Blissful Thanksgiving, Shawnee! What a good time of 12 months to be grateful! Even when we’re experiencing powerful occasions, we are able to nonetheless cease and discover issues for which we may be grateful. I hope you’ve a chance to spend time with household or mates, in individual or by telephone.
If you need to get pleasure from a very good meal, Salvation Military will likely be serving a Thanksgiving lunch on a take-out foundation on Thursday, November 25 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. We respect the Salvation Military and all they do for our group. If you happen to see a crimson pot and considered one of their bell ringers this vacation season, please as beneficiant as you’re able.
For some, the vacations may be an unsettling time. We might get pleasure from sure points of the season, however others may be disagreeable. I hope you could find a stability in your life throughout the subsequent a number of weeks, as all of us want reminders to deal with the optimistic.
Right here on the Senior Recreation Heart at 401 N. Bell, we promote well being, wellness, and energetic residing. Our Wellness Wednesday emphasis this week is on “Psychological Wellness Via the Holidays.” Ms. Tina Singleton of Kindful Hospice will likely be offering some nice wellness recommendations on navigating the vacation season at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 24. Anybody is welcome.
The Senior Rec Heart gives packages and companies for people aged 55+. We’ve ongoing teams, health courses, sports activities, crafts, and video games. Our hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and we’re operated by the Metropolis of Shawnee Recreation Division.
We’re at the moment taking functions for a part-time Recreation Aide place. The perfect candidate would have a ardour for folks, optimistic customer support expertise, basic skills with computer systems, and a versatile team-centered perspective. For extra details about this place, please contact me instantly at 405-1528 or through electronic mail at amy.riggins@shawneeok.org
On Tuesday, November 30 at 2:30 p.m., we will likely be providing a Christmas wooden portray class. Due to the beneficiant expertise of Jim Hudson, we now have cutouts of the phrase “Christmas,” just like the Thanksgiving wooden portray class we had final month. If you need to take part, please join on the Senior Rec Heart entrance desk or name 405-878-1528. Area is proscribed for this free wooden portray class, so join now!
As chances are you’ll know, Challenge Coronary heart is a state-wide program administrating federal companies in a wide range of methods together with a noontime meal Monday-Friday. Challenge Coronary heart is at the moment serving meals on a take-out foundation solely on the Group Heart at 804 S. Park. When you should be registered for his or her program, age is the one qualifier as they serve anybody age 60+. Every participant will need to have a reservation the enterprise day prior, simply in order that they know the way a lot meals to prepare dinner, they usually serve their meals for a recommended donation of $1.50. For extra info, contact Challenge Coronary heart instantly at 405-275-4530 on Mondays-Fridays between their new hours of 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
The Senior Rec Heart will likely be closed for Thanksgiving on each Thursday and Friday, November 25 and 26. Challenge Coronary heart won’t be serving meals on the Group Heart both day. Each will reopen on Monday, November 29.
If you happen to take heed to radio, you’ll be able to hear extra updates by tuning in every Wednesday morning at 8:35 a.m. for throughout the “Mike within the Morning Present,” discovered at KGFF in your radio dial at 100.9 FM or 1450 AM. We respect Mike, KGFF, and the CPN Nation for his or her continued assist!
Keep energetic and wholesome, and we sit up for seeing you on the heart!
Amy Riggins is recreation facility supervisor for the Metropolis of Shawnee, managing a wide range of services, occasions and packages.
This text initially appeared on The Shawnee Information-Star: Senior Happenings: Mental wellness through the holidays