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. Newtownâs Municipal Agent for the Elderly is Alisa Awalt. She can be reached at 270-4330.
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. Monday from 1 to 3 pm the mini-bus will go to Sand Hill Plaza. Fridays, the bus will alternate going to Danbury Fair Mall and to Berkshire Shopping Plaza. Cost is 60 cents each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75 cents 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 December 27-31
PLEASE NOTE: The center will be closed Wednesday through Friday, December 29-31, for facility maintenance. We hope this does not cause any inconvenience.
Please join us every Monday for BIBLE STUDY. We meet at 1 pm.
BOOK EXCHANGE: Put one in, take one out⦠Come browse our Book Exchange shelves and trade your good condition paperbacks or hardcovers.
TAP DANCING CLASS â Pat Babbage is starting a beginnerâs tap dancing class. Call 270-4310 to sign up. Any hard-soled shoes are fine.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN A PIANO/KEYBOARD CLASS should call 270-4310. All levels are welcome. There will be NO PIANO CLASS on December 28.
NEW HORIZONS meets the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is Tuesday, January 4.
THE BEREAVEMENT GROUP MEETS every Monday for the newly bereaved. It is totally private and there is no charge. Call 270-4310 to sign up.
The London and Paris trip is filled; there is now a waiting list. Bermuda and Ireland info is still available. Day trip booklets will be available early next year.
Come join us in fabulous NEW ORLEANS. Information is now available at the center. We are departing September 27 for five fun-filled days.
From all of us at the Senior Center, we wish everyone a Safe, Happy and Healthy New Year.
Menu For Week Of December 27-31
Reservations must be made three days in advance.
Meals are subject to change.
Meals include milk and margarine.
Monday: Corned beef reuben (corned beef, Swiss cheese, Thousand Island dressing & sauerkraut on rye bread), pickle wedge, potato salad, peaches;
Tuesday: Roast turkey w/ gravy & stuffing, beets, dinner roll, banana.
Wednesday through Friday: Senior Center will be closed through the end of the week for facility maintenance, so no lunch will be served.
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Activities Schedule, December 27-31
Monday: AM Pinochle/Bridge, crafts, walking (meet at Dickinson Park pavilion), art class, Medicare and insurance help; PM yoga, Bible study group meeting;
Tuesday: AM Pinochle, exercise, keyboard class (Level I); PM needlecraft, bowling (at Brookfield Lanes);
Wednesday through Friday: Senior Center will be closed for facility maintenance, so no activities are scheduled.
 Remember, you must call three days in advance to book a meal or a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.