City of Niagara Falls Senior Services Department JOHN DUKE CENTER LASALLE FACILITY DECEMBER 2013

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1 City of Niagara Falls Senior Services Department JOHN DUKE CENTER LASALLE FACILITY DECEMBER 2013 Rebecca Brooks City of Niagara Falls Senior Services Program Coordinator HAPPY HOLIDAYS DECEMBER 11 10:00-12:00 RETIRED MEN S SERVICE CLUB CHRISTMAS CONCERT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS MY FAVORITE EVENT ALL YEAR. GET YOUSELF IN THE CHRISTMAS CHEER WITH TRADITIONAL CAROLS AND SOME NEW ONES TOO! A MORNING BRUNCH WILL KICK OFF THE CONCERT AND IS SPONSERED BY THE RMSC. DECEMBER 23 10:00-12:00 LUNCHTIME HOLIDAY CELEBRATION COME AND JOIN US FOR TREATS AND HOLIDAY CHEER! ENJOY THE NIAGARA NUTRTION MEAL, BUT BE SURE TO MAKE A RESERVATION BY 12/20. HEAP Remember to please bring in your HEAP recertification form!! Although the program is open it is important o move quickly to be sure funding does not run out. To apply for the first time you can also come to the Duke. WE have applications here. Please remember in either case to bring with you your heating bill, electric bill and all copies of your income information, including yearly interest statements. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE THE JOHN DUKE CENTER WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 24 AND DECEMBER 25TH. DECEMBER 31STY THE DUKE WILL CLOSE AT 12:30. THE LASALLE CENTER WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 25TH

2 ALL OF OUR GROUPS LISTED ARE OPEN FOR JOINING MONDAY S (CHECK DATE!) BINGO Every Monday at 10:00am ROSARY SENIORS Will meet on the second and fourth Monday at 1:00. Always accepting new members. CROCHET and KNITTING Come and learn or just chat and crochet along. Monday s 1:00 THIS IS AN AMAZING GROUP! IF YOU KNIT OR CROTCHET OR EVEN IF YOU NEVER HAVE COME AND GIVE THIS TRY. A WONDERFUL GROUP OF GIRLS WHO HAVE FOUND SO MUCH IN AN AFTERNOON OF CREATING AND LAUGHTER! TUESDAY S(CHECK DATE!) EXERCISE CLASS The class will continue to be offered on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:00 am Come and get healthy! I ve noticed this class growing and we hope it continues to! Stay fit, stay healthy! ST STAN S/FRIENDLY SENIORS Will meet here on Second and Fourth Tuesday. Meet here at 1:00. Like to play cards? Like to talk, then give this group a try! FOOD STAMPS Fourth Tuesday at 9:00 to give out information and accept applications for Food Stamps. Most of you qualify for this program, if you do apply! Once you qualify for this you automatically receive HEAP benefits. WEDNESDAY S (CHECK DATE!) RMSC Retired Men s Service Club will meet here on the Second and fourth Wednesday 9:00 am. This club is always accepting new members Blood Pressure 10:00am 2nd wed of each month Provided by NFMMC EUCHRE Euchre is played 1:00 pm, Wednesday & Fridays at the Duke Center. New players are welcome. LEBANON SENIORS Will meet here on the second Wednesday at 1:00. For more information please contact Joe at REUNITED Meet on First and Third from 1:30 to 3:30. What a fun nice group of people, come in and check them out! Norm Conklin at HIICAP The Niagara County Office for the Aging s HIICAP Program will be at the Center on the third Wednesday 10:00am. THURSDAY S (CHECK DATE!) YOUNG AT HEART The Young at Heart Senior Citizen Group This group will meet on First and Third Thursday at 1:00. EXERCISE CLASS The class will continue to be offered on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:00 am AARP #283 The Chapter will meet on the Third Thursday at 1:30pm. New members are welcome. PINOCHLE CLUB This Club plays on Thursdays at 12:30 pm New players are always welcome

3 THURSDAY NIGHT CONT RAINBOW COMPUTER CLUB Meets here the First Thursday at 6:30pm. Beginners to experts needed for WNY s oldest computer club. Come learn or share knowledge WOODCARVERS Meets here Thursday nights at 7:00 pm!! TRAVEL AND SOCIAL CLUB Meets here the Second Thursday at 7:00 SOCIALITES The Third Thursday at 6:30. To join contact Barbara at FRIDAY S (CHECK DATE!) MAHJONG 9:00 am Fridays at the Duke Center. TAI CHI CLASS Friday s at 9:30. This class costs $20.00, for a ten week session. You must pay for a complete 10 week session to attend this awesome class. GRANDPARENTS SUPPORT GROUP First and Third Friday of the month. Call Paula at for more info. RED HAT SOCIETY/LADIES OF THE MIST The Second Friday at 1:00 ECHOTA SENIORS The Echota Seniors will meet on 4th Friday at 1:30 PM. EUCHRE Euchre is played 1:00 pm, Wednesday & Fridays We need more card players!!! SPECIAL PROGRAMS NIAGARA COUNTY OFFICE OF THE AGING ATTORNEY Gary Billingsley will be here on the fourth Tuesday at 9:30. You MUST be placed on his appointment schedule. He will see clients on a first come first serve basis by signing in at the center on that morning at 9:00! FOOD STAMPS Kim from NIACAP will be here the fourth Tuesday of the month at 9:30 to assist you in applying for food stamps. Stop in and see if you qualify! Take advantage of this, if you apply and qualify you automatically receive HEAP! BIRTHDAYS! Melinda is handling the birthdays now! Thank you to Melinda for taking on the task. You will need to donate cookies to help us celebrate you! Birthdays will be the LAST THURSDAY or every month. AARP DRIVING Classes will be offered only at our LaSalle location only. The cost is $17 for members of AARP and $19 for non members. Class availability is very limited, please call for schedule and there is no waiting list. This class is not run by the City of Niagara Falls Senior Services Department, we only take reservations and allow the AARP to use our facility. Please call for more info. BLOOD PRESSURE Are favorite Memorial Medical Center Nurse Muriel will be here the second Wednesday of each month at 10:30. Thank you to Niagara Falls Memorial Wellness Director Charles Walker for promoting this program! POKER PLAYERS NEEDED!! Want to play Poker? Remember JUST FOR FUN! Fri 1:00-3:00

4 Dear Editor I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, If you see it in The Sun, it s so. Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men s or children s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. New York s Sun September 21, 1897 Remember to think a child this season!!!

5 DECEMBER LASALLE FACILITY 2013 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 2 Bingo - 10:00 3 Bingo - 10:00 4. Bingo - 10:00 Dynaband - 11:00 5. Bingo - 10:00 6. Bingo - 10:00 9 Bingo - 10:00 10 Bingo - 10:00 FEBRUARY Bingo - 10:00 Dynaband - 11: Bingo - 10:00 13 Bingo - 10:00 16 Bingo - 10:00 17 Bingo - 10:00 18 Bingo - 10:00 Dynaband - 11:45 19 Bingo - 10:00 20 Bingo - 10:00 23 Bingo - 10: Bingo - 10:00 25 Happy Holiday 26 Bingo - 10:00 27 Bingo - 10:00 29 Bingo - 10:00 30 Bingo - 10:00 31 Bingo - 10:00 Dynaband - 11:45 MEDITATION Susan Harris, Meditation Leader, will lead the art of meditation on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Each class begins at 10:15 am, ending at 11:15 am. The class is free of charge and is held in Building A. The dates for May will be Tuesday, May 14, and Tuesday, May 28. Would you like to focus your thoughts? Is there something you would like to reflect or ponder on? Is there an idea or image in your thoughts you would like to project? DYNABAND EXERCISE CLASS These exercises, using a rubber stretch band, move, exercise, and develop every major muscle group and provide a way to achieve excellent flexibility. Virginia Ceretto leads this fun and interactive exercise class. The class starts every Wednesday morning at 11:00 am. New participants are welcome. Classes are free of charge. DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM The AARP-sponsored Driver Safety Program will be held at the LaSalle Senior Center each month. Future dates for Summer 2013 will be forthcoming. To register, please contact Theresa at

6 Eat Well, Stay Well DECEMBER 2013 LUNCH SERVED AT 11:45 FEBRUARY 2009 MENU EAT WELL - STAY WELL MENU DINING November Menu for Dining Sites Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2) Spaghetti and Meatballs with tomato sauce, parmesan cheese Chef Salad/ Dressing Italian Bread Chilled Apricots 9) Baked Ham with Pineapple Sauce Scalloped Potatoes Green Beans/ Piementos Whole Wheat Dinner Roll Green/Red Gelatin with Whipped 16) Glazed Chicken Leg Stuffing Peas Whole Wheat Bread Fresh Fruit 23) Beef Stroganoff over Linguine Watergate Salad Italian Bread Apple Sauce 30) Tomato Beef Lasagna Spinach Salad with Red Onion & Croutons Whole Wheat Dinner Roll Tapioca Pudding 3) Chicken Salad Sandwich on Whole Wheat Bread or Wrap Lettuce Leaf/Slice of Tomato Cream of Broccoli Soup Honey Cracked Wheat Bread Fresh Local Apple 10) Hamburger Supreme on Bun Slice of Onion Tomato Lettuce Pickle Homemade Baked Beans Corn Whole Grain Hamburger Bun Banana 17) Chili Con Carne with Crackers Chef Salad Ranch Dressing Cornmeal Bread Fruited Gelatin with Whipped 24) Breaded Chicken Drumsticks Rice Scandinavian Vegetables Deli Rye Bread Snickerdoodle Cookie 31) Center Cut Pork Chop Ranch Mashed Potatoes Sauerkraut Pumpernickel Bread Cinnamon Applesauce 4) Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Cheddar Mashed Potatoes Yellow Wax Beans Whole Wheat Bread Lemon Cheese Bar 11) Hot Open Faced Turkey Sandwich with Gravy Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Baked Squash White Bread Fruit Cocktail 18) Christmas Special Chicken Cordon Bleu Small Red Potatoes/ Parsley Baby Carrots a L Orange Whole Wheat Dinner Roll Cheesecake/Cherry 25) Christmas Day No Meals Today Happy Holidays! 5) Country Fried Fish Tartar Sauce Au Gratin Potatoes Coleslaw Whole Wheat Dinner Roll Cherry Cake with Frosting 12) Savory Chicken Breast Baked Potato/Sour Cream California Mixed Vegetables Whole Wheat Bread Poke Cake with Whipped 19) Ham and Swiss Cheese Sandwich Lettuce Leaf Slice of Tomato / Mayonnaise Tomato Florentine Soup with Crackers Deli Rye Bread Pineapple Chunks 26) Sweet and Sour Pork Brown Rice Green Beans Dinner Roll Pineapple 6) Hot Open Faced Roast Beef Sandwich w/ Onion Gravy Horseradish Mashed Potatoes Peas White Bread Peaches 13) Italian Sausage with Green Peppers and Onions Spiral Pasta WW Hot Dog Roll Molasses Cookie 20) Homemade Meatloaf with Onion Gravy Mashed Potatoes Club Spinach 12 Grain Bread Oatmeal Cranberry Bar 27) Tuna Salad / Lettuce Leaf Chicken Noodle Soup with Crackers Whole Wheat Bread Chill Pears All Meals are served with bread, skim milk or 2%, coffee or tea. Eat Well Stay Well Lunch Sites are located throughout Niagara County. Call for more information. Suggested Contribution for meals is $3.00. Menus are subject to change without notice. Serving the population age 60 and older.