Hilltowns Senior News for Thursday, October 7, 2021

Bingo is back! Join us for some socializing and chances to win prizes. Bingo will be played following lunch on Fridays, Oct. 8 and 15, and Nov. 5 and 19.

Seniors aged 60 and older are welcome to enjoy a nutritious lunch offered by the Helderberg Senior Services lunch program. Meals are offered Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays at the Town of Berne Community and Senior Services Center at 1360 Helderberg Trail in Berne.

Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. Masks are no longer required to enter the building. A $3 donation is suggested.

You must call Karen Stark at 518-937-5963 by 10 a.m. the day before you plan on attending. She needs 24-hour advance notice to ensure enough meals are provided for everyone.

Menus provide choices each day:

— Friday, Oct. 8: Spanish rice with beef and beans or baked fish and potatoes, green beans, cornbread, and tapioca pudding, or chicken-curry-salad sandwich on wheat bread, broccoli salad, and apple juice;

— Monday, Oct. 11: Baked fish or baked chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli, wheat bread, and chocolate pudding;

— Tuesday, Oct. 12: Sloppy Joe or baked fish, roasted red potatoes, sauteed summer squash, and rice pudding; and

— Friday, Oct. 15: Roast pork with gravy or baked fish, roasted sweet potatoes, peas and carrots, wheat bread, and applesauce, or ham-salad sandwich and chickpea salad.