Hilltowns Senior News for Thursday, April 18, 2019

Our Hilltown Seniors met for our monthly meeting at the Berne Senior Community Access Center and the meeting was well attended.

Once again, I was unable to attend but my friend Madeline Bradt ran the meeting and by all accounts did a fabulous job! The secretary’s minutes were approved as read as were the treasurer’s minutes.

Our travel gal gave us a summary of all the trips lined up for 2019 — looks like we will be on the road and I personally can’t wait!

We leave this Thursday for Vermont where we will be visiting the Country Store and stopping for some views of Norman Rockwell’s famous magazine covers on display — then ,of course, lunch. The bus leaves Berne at 8:45 a.m.

We had Frank Fuss tell us how to exit the building in case of emergency — make sure you have an escape route in your home and have it well planned.

Our guest speaker was from Catholic Charities, based in Schenectady, and she talked about offering support to caregivers, and how caregivers can take care of themselves by asking for help, relaxing by reading a book, listening to music, and just to take a break when needed.

Berne Councilwoman Karen Schimmer spoke on how the town board is working on obtaining a new 10-passenger bus for those of us who have no transportation and have shopping needs.

And then we had a humorous Easter story read.

A reminder that the book club is always looking for new members and we do go out to lunch to discuss the book. I think we mostly eat! See you all next month! Happy Easter!

Easter is the only time of the year when it’s perfectly safe to put all your eggs in one basket!