Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by the Senior Services Director, Marilyn Place. For
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by the 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 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 Wal*Mart 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
*HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: A reminder that the senior center will be closing at noon on Fridays, December 23 and 30. We will be closed all day on Mondays, December 26 and January 2.
News For Week of December 26-30
*Mark your calendars: LARRY AYCE will be back, singing old-time favorites, on Tuesday, January 17, at 1 pm. He will warm your hearts with his singing. Join us for an hour of heart-warming songs.
*The senior center will host a STROKE PREVENTION SEMINAR on Thursday, February 16, beginning at 1 pm.
A Lifeline Screening representative will give an informational talk on stroke prevention, including many facts on how to take care of your heart.
Call the senior center or stop in to sign up.
*ENERGY ASSISTANCE: Applications are being accepted, until March 31, for help in heating oil, propane, kerosene and other deliverables.
Income limits are $19,140 for a single person and $25,660 for a couple.
Please call the senior center or come in for additional information.
*AARP INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE will return to the senior center beginning in February.
An AARP representative will be here each Monday from 9 am until noon, and you will need an appointment to sit down for help with them. You will also need to bring your 2005 tax return and all other pertinent information.
The income tax assistance will be offered February 6 until April 10, and appointments are being scheduled now. Call 270-4310 for details.
*DAY TRIP BOOKLETS for 2006 are available. Come in and pick up information on the trips that are already being planned for next year.
*If you do not understand the LETTERS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY pertaining to changes in Medicare Part D (ConnPace/Medicare Part D), call 270-4330 for some help.
The new limits in 2006 for ConnPace are $22,300 for singles, and $30,100 for couples.
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REMINDERS: Ace in the Hole invites Newtown seniors to participate in NEW YEARâS AT NOON, one of the hottest New Yearâs parties around.
This pre-New Yearâs Eve day trip will take place on Friday, December 30, with departure at 9 am. Enjoy great food, drinks (including a champagne toast to celebrate the new year and one hour open bar), entertainment and party favors. New Yearâs at Noon stars the comic and ventriloquist John Pizzi.
*IDENTITY THEFT AND THE DECEASED: The CT Cooperative Extension System and The Identity Resource Center, Inc., have produced a fact sheet about preventing the theft of a deceased oneâs identity. Identity Theft and the Deceased: Prevention and Victim Tips, Fact Sheet #117, contains credit report request forms and identity theft affidavit forms.
To receive a copy visit www.IdtheftCenter.org or call 858-693-7935.
This is also a good way to check your own credit report and to see whether any new accounts have been activated in your name. To order a free report call 877-322-8228.
*Please have your FILE OF LIFE CARDS filled out with all pertinent and updated information. New cards can be picked up at the senior center.
The File of Life Card contains important information about yourself and/or your spouse. The cards are kept in a plastic case that should be stored in your refrigerator. In instances where there is an emergency, these cards can be instrumental to Emergency Medical Technicians and police officers in helping to expedite matters.
*ConnPace/MEDICARE PART D: If you do not understand the letters from Social Security pertaining to changes in Medicare Part D, call 270-4330 for help.
If you need help with your prescriptions and your income is less than $21,400 (single person) or $28,900 (couple), you should apply for ConnPace. You will still sign up for Medicare Part D and if you qualify for ConnPace, you will not pay the $37 monthly premium.
*The senior center is in NEED OF AN ART TEACHER AND/OR CRAFT TEACHER, who can volunteer their time twice a month. Teaching times and schedule are flexible. Please call the senior center for details, 270-4310.
*We are looking to RESUME THE QUILTING CLASS. Anyone interested in re-starting this activity is asked to call the senior center. You will need to bring your own sewing machine, and the class will meet on Fridays from 3 to 4 pm.
*Newtownâs seniors are invited to spend a day at MOHEGAN SUN CASINO on Wednesday, January 11.
Departure from Sandy Hook will be at 8 am, and cost is $26 which include transportation, a $10 food credit, two $5 pull tabs and the bus driverâs tip.
*Next month, the first overnight trip of the new year will take seniors to SANDS HOTEL AND CASINO. Departure will be Wednesday, January 18, at 8 am, and we will return later on Thursday, January 19. Cost is $124 for a single room, $94 for double occupancy, or $92 for a triple, and this fee includes motorcoach transportation, hotel accommodations at Sands, a $10 coin bonus, dinner buffet, baggage handling and taxes.
Menu For Week of December 26-30
Reservations must be made one or two days in advance.
Meals are subject to change.
Monday, December 26: No lunch today â senior center will be closed for Christmas.
Tuesday, December 27: Butter-crumb fish, tartar sauce, brown rice pilaf, broccoli-cauliflower mix, rye bread, pistachio pudding with topping;
Wednesday: Cheese-baked ziti with turkey sausage, Parmesan cheese, tossed salad with Italian dressing, Italian bread, fresh fruit;
Thursday: Pot roast with gravy, potato latkes, applesauce, carrots, rye bread, jelly donuts;
Friday: Roast pork with gravy, Dutchess potato, whole green beans with garlic, soft breadstick, blueberry pie.
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Monday, January 2: No lunch today â senior center will be closed for New Yearâs Day;
Tuesday: Baked Virginia ham with pineapple glaze, creamy scalloped potatoes, green peas, rye bread, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.
Activities Schedule, December 26-30
Monday: No activities today â the senior center will be closed.
Tuesday: AM country-western line dancing; PM computer class, bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), computer class;
Wednesday: AM exercise; PM Bingo;
Thursday: AM hatha yoga class, Municipal Agent visits, mah jongg lessons; PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), TRIAD/Yellow Dot photos taken, Bingo;
Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, quilting.
Remember, you must call at least one day in advance to book a meal or a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.