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Seniors Morning Out Activities August 2019

Seniors Morning Out Activities August 2019

Published: July 25, 2019

HICKORY – Seniors Morning Out participants will enjoy a variety of activities in August, including visits to the Farmer’s Market and cooking classes.

Any resident of Catawba County who is 60 or older is invited to join Seniors Morning Out, which is held between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday at five convenient locations. A hot, balanced lunch is served each day. Programs are free to participants, who may pick and choose which days to attend. Bus transportation to and from the sites is available in some locations.

Other program highlights are as follows.

At the Newton site, located at First Presbyterian Church, 701 N Main Ave, Newton

8/1

Public Health Farmer’s Market and Lunch at Harbor Inn Seafood

8/8

Music by Sentimental Journey

8/13

Extraordinary Life of Bees by Beekeepers Floyd and Helen Drum

8/15

Movie Day “ The One I Wrote for You”

8/19

Granny from Granny Oasis Bible Based Herbs and Nutrition

8/20

Pottery with Denise Lehman

8/27

Cooking Class- Banana Split Pudding Cups

8/29

Public Health Farmer’s Market and Lunch at Western Steer

 

At the West Hickory site, located at the West Hickory Senior Center, 400 17th St SW, Hickory

8/1

Cooking Class- Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

8/5

Morning of Fun with Grant Jordan on mandolin

8/8

Music by Sentimental Journey

8/12

Hospice and Palliative Medicine- What’s the Difference? with Julie Packer, RN

8/14

Blue Grass with Michael Doss Sr. and Michael Doss Jr.

8/20

Homemade Lemonade for National Lemonade Day and The Health Benefits of Lemon Peels

8/22

Public Heath Farmer’s Market

8/27

Mind and Body: Out of the Box with Jeff Dula, Vaya Health

 

At the East Hickory site, First United Methodist Church, 311 3rd Ave NE, Hickory

8/6

Breakfast at Cracker Barrel and Shopping at Target and Kohl’s

8/7

Singing and Dancing with Sentimental Journey

8/8

Craft Class- Sun Catchers

8/13

Enhancing Mental Health with Jeff Dula, Vaya Health

8/15

Public Health Farmers’ Market

8/20

7 Healthy Benefits of Cucumber and Cooking Class- Cuke Sandwiches

8/21

Celebrating Senior Citizen Day: Ice Cream Social

8/27

Movie Day: “War Room”

 

At the Catawba site, located at Center United Methodist Church, 4945 Sherrills Ford Rd, Catawba

8/1

Fall Prevention with Lupe Avalos, CVMC

8/6

Bowling at Pin Station and Shopping at Walmart

8/7

Pottery with Denise Lehman

8/15

Music by Sentimental Journey

8/20

Cooking Class- Baked Peaches and Crème for National Peach Month

8/21

Suicide Indicators, Response, and Prevention with Jeff Dula, Vaya Health

8/27

What You Need to Know About Food Borne Illness

8/29

Public Health Farmers’ Market

 

At the Maiden site, located at the Maiden Community Center, 207 E Klutz St, Maiden

8/5

Cooking Class- Apple Enchiladas

8/6

Enhancing Mental Health with Jeff Dula, Vaya Health

8/8

Public Health Farmers’ Market and Lunch at 321 Café

8/14

Craft Class- Making Flowered Pens

8/20

Health Benefits of Lemon Peels and Library to Go with Sarah Sherfey

8/22

Shopping at Walmart and Dollar Tree and Lunch at Hwy 55

8/28

Music by Bob Sinclair and Molly Barrett

8/29

Birthday Party with Ed Smith, Elvis Tribute Artist

 

Seniors Morning Out is operated by Senior Nutrition Services of Catawba County Social Services and is in need of volunteers to assist with the program between 8:00am and noon, Monday – Thursday. Please call 828-695-5617, if interested. In addition to SMO, Senior Nutrition Services operates Meals on Wheels and related programs in the county. Additional volunteers are urgently needed to deliver Meals on Wheels. You can volunteer as little as one and a half hours a month. To find out more, contact Senior Nutrition Services at 828-695-5610 during regular business hours, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, except for holidays. For the latest updates, like their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/MealsonWheelsofCatawbaCounty, or visit their website at http://www.MealsonWheelsofCatawbaCounty.org.

 

Catawba County Senior Nutrition Services is a United Way funded partner. Catawba County United Way’s mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to help others by mobilizing the caring power of our community. For more information, locate us on Facebook, 828-327-6851 or www.ccunitedway.com.