66(N) Transportation and lunch included. downtown Danville. Learn about Danville’s historic struc- tures, building origins, street names and about the people who once lived here and shaped our wonderful commu- nity. After the tour, enjoy a delicious three-course lunch at Bridges, with a little history of its own! Wear good walking shoes! Activity Level 4. Fees: $35(R) $42(N) Please bring $5.00 donation to the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. Lunch is included. “Walk-tober” - 5K Walk for Your Health Friday, October 5, 9:00 am–1:30 pm Come and walk for your health with a 5K walk in down- town and then celebrate with lunch at the Danville Senior AdVANtures Center. Brisk walking is great exercise, and can increase What’s more exciting than an adventure in a van? A 15-seat- your heart rate and breathing, keep you healthy, improve er van will be driven by staff to the designated destination your fi tness, and facilitate with performing your daily to provide a smaller, more intimate trip experience. No re- tasks. Don’t forget to stop for special treats and health in- strooms are available on the van, but bathroom stops are formation at the booths along the course. Get outside for possible! Register early, trips may be cancelled two weeks your health and take a walk with friends! Registration in- ahead of time if enrollment is low. cludes an event t-shirt and lunch.