by Kristen Bodmer
For those going back to school, we have some advice from the Thurmont Senior Center:
To ALL students returning to school, if you see any of the following: a student struggling to make friends; a student being picked on; a student who is new, shy, or not with the “in crowd”; or a student eating lunch alone…BE A LEADER, BE A WARRIOR, say “Hello.” Smile at them. Ask if you can sit with them, include them. You never know what that person is facing—inside or outside of school. Have a great 2024-2025 school year.
Summer is coming to an end, and we are ready to welcome fall at the Thurmont Senior Center, with all of the beautiful leaves changing colors and crisp breezes blowing. We will be spending time together laughing and playing games and would love for you to come join us.
September is full of activities. Take the opportunity to look at the calendar of events we have scheduled in the Community Calendar in this issue. You can also find our calendar on the website at thurmontseniorcenter.org, on Facebook, or come into the center and ask for one. Don’t forget we serve lunch every day at noon. If you are not able to stay, you can just pick up your lunch. We have quite a few people who pick up lunch from the center now. Just remember to call the day before or by 9:15 a.m. on the morning of the lunch.
August was a fun-filled month. We had two exciting Bingos. We had our Potluck and General Meeting, and we had Forever Young come and entertain us. We stretched and exercised, we played Farkle, Hand and Foot, Pinochle, and Poker. We laughed and laughed. We also had coffee, tea, and goodies galore! You just never know how much fun you can have. We would love for you to join us for some fun and fellowship. We have a free balance and strength exercise session daily on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. We love playing games at the Thurmont Senior Center, including Pinochle on Tuesdays, Bunko on the second Thursday of the month, Farkle on the fourth Thursday of the month, and Dominoes on Thursdays. We also play Bingo every first and third Wednesday of the month; if we have a fifth Wednesday, we have a Special Bingo. It is always a fun time, full of laughter and special homemade treats for halftime. I can’t forget to mention coffee since we are told it is the best, so come in and have a cup with us. Just to let you know, we have a whole corner dedicated to exercise. We have two treadmills, a stair climber, and a recumbent bicycle for use during our hours, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There is no charge to use this equipment.
Some activities may have a minimal cost, but joining the center is absolutely free.
We really love having the community use the center. There are so many different possibilities for renting our space, and the price is very affordable. Call the Thurmont Senior Center to rent for a baby shower, a birthday party, a bridal shower, and much more.
If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity, I would love to talk with you. We are in need of volunteers to pick seniors up and take them to different places in Thurmont, like the grocery store, bank, pharmacy, or the local doctor’s office. This is an opportunity to be on a call list to help out, not necessarily daily, but perhaps once a week.
Just a reminder that Colorfest is coming up, and we will be having our yard sale. If you have items that you would like to donate to the yard sale, we welcome donations.
As always, if you have questions, please don’t hesitate to call us at 301-271-7911.
Hand and Foot being played: Carol Parent, Joan Schaper, Verna Radcliffe, Gale DiSalvo, Blanca Kinek, Joan Follin, and Denise Mayne.
Nancy Popejoy enjoys a nice ripe tomato, donated by Sunny Hill Growers.
A fun game of Pinochle: Nancy Glass, Moe Snyder, Rich Jensen, Dick Glass, Jeannie Schifflet, Angie Hamlin, and Ella McDowell.
