Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.
You may drop in at the Senior Center weekdays between 9 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 minibus 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 Walmart Route 6). Cost is 65¢ 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 Weekâs Programs
*Visit MOHEGAN SUN on Monday, November 9, or Thursday, December 10. Depart at 8 am. Cost is $30.
*The Newtown Senior Center will be CLOSED on Wednesday, November 11, in observance of Veteransâ Day.
*What Your Jeweler Never Told You SEMINAR on Thursday, November 12, at 1 pm. Learn the guidelines of proper care, selling, investing, insurance guidelines and estate planning, all relating to jewelry.
*In our lost and found, we have a Speidel watch and a small pink picture-view with a couple in formal dress.
Upcoming Programs
*COMMISSION ON AGINGÂ will meet on Monday, November 16, at 5 pm.
*AARP Driver Safety Program will be Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. This is a refresher course. You must attend both days. AARP members, $12 and nonmembers, $14.
*BINGO will be Thursday, November 17, and November 25 at 1 pm.
*The Newtown Senior Center will be CLOSED on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, for Thanksgiving.
*LARRY AYCE will perform old-time and new favorites to sing-along and/or dance to on Monday, November 30, at 1 pm.
 *SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, December 8, Annual Christmas Party at The Waterview, $35 per person for gourmet buffet, champagne toast, music and entertainment. Reservations are being taken now.
Recurring Activities
*YOGA classes are Monday and Thursday at 10:30 am.
*Billiards room; poker/card room; ping pong; and Wii bowling, golf, tennis, and baseball.
*Wii BOWLING, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.
*SCRAPBOOKING every Tuesday at 10 am.
*MAKE CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS every Tuesday from 10 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm.
*BEGINNERS BRIDGE LESSONS on Wednesday, 9:30 am with Mary Matern.
*Iris card folding CRAFT CLASS every Thursday at 2 pm.
*BOARD GAME DAY is every Thursday at 1 pm. Coffee or tea and snack will be supplied.
*MOVIE DAY on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2 pm. Enjoy a good âfavoriteâ movie with a friend.
Monday: AM cards, hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group, weaving, exercise.
Tuesday: AM cards for troops, line dancing; PM Tai Chi, movie.
Wednesday: AM bridge, exercise; PM exercise.
Thursday: AM hatha yoga, cards; PM iris card folding craft class, mah jongg, Scrabble, Wii bowling.
Friday: AM mah jongg, Quilts of Valor, exercise class, PM Ecumenical Bible study group, knitting, movie.
Menu For Week Of November 9â13
Monday: Italian wedding soup, grilled chicken, Caesar salad with tomato, croutons and dressing, soft breadstick, peaches.
Tuesday: Veteransâ Day Special: All American hamburger on roll with tomato and pickle slices, baked beans, coleslaw, apple pie.
Wednesday: Closed for Veteransâ Day
Thursday: Beef stew over noodles, fresh acorn squash, wheat dinner roll, fruit cocktail.
And for planning ahead â
Monday: November 16: Shrimp and corn chowder, cold cut grinder with turkey, ham, cheese, lettuce and tomato, mustard and mayo, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.
Tuesday: November 17: Cheese baked ziti, parmesan cheese, sausage, fresh zucchini, Italian bread, seasonal fresh fruit.
Remember, you must call at least one day in advance to book a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.