Volume 2018 Issue 2 Published monthly by White River Council on Aging 262 N Main St., White River Jct., VT 05001-7027 (802) 295-9068 www.bugbeecenter.org November 2017 Bugbee Cinema Because November and December are such busy months, we are closing the Bugbee Cinema until January. Bazaar Time is Almost Here! Please keep us in mind if you have: Clean, gently used items in good condition that someone might find appealing in our White Elephant department. (No clothing, shoes, books or electronics, please) New or like new items that are suitable for gift-giving for our Boutique. Gently-used Jewelry and accessories for our Jewelry department. Handmade items. Homemade Jam, Jelly, Fudge, Candy, etc. We ll also be looking for home-baked items for the Bake Sale. Bazaar donations can be brought to the Center any weekday between 8:00 AM and 3:30 PM, until Tuesday, Nov. 21st, so our volunteers will have time to sort and mark them. Bake Sale perishable items should be brought in on Friday, Dec. 1st before 3:30. The Bazaar will start on Saturday, Dec. 2nd, and continue (Mon-Fri, 9-3, unless we sell out) until the Cookie Walk on Saturday, Dec. 16th. Join us for Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday, November 16th 12:00 Noon (Pleased be seated by 11:50) Sign Up Required MENU Roast Turkey w/gravy Stuffing es Butternut Squash Dinner Roll Pumpkin Pie Suggested donation (age 60+) $5 Under 60: $6 Please carpool if possible as parking is limited.
Director s Corner It certainly is hard to believe we are approaching the holiday season, but folks are beginning to bring in items for our Annual Holiday Bazaar. If you have items to donate now is the time. If you have an item and are not sure if it is appropriate for one of our Departments feel free to call us and we will let you know for sure. Our Bazaar will be on Saturday December 2nd. Then Saturday, the 16th, our Cookie Walk will occur. Mark those two dates on your calendar as we usually have some very good items for your consideration. As in years past, we will be having two special Holiday dinners which folks need to sign up for in order to reserve a seat. These dinners ALWAYS sell out so don t wait for the last minute if you want to join us. The Thanksgiving Dinner will be on Thursday November 16 th and the Christmas Dinner will be Wednesday, the 13 th of December. We will also have a breakfast on December 22nd but there will be more detail on that in the December Newsletter. And, as we head into the holiday season there will be the usual entertainment that comes with the season. Our Annual Appeal letter is going out a bit later than in prior years. This annual fundraiser is an important activity to provide us with the financial support we need to keep our programs in place for the ensuing year. Once again, the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation have agreed to match donations up to $25,000. This is a great opportunity to double your donation. And, we are a registered 501(c) (3) not for profit corporation, making your donation tax deductible. As we enter the final months of this calendar year, and folks begin thinking about filing income tax returns, I hope you will consider helping us financially as well as helping your own tax situation. As the weather changes and there is less favorable outdoor time available, our participation in activities has been picking up. Our Friday morning Tai Chi has become so filled I am not sure where we will put new people if they arrive, but we will figure that out if need be. Other activities are seeing increased enrollment. So, don t stay home watching boring TV, like reruns of Mork and Mindy, or Perry Mason. You ve seen em a million times already..come on down and have some fun! Len Brown.Upper Valley Clothing Swap presents the Annual Fall & Winter Clothing Swap & Food Drive Saturday, Nov. 11 & Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 10 to 2 Saturday, Nov 11: Come to Bugbee Senior Center between 10 am and 2 pm with your donations of fall and winter clothing. Items should be clean and in good condition. (No rips or tears, missing buttons or broken zippers, please. If you would offer it to a friend, it is suitable to swap.) Volunteers will sort, fold and arrange the donated clothing. If you can t come on Saturday, donations can be dropped during the previous week (October 31 November 4) at the Upper Valley Co-Op across the street (193 North Main St., WRJ) Sunday, Nov.12: Come to Bugbee Senior Center between 10 am and 2 pm to find some fine new-to-you seasonal clothing for your whole family, just in time for the coming cold weather. Bring your friends. Every thing is FREE. You do not need to donate to pick things up. Accepting non-perishable FOOD donations for the Upper Valley Haven on Nov.11th and 12th. Monetary contributions welcome to cover advertising costs.
November 2017Meals Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3-Bean Salad 3 Broccoli Salad Corn Chowder Ham Salad Sandwich Chips Vanilla Pudding w/ Peaches American Chop Suey Carrots Garlic Fruit Salad Hot Turkey Sandwich w/gravy Peas & Onions Jell-o 6 4-Bean Salad 7 8 Green Salad 9 10 Cole Slaw Italian Meatloaf California Vegetables Gingerbread w/ Topping BUFFET Rolls Assorted Desserts Baked Haddock Rice Pilaf Brussels Sprouts Yellow Cake w/ Vanilla Frosting Roast Pork w/gravy Sweet Potato Fresh Spinach Applesauce Roll Peach Cobbler BBQ Chicken Tater Tots Corn Fresh Pineapple 13 Salisbury Steak Sweet Potato Green & Wax Beans Peach Crisp 14 Beef Stroganoff On Egg Noodles Broccoli Jell-o w/fruit 15 Cottage Cheese w/ Chives Shepherd s Pie Baby Carrots Pear & Blueberry Crisp 16 Roast Turkey w/gravy Stuffing Butternut Squash Dinner Roll Pumpkin Pie 17 C & S Pizza Melon Mix 20 21 22 Carrot-Raisin Slaw 23 24 BBQ Ribs Roasted Potato Spinach Corn Baked Pears Chicken Parmesan on Linguini Mixed Vegetables Garlic Fruit Salad Baked Ham Scalloped Potato Cauliflower w/red Peppers Vanilla Pudding 27 Spaghetti & Meatballs Wax Beans Garlic Cantaloupe 28 Shake & Bake Pork Chop Seasoned Potatoes Peas Gingerbread w/ Topping 29 Pickled Beets Macaroni & Cheese Stewed Tomatoes Grapes 30 Green Salad Roasted Chicken Rice Pilaf Mediterr. Vegetables Pear & Blueberry Crisp
November 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sign up required for activities marked with an asterisk (*) 1 10:00 Poetry 12:45 Knitting 1:30 Linedancing** Ham Salad Sandwich/Corn Chowder 2 9:00 Quilting American Chop Suey 3 9:30 Tai Chi 1** 10:45 Tai Chi 2** 12:45 Book Club Hot Turkey Sandwich 6 9:00 warmers 7 8:45 Foot Care (by appointment only) 10:00Aqua Aerobics** 1:00 Cribbage 8 10:30 TOGETHER 12:00 Birthday Day Audrey Lilly, pianist 12:45 Knitting 1:30 Linedancing* 9 8:45 Foot Care (by appointment only) 9:00 Quilting 10 9:30 Tai Chi 1* 10:45 Tai Chi 2* Italian Meatloaf BUFFET Baked Haddock Roast Pork BBQ Chicken 13 10:30 Health Clinic 14 10:00 Aqua Aerobics* 1:00 Cribbage 15 10:00 Poetry 12:45 Knitting 1:30 Linedancing* 16 12:00 Thanksgiving Dinner* 17 9:30 Tai Chi 1* 10:00 Suite Notes 10:45 Tai Chi 2* 12:00 Galen Salisbury Steak Beef Stroganoff Shepherd s Pie Roast Turkey C & S Pizza 20 21 10:00 Aqua Aerobics* 12:30 Energy Efficiency in Hartford Geoff Martin 1:00 Cribbage 22 23. 24 BBQ Ribs Chicken Parmesan Baked Ham 27 8:45 Foot Care (by appointment only) Spaghetti & Meatballs 28 10:00 Aqua Aerobics* NO Cribbage Shake & Bake Pork Chop 29 12:45 Knitting 1:30 Linedancing* Macaroni & Cheese 30 Oven Roasted Chicken Please bear with us as we set up for our annual Bazaar. We apologize for any inconvenience but the Bazaar helps us keep the doors open.
November Happenings Nov. 1 9:00 one-on-one Computer Assistance by appointment. Pre-registration required. No fee, but you need to fill out a questionnaire in advance so our student consultants will be prepared to assist you. Appointments are available on Wed. and Thurs. mornings only. 1:30 Linedancing class with Jamie Orr. $48/4 weeks, payable at first class. Sign up required. Nov. 3 9:30 Tai Chi 1 (beginner). $25/5 sessions. Sign up required. 10:45 Tai Chi 2 (advanced/continuing students) $25/5 sessions. Sign up required. 12:45 Bugbee Book Club. Marieke Sperry from the Quechee/Wilder Libraries will facilitate a discussion of The Twelves Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis. Copies of the book are available from the libraries. New participants always welcome.. No sign up required. 50 per card for all 10 games. Cash prizes! Come join the fun. Nov. 7 10:00 Aqua Aerobics class at Upper Valley Aquatic Center. Sign up and pay at Bugbee Senior Center. $35/10 weeks. Nov. 8 10:30 TOGETHER women s support group facilitated by Judy Adams. ME Time Do you plan any time just for yourself? It can really boost our energy level and help us escape from th e pressures we often feel in our lives. Join us to share ideas and make plans for the holidays. New participants always welcome. 12:00 Birthday Day. Join us at lunchtime as we celebrate the birthdays of everyone born in November. Audrey Lilly will be the pianist. Nov. 16 12:00 Thanksgiving Dinner. Be sure to sign up right away because seating is limited and the spots typically fill quickly. We will do our best to honor seating requests so tell us with whom you would like to sit. Please carpool of you can as parking is also limited. Nov. 17 12:00 Galen Mudgett will entertain on the saxophone during lunch. Nov. 21 12:30 Energy Efficiency in Hartford Geoff Martin is Hartford s new Energy Coordinator. Learn about how he is working to save the Town money and energy. He will cover the new solar projects that are underway at three facilities across town, campaigns to help residents weatherize their homes, Bugbee s involvement in Efficiency VT s Deep Energy Retrofit Program, and Hartford s energy future. We are in dire need of volunteers to serve as wait staff in our dining room! There is no order taking or carrying of heavy trays. Wait staff arrive around 11:30 AM to deliver water pitchers, bread baskets, butter and other condiments to the tables, and pour beverages before serving salads and the main course. Meals are plated in the kitchen and carried to the tables by wait staff. Wait staff clear the dishes between courses and after the meal, then wipe off the tables. Lunch is usually over no later than 12:45. Most wait staff volunteers serve one or two days a week, depending on their desire and availability. If you are interested in volunteering or in finding out more about it, call Regina at 295-9068, Mon-Thurs between 8 am and 3 pm, or stop in at the Center. After many years as our Senior Fitness Instructor, Laura Dykstra has taken a new position which does not allow her to continue with us. We appreciate her faithfulness here over the years and wish her the very best in her new endeavors.
Annual Holiday Raffle! Starting December 1st, we will give away a prize every weekday in December. One ticket ($10) buys one chance for each prize. Winning tickets go back in the bowl and remain eligible for each drawing through Dec. 31st. Tickets will be available at the Center starting November 1st. All proceeds benefit Bugbee Senior Center. Last year, several people stepped up and took raffle tickets to sell to their friends and family and it helped us out immensely! If you would be willing to sell tickets for us this year, please see Regina, Len or Emily. You do not have to pay for the tickets you take to sell; just turn in the money when you turn in the ticket stubs December 2017 1 Wooden Advent Calendar 4 Basket of Jam from Diane & Sam 5, VT 6 Hanover Bowl 7 King Arthur Flour $100 Gift Certificate 8 Anichini Wool Throw ½ Gallon VT Maple Syrup from Sugarhouse View Farm, W. Hartford, VT From Simon Pearce 11 Thyme Restaurant $50 Gift Certificate 12 Taste of VT Basket 13 Chocolate Christmas House 14 Folk Art Puzzle 15 Lamp w/handmade Shade from Lampscapes, WRJ 18 Shakleton Thomas 4 Pottery Vase 19 Basket of Jam from Diane & Sam 26 Gift Certificate (Breakfast for 2) Dana s by the Gorge 20 Kitty O Hara Painting 27 Elixir Restaurant $75 Gift Certificate 21 (2 Winners) 2 Hopkins Center Concert Tickets Day Pass (2 Adults, 2 Children) Upper Valley Aquatic Center 28 4-U Golf Gift Certificate for Mini-golf and ice cream cones (4) 2018 Season 22 Valley Flower Company $25 Gift Certificate 29 Casella Waste 3-months trash collection (up to $225)
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November 2017 Home-Delivered Meals Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday If you will not be home to receive your meal, please be sure to call the Center before 9:30 AM. Our drivers can not leave your meal if we have not heard from you. 1 Corn Chowder Ham Salad Sandwich Chips Vanilla Pudding w/ Peaches 2 3-Bean Salad American Chop Suey Carrots Garlic Fruit Salad 3 Broccoli Salad Hot Turkey Sandwich w/gravy Peas & Onions Jell-o 6 4-Bean Salad Italian Meatloaf California Vegetables Gingerbread w/ Topping 7 Macaroni & Cheese Mandarin Oranges 8 Green Salad Baked Haddock Rice Pilaf Brussels Sprouts Yellow Cake w/ Vanilla Frosting 9 Roast Pork w/gravy Sweet Potato Fresh Spinach Applesauce Roll Peach Cobbler 10 Cole Slaw BBQ Chicken Tater Tots Corn Fresh Pineapple 13 Salisbury Steak Sweet Potato Green & Wax Beans Peach Crisp 14 Beef Stroganoff On Egg Noodles Broccoli Jell-o w/fruit 15 Cottage Cheese w/ Chives Shepherd s Pie Baby Carrots Pear & Blueberry Crisp 16 Roast Turkey w/gravy Stuffing Butternut Squash Dinner Roll Pumpkin Pie 17 C & S Pizza Melon Mix 20 BBQ Ribs Roasted Potato Spinach Corn Baked Pears 21 Chicken Parmesan on Linguini Mixed Vegetables Garlic Fruit Salad 22 Carrot-Raisin Slaw Baked Ham Scalloped Potato Cauliflower w/red Peppers 23 24 27 Spaghetti & Meatballs Wax Beans Garlic Cantaloupe 28 Shake & Bake Pork Chop Seasoned Potatoes Peas Gingerbread w/ 29 Pickled Beets Macaroni & Cheese Stewed Tomatoes Grapes 30 Green Salad Roasted Chicken Rice Pilaf Mediterr. Vegetables Pear & Blueberry