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C olorful at the
Emmitsburg Senior
Center
by Phyllis Clark
Fall colors are wonderful. They’re
so bright and intense and beautiful.
It’s like Nature is trying to fill us up
and fully saturate us with all of its
beauty before everything becomes
muted and dreary as we approach
winter.
Remember when we were young
and always had to have a new box
of crayons before starting school?
We really wanted that large box that
held more colors than we could even
imagine. Coloring books were also a
must, and what fun it was to use our
imagination on those trees, flowers,
and animals! Now there are even
coloring books for adults, which
are quite detailed; our imagination
knows no limits.
The Emmitsburg Senior Center is
open Monday through Friday, from
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. On Monday,
no lunch is served. Please contact
our Center Coordinator Linda
Umbel at 301-600-6350 for details
on any activity or special program,
including cost or supplies required.
We welcome you to stop in anytime
to meet us and pick up a schedule
of activities, along with a luncheon
menu.
Anyone wishing to join the
Bowling activity on Mondays should
meet in the Community Room
by 12:30 p.m. before leaving for
Thunderbird Lanes in Taneytown.
The art class begins at 1:30 p.m. in
our small classroom. We’re having
something special on Monday,
October 29: Come to the Senior
Center for a Harvest Hoedown
dinner and entertainment, from
6:00-9:00 p.m. The cost is $8.00 for
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one person and $15.00 for a couple.
We guarantee a fun evening!
Our Tuesdays are full of
activities, including strength training
at 10:00 a.m. in the small classroom.
Just bring yourself; we have weights
in various sizes. We also have very
interesting presentations from many
sources on most Tuesdays, beginning
at 11:00 a.m. On October 2, you’ll
have fun with us for “Easy Does
It” Trivia. We’ve found that we’re
not always “smarter than a fifth
grader”! On October 8, we will hear
about “Making the Most of Your
Medicines.” The third Tuesday is
reserved for Nurse Steve. He will be
making blood pressure checks and
always has a very informative (and
often humorous) look at medical
issues, including “Take Two Jokes
and Call Me in the Morning” on
October 16, a look at scientific
evidence on the importance of
humor in healing and health. Don’t
miss this one.
We will have Bingo on October
23 at noon, following lunch; please
bring a dollar gift to share. On
October 30, we will try to answer
the question: Who is Mathias
Buchinger? And, we’re sure to find
out! The Memory Café will follow
at 11:30 a.m., sponsored by a
County senior facility. Please bring
your special-care friend or relative
and join us for a free lunch and
activity. Be sure to register with the
senior center coordinator.
On the first and third
Wednesdays, come and take a walk
in the park at 10:00 a.m.; meet in
the community room. On the second
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and fourth Wednesdays, you can Shoot in the gym, both at 10:00 a.m.
join the Hoop Shoot in the first-floor Canasta begins at noon after lunch.
Tai chi is held in the first-floor gym
gym. Pickle ball is every Wednesay
at 1:00 p.m. in the gym. The Elder at 1:00 p.m.
Another really special event will
Expo, sponsored by Frederick
County, will be held at the Frederick be taking place on Friday, October
Fairgrounds on Wednesday, October 19. Please join us for a bus trip to
3, from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. You’ll see our “Fall Splendor.” We will
find many vendors with very leave the Emmitsburg Center at
important information on so many 10:00 a.m. and make a stop for
services available to you and your lunch (on your own). The cost for
family. It’s an important event to this great trip will be $10.00. Please
attend! call our coordinator to register.
The 500 Card Party will be held Hope to enjoy the “colors” with
on October 24 at 6:00 p.m.—this is you! The center will be closed that
one of your favorites! day for other activities.
Thursdays we have another As varied as the fall colors and
session of strength training at as varied as we are in age, shape,
10:00 a.m. in the small classroom. and interests, so are the activities
Wii bowling and canasta or at the Emmitsburg Senior Center.
other games will be held in the Socialization is probably the most
Community Room beginning at effective benefit of our time, and
noon. Additionally, on Thursday, activities here are something you
October 11, we will have a special should give a try, so...what are you
presentation on: Understanding wating for?
EMS Billing. Life is really about using our
Fridays include informal exercise whole box of crayons. Use them to
in the Community Room or Hoop color yourself happy!
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