Happy New Year! We are looking forward to an active 2016 with lots of options at NOSC to promote ac-tive living. January re-newal notices have been mailed…As always you may renew your annual membership by mail. However, renew in per-son during our Mem-bership Drive, Janu-ary 5-8 to receive a handsome pocket cal-endar. This offer is good only during the Membership Drive and as supplies last! Dues are still only $12, the

best deal in town! If you are not already a member, join now to receive this newsletter in the mail and enjoy many member benefits and discounts!

Membership Drive 2016 January 5-8, 2016

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Senior Spotlight - New programs for the New Year- P2

Travel Adventures for 2016 - P3

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JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2016

ADVISORY COUNCIL

2016

Consider joining a great team of seniors who

help “make it happen” at NOSC. If you would like to see more or different classes, trips or events in the New Year, volunteer to serve on the Advisory

Council or its various committees including:

Special Events Travel

Membership Community Action

Healthy Living Thank you to our cur-rent Council for dedi-

cated service in 2015 and your continued support in 2016: Emma Burgie,

Rosa Dangerfield, Lillian Edwards,

Laverne Hayes, Robert Hofmann, Veronica

Lofton, Mattie Long, Hannah Parker, Zeola

Slaughter, Shirley Smith, Kathy Wallace* and Doris Petry.* going

off...and a warm wel-come to new Advisory

Council Member Patricia Williams!

Below: NOSC seniors enjoyed traveling to the Holiday Tradi-tion at the Dunsmuir Estate an outing funded in part by membership dues. Check out 2016 trips for members on P3.

NOSC seniors hosted Hoover School 5th graders for carol-ing, intergenerational lunch and a book give-away. P4

A recent “Interest Survey” indicated members’ interest in several classes and programs: Spanish, Memoir-Writing and Self Defense for Sen-iors in addition to Computer Classes. We are in the proc-ess of scheduling the above classes beginning in March. In the meantime, check out up-coming computer classes!

Don’t be left behind in this digital age! Get Connected on the Computer! Instructor Nancy Altman will teach 2 classes each with 6 sessions:

Basic Computer Plus-Jan 12 for beginners with basic ex-perience. including using the mouse and keyboard. Intermediate-Feb. 9 Email, Internet & PowerPoint! $30. See flyers with details.

Oakland Business Tax Service at NOSC

Thursdays, 9:30AM-12:30PM Starting January 11-Feb. 25 Seniors: Own a business?

Have rental property? To better serve the community, the City of Oakland Revenue Di-vision has developed a new pro-gram to help seniors by providing assistance with business tax and rental renewal forms in the senior centers. Enjoy the convenience of having this service right here at NOSC! Bring your annual forms, but forms will also be available. You may make payment by check or credit card. No cash. You may get help completing the forms or take them with you to mail by March 1st.

The Spotlight is on New Programs for the New Year Get Connected in the New Year!

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Thanks To All!

Thanks to Pauline Moniz, Robert Gibbs, Denise Vaughnes, and Laverne Hayes for the Halloween candy for our trick-or-treaters from the BACS Day Program (upper right) Thanks to Emma Burgie for the tea, Jean West and Claudia Cruz for books and Marion Allen for the hot chocolate!

Thanks to NOSC’s Special Events Committee, vol-unteers and performers and for a super festive Holiday Party. Save-the-dates and watch for details for our African American His-tory Month programs on Feb. 11 and Show & Tell during lunch Feb. 25.

Homeowners Workshop For Seniors

Tuesday, January 26 Refreshments at 10:15AM

Presentation: 10:30-11:30AM The City of Oakland Residential Lending Section and HERA(Housing and Economic Rights Advocates) offer this free home-ownership workshop for Oakland seniors. Come learn ways to keep safe and secure in your home: Home Maintenance, Understand-ing and Affording Total Housing Costs, Avoiding Foreclosure, Re-verse Mortgages and more! RSVP

CORE Emergency Prepar-

edness Classes at NOSC

CORE III classes will be held in March on Wednesday eve-nings at NOSC. CORE III includes first aid and helping people with functional needs. See flyer in center for this and CORE I and II for home, family and neighborhoods.

Wed. Jan. 20, Oakland Mu-seum, $13 includes shuttle, Highlights Tour of the Natural Sci-ence Gallery, the acclaimed Art Gallery and Special Contemporary Quilt Exhibit with time for the great gift store.

Sat. Feb. 13 Portrait of Peony $35. Includes shuttle, lunch and show! Don’t miss this annual SF Chinatown bilingual musical! Registration opens Jan. 5.

Fri. Feb. 26 S.F. Pacific Or-chid Expo $35 includes shuttle, admission to demos and exhibits of 150,000 orchids then on to Bucca di Beppo for a full course Italian lunch, another San Fran-cisco treat! Opens Jan. 11.

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On the Go! Trips-Tours-Tickets

10 NOSC seniors traveled to Hearst Castle in December with our new partner for West Coast travel– Friendly Excursions.

Due to the very positive feed-back, we have selected two Friendly trips for 2016, one in June to Ashland, Oregon’s Shakespeare Festival via 3 National Parks (Shasta, Las-sen, and Crater Lake) at a very affordable $1799 per person gratuity and insurance included! San Diego & Catalina in Sep-tember only $1499 per person. See flyers in Center for details.

SAVE THE DATE

March 14 Cache Creek Opens Jan. 20 NOSC’s offers a spring and fall casino trip to spice up our Travel Program. $25 includes a safe, pleasant ride on a 5-Star American Stage Tour deluxe bus with the best drivers and a casino package!

Left– NOSC seniors with Jacqueline Jackson’s winning jockey at Golden Gate Fields. Lillian Edwards, center recently received a Golden Gate Com-munity Assoc. Lifetime Service Award.

Seven NOSC seniors who traveled with Premier over the past year returned raving about their adventures to New Orleans, the Queen Mary, Portland, and Boston.

Don’t forget Premier’s special discount for 2016- $200 off per couple when final payment is by check!

Check out the gorgeous fly-ers in the lobby for the 5 se-lect trips below. Please note: the Charleston/ Savannah trip has a new departure of April ...It’s filling fast! April-Charleston & Savannah June-Southwest trains & Canyons Aug. Yellowstone/Mt. Rushmore Sept.-Heritage Tour, Phil. & DC Nov-New Orleans-Cajun Country

Day Tripping! ...on the NOSC “local”

California & West Coast with Friendly Excursions, Inc.

Extended Travel with

Premier World Discovery

There are only 6 double-occupancy rooms remaining for our own trip to Yosemite. See enclosed flyer and sign-up!

All Aboard for Yosemite May 10-12, 2016

5714 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way

Nor th Oakland Senior Center

Phone: 510-597-5085

Fax: 510-597-5082

E-mail: mnorton@oaklandnet.com

WIFI password: 5105975085

STAFF

Director-Mary Norton

Administrative Assistant-Antonia Rivera Rodriquez

Custodian-Misty Steelman

Information & Assistance Specialist-Denise Vaughnes

Arts Coordinator-Laverne Hayes

Meal-Site Coordinator: Pauline Moniz

Receptionists: Malinda Wade, Zeola Slaughter, Patricia Williams, Laverne Hayes

HOURS: Monday-Friday (9:00AM-4:30PM)

CLOSED: Friday, January 1-New Years Day

Monday, Jan. 18-Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Friday, February 12-Lincoln’s Birthday

Monday, February 15-Presidents’ Day

SAVE-THE-DATES Jan. 5, 10:30AM Healthy Living for Seniors Jan, 8, 11:30AM Alzheimer’s Association Caretakers Lunch & Learn Potluck Jan. 12 Computer Class starts. Pre-register. Jan. 15 Lavender Seniors Lunch Bunch Jan. 18 Center closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Jan. 20 Oakland Museum Highlight Tour P3 Jan. 26, 10:30AM Senior Homeowner Workshop P2 . See flyer in Center. Jan. 27 January Birthday Lunch. Reserve! Feb. 2, 10:30AM Healthy Living for Seniors Feb. 5 Yosemite deposit deadline Feb. 5, 11:30AM Alzheimer’s Association Caretakers Support Lunch & Learn Potluck Feb. 11 African American History video TBA Feb. 13 Lunch & Bi-lingual musical in SF Chinatown for the Lunar New Year P3 Feb. 19 Lavender Seniors Lunch Bunch Feb. 25 African American History Month Lunch Program ~ Show & Tell Feb. 26 Pacific Orchid Expo! P3 March 14 Cache Creek Casino Trip P3

Hoover Carolers spread Holiday cheer in the BACS Adult Day Program

Thanks to Com-munity Action members Robert Hofmann (and wife Lynne) and Dorothy Hawley for sponsoring a fun & festive day for NOSC seniors and Hoover School students!

Hoover 5th graders avidly picking out books at the Give Away!