Services for Newtown seniors are sponsored by the Commission on Aging and are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.
Services for Newtown seniors are sponsored by the Commission on Aging and are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.
For information on federal, state and community resources available to seniors, call 270-4330 or 270-4315.
You may drop in at the Senior Center on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook weekdays between 10 am and 4 pm. A hot meal is served at noon for which you must reserve three days in advance.
Newtown has daily door-to-door mini-bus service Monday through Friday. Buses also run all day from the senior center to Sand Hill Plaza. On Fridays, the bus alternates between rides to Danbury Fair Mall and Berkshire Plaza in Danbury (to the new Wal*Mart store on Route 6). Cost is 60¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75¢ each way for out of town. Call 748-2511 TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE to book a ride and get the out-of-town Friday schedule.
News For Week of        January 5-9
*An important update for Newtown and area seniors: ELDERLY HEALTH SCREENING SERVICES, also known as 60-PLUS WELLNESS SCREENING, has closed. All medical files will be shredded after January 16, 2004.
If you have used EHS services you have the right to obtain your files before that date at 161 North Main Street in Waterbury. Stop in or call 203-753-9284 or 203-312-5665 for more information.
*TRIP BOOKLETS for 2004 will be available at the senior center by the first week of February. Call or stop by for details.
*HULA LESSONS: Have you always wanted to learn how to hula dance? We will be offering the opportunity to learn to hula in just four hours.
The Polynesian Dancers of Brookfield will be visiting Newtown Senior Center from 1 to 2 pm on Wednesday, January 7, Friday, January 9, Monday, January 12, and Friday, January 16. Call the senior center to sign up for this fun event.
*Ann McGrath will be at the senior center on Tuesday, January 13, at 1 pm, to lead a workshop where participants will PAINT AND DECORATE A WOODEN SNOWMAN. Call the senior center to sing up for the class; space is limited.
*On Tuesday, January 15, at 1 pm, Bill Michaels will return to the senior center to warm our hearts with his singing. Come out of the cold for a little while and enjoy an hour of ENTERTAINMENT BY BILL MICHAELS.
*THE GOLD COAST SINGERS will be here on Wednesday, January 21, at 1 pm. Please join us for this free performance.
This Weekâs Programs
*Massage therapist ANITA MOTT has begun visiting on the first Monday of each month to offer massage for a fee, by appointment only. Her next visit will be on January 5, and she will be here between 10 am and noon. Call the senior center for details on the cost of a massage and to make an appointment.
*NEW HORIZONS, a support group for widows and widowers, usually meets at the senior center on the first Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be on January 6 at 3 pm.
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REMINDERS: Has it been a while since youâve played Bridge? Would you like to learn how? Stop by the senior center any Monday at 10 am for MARY MATERNâS BRIDGE GROUP.
*Marilynâs at it again â Grab your walking shoes and catch up with her for WEEKLY WALKS AT FAIRFIELD HILLS each Monday at 10 am. She starts each week from Newtown House.
*CHAIR EXERCISE: Debbieâs chair exercise class is now being offered on two occasions each week. Join us at the senior center Monday afternoons at 1 pm and Wednesday mornings at 10.
This is a low-level chair exercise class. We target the seniors who havenât exercised in a while and those who would like additional upper body stretching.
*Our SEWING CLASS is currently working on chemo caps, totes for cancer patients, and trach bibs. If you are interested in helping with this project, please join us on Mondays at 1 pm.
*HATHA YOGA CLASSES will now be offered Monday and Thursday mornings at 10. Bring a mat or towel to lie on and wear loose clothing (no belts; sweats are perfect).
*ART CLASSES are now being offered on Monday afternoons at 1.
*Join Debbie Kenyon for EXERCISE CLASSES on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10 am that are vigorous yet gentle, with lots of stretches. The class incorporates resistance band work with some low-impact cardio and lots of stretches. Participants are encouraged to go at their own rate and finish feeling refreshed, invigorated and with more energy.
*Join Marilyn on Tuesdays at 1:30 for AFTERNOON CRAFTS.
*Join us at BROOKFIELD LANES each Tuesday and Thursday for a great time bowling. We meet at noon and the cost is only $1.25 per game.
*Join us at the senior center each Thursday afternoon for CHORUS GROUP at 1 pm. Join us, too, if you play the piano.
*MAH JONGG players have two opportunities on Fridays. The advanced group plays at 9 am, and a beginnerâs group plays at 1.
*QUILTING CLASS meets on Fridays at 10 am.
*Thinking about doing some TRAVELING IN 2004? Trips are being scheduled to Beijing in February, Philadelphia in March, Nantucket and Pennsylvania in April (separate trips), Santa Fe in May, and a special âAmericaâs Rockies By Railâ package in August. Stop by the senior center for more details.
Menu For Week of        January 5-9
Reservations must be made one or two days in advance.
Meals are subject to change.
Monday: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli florettes, pineapple juice, oatmeal bread, diet fruited Jell-O with topping;
Tuesday: Lemon thyme chicken, yellow rice, Italian vegetable medley, whole wheat bread, citrus sections;
Wednesday: Eggplant parmesan, spaghetti with marinara sauce, fresh zucchini, garlic bred, vanilla pudding with topping;
Thursday: Sliced steak, mushroom gravy, OâBrien potatoes, diced carrots, rye bread, peanut butter chip cookie;
Friday: Potato leek soup, unsalted crackers, potato crunch fish, brown rice, broccoli florettes, whole wheat bread, fresh fruit.
Activities Schedule,
January 5-9
Monday: AM massage therapy (by appointment), Bridge, hatha yoga class, walking group (at Newtown House, Fairfield Hills); PM chair exercise class, art class;
Tuesday: AM exercise; PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), New Horizons meeting;
Wednesday: AM chair exercise class; PM Bingo;
Thursday: AM exercise, hatha yoga class; PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), chorus/sing-along group;
Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, sewing, quilting; PM beginnerâs mah jongg.
 Remember, you must call three days in advance to book a meal or a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.