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Wilmington Senior Center 1901 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19802 (302) 651-3400 www.wilmingtonseniorcenter.org info@wilmingtonseniorcenter.org RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

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Wilmington Senior Center December 2014

Holiday Activities

12/9 Men’s Choir 12/12 Members’ Holiday Party 12/18 Children’s Chorus 12/18 Old Country Buffet & Holiday

Light Tour 12/24 WSC Close at 1:00 12/25-26 WSC Closed for Christmas 12/31 WSC Close at 1:00 1/1-2 WSC Closed for New Year’s

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Please bring small bills to pay for trips and lunches since the receptionists cannot make change for large bills. (Nothing larger than a $5.00 dollar bill)

WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

Meal Reservations 651-3400 Must be made by 12:30 p.m. the day prior to the meal Cost: $2.00 for 60 and older; $4.75 for under 60

Bus Transportation 651-3400 Must be made by 8:00 a.m. on the day of pickup

Activities Coordinator 651-3424 Gretchen Broadwater Pay for trips Tuesday-Friday, 10:00-noon & 1:00-2:00

Cares and Concerns of Members 655-2528 Irmina Hudson

Supportive Services Grandparent Resource Center Caregiver Resource Center 651-3420 Patricia Anderson-Rice

$tand By Me 50+ Financial Coaching and Economic CheckUp Kathleen Andersen 651-3401 Jenna Fenstermacher 651-3427

Employment Services 651-3440

Lafayette Court 651-3429 Regenia Rochester

City Styles Thrift Shop Donations 651-3460 Administration 651-3460 Sue Getman, Executive Director Beth Ray, Executive Secretary

LUNCH RESERVATIONS

Lunch reservations for all members and staff must be given to the front desk by 12:30 the day prior. Once a lunch is ordered you are responsible for its payment. If you need to cancel after lunch has been ordered, call right away. We will then know the meal is available if anyone else wants to purchase it. If the meal is not sold, you will need to pay for it. Unsold meals are billed to the Center at the $4.75 price.

TRIP RESERVATIONS Please sign up and pay for trips/events by the designated deadline. Your bus seat is guaranteed only when the fee is paid.

If the minimum number of participants is not met by the deadline the trip/event will be cancelled and payment will be returned. A late fee will be imposed on those not meeting the deadline date providing the trip/event has a sufficient number registered.

Current WSC members are placed first on the Center’s 16 passenger bus for day trips. Non-members may attend a day trip if there are unpaid seats after the trip’s deadline.

Remember to make suggestions for activities!

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

12/1HerbedBakedChickenBakedSweetPotatoSpinachDicedPearsUltimateGrainBread

12/2Spinach&CheeseRollupMarinaraSauceMozzarella&ParmesanMixedSaladApplesauceSplitTopRoll

12/3Chicken&DumplingsGreenBeansSlicedCarrotsTropicalFruitBlueberryMuf in

12/4Ham&SwissonClubRollLettuce,Tomato&OnionBananaCreamofBroccoliSoupCrackers

12/5FlounderwithLemonDillSauceScallopedPotatoesStewedTomatoesDicedPeachesUltimateGrainBread

12/8StuffedPepperwithMarinaraSauceMashedPotatoesHotFruitCompoteSplitTopRoll

12/9BeefBurgundyoverEggNoodlesKeyWestVeggiesPineappleswithWhippedCream12GrainBread

***12/10***PotRoastwithGravyScallopedPotatoesGreenBeans&CarrotTipsWithSliveredAlmondsApplePieDinnerRoll

12/11BBQChickenBakedBeansSeasonedGreensBananaMiniCornMuf in

12/12Turkey&SwissCheeseonTwelveGrainBreadColeSlawOrangeorBananaMustardPacket

12/15FireBraisedChickenStewMixedSaladPeachCobblerUltimateGrainBread

12/16HerbedFlounderMacaroni&CheeseStewedTomatoesDicedPearsUltimateGrainBread

12/17SalisburySteakw.GravyRoastedPotatoWedgesBrusselsSproutsFruitMixWheatBread

12/18ChickenSupremeMashedPotatoesGravyPeas&CarrotsBananaCranberrySauce

12/19PotRoastAuJusBakedPotatoBroccoliCuts12GrainBreadOrangeSourCream

12/22SalmonwithLemonDillSauceGarlicMashedPotatoesCapriBlendVeggiesWheatBreadChocolatePudding

12/23HamburgeronBunLettuce&TomatoSliceMinestroneSoupFreshPearCrackers

12/24GrilledChickenBreastwithLettuce&TomatoonMultiGrainBunLemonGreenBeanSaladPearorAppleMayonnaisePacket

12/25WSCClosedforChristmas

12/26WSCClosedforChristmas

12/29Turkey&SwissonClubRollLettuce,Tomato&OnionCreamofMushroomSoupOrangeCrackers

12/30FishFilletwithCheeseRoastedPotatoWedgesWinterBlendVeggiesStrawberryBananaYogurtSundaewithChocolateSyrup

12/31TunaSaladwithLettuce&TomatoonClubRollColdBeetsApplesauce

1/1WSCClosedforNewYear’s

1/2WSCClosedforNewYear’s

Allmealssubjecttochange.Allmealscontain1%milk Mealsareorderedaccordingtoprojectednumber;overthatnumber,back‐upmealswillbe

available. Suggestedminimumdonationforpersons60+is$2.00Peopleunderage60mustpay$4.75

CityFareMenuDecember2014–CITY

Saturday Mid Day meals served at St. Anthony’s Sunday Mid Day meals served at St. Anthony’s & St. Patrick’s Senior Centers. Tuesday & Thursday Evening Meals served at St. Anthony’s Senior Center

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MONTHLY ACTIVITIES December, 2014

* See more information about presentations, trips and activities on the following pages.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 9:30 Strength Building 10:30 Wii Bowling

2 9:00 Quilting 10:00 Aging Spine Presentation* 10:30 Chair Exercise 11:30 GRC Support Group 3:00 Red Hat Meeting

3 9:30 Strength Building 10:30 Wii Bowling

4 10:45 Bible Study 1:00 Bingo

5 9:30 Booth’s Corner/

Produce Junction* 1:00 Bingo

8 9:00 Commodity Food Delivery 9:30 Strength Building 10:30 Wii Bowling 1:30 Line Dancing Class

9 10:00 Men’s Choir, Sunday Breakfast

Mission* 9:00 Quilting 11:00 Chorus 11:30 GRC Support Group 1:00 Bingo

10 9:30 Strength Building 10:00 Members Council Mtg. 11:00 Members’ Meeting 10:30 Wii Bowling

11 9:30 Walgreen’s /

Christmas Tree Shop* 10:45 Bible Study 1:00 Bingo 1:30 Caregiver Support

12 5:00 Members’ Holiday

Dinner Dance*

15 9:30 Strength Building 10:00 Uno Game 10:30 Wii Bowling

16 9:00 Quilting 11:00 Chorus 11:30 GRC Support Group 1:00 Bingo 4:00 Board of Directors 5:30 GRC-LINKS Program

17 9:30 Strength Building 10:30 Wii Bowling 11:15 Birthday Party

18 10:00 Children’s Chorus,

Pulaski School* 10:45 Bible Study 1:00 Bingo 5:00 Old Country Buffet/

Christmas Light Tour

19 1:00 Bingo

22 9:30 Strength Building 10:00 Phase 10 Game 10:30 Wii Bowling

23 9:00 Quilting 10:30 Chair Exercise 11:00 Chorus 11:30 GRC Support Group (out of building) 1:00 Bingo

24 9:30 Strength Building 10:30 Wii Bowling

1:00 Close for Christmas

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WSC CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS

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WSC CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS

29 9:30 Strength Building 10:00 Phase 10 Game 10:30 Wii Bowling

30 9:00 Quilting 10:00 New Year Trivia 10:30 Chair Exercise 1:00 Bingo

31 9:30 Strength Building 10:30 Wii Bowling

1:00 Close for New Year Holiday

* See more

information about presentations, trips and activities on the

following pages.

Daily: Word Puzzles, Cards, Dominos and Games; Exercise and Computer Rooms open. Pool table located in Exercise Room.

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ACTIVITIES N G L E

WSC: Experts at Living Well Gretchen Broadwater, Activities Coordinator (651-3424)

ACTIVITIES & PRESENTATIONS

2 Aging Spine Presentation, 10:00 9 Men’s Choir, Sunday Breakfast Mission, 10:00 12 Members’ Holiday Dinner Dance, 5:00 18 Children’s Chorus, Pulaski School, 10:00 24 WSC close at 1:00 25 & 26 WSC Closed for Christmas 30 New Year Trivia, 10:00 31 WSC Close at 1:00

TRIPS

5 Produce Junction & Booth’s Corner, Leave WSC at 9:30. Cost is $4.00 for transportation.

11 Walgreen’s & Christmas Tree Shop, Leave WSC at 9;30. Cost is $3.00 for transportation.

18 Old Country Buffet & Annual Holiday Light Tour, Begins at 5:00. Dinner is on your own and just $2.00 (a tip for the driver) for the bus tour.

SNEAK PEEK

January 1 & 2 New Year’s Holiday - WSC Closed 7 Breakfast at Cracker Barrel 15 National Hat Day 19 M.L. King Day - WSC Closed - Day of Service 21 Bean Soup Day

February 2, 9, 23 AARP Tax Assistance (dates to be

confirmed) 6 National Wear Red Day 14 Valentine’s Day 16 President’s Day - WSC Closed 17 Random Acts of Kindness Day 19 Chinese New Year - Year of the Sheep

March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 AARP Tax Assistance (dates to be

confirmed) Philadelphia Flower Show ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beginning in January, Bingo on Fridays will begin at 12:45 and end at 2:45.

This will be a permanent change.

PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE

MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

Please sign up in the activities book at the front desk to serve on a Program Planning Committee with other senior center members, representatives of the staff and Board, and community residents. The committee will review current programs and benefits of membership at the Wilmington Senior Center, as well as consider other activities and services to be added. The first meeting will take place in November, with Executive Director Sue Getman as facilitator. A committee chair will be elected.

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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

2 Michael Salvatore 3 Kenneth Anderson, Samuel Anderson, Bernard Stoner 4 Nana Marie Bey 5 Inez Molock 6 Henry Edwards 9 Margaret Custis 10 Kathryn Brown, Irmina Hudson, Murtadee Muhammad, Ronald

Skillins, Sarah Wesley 12 Sue Getman, Irving Hill 14 Martha Ballard 16 Eula Christmas 17 Floyd Thomas 19 Terry Jackson 20 Carolyn Jones, Roger Williams 21 Marie Langston 22 Kathleen Andersen, Diana Mathis 23 Nellie Parson 24 Marvis Clark, Shonie Craighead, Dorothy Watson 26 Frances Charlton 29 Roberta Porter 31 Gloria Park

DECEMBER BIRTHDAY INVITATION If your birthday is this month, please join us at the monthly birthday celebration on December 17 at 11:15 a.m.-2:00. Lunch is free for members (not for staff-unless a member) who are celebrating their birthdays this month. Please call 651-3400 to make a reservation by Wednesday, December 10 so we’ll have enough meals. You must call because you won’t be automatically included in our lunch count. (City Fare sends Birthday cake only for those who have ordered lunch.)

SUGGESTION BOX

If you have ideas for programs, activities or changes, please write a note and put it in the lobby suggestion box.

MORNING COFFEE

Coffee for members is provided by City Fare and we ask that you limit it to two cups each. Other items such as bread, muffins, coffee cake, butter, jelly, cream cheese, etc. are not provided by either the Center or City Fare. Those items are sometimes available from donations by members. If you enjoy having a morning snack, you might consider bringing an item to share. Please remember that Marsha’s priority each morning is organizing the kitchen for delivery of home-bound meals and the Center’s noon meal; not putting out snack items.

COLLECTING SPECIAL ITEMS Thank you for your continued support of donating recycled eyeglasses and hearing aids for the Lion’s Club and soda can tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Please leave them with Gretchen.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS:

Dinah Brown James Brown

Eula Christmas Antoinette Ibrahim

Phillip Johnson

FYI: LUNCH COST Lunch cost for those

under the age of 60 is now $4.75.

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

If you are interested in volunteering with us at

Wilmington Senior Center, please complete a volunteer application

and submit it at our Front Desk.

FRANKLIN MINT FEDERAL CREDIT

UNION If you are a member or employee of Wilmington

Senior Center, you are eligible to

become a member of the Franklin Mint Federal

Credit Union.

Contact Beth Ray at 651-3460

for more information.

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When expenses go up this winter with gifts, travel, and heat, costs that you usually find manageable may seem bigger than ever. If prescription drugs prices are too high, do not delay in seeking help! $tand By Me 50+ coaches are available to help you find resources to help manage those costs. One option available to Delawareans is the Delaware Prescription Assistance Program (DPAP). Delaware Prescription Assistance Program (DPAP)

DPAP helps eligible individuals whose only prescription insurance is Medicare Part D, pay of their medically necessary prescriptions. DPAP provides each eligible individual with up to $3000 per year toward medically necessary prescription drugs.* Clients must make a co-payment of 25% of the cost of the prescription or a minimum of $5. The co-pay is collected by the dispensing pharmacy. The pharmacy will submit a claim to DPAP and be reimbursed directly. *The program does not pay for diabetic drugs or supplies for Medicare recipients. Medicare currently provides coverage for both insulin and non-insulin dependent patients.

Eligibility – This program is available to whose income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), see chart below, or whose prescription costs exceed 40% of their income.

This is only one of the programs available to help those struggling with prescription drug costs – federal programs and company specific programs are also available. Call a coach today and see what options are available to you – 302-651-3427.

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Need help with budgeting and saving? Want a free economic checkup? See Kathleen or Jenna of $tand By Me 50+

or call them at 651-3401 or 651-3427.

Family Size Gross Monthly

Income

1 1,915

2 2,585

For larger households, please call for guidelines.

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WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER APPRECIATES:

Recent Donors

Betty Backus Deb Buchler Alice Butcher

Christina Cultural Arts Center Dansko Foundation

Betty Hahn Loretta Hall

Elsie Hopkins Irmina Hudson

Laura Jones Chris Lamb

Cathy & Charles McCloskey Maxine Shaheed Harry Spencer Hazel Tolbert

Donors of pull tabs and eyeglasses

Holiday Dinner Dance Committee

WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER HOLIDAY DINNER DANCE

DATE: Friday, December 12, 2014 TIME: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

DONATION: $10.00 per person

We wish all of you a SAFE and HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.

For information, contact: Mary Bolden: 652-6137 Marie Dash 655-8979 Ella Huff: 762-2402

Laura Jones: 658-9434 Mamie Mason: 652-1917

Sponsored by the WSC Membership Council

WATCH YOUR MAIL FOR OUR ANNUAL SURVEY!

We’re mailing this year’s survey to you instead of including it in

the newsletter.

Everyone who completes and returns the survey by the deadline

will be eligible for prize drawings!

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IF THE WEATHER’S BAD

Announcements about Center closings due to bad weather will be broadcast by WDEL

(1150 AM), WSTW (93.7FM), WILM (1450 AM) and WJBR

(99.5 FM). The Center’s switchboard (651-3400)

will also be informed of the closing.

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CAREGIVER’S CORNER

Alzheimer’s Caregiving at the Holidays (www.nia.nih.gov)

Holidays can be meaningful, enriching times for both the person with Alzheimer’s disease and his or her family. Maintaining or adapting family rituals and traditions helps all family members feel a sense of belonging and family identity. For a person with Alzheimer’s, this link with a familiar past is reassuring. (Note: these tips will also help caregivers of people with dementia or cognitive decline.)

Finding the Right Balance Here are some ways to balance doing many holiday-related activities while taking care of your own needs and those of the person with Alzheimer’s disease: Celebrate holidays that are important to you. Include the person

with Alzheimer’s as much as possible. Set your own limits, and be clear about them with others. You

do not have to live up to the expectations of friends or relatives. Your situation is different now. Guard against fatigue and find time for adequate rest.

Involve the person with Alzheimer’s in simple holiday preparations, or have him or her observe your preparations. Observing you will familiarize him or her with the upcoming festivities. Participating with you may give the person the pleasure of helping and the fun of anticipating and reminiscing.

Encourage friends and family to visit even if it’s difficult. Limit the number of visitors at any one time, or have a few people visit quietly with the person in a separate room.

Prepare quiet distractions to use, such as a family photo album, if the person with Alzheimer’s becomes upset or overstimulated.

Keep the memory-impaired person’s routine as close to normal as possible.

Try to avoid situations that may confuse or frustrate the person with Alzheimer’s, such as crowds, changes in routine, and strange places. Also try to stay away from noise, loud conversations, loud music, lighting that is too bright or too dark, and having too much rich food or drink (especially alcohol).

Find time for holiday activities you like to do. If you receive invitations to celebrations that the person with Alzheimer’s cannot attend, go yourself. Ask a friend or family member to spend time with the person while you’re out.

Preparing Guests Explain to guests that the person with Alzheimer’s disease does not always remember what is expected and acceptable. Give examples of unusual behaviors that may take place such as incontinence, eating food with fingers, wandering, or hallucinations. Explain that memory loss is the result of the disease and is not intentional.

However you celebrate, know that the meaningfulness of moments spend together matters more than what the person with Alzheimer’s remembers.

Flu & You The best way to protect

yourself from the flu is to get a flu shot every year!

Washing hands, staying away from those who are

sick and covering coughs are good preventive measures,

but flu shots are best.

Get vaccinated at your doctor’s office or pharmacy.

Support for Caregivers... is available from our

Caregiver Resource Center, call 651-3420 for more

information.

Caregiver Support Group meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m.

Grandparent Support Group

meets Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Funding for the Caregiver Resource Center

comes from the Division of Services for Aging and Adults

with Physical Disabilities as a result of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Title III-E of the

Older Americans Act.

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HEALTH & COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Newark Senior Center’s Meeting of Minds

Meeting of Minds is a new social and educational program for semi-independent adults living with early memory loss. Through diverse social, mental, creative and physical

activities; participants will gain improved self-esteem, confidence and a deeper understanding of how to manage their memory loss.

All sessions will be at Newark Senior Center, 200 White Chapel Drive, Newark, DE An introductory session was held on November 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

Program will be from January 12, 2015 to February 18, 2015.

To register for the meetings, please call Kat Foizen at 302-737-2336 ext 24 or email kfoizen@newarkseniorcenter.com

5th Annual Men of Color

Health, Wellness & Empowerment Summit Saturday, December 6, 2014

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Delaware Technical Community College

333 N. Shipley Street (Orange Street entrance) Wilmington, DE

Light Breakfast & Lunch Health Screenings Begin at 8;30 a.m.

Health & Wellness Workshops & Exhibits Workshops for Ages 12 and up

Free Haircuts

It’s Free and Open to the Public! Registration is required by calling 302-622-4300 or

www.2014healthmenofcolor.eventbrite.com

Food Distribution at Shiloh Baptist Church If you or someone you know needs food, please visit Shiloh Baptist Church at 215 W. 23rd Street on the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. For more information please contact Shiloh Baptist Church at 655-5315.

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