New Scotland Senior News for Thursday, October 6, 2016
We have a lot of wonderful events planned for the New Scotland Seniors. Please share this list with any senior in the town who is 62 and older; they are welcome to ride along with us.
To sign up, call me, at 439-9038; leave a message and I will call back to confirm. We have 14 seats, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
If possible, two buses will be used with a minimum of six people on the bus locally and a minimum of eight for out-of-town trips.
Participants must pre-pay for all events with checks made out to the specified venue with the event name and date filled in on the memo line.
When trips become filled, they are no longer listed. Those who signed up will be called with time and place of pick-up a day or so before.
Scheduled programs and meetings
Every Tuesday and Thursday, there is a free Osteobuster’s class at 10 a.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem.
Every first and third Wednesday, the senior citizens meet at the community center for a potluck lunch at noon followed by a business meeting at 1 p.m.
Transportation
The town of New Scotland has two cars to take seniors living in New Scotland only to medical appointments, Mondays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please give as much notice as possible so we can schedule and find a volunteer to drive you. Dialysis and chemotherapy appointments take precedent over all other appointments. This is a curb-to-curb service.
The program is run at the discretion of the senior outreach liaison and the program committee.
This program runs with volunteer drivers and money donations from riders. No fee is charged; a donation of $5 each way is suggested for out-of-town trips and a few dollars each way within town. If you don’t have the means, you will never be denied a ride. Amounts are only suggestions.
Please call 439-9038 if you would like to volunteer to drive either or both vehicles.
If schools are closed because of inclement weather, all trips are cancelled. Money for events will be refunded if possible.
Up-to-date information on Yellow Bus trips can also be found at www.townofnewscotland.com.
Upcoming trips
Join us for these excursions:
— Wednesday, Oct. 19, senior citizens congregate meal, a catered lunch, at the community center at 12:30 p.m., and stay and play cards and games afterwards;
— Friday, Oct. 21, a one-hour tour of The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox Mass. Cost is $16 per person. Lunch at Michael’s restaurant in Stockbridge, we order off the menu. There is a stop at the Asian Art Megastore on the way home. Cost is on the senior;
— Saturday, Oct. 22, Berne Lutheran Church pancake breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Blueberry or plain pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more. Breakfast is on a donation basis;
— Tuesday, Oct. 25, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m. and leave the casino around 3:15 p.m. Suggested bus donation of $5 each way;
— Wednesday, Oct. 26, Watervliet senior center for lunch of spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, Italian vegetable, pound cake and strawberries. Suggested donation is $3.50, with a stop at Schuyler Bakery on the way home;
— Thursday, Oct. 27, Westerlo Reformed Church for lunch of ranch chicken, salad and dessert. Suggested donation is $5;
— Friday, Oct. 28, Rensselaer Senior Center for lunch of baked meatloaf, onion gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and orange Jell-O with tangerines. Suggested donation of $3.50;
— Friday, Oct. 28, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m. cost is $2 with prizes. Hot dogs are available before the game for $1.50.
— Wednesday, Nov. 2 , senior citizens business meeting at the community center at 1 p.m. with refreshments served. Stay and play cards and games afterwards;
— Thursday, Nov. 3, Watervliet senior center for lunch of roast turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, carrots, fruit cocktail. Suggested donation is $3.50, with a stop at Schuyler Bakery on the way home;
—Saturday, Nov. 5 Thompson’s Lake Church Fall Festival, with crafts and vendors, bake sale, and lunch available. Leaving the area at 10 a.m.
— Thursday, Nov. 10, Get on the bus with me and do our annual consignment thrift shop tour. This
— Friday, Nov. 11, South Bethlehem chicken and biscuit dinner, mashed potatoes, beans, coleslaw, cranberry sauce, beverage, and dessert for a cost of $11. There is a 4:30 p.m. seating.
— Tuesday, Nov. 15, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m. and leave the casino around 3:15 p.m. Suggested bus donation of $5 each way;
— Wednesday, Nov. 16, senior citizens congregate meal (bring a dish to share and a plate and place service) at the community center at 12:30 p.m., and stay and play cards and games afterwards;
— Thursday, Nov. 17, Watervliet senior center for lunch of beef stew, peas, carrots, potatoes, and fruit cocktail. Suggested donation is $3.50, with a stop at Schuyler Bakery on the way home;
— Friday, Nov. 18, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m. cost is $2 with prizes. Hot dogs are available before the game for $1.50;
— Saturday, Nov. 19, South Bethlehem Church craft fair, with vendors, thrift shop, and lunch available with the cost on senior. Leaving the area at 9:45 a.m.;
— Saturday, Nov. 26, Berne Lutheran Church pancake breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Blueberry or plain pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more. Breakfast is on a donation basis;
— Thursday, Dec. 1, Rensselaer Senior Center for lunch and entertainment by Donny Elvis, “Blue Christmas. The menu to be announced with a suggested donation of $3.50;
— Friday, Dec. 16, Rensselaer Senior Center special Christmas lunch with Santa Lucia. The menu to be announced with a suggested donation of $3.50;
— Tuesday, Dec. 20, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m. and leave the casino around 3:15 p.m. Suggested bus donation of $5 each way;
— Wednesday, Dec. 21, Senior citizen's Christmas party; and
— Friday, Dec. 30, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m. cost is $2 with prizes. Hot dogs are available before the game for $1.50.