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A Community for Life!

Happenings

Wilmington Senior Center February 2015

Inside this issue

Activities Calendar ................. 6 New Trips ...................... 7 February Birthdays ................ 8 Long Distance Caregiving ............. 10 Community Information ............ 11

February is Black History Month...

and is celebrated nationwide to honor the history and contributions of African Americans. The theme for Black History Month in 2015 is "A Century of Black Life, History and Culture", chronicling the important contributions by African-Americans to art, literature, sports and pop culture. The month also highlights the importance of the civil rights movement in our country. Wilmington Senior Center will host a trip to an exhibit of African American art in Philadelphia to help celebrate Black History Month – see page 3.

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Please bring small bills to pay for trips and lunches since the receptionists cannot make change for large bills. (Nothing larger than a $5.00 dollar bill)

WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

Meal Reservations 651-3400 Must be made by 12:30 p.m. the day prior to the meal Cost: $2.00 for 60 and older; $4.75 for under 60

Bus Transportation 651-3400 Must be made by 8:00 a.m. on the day of pickup

Activities Coordinator 651-3424 Gretchen Broadwater Pay for trips Tuesday-Friday, 10:00-noon & 1:00-2:00

Cares and Concerns of Members 655-2528 Irmina Hudson

Supportive Services Grandparent Resource Center Caregiver Resource Center 651-3420 Patricia Anderson-Rice

$tand By Me 50+ Financial Coaching and Economic CheckUp Kathleen Andersen 651-3401 Jenna Fenstermacher 651-3427

Employment Services 651-3440

Lafayette Court 651-3429 Regenia Rochester

City Styles Thrift Shop Donations 651-3460 Administration 651-3460 Sue Getman, Executive Director Beth Ray, Executive Secretary

LUNCH RESERVATIONS

Lunch reservations for all members and staff must be given to the front desk by 12:30 the day prior. Once a lunch is ordered you are responsible for its payment. If you need to cancel after lunch has been ordered, call right away. We will then know the meal is available if anyone else wants to purchase it. If the meal is not sold, you will need to pay for it. Unsold meals are billed to the Center at the $4.75 price.

TRIP RESERVATIONS Please sign up and pay for trips/events by the designated deadline. Your bus seat is guaranteed only when the fee is paid.

If the minimum number of participants is not met by the deadline the trip/event will be cancelled and payment will be returned. A late fee will be imposed on those not meeting the deadline date providing the trip/event has a sufficient number registered.

Current WSC members are placed first on the Center’s 16 passenger bus for day trips. Non-members may attend a day trip if there are unpaid seats after the trip’s deadline.

Remember to make suggestions for activities!

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YOU SPOKE…WE LISTENED! You told us in our annual survey that you wanted more and different trips,

so we’re starting with two new outings in February.

TINSELTOWN TUESDAYS!

CULTURE IN THE BIG CITY!

Represent: 200 Years of African American Art Explore the creative achievements of African American artists and

examine the expression of personal and collective identities in a nation marked by a history of racial inequality.

Represent: 200 Years of African American Art highlights selections from the

Museum’s exceptional holdings of African American art. With work by renowned artists, the exhibition showcases a range of subjects, styles, mediums, and traditions. From compelling stories to innovative methods, Represent explores the evolving ways in which African American artists have expressed personal, political, and racial identity. It begins with rare examples of fine and decorative arts made in the 1800s by free and enslaved individuals. As access to artistic training and opportunities increased, the relationship between creative expression and identity grew more complex and nuanced. In the early twentieth century, artists…embraced modernism by representing personal experiences or scenes of daily life in vibrant colors and dynamic compositions.

NOTE: This trip will require the ability to walk through long gallery corridors.

Beginning in February, we’ll go to the movies at the Regal Brandywine Town Center 16

on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, leaving at 11:00 a.m. for noontime features.

Cost is $6.00 ($5 for movie & $1 for transportation). Food is on your own.

The first trip is scheduled for Tuesday, February 10th.

Join Trip Host Sue Getman for a visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art on

Sunday, February 22nd! 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Cost is $5.00.

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WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER APPRECIATES:

Recent Donors

Laura & Bob Allen David Baumberger

Alice Butcher Chichester duPont Foundation

Marie Dash Sue Getman

Kaitleen Gillis (Premier Design Jewelry) Irmina Hudson

Ella Huff Laura Jones

Laffey McHugh Foundation Lyons Companies

Catherine McCloskey Catherine Parsells

Nancy Maloney Port of Wilmington Cindy Rink Springer Aloma Thompson Debra Thompson Daniel Valentine

Vanguard STAR Fund Holly Wright WSFS Bank

Thank you to Gretchen Broadwater and

Marsha Boyce for our Bean Soup lunch in celebration of National Soup Month.

Donors of pull tabs and eyeglasses ------------------------------------------------

GIVE BIRTHDAY GIFTS TO WSC! As we get older there’s less we need or want for our birthdays, but our loved ones like to give us presents. As an alternative, why not suggest to your family that they make a donation to Wilmington Senior Center in your honor? Your birthday will become an even bigger cause for celebration! ------------------------------------------------------

NATIONAL HAT DAY WINNERS

Congratulations to Pauline Alexander, Margaret Brown and Charles McNeill for winning the January 15th Hat Day Contest!

RUN FOR THE AGES 2015 is scheduled for

Saturday, April 11th. Mark your calendar NOW!

Go to www.runfortheages.org

or call 302-651-3460 for more information

Let’s make this year’s event the

best ever!

EXPERT WISDOM

Be A People Person

“The best predictor of longevity is, surprisingly, your social ties. Every day, reach out to someone, whether it’s calling your neighbor or saying hello to your coffee barista. Research has found that people who chat with a friend or a stranger report being happier.”

Reprinted from December 2014 issue of Woman’s Day magazine.

Black people have always been America’s wilderness in search of a promised land. --Cornel West, Race Matters Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. --Booker T. Washington Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. -- Maya Angelou Yes we can. --Barack Obama, President of the United States

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ACTIVITIES N G L E

WSC: Experts at Living Well Gretchen Broadwater, Activities Coordinator (651-3424)

ACTIVITIES & PRESENTATIONS 2, 9, 23 AARP Tax Assistance. Clients must sign up in advance and bring ID, a copy of their 2013 tax returns and all 2014

paper work (W-2, Social Security card or official Delaware ID, dividend & interest statements, etc.) This year all tax preparers will be asking for proof of health insurance. For seniors this is simply showing your Medicare or Medicade card. Non-seniors will need to show their health insurance card or the letter sent to those purchasing new health insurance through the Healthcare Marketplace.

4 “Mindful Eating” Presentation, 10:30 with Fran Taccone, from City Fare. This is a program helping us to be more aware of our eating habits, the sensations you experience when you eat, and the thoughts and emotions that you have about food. It’s more about how you eat than what you eat.

13 Tai Chi Class, 10:00. Presented by Cancer Support Community.

16 Presidents’ Day - WSC Closed 19 Chopsticks Use, 10:30. Today begins the Chinese New

Year - Year of the Sheep. Let’s try our skill of using chopsticks. We’ll provide the chopsticks and rice and maybe a prize!

20 East Side Charter School Students Visit, 9:00-11:30 The students will join us for a day of community service. They will be helping with the morning coffee, sharing news about their school and playing games. Come to interact with them.

24 Genealogy Basics, 10:00. Introduction to the basics of genealogy will be held. Learn how and where to start collecting information on your family history. Anybody can do this!

27 Pictionary, 10:30. Form a team of 4 players to compete other member teams in the challenge. No real drawing skills needed - just a good sense of humor.

SNEAK PEEK March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 - AARP Tax Assistance 4 Nutrition Support Program 10 Genealogy Basics 20 AARP Defensive Driving Basic Course

April 11 Run for the Ages

May 11 Membership Council trip to Harrington

AARP Defensive Driving Classes March 20 - 6 hour Basic Course May 11 - 4 hour Refresher Course September 14 - 4 hour Refresher Course November 9 - 4 hours Refresher Course

FEBRUARY TRIPS Sign up at Front Desk!

6 Hagley Museum Trip, 10:00.

Our scheduled visit in January was cancelled due to weather, so we’ll try again. A visit to the Hagley residence and grounds is free of charge and transportation is just $2.00. Sign up quickly!

10 “Tinseltown Tuesday” Trip to

the Movies, 11:00. Starting in February we’ll go monthly to the Regal Brandywine Town Center Theater for a movie that starts around noon (film and time will be chosen when schedule is available each month). Cost is $5.00 for the movie and $1.00 for the bus. Food on your own.

22 Sunday Trip to Philadelphia

Art Museum, 11:30 a.m. Hosted by Sue Getman, the group will visit the exhibit “Represent: 200 Years of African American Art” (and other galleries as time permits). We will leave the museum at 3:30. Cost: $5.00 (weekday tickets cost $18.00 for seniors, so this trip is a bargain!)

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

HOST A TRIP?

See Gretchen Broadwater or Sue Getman with your ideas!

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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY INVITATION 2 Ernest Cornish, Reba Thomas 3 Geraldine Dawkins 5 Carl Brooks, Teresa Larkin, Carolyn Smoke 6 Barbara Brown 10 Nellie Childs, Blanche Green, Linda Hall 11 Lucy Cung, Bill Getman, Jacquelyn Walker 12 Don Berhguis, Caroline Congo, Iola Seagers 14 Mary Bolden, Rose Shockley 18 Ceanne Sewell 19 Dorothy Baker 20 Faith Thompson, Hazel Tolbert 21 Mattie McBee 22 Claudette Carr, Edwin Owens 23 Karen Graves, Linwood Irons 25 Lamotte Allen, Bernice Johnson, Guizelous Molock 28 Regenia Rochester, Pearline Waller If your birthday is this month, please join us at the monthly birthday celebration on February 25 at 11:15 a.m.-2:00. Lunch is free for members (not for staff-unless also a paid member) who are celebrating their birthdays this month.

Please call 651-3400 to make a reservation by Wednesday, February 18 so we’ll have enough meals. You must call because you won’t be automatically included in our lunch count. (City Fare sends birthday cake only for those who have ordered lunch.)

MORNING COFFEE Coffee for members is provided by City Fare and we ask that you limit it to two cups each. Other items such as bread, muffins, coffee cake, butter, jelly, cream cheese, etc. are not provided by either the Center or City Fare. Those items are sometimes available from donations by members. If you enjoy having a morning snack, you might consider bringing an item to share. Please remember that Marsha’s priority each morning is organizing the kitchen for delivery of home-bound meals and the Center’s noon meal; not putting out snack items.

COLLECTING SPECIAL ITEMS Thank you for your continued support of donating recycled eyeglasses and hearing aids for the Lion’s Club and soda can tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Please leave them with Gretchen.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS:

Antoinette Ibrahim Barbara Samuels Jurine Thomas

FYI: LUNCH COST Lunch cost for those

under the age of 60 is now $4.75.

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

If you are interested in volunteering with us at

Wilmington Senior Center, please complete a volunteer application

and submit it at our Front Desk.

FRANKLIN MINT FEDERAL CREDIT

UNION If you are a member or employee of Wilmington

Senior Center, you are eligible to

become a member of the Franklin Mint Federal

Credit Union.

Contact Beth Ray at 651-3460

for more information.

SUGGESTION BOX If you have ideas for

programs, activities or changes,

please write a note and put it in the lobby suggestion box.

PROGRAM IDEAS? See Sue Getman!

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With the New Year here, consider setting goals to promote health and wealth! They say health is the first wealth and staying healthy can help avoid additional costs. Medicare and other insurances take care of most, but, not all healthcare costs. Vision, hearing, and dental work are often left for you to cover out of pocket. Addressing those costs early can help avoid other expensive conditions. One resource that can help you stay on top of vision, hearing, and dental needs is Nemours Senior Care. This program offers a wide range of services including full and partial dentures, hearing aids, phone amplifiers, eye exams, glasses, glasses repair, and more for low or no-cost for low income Delawareans 65 years of age and older. The maximum annual income to be eligible for their services is:

Single = $19,100 Married = $29,400 (regardless of spousal eligibility)

If you meet these requirements (are 65 or older, live in Delaware, and have income of less than the amounts above), call today to schedule an appointment to address your hearing, vision, or dental needs. For more resources for these or other needs, call a financial coach at 302-651-3427. A coach can help you find options to address your health needs while on a budget.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Need help with budgeting and saving? Want a free economic checkup?

See Kathleen or Jenna of $tand By Me 50+ or call them at 651-3401 or 651-3427.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY City Styles Thrift Shop will no longer accept donations of any televisions.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TV TO:

Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) Contact: www.dswa.com

Delaware Recycling Center 1101 Lambsons Lane New Castle, DE Electronics are accepted every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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CAREGIVER’S CORNER

LONG DISTANCE CAREGIVING (National Institute on Aging)

Second of two parts (continued from last month)

Anyone, anywhere, can be a long-distance caregiver, no matter your gender, income, age, social status, or employment. If you are living an hour or more away from a person who needs your help, you’re probably a long-distance caregiver. The article below is a continuation of the January 2015 “Caregivers Corner” published in Happenings. How can I be most helpful when I visit the care recipient? Talk to the care recipient ahead of time and find out what he or she would like to do during your visit. Also check with the primary caregiver, if appropriate, to learn what he or she needs, such as handling some caregiving responsibilities while you are in town. This may help you set clear-cut and realistic goals for the visit. Decide on the priorities and leave other tasks to another visit. Remember to actually spend time visiting with your family member. Try to make time to do things unrelated to being a caregiver, like watching a movie, playing a game, or taking a drive. Finding time to do something simple and relaxing can help everyone—it can be fun and build family memories. And, try to let outside distractions wait until you are home again. How can I stay connected from far away? Try to find people who live near your loved one and can provide a realistic view of what is going on. This may be your other parent. A social worker may be able to provide updates and help with making decisions. Many families schedule conference calls with doctors, the assisted living facility team, or nursing home staff so several relatives can be in one conversation and get the same up-to-date information about health and progress. Don’t underestimate the value of a phone and email contact list. It is a simple way to keep everyone updated on your parents’ needs. You may also want to give the person you care for a cell phone (and make sure he or she knows how to use it). Or, if your family member lives in a nursing home, consider having a private phone line installed in his or her room. Program telephone numbers of doctors, friends, family members, and yourself into the phone, and perhaps provide a list of the speed-dial numbers to keep with the phone. Such simple strategies can be a lifeline. But try to be prepared should you find yourself inundated with calls from your parent. Where can I find local resources for my family member? Searching online is a good way to start collecting resources. Here are a few potentially helpful places to look: Eldercare Locator, 1-800-677-1116 (toll-free) National Institute on Aging website (http://www.nia.nih.gov/) Family Care Navigator Government website for state in which your loved one lives

Support for Caregivers...

is available from our Caregiver Resource

Center, call 651-3420 for more information.

Caregiver Support Group

meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:30

p.m.

Grandparent Support Group

meets Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Funding for the Caregiver

Resource Center comes from the Division of Services for Aging and

Adults with Physical Disabilities

as a result of the National Family Caregiver

Support Program, Title III-E of the Older Americans Act.

Special Caregiver

Meeting on February 12th

At the February 12th Caregiver Support Group meeting we’ll talk about plans for 2015 to make our meetings more helpful. We need your input, so please come!

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COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Food Distribution at Shiloh Baptist Church If you or someone you know needs food, please visit Shiloh Baptist Church at 215 W. 23rd Street on the second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. For more information please contact Shiloh Baptist Church at 655-5315.

ContactLifeline - Crisis Text Line

Support is at your fingertips - access free, 24/7 Emotional support and information

Text “CLL” to 741741, 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. to reach listeners Other available 24/7 at www.crisistextline.org

1. A person texts into CTL anywhere, anytime. 2. A live, trained specialist received the text and responds quickly. 3. The specialist helps the person stay safe and healthy with effective, secure

counseling and/or referrals. Hotline: 1-800-262-9800 Main: 302-761-9800

P.O. Box 9525, Wilmington, DE 19809 www.contactlifeline.org

Black History Month Event

Did you know... African-Americans are twice as likely as their whites counterparts to have Alzheimer's or another dementia and less likely to have a diagnosis?

February is Black History Month. During February, and throughout the year, the Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley Chapter is committed to raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease within the African-American community and other diverse populations. Join us for this Alzheimer's Black History Month event.

Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM panel presentation

Canaan Baptist Church of New Castle, Rev. Dr. Christopher Alan Bullock, Pastor 3011 New Castle Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19720 Continental breakfast; free, but registration is required

For more information and to register today, call 800.272.3900 or email Sharon.Jarnette@alz.org.

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ATTENTION ATTENTION

Bingo Party

Saturday, March 7, 2015 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Donation: $5.00 must purchase tickets in advance

Contact any member of the

WSC Members’ Council

sponsored by Wilmington Senior Center’s Membership Council