CHARLEVOIX SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER
06906 Norwood Road, Charlevoix MI
49720
Phone:
(231) 547-5361 Fax:
(231) 237-9553
See Charlevoix Commission on Aging
Sit & Be Fit Exercise, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.
Wood Carving: Mondays at 1:00 p.m.
Crafts: Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30.
Acrylic Painting: Fridays at 9:30 a.m.
Spread the
word
Time to renew memberships ($25 per couple, $20 per single)
and newsletter subscriptions ($7 per year).
The Center is open to the public, and Janet is a terrific
cook! Support us by coming to lunch and to our fund-raising dinners.
Volunteers for chicken dinners, please call Rosalyn Goldstick
at 547-2636. Volunteers for roast beef dinners and homemade pies/baked goods,
please call Anne Marie Barnes at 547-1825. For anything else, please call the
office at 547-5361.
Also, Clayton Smith is going to help us restart our Good Old
Days group. It will be the 1st Wednesday of the month at 10:30 am. Share bits
and pieces of your life.
View plans for the extended kitchen and dining room at the
center. Donate a table for $150; a small plaque with your name will be attached
if you wish. All gifts, small or large, are tax deductible.
The Charlevoix Humane Society has many wonderful pets who
need new homes. Memberships and donations welcome.
Computer
Classes
Thanks to a donation of 4 retired computers and technical
assistance from Charlevoix Public Schools, we now have updated computers with
high-speed Charter Internet access.
We finally have the ability to provide step-by-step, hands-on
experience to you. No books, just elementary tips. Even if you only hunt and
peck, that's fine. No technical knowledge is necessary.
You'll learn how to set up an e-mail account and send me a
message; then I'll send you a message. I'll spend maybe an hour with 4 people at
a time, hoping that those 4 can help others, and so on. I'll take members in
good standing first, and if there's time later, those who subscribe to the
newsletter.
Before you come to a session, I need you to (1) think of a
name to call yourself, like a nickname--or if you want to use your own name,
fine. (2) Also think of a password that only you will know.
E-mailing is fun. Bring your friends' and relatives' e-mail
addresses. I'm sure your grandchildren will be pleasantly surprised.
If you already know e-mail basics, this class is not for you.
Perhaps we'll have advanced courses later. We'll have those lists of new sites
that have been in past newsletters so if any of these topics are of interest,
the aides downstairs can help. I have hundreds more.
--Peg--
Painting
Our painting class has been together for about a year and a
half. At the present time, we are painting a lighthouse scene on a canvas with
acrylic paints. We have painted on watercolor paper, wood, metal, and I plan to
have a class on fabric in the future.
At the present time, there are six active members in the
group, but we want more. You do not need to know how to paint, just want
to learn how to paint. We're very informal and have a fun time Friday
mornings from 9:30 - 11:30. Join us!
--Marilyn Kur--
Lending
Library
Thanks to all who have donated books and tapes. Borrow what
you'd like.
Cards
The Tuesday night ladies' card games continue, and there is
always room for more to join in the fun. Come to the Center at 7:00 each Tuesday
for the game of your choice. And if you are interested in Mah Jongh, please sign
up at the office. Men: sign up to start a new men's card group!
Hearing Aid
Clinics
1st
Wednesday of each month,
12 to 1 p.m.
Hearing aids cleaned, repaired, etc. free of charge;
slight cost for parts. (Michael Golas, Petoskey
Hearing Aid Center: 347-2431)
4th
Wednesday of each month,
9:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. (Curtis Justin, Long's Hearing Health Care,
Traverse City: 1-877-938-0115)
Foot
Care/Blood Pressure Clinic
3rd
Thursday of each month:
(a) foot care 9:00 to
11:00 a.m. every month; (b) blood pressure in even
months. $15 charge; sign up in advance at the front
desk.
Senior Lunch
Open to the Public
Eat in or take out, 11:30 to 12:30. Suggested
donation: under 60, $4.50; 60 and over, $3.00.
Call (231) 547-5361.
Monthly Fund
Raisers
2nd Wednesday of each month: baked chicken
4th Tuesday of each month: roast beef
Call (231) 547-5361.
RSVP
The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Charlevoix and
Emmet Counties is a free program that invites adults age 55 and older to use
their life experience and skills to answer the call of their community. Giving
from three to forty hours per week, RSVP members help solve community
needs. Call 347-5877 today!
The Retired & Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Charlevoix and Emmet County is planning to invite a
tour operator who specializes in senior travel to speak to interested
seniors--at no cost or obligation to them. We need to count interested parties,
so please call 347-5877.
COMPUTER VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
If you love to work on the computer and have a little extra
knowledge and experience, we are inviting you to help us with our computer lab,
to assist others as they come to work, to possibly help them solve some of their
problems. Please let the office know if you can help.