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The Next Chapter . . . August 2020 • Published Monthly • • Issue 138 •

Chelsea Senior Center

Membership $25/year

Scholarships available

Valued CSC Members –These are indeed trying mes. While the doors here at CSC have been closed

since March, we have been working hard to provide as many resources and services as we can. We

know that nothing can replace the mental and physical wellness that comes with interac ng along-

side your many friends at CSC. We have been working diligently to prepare things here for a

reopening that will provide you with a safe and secure environment.

We had hoped that we could reopen in mid-August, however current mandates prohibit us from

holding group exercise classes and pickleball. Requirements also limit a endance at any of our

events to 10 people or less. We have debated long and hard about how we can open in the current

environment and balance your vital need for physical and social ac vi es against the real chance

of one or more of you contrac ng the coronavirus. Our Health Commi ee, which is made up of

members who are re red health professionals, has provided their input as well. In the end, we simp-

ly cannot jus fy reopening the doors at Chelsea Senior Center for group ac vi es un l we move to

Phase 5 of the Michigan Safe Start plan. However, we are working to offer alterna ve ac vi es.

We greatly appreciate your pa ence – please know that we understand your strong desire to

resume an ac ve life here. In the coming weeks we will expand the on-line ac vi es available and

we will also be providing you with details on the many physical and social ac vi es you can take

advantage of outdoors – including some we have in the works for just outside here at CSC. We will

also be reintroducing one on one health services here – details are in this newsle er. Together we

will get through all this and we look forward to ge ng back to a full schedule once these trying

mes have passed. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us directly if you have any concerns or

ques ons. Thank you and be well.

—Bill O’Reilly, CSC Execu ve Director and Gary Munce, CSC Board President

Do we have yours? One of the ways we

will keep you

informed about the

changes happening at the Center

is through email updates. To stay

connected, please confirm we

have your current email address!

It’s easy! Send us an email to

connected@chelseaseniors.org

We miss

celebra ng

with you. Hope

you are having

fabulous

birthdays!

Chelsea Senior Center Reopening Update

The Wheels on the Bus! The wheels on the ROAM Bus are rolling again! The WAVE installed new features and instituted new protocols to keep every rider safe. Take advantage of this free transportation around town. See page 4 for details.

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C2S2 Health Support Have basic health questions? Concerned about COVID-19? Retired physician, Gary Maynard, is available to meet with you on Tuesdays between at 11 am and noon. Call to schedule an appointment. FREE

Medicare/Medicaid Help FREE thanks to the Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP). Call the Center to schedule an appointment with a trained MMAP volunteer. Appoint-ments may be by phone or in person.

Notary Public Services Please call to register for an in-person appointment. Donations to C2S2 ap-preciated.

Community Computer/Internet Use Monday‐Friday star ng August 10

Appointments available at 9 am,

10 am, 11 am Schedule a 45 minute segment of time to use our community comput-ers and printers. Appointments available at 9 am, 10 am, 11 am each week day. Call to register. If there are not appointments scheduled after yours, you are welcome to continue.

Brown Bag Lunch with Friends Wednesdays star ng August 12

11:30 am Bring your lunch and savor a meal with friends! Socially distanced chairs will be set up outside under

tents near our amazing intergenerational garden. We’ll have water bottles available. Call to register.

What you can do at the Center!

Acupuncture with Ron Hough Tuesdays star ng August 18 $20 per session Checks to Ron Hough Session 1, 11‐12:30 pm, 4 spots; Session 2, 1‐2:30 pm, 4 spots

Acupuncture helps reduce pain, relieve stress and tension, increase energy levels, promote stronger digestion, and provides a greater sense of overall health and well-being. Ron practices community acupuncture. Wear comfortable clothing to allow access up to knees and elbows. Ron Hough is a NCCAOM certified acupuncturist. Call to register!

Chair Massage with Jenny Miller Thursdays, August 20, September

3 & September 17

Appointments 9 am, 10 am, 11 am.

30 minutes max. $1/minute.

Payments to Jenny Miller.

Enjoy a relaxing, seated chair mas-sage by licensed massage therapist, Jenny Miller.

Research shows massage, when experienced regular-ly, can reduce stress, relieve muscle-related pain (especially tension headache and migraine pain, as well as low back, neck and shoulder pain), improve circulation, and improve flexibility and range-of-motion. Even in the face of chronic health condi-tions, these benefits can reduce associated symptoms and provide comfort.

Call the Center at 734.475.9242 to schedule.

Nurses Footcare w/ Ava Passino Wednesdays Nurses Footcare Services with Ava Passino R.N., BCGN has a few openings for appointments. For information & to schedule an appointment call Ava at 313-303-7836.

Scholarships Available! Thanks to a generous, anonymous donor, we have scholarship funding to cover membership fees. Please see the Director.

Check out our website

for senior exercise videos

from Pam and Karen!

www.chelseaseniors.org

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What You Can Do to Help

We want everyone to enjoy the Senior Center that you know and love. Help us stay vital:

Stay home if you don’t feel well

Wash your hands regularly, use the hand sanitizer and wipes provided

Keep your face mask on

Respect the 6 foot social distancing requirement

Bring water, beverages, snacks

Give yourself extra time to park and get into the build-ing and screened

Have fun, smile, enjoy being with people

Entrance and Exit The main entrance, from the north lot, will be the single entrance point into our building. You will be able to exit out any of the doors down our hall.

Parking

Parking will be available in both the north and east lots. With the single entrance point into the building closest to the main north lot, please be considerate when choosing a parking spot. If you are more able, save the close parking spots for those who are less able.

Safety First

To keep us all healthy, everyone entering the building is required to wear a a face covering and will be screened.

Touchless temperature check

Brief health questions

If you have a temperature above 100.4, COVID-19 symp-toms, been in close contact with someone who tested posi-tive for COVID-19, recently travelled internationally, or will not wear a face covering, you will be asked to join us at a later date.

The check-in computer has been moved to the entrance area to avoid a bottleneck in the more confined

office. Membership will be required to participate at the Center. If you don’t have a current membership or need a new card, we’ll have you go to the office before doing your activity. By checking in with your membership card, you help us support the Washtenaw County Health Department’s efforts to contract trace.

Checking In

Program Registra on

All one-on-one services and programs require pre-registration as spaces are limited due to our important safety pro-tocols. Stop by the office 9 am-noon each day or call to register.

Line Dancing meets Mondays at 9 am outdoors

under the Pierce Park Pavilion in Chelsea

CAADY Corner Quilters meet Tuesdays at 1 pm in

an large outbuilding of a member’s home

Ukulele Group meets every other Tuesday at

3:30 pm outdoors at the Pierce Park Pavilion in

Chelsea

Pickleball Club members meet several mes a

week at Beach Middle School to play outdoors

For more informa on about par cipa ng in any of

these groups, please call the Center at

734.475.9242.

Keeping us all safe. How it will work ...

If we need to close due to a confirmed COVID-19 case, we will update the voice message, post notices on our website and Facebook, and send an email notification. The Center will be cleaned and sanitized and ready to welcome you back, hopefully within a few days.

Closing No fica on

Groups Meeting Outside Our Walls!

Sew‐cial distancing! Members of the

CAADY Corner Quilters group!

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Bill O’Reilly Execu ve Director Jennifer Smith Assistant Director Mackenzie Pfeiffer Senior Services Coordinator (C2S2) Emily Kennedy Senior Services Coordinator (C2S2) Marylee Fuchs Bookkeeper Meredith Nelson Member Services & Marke ng Mary Erskine Senior Nutri on Program Coordinator

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Welcome New Board Members

We are pleased to welcome two new members to the CSC Board of Directors:

Julie Deppner – currently Julie serves as Executive Director and CEO at Silver Maples. This experience alone would be helpful to CSC but she also has a long history of involvement in the Chelsea community. She started as a teacher at Chelsea High in 1995 and rose to become the Chelsea School District Assistant Superintendent.

John Knox – John is active in the Chelsea communi-ty as well. He is currently President of the Chelsea Kiwanis and serves on the Adult Steering Commit-tee for SRSLY. He and his wife Marianne are fixtures at many events around Chelsea.

Senior Nutri on Program is supported by Area Agency on Aging 1B and

Washtenaw County OCED in partnership with Chelsea School District.

SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM Senior Café

We are not serving a daily lunch.

Meals on Wheels Home delivered meals is an option available for seniors, 60 plus, who are unable to prepare meals. The program delivers meals to home-bound seniors in Chelsea and Manchester. If you know of someone who could benefit from a friendly check in and a meal call the Center at 734.475.9242. $3/meal suggested donation.

C2S2 The Chelsea Senior Center has been offering services beyond our walls since 2013. We provide referrals for many requests including in-home care, house cleaning, handyman services, and transportation needs. Give Mackenzie or Emily a call, 734.475.9242, if you need anything!

ROAM ROAM is a program launched by the Chelsea Senior Center to address transportation challenges in rural communities. The WAVE, including the ROAM Bus, provides rides that are scheduled in advance through them, where and when the WAVE is available. You can schedule a ride on a WAVE bus or the ROAM Bus by calling 734.475.9494. By scheduling in advance, Seniors can ride the ROAM Bus for free to the Senior Center and Center members enjoy free rides to locations within the ROAM service area.

2020 Board of Directors President

Gary Munce Vice President

Charlo e Wyche Treasurer

Ken Gietzen Secretary

Charlo e Bentley

John Daniels Julie Deppner

Nancy Graebner Diane Kieliszewski

John Knox Gary Maynard Mary Tomac

Jerry Wilczynski

TRAVEL Due to the current situation and the uncertainty day to day, the decision was made to cancel all trips for 2020. We look forward to what 2021 brings!

INTERGENERATIONAL GARDEN We’ve still been hard at work in the IG this summer. Ava, our garden intern, has been working with our volunteers. We had drive by green pick ups when we were able to harvest early crops from the hoophouse. We hope to have produce available at the farm stand again.

Tai Chi and Senior Focus Yoga

Chelsea Senior Center is thrilled to partner with

Washtenaw Community College’s Emeritus

Program (WCC) to host several Senior Focus classes

each term: Tai Chi, Yoga, and Exercise.

Due to the pandemic, WCC is not sponsoring senior

enrichment classes onsite at their community

partners this Fall so if we are able to offer in‐person

fitness classes yet this year, you won’t see these

programs listed.

WCC remains VERY commi ed to providing senior

focus programs to local seniors, so they will be

offering many fitness and enrichment classes

virtually. Stay tuned for registra on informa on!

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Staffan-Mitchell

FUNERAL HOME

Pre-planning, Monuments, Green Burial, Traditional and Cremation Services

John W. Mitchell II, Owner, Director Michael D. Mitchell, Owner, Manager

(734) 475-1444 www.mitchellfuneral.com

THANK YOU 2020 SPONSORS

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THANK YOU 2020 SPONSORS

Chelsea

VFW Post

4076

2020 Friends of the Chelsea Senior Center

Susan V. Brown,PLC

Care Patrol of Southern Michigan Comfort Keepers

Green Age Cleaners

Lehman & Scheffler Real Estate Services

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THANK YOU 2020 SPONSORS

2020 Bronze Sponsors

Ascent Audiology & Hearing

Chelsea Lions

Farm Bureau Insurance - Rick Eder

John McDermott

Legacy Assisted Living Center

State Farm Insurance - Bill Ballagh

StoryPoint

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August 2020

Chelsea Senior Ci zens Ac vi es Center

512 Washington Street

Chelsea, MI 48118

Nonprofit Org.

U.S. Postage

PAID

Chelsea, Mich.

Permit No. 21

Our mission is to enhance the quality of life and well‐being for area seniors

and their families.

In memoriam:

Ann Feeney

The CSC office will be open

from 9 am to noon each week day

for in‐person interac ons.

And, staff will be on hand

to answer phones and take registra ons

from noon to 3 pm each week day.

Chelsea Senior Center is a 501c3 organiza on funded by numerous community supporters: Chelsea United Way,

City of Chelsea, local townships (Dexter, Lima, Lyndon), Ann Arbor Area Community Founda on, and the members

and Board of Chelsea Senior Center. Please thank our 2020 Pla num sponsor Edward Jones—Diane Kieliszewski and Michael O’Quinn

and our Gold sponsors: Chelsea Lumber Company, Chelsea State Bank, Jiffy Mixes, Silver Maples Re rement Communi es,

St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital, and WellBridge of Pinckney.

The Chelsea Senior Center complies with the terms and regula ons of the Title V of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

as amended in Sec on 504 of the Social Rehabilita on Act of 1973 and is an equal opportunity employer.

Reasonable accommoda ons will be provided upon no fica on or request.