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Dunmore Senior Center Membership Dues Forms are Available

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By Steve Svetovich

Alison Boga, executive director of the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors, said the 2017/2018 membership dues forms are now available.

Individual membership is $10 or $15 for couples.

Membership can be used for discounts on fee based activities such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Ballroom Dancing and Oil Painting. It can also be used for upcoming bus trips and seminars.

Members pay $5 for $8 classes and $3 for $5 classes. Members also receive mailed newsletters and discounts on special activities, including bus trips.

All proceeds from membership dues are used for projects and expenditures approved by the Senior Site Council.

Members or the general public can visit dunmoreseniorcenter.org for menus and activity calendars, or call the Center at 570-207-2662.

The Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors celebrated National Safety Month this past June. Tips were provided for safe outdoor dining and how to recognize different heat related illnesses.

Boga said volunteers are needed at the Center. The volunteers are needed for clerical, kitchen duty and lunch. If interested in becoming a volunteer, said Boga, please stop by at the Center (1414 Monroe Ave., Dunmore) or call (570-207-2662).

“We want to hear from you,” said Boga. “We are always looking for ways to improve the programming provided. If there is a particular speaker or activity that someone would like to see offered at the Center please let us know.”

Boga said the Senior Garden is coming along very well. “The Headstart program children planted vegetables in the garden as well. The garden is funded by the Department of Aging. We owe a great debt and gratitude to the garden designer, Lydia Bagdonas, for her creativity and perseverance.”

A free event, “Eating Local and Organic,” was held last July 19 at the Center.

Other programs at the Dunmore Activity Hub include bingo, learn to knit, ballroom dancing, sketching and oil painting, gentle yoga for health, Tai Chi, pinochle, Stretching with Gretchen, silver flow yoga, walking club, VNA blood pressure screening, gardening club, essential oils with Mother Willow, eat right nutrition tips, site council meetings, gardening club meetings, nutrition days, farmer’s market voucher day, elder law seminars by Atty. Dan Lucas and Ronald McDonald House volunteer opportunities.

The Dunmore Activity Hub food menu is catered by Metz Food Service. A variety of nutritious lunch choices are provided five days a week.

Fred Battaglia is Site Council president for the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors.

 

 

Dunmore Seniors Activity Hub

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By Steve Svetovich

Dunmore seniors are gearing up for upcoming fall activity programs at the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors, located at 1414 Monroe Avenue in Dunmore.

“Fall is in the air and the kids are back in school, ” said Jeanne Hugenbruch, executive director of the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe. “It is time for us to add some new activities as well. A lot is happening and new programs are starting here at the Activity Hub and Cafe.”

Jim Masters was there and informed the Dunmore Activity Hub seniors about Pulmonary Fibrosis Wednesday, Sept. 2. Mahjong classes began at the Activity Hub at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3. Pinochle is now played every Tuesday after lunch. Beginner’s guitar and ukulele classes are held at 10 a.m. every Tuesday by appointment.

The Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe is in the process of getting a Chorus and Comedy Troupe together.

One of the more popular new groups is the Laughter is the Best Medicine Group which meets at 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday. “Keep the laughter going,” said Hugenbruch. “Bring in a few jokes to share and we can all exercise that funny bone.”

Traditional Home Health in Dunmore, came to the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe on Sept. 15, to talk about reading food labels.

A program on Medication Disposal was held Tuesday, Sept. 22. The program was sponsored by the Lackawanna/Susquehanna Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Voluntary Action Center. Lunch was served and there were free giveaways and desserts. Dr. Shantanu Bishwal came to the Activity Hub on Friday, Sept. 25, to discuss Rheumatoid Arthritis.

The New-Celebration of Life series began last month.. Bill Frye was there for musical entertainment Wednesday, Sept. 30. Lunch was served with a choice of chicken salad or mock crab salad platter. The cost was $5 for seniors and $8 for friends.

Lottie Collins is site council president for the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe. Shirley Martinelli is reservationist. Carol Angerson is lead volunteer.

“Enjoy the fall weather and try to plan on joining us at the Hub,” said Hugenbruch.

For more information on upcoming fall programs or becoming a member, call (570) 207-2662.

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The Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe for Seniors is a non-profit agency supported in part through the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging, the Dunmore borough and through the fundraising efforts of the Senior Site Council and the Board of Directors.