Hilltowns Senior News for Wednesday, July 17, 2019

On a beautiful Saturday morning, over 70 members met for the Hilltown Seniors’ monthly meeting at the Hilltown Community Senior Access Center. 

We opened our meeting where we read our reports from last month, talked about our upcoming barbecue, and heard our travel report update on trips. We’re going to the Mac-Haydn Theatre on Thursday, July 25, departing from the Senior Center in Berne at 10 a.m. and from Westerlo at 10:15 a.m. to see a “Ragtime” production with lunch to follow. Then we have our five-day trip to Cape Cod in August. It’s always good to travel and enjoy the many wonders around us.

Charlotte Fuss and Karen Stark updated us on a new Albany County program that lets seniors dine for free at 10 restaurants. Check this out on the website for the Albany County Department of Aging, under Dine & Go.

Also, we’re celebrating the second anniversary of our ACCESS (Albany County Center for Essential Supportive Services) Hilltowns office on July 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. when a Resource Fair will be held with information on many different topics available.

Altamont Fair forms are available to submit your entries.

Our book club is meeting to discuss our books and always welcome new members.

We celebrated many birthdays and one anniversary with song and then I noted these July events: National French Fry Day, Dog Days of Summer, and Barbershop Music Appreciation where our own barbershop quartet was chosen at random and given lyrics to sing and wow is all I can say — they stepped up to the plate and pleasantly surprised us all with great-sounding voices.

We’re looking forward to next month’s meeting and remember: Some of the best memories are made in flip-flops.