Our Times. Our March Evening Meal. March Thursday, March 30th. The Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet. Defiance. County. Senior.

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1 Defiance County Senior Services Our Times Our March Evening Meal Thursday, March 30th March 2017 OUR SPONSORS The Defiance County Senior Services Tax Levy The Defiance County Commissioners The Area Office on Aging of NWO The Defiance County Senior Services Auxiliary And through your generous donations - Thank you We invite you to join us at Defiance County Senior Center Services for The Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet The auditorium doors open at 4:00pm. The Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet Performs At 4:45pm We are so thrilled to bring you this talented group. These veteran musicians blend classic Bluegrass music, traditional country songs and American fiddle tunes. They make the music they love enjoyable to first time listeners and lifelong fans. Don t miss this special treat! At 5:30pm - we ll enjoy a delicious meal of oven fried chicken, Betty salad, scalloped potatoes and dinner rolls. To top off the evening - we ll have strawberries over pound cake for dessert. After dinner, Dawn has some lovely door prizes for a few lucky winners. We ask a $5.00 suggested donation per person for the meal, entertainment and door prizes. Transportation is available. Pre-sale tickets are available beginning Wednesday, March 1st. Please contact Dawn or Kathy for reservations or information (in case you need more bluegrass music) The Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet will also be performing at the Valentine Theatre at 7:30pm on Thursday, March 30th

2 O U R T I M E S M A R C H Healthy You! The Alzheimer Support Groups Our meetings will be held: Thursday, March 2nd at 1:30pm and Monday, March 20th at 6:00pm Meetings are held at Defiance County Senior Services E. Broadway St. Private consultations and information are also available. Please contact Sheri or Ginny at or Toe Nail Clinic Wednesday, March 1st at Defiance County Senior Services The sessions are from 9:00am to 11:00am and from 12:30pm until completed. There is a $10.00 charge for the toe nail clinic. Please call Dawn at to set your appointment time. Thanks! Free Tax Assistance AARP representatives will be preparing taxes FREE OF CHARGE at Defiance County Senior Services East Broadway in Defiance now through April 15th. Most individual Federal, State and School District tax returns can be prepared and E-filed. There is no charge, no age limit and an AARP membership is not required. Call Kathy at to make your appointment. Save the Date - Tuesday, May 9th For the Health of It Senior Health Fair at The Defiance County Senior Center. Our Showcase Gold Sponsors will be sharing samples of food from their facilities in our feature: Feasting Through the Facilities! Mark your calendar and come explore this fun and FREE event!! There will be 30+ vendors on hand to enlighten and educate today s seniors. Commodities Supplemental Food Program Food for Seniors - Touching Lives, Filling Needs.. The C.S.F.P. Program provides eligible seniors, age 60 and older, a monthly package of approximately 50 pounds of nutrient-rich food. The next distribution date is Wednesday, March 22nd 1:00 pm -2:30 pm For questions or to apply, please contact Ginny at The Walking Club is Back! Join us at Defiance County Senior Services for your walking enjoyment and exercise. Track your hours with Dawn - After 10 hours of walking, you ll receive a FREE pedometer and after 20 hours a FREE water bottle. The cards to track your progress are on the desk in the exercise room. Once you finish walking, just log your time and return the card back to Dawn. You can walk at your convenience - Monday through Friday, from 7am until 3pm. Call Dawn with questions

3 Hicksville Happenings - March Wednesday, March 1st - Alan Seibert, The Music Man joins us at 10:00am. AmeriCare will also be with us at 10:00am offering FREE MANICURES Then at 3:00pm we ll travel to the Defiance Senior Center for Open Mic Night - 5:00pm until 8:00pm - great food, music and fun! Donations gladly accepted. March Grocery Shopping Trips -10:00am pick up time March 6th - Defiance Walmart March 13th - Defiance Aldi s March 20th - Meijer s in Defiance March 27th - Kroger s in Defiance For each petal on the shamrock A wish we bring your way Good health, good luck and happiness For today and every day Tuesday, March 14th at 10:30am The Maumee Valley Guidance Center will join us for Food For Your Thought - be sure to stay for lunch after the program. Thursday, March 16th - Double BINGO - first IRISH BINGO at 10:00am and then at 1:00pm the Community Health Professionals will host our second Bingo game! Join the fun! Friday, March 17th - It s The Wearing of the Green - Hicksville Center s St. Patrick s Day Party! Join us at 10:00am as the Electric Balladeer performs your favorite Irish melodies. Join us for fun, food and door prizes! Wednesday, March 22nd - The Food Commodities Program (CSFP) Pick up is available from 1:00pm until 2:30pm. The CSFP program provides meat and vegetables each month. Please contact Ginny Wiseman at to learn more about qualifying for this program. Wednesday, March 29th - Senior s Choice of Activities - from 10:00am until 11:30am come choose from a wide variety of games. Thursday, March 30th - Join us at 12:30pm for our annual Tea Party. Wear your hats and gloves, but be prepared to laugh!! Transportation is available ( ) and there is no charge for this event. Spring Forward Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday, March 12th. Turn your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday, March 11th. Have You Called Time and Temperature Yet? Each month there are great deals for Seniors from local businesses! Give it a try: Time and Temp D E F I A N C E C O U N T Y S E N I O R S E R V I C E S

4 for more information, please call Linda at March - Hicksville Center Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live. 1 10:00-11:00 music with Alan Seibert 10:00 Manicures with Americare 3:00 Transportation to Open Mic at The Defiance Center 5-8pm 2 10:00 Yahtzee 12:30-1:30 Bingo 3 10:00 Inspire Me! 11:45 March Birthday Celebration 6 10:00 Grocery Shop at Defiance Walmart 7 10:00 Chair Exercises 12:30-2:30 Euchre 1:00-2:00 Computer Questions & Answers 8 10:30 Coffee & Conversation 9 10:00 Inspire Me! 10:30 Blood Pressures 12:30 Corn Hole 1:30-2:15 BINGO at Hickory Creek 10 10:30 Puzzle Day 13 10:00 Aldi s Shop 14 10:30 Maumee Valley Guidance Center - Food For Your Thought 1:00-2:00 Computer Questions & Answers 15 10:00 Aggravation 16 10:00-11:00 IRISH Bingo 1:00-2:00 BINGO by CHP 17 St Patrick s Day 9:30 St. Patrick s Day word search or coloring 10:00 The Electric Balladeer 20 10:00 Shop at Meijer s 21 10:00 Chair Exercises 1:00-2:00 Computer Questions & Answers 22 10:00 Senior Soccer 10:30 Inspire Me! 1:00-2:30 Food Commodities Program 23 10:00-11:00 Bingo 10:30 Blood Pressure Checks 1:00-2:00 Cornhole 2:30 Senior s Night Out to Continental :00 Shop at Kroger s 28 10:00 Yahtzee 1:00-2:00 Bingo with Rita from Vancrest 29 Senior s Choice!! YOU choose the activities 30 10:00 Chair Exercises 10:30 Blood Pressure Checks 12:30 Tea Party - wear your hat and gloves 31 10:30 Music & Dancing

5 for information, please call Dawn at March - DCSS Activities Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Walking Club is back! Monday - Friday 7am - 3pm See details on the Healthy You page in this newsletter 6 12:00 Tele-Health by AmeriCare 12:45-1:15 -Bingo 3:00 Yoga 7 9:45 Aldi s Shop 10:00 Cards :45 Toe Nail Clinic 12:30 PM Nail Clinic 5:00-8:00 Open Mic Night 8 10:00 Cornhole 10:45 Speaker from Twin Rivers 2 9:45 Blood Pressures 10:00 Band Stretch Exercises 12:30 Bingo 1:30 Alzheimer Support Group 9 10:00 Band Stretch with Brookview 3 11:30 Birthday Lunch 11:30 Music with Kim Tracy 10 10:00 Crafts 13 3:00 Yoga 14 9:45 Aldi Shop 10:00 Cards 4:00 Senior s Night Out - Red Lobster 15 10:00 Cornhole 16 St Patrick s Day Celebration 10:00 Band Stretch 10:45 Blood Pressures 11:30music w/kim Tracy 17 10:00 Crafts 20 12:30 Bingo with Kingsbury Place 1:00 Euchre Tournament 3:00 Yoga 6:00 Alzheimer Support Group 21 9:45 Aldi s Shop 10:00 Cards 22 10:00 Hearing Aid Check Up 1:00-2:30 CSFP - Senior Commodities Food Box Pick Up 23 10:00 Band Stretch 12:30 Bingo 24 9:30-2:00 Card Club Party! 27 10:00 Nails & Tails 12:30 Bingo with the Senior Center 3:00 Yoga 28 9:45 Aldi s Shop 10:00 Cards :00 Band Stretch 4:00 Evening Meal with Music from Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet 31 10:00 Crafts

6 M A R C H DCSS Bulletin Board - with Dawn Wednesday, March 1st - The Toe Nail Clinic is available 9am to 11am and from 12:30pm until completed. There is a $10.00 charge for the toe nail clinic. Please call Dawn at for your appointments. Then - join Dawn, Ed and the Gang for OPEN MIC Night!! The fun begins at 5:00pm, so grab your guitar and meet us at the Senior Center. Thursday, March 2nd - At 1:30pm - The Alzheimer Support and Information Group will meet. Friday, March 3rd - we celebrate March Birthdays with a musical visit from Kim Tracy. Kim brings his wonderful music to the café starting at 11:30am. Join us! Monday, March 6th - Join the good folks from Americare at 12:00noon for Tele-Health Wednesdays - Join us March 8th and 15th for CornHole in the auditorium - a fun way to get exercise - don t know what CornHole is?? - come find out and join the fun!! Tuesday, March 14th - It s our Senior s Night Out - we ll leave the Defiance Center at 4:00pm for dinner at Red Lobster in Maumee. Please call Dawn to make your reservation after March 1st Thursday, March 16th - Happy St. Patrick s Day - Come celebrate with us - (one day early) We ll have a Corned Beef & Cabbage lunch in the auditorium from 11:30am to 1:00pm with special music by Kim Tracy & Friends! Monday, March 20th - At 6:00pm - The Alzheimer Support and Information Group meets. Wednesday, March 22nd - The Food for Seniors Commodities Program (CSFP) - 1:00 to 2:30pm - Call Ginny for details Monday, March 27th - Dawn Ludwig of Twin Rivers hosts Nails and Tales. Come visit with Dawn at 10:00am to have your fingernails painted and join in some fun conversation. Thursday, March 30th - Join us for a very special Evening Meal. We ll begin at 4:45pm with our entertainment - The Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet - Don t miss this talented group. At 5:30pm, come enjoy our Fried Chicken, Scalloped Potatoes, Betty Salad and Strawberries over Pound Cake for Dessert. Dawn will also have a few door prizes for the lucky winners. We ask a $5.00 suggested donation per person. Transportation is available, call Doors open at 4:00pm may you always be blessed with walls for the wind a roof for the rain a warm cup of tea by the fire laughter to cheer you those you love near you and all that your heart might desire Thank You In March, our business sponsors include: Brookview Genesis (Twin Rivers) Allcaring Kingsbury Place Americare Community Health Professionals Allcaring The Toledo Food Bank The Hearing Aid Center Our thanks to these wonderful businesses for donating their time and talents.

7 D E F I A N C E C O U N T Y S E N I O R S E R V I C E S M A R C H Nutrition News Join us for a special March Evening Meal Thursday, March 30th The auditorium doors open at 4:00pm. The Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet Performs At 4:45pm We are so thrilled to bring you this talented group. These veteran musicians blend classic Bluegrass music, traditional country songs and American fiddle tunes. At 5:30pm - we ll enjoy our delicious oven fried chicken, Betty salad, scalloped potatoes and dinner rolls. To top off the evening - we ll have strawberries over pound cake for dessert. After dinner, Dawn has some lovely door prizes for a few lucky winners. We ask a $5.00 suggested donation per person for the meal, entertainment and door prizes. Transportation is available. Pre-sale tickets are available beginning Wednesday, March 1st. Please contact Dawn or Kathy for reservations or information Our March Birthday Celebration will be Friday, March 3rd a very Happy Birthday to all of you born in March. Defiance County Senior Service s Café is open weekdays 11:30am to 1:00pm At the Hicksville Senior Center lunch is served at 11:30am Join Us!! Vegetable Blends for March Meals European Blend - broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, pearl onions and red peppers. Italian Blend - carrots, cauliflower, zucchini, Italian beans, baby lima beans, red bell peppers Mexicali Blend - corn, kidney beans, onions, zucchini and yellow squash Mixed Blend - carrots, corn, green beans, peas and baby lima beans Venetian Blend - broccoli, sugar snap peas, asparagus, red and yellow peppers and onions. Participants may determine for themselves what they are able to contribute toward the cost of a meal. No older adult will be denied a nutrition service due to inability to contribute. Our suggested donation for a lunch is $3.00. Evening Meals and events may be more. Thank you

8 Defiance County Senior Services March Menu 2017 Questions regarding your meal delivery? Please call Robin at Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday nsc means that we can provide a dessert with no concentrated sweets added. SF means sugar free. To access ingredients, please contact Delinda at May your troubles be less Your blessings be more and nothing but Happiness come through your door. 1 Cream of Vegetable Soup Egg Salad Sandwich 3 Bean Salad Peaches 2 Baked Pork Chop and Gravy Baby Carrots Roasted White Potatoes Apricots 3 Fettucine Alfredo Broccoli Parmesan Spinach Applesauce Birthday Cake ncs= Angel food Cake 6 BBQ Chicken Ranch Diced Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Fruit Cocktail 7 Roast Pork Mashed Potatoes Broccoli & Cheese Apple Slices Breadstick Peach Pie ncs= SF Pie 8 Sloppy Joe Sandwich Asparagus Potato Wedges Ambrosia Salad 9 Country Fried Steak European Blend Vegetables Broccoli Salad Plums 10 Potato Soup Toasted Cheese Sandwich Carrot / Raisin Salad Pineapple Tidbits Crackers V-8 Juice Cookie ncs = SF Cookie 13 Hamburger Gravy over Mashed Potatoes Mixed Vegetables Fresh Apple Grape Juice 14 Roast Turkey with Gravy Sweet Potatoes Bread Dressing Cauliflower Peachy / Cherry Sauce Whole Wheat Bread Cookie ncs= SF Cookie 15 Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich with lettuce & tomatoes Pears Tomato Soup Orange Juice 16 St. Patrick s Day Celebration Corned Beef alt= Chicken Baked Cabbage, Potatoes & Carrots Tropical Fruit Salad Garlic Bread Pistachio Pudding ncs= SF Pudding 17 Macaroni & Cheese French Green Beans Peas & Onions Apricots Blueberry Muffin Sherbet Happy St. Patrick s Day! 20 Ham alt= Hamburger Mashed Potatoes Beets Jellied Cranberry Sauce w/ Orange Slices 21 Herbed Baked Chicken Baked Italian Vegetables Scalloped Potatoes Bread Dressing Mandarin Oranges Cookie ncs = SF Cookie 22 Beef Pot Pie with Biscuit Rice Pilaf Tossed Salad Raisins 23 Spaghetti & Meatballs Venetian Blend Vegetables Hot Peaches with Cinnamon Garlic Bread Banana 24 Cheese Omelet Tater Tots Mushrooms & Onions Apple Slices with honey Biscuit Danish ncs = SF Cookie 27 Beef & Bean Burrito with Enchilada Sauce Red Skin Potatoes with Cheese Mexicali Blend Vegetables Pineapple Tidbits 28 Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes Steamed Carrots Grape Juice Graham Crackers 29 Turkey Sandwich with mayo, lettuce & tomato Broccoli Cheese Soup Peaches Banana Crackers 30 Greek Chicken Carrots Cole Slaw Pears Garlic Bread 31 Chef s Choice Spinach Lasagna Mixed Vegetables Tossed Salad Mixed Fruit Bosco Stick Danish ncs= SF Cookie