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 alternates between rides to Danbury Fair Mall and Southbury Plaza. 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.

 

This Week’s Programs

*On Wednesday, July 10, at 1 pm, the senior center will be “in the pink” when a Mary Kay consultant stops by to offer a DEMO and PRESENTATION ON MARY KAY COSMETICS. All participants will be invited to partake in the four steps for “Satin Hands.” We’ll also try “Satin Lips” and some blush. Call 270-4310 to sign up.

*Our next set of BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS will be on Thursday, July 11, beginning at noon.

 

News For Week of July 8-12

*On Wednesday, July 17, at 1 pm, Toni Shea, a community liaison nurse from Almost Family will be at the senior center for an in-depth yet informal seminar on Almost Family Adult Day Care. Come learn what Almost Family offers. For more information call the senior center, 270-4310.

*How does hot weather affect you? On Thursday, July 25, at 1 pm, community relations representative Martha Lemley will be at the senior center to share some information on how to RECOGNIZE HEAT STRESS and how to PREVENT HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.

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REMINDERS: We can always use DONATIONS OF MATERIAL AND YARN at the senior center.

*The RSVP volunteers are making CHEMO CAPS for cancer patients and need donations of stretchy/poly material. If you have any material to spare, please visit the senior center to donate it.

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.

*We are always updating the SENIOR CENTER’S BIRTHDAY LIST. Call 270-4310 so that we may wish you well on your next big day.

*The NEW HORIZONS WIDOW/WIDOWER support group meets at the senior center at 3 pm on the first Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be on August 6. Please call for info or stop in and join our group.

*Our next ELDERLY HEALTH SCREENINGS will be on Wednesday, August 7. Please call to make an appointment.

*THE WALKING GROUP is out and about with Marilyn on Mondays at 10 am. Meet at Newtown Hall on the campus of Fairfield Hills with your walking shoes on. Call the senior center for further information.

*NEED HELP WITH MEDICARE? A HICAP/CHOICES volunteer is here on Monday afternoons from 1 to 2 pm by appointment only. There is no charge for this service. Come in and talk to someone who can give you good answers, to help with problems and/or changes. Call the center to make an appointment. To talk to a CHOICES representative at any time, call 800/944-9422.

*Details concerning TRIPS FOR NEWTOWN SENIORS, from week-long overseas excursions to day trips within the region, are available at the senior center. Please remember that all trips must be paid for with ten working days of when you sign up for a trip.

*See Gillette’s Castle as never before. A day trip to GILLETTE CASTLE AND TOUR OF ESSEX will leave Newtown on Thursday, July 18, at 8:30 pm, and head first to Gillette Castle, which has been undergoing a major restoration. Then we will head to Oliver’s Taverne for lunch – choices are chicken, steak or fish. After lunch we’ll enjoy board the Essex Steam Train and then travel onto the Riverboat for an hour-long ride. It’ll be a wonderful day of adventure. Cost is $70 per person.

*On September 5 a group will be departing from Newtown and heading out on a PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH/GETTYSBURG four-day trip. Highlights will include visits to Wheatland, Amish farmlands, Sight and Sound Theatre, Gettysburg, Hershey’s Chocolate World, and Founder’s Hall. Cost is $399/twin, which includes six meals.

*There will be a TRIP TO CAPE COD, September 17-19. Cost is $269 per person/double, which includes five meals. Highlights will include a whale watch, dune ride, harbor cruise, Cape Cod railroad ride, and a stop at Highland Lighthouse. Visit the senior center for details.

*In October, Newtown seniors have the opportunity to participate in a MONTREAL EXTRAVAGANZA, a four-day trip that begins on October 11. Cost for this trip is $369/twin, which covers five meals and visits to St Joseph’s Oratory, Mount Royal, Jacques Corner Square, McGill University and old Montreal, where participants will see the historic Notre Dame Cathedral.

 

Menu For Week of July 8-12

Reservations must be made three days in advance.

Meals are subject to change.

Meals include low-fat milk and margarine.

Monday: Beef patty on roll, sautéed onion, tater tots, green bean salad, pound cake with berries and whipped topping;

Tuesday: Roast pork with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, whole wheat bread, applesauce garnish, mandarin oranges;

Wednesday: Minestrone soup, unsalted crackers, potato-crunch fish, tartar sauce, Spanish rice, fresh zucchini and yellow squash, rye bread, diet fruited Jell-O with topping;

Thursday: Roast turkey with gravy and herb stuffing, broccoli florettes, dinner roll, cranberry sauce, apple juice, rice pudding with topping;

Friday: Macaroni and cheese, broiled tomato, tossed salad with French dressing and croutons, oatmeal bread, fresh fruit salad.

Activities Schedule, July 8-12

Monday: AM Pinochle, Bridge, art class, walking group; PM yoga, sewing (RSVP volunteers), HMO help (by appointment);

Tuesday: AM Pinochle, exercise; PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes);

Wednesday: AM line dancing, Pinochle, Social Services help with applications; PM Bingo, program with Mary Kay consultant;

Thursday: AM exercise, Pinochle, yoga; PM crafts, bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), chorus group, blood pressure checks;

Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, sewing, quilting; PM knitting, beginner’s mah jongg.

 Remember, you must call three days in advance to book a meal or a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.