Enjoy friends and fun at the Naples Senior Center • May 2017

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5025 Castello Drive • Suite 101 Naples, Florida 34103

Telephone (239) 325-4444 • Fax (239) 330-7947

Non Profit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID Naples, FL

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NAPLESSENIORCENTERA PROGRAM OF JFCS

Tuesday, May 23, 1:30-3:00The Holy Man by Susan TrottIn a hermitage at the top of a mountain lives the Holy Man. Every summer a trail of pilgrims lines up to see him, hoping for words of wisdom that will heal their lives.Each chapter of this charming book tells the tale of a pilgrim and his prob-lem. There is a man who is incurably jealous of his wife, the grandmother who never receives thank-you notes from her grandchildren, the war veteran who can't forgive himself for the lives he took. Some learn their lessons from other pilgrims, some from the holy man himself; others find answers from the experience of being on the mountain. The Holy Man shows us the good we already have in us but cannot see.

Travelogue with Jim SernovitzThe Galapagos Islands, Ecuador & the Center of the WorldWednesday, May 3, 1:15-2:15Join us as we travel from the high mountain city of Quito, Ecuador and cruise the remote volcanic Galapagos Islands-the inspiration for Darwin’s famous Theory of Evolution. We’ll see everything from the actual Equator line to the strange and unique wildlife that only is found on the islands in this remote corner of the world. Collier County Sheri� Senior Advocacy Unit Wednesday, May 3, 1-2Do you have concerns for your personal safety, identity thief or scams and fraud? A representative from the Senior Advocacy Unit is here the �rst Wednesday of each month to talk with you one on one about your concerns. The Great Courses: Great Meals in Less TimeMondays, May 1 and 8, 10-10:45Learn how to craft fantastic meals without spending all day in the kitchen with this brilliant course taught by an expert chef from The Culinary Institute of America.Love to Dance Party Thursday, May 4, 2-4Join us as we host a dance party with a live DJ to play your favorite dance music including line dances. Come move and socialize. Duplicate Bridge Fridays, May 5-26, 1-3We adding Duplicate Bridge to our card game o�ers in May. Tables will be forming May 5. Party Bridge Fridays, May 5-26, 1-3If Duplicate Bridge is too competitive come join a table of Party Bridge. Tables will be forming May 5.Dancing with the Stars: An Evening of Dance & MusicMonday, May 8, 7-8:30pmThe evening promises to be full of fun and energy. Join Susan Clayton as she directs you in the �ne art of ballroom dance and enjoy learning how dance can enhance your life.Line Dancing Thursdays, May 11, 18 and 251-2, Learn Basic Steps (also on May 4)2-3, Line Dancing3-4, Couples Dancing You have asked for it and here it is. Come join us in a line dancing class. Don’t know the moves? We will teach you. If you are new to line dancing come to the 1:00 class to learn the moves. Great exercise for your heart and it is fun! Paratransit Wednesday, May 10, 10-11:30A representative of the Paratransit/CAT Bus will be on-site to answer your busing questions or help you apply for the bus services. Center for Critical Thinking Topic: Breaking NewsThursday, May 11, 10:30-NoonAn opportunity for you to exercise your brain with engaging conversation in a social setting.Veterans in Paradise (VIP) Thursday, May 11, 1-2:30This will be a social time to meet other veterans in SWFL. All veterans 60 years of age and older, are encouraged to join us. Come have a cup of co�ee and make some new friends. Zip Code PartyMonday, May 15-Zip Code 34112, 10-11Monday, May 22-Zip Code 34119, 10-11This is a gatherings of members who live near each other – so that we can all know each other better. Come meet people from your neighborhood. It could lead to a new friendship, arrange carpool-ing or just connect you to others geographically. If you live in either 34112 or 34119 join us on your designated day for food, drink and fun. Other Zip codes will be scheduled in June.Brain Games Workshop Wednesday, May 17, 10-11This month we will learn about meditation and how important it is for your brain. Everyone is invited to attend.

Right/Left Brain Thinking Lecture Wednesday, May 17, 1:15-2:30This will be a humorous look at neatness vs sloppiness (right/left brain), self-testing and perception on the individual characteristics of the each personality. Selwyn Mills Ph.D will present. Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders (SHINE)Wednesday, May 24, 9:30-12:30 (by appointment)Experienced volunteers will be on-site to help you with any Medicare or health insurance questions or concerns. Please make an appointment with Marla in advance.Let’s Get Online Wednesday, May 24, 1:15-2:15Would you like to be able to register for Naples Senior Center programs from your home? Come join us as we explain how you can do this.Empty Bowl Painting Party Tuesday, May 30, 10-11:30Let your creativity out as we turn plain ceramic bowls into a work of art. Ampli�ed and Captioned Phones Wednesday, May 24, 11-1Center for Independent living and OEI will be on site to help you with your phone need. OEI is a new agency that connects individuals with free programs that provide Captioned Telephone equipment at no cost, helping you re-connect with the important people in your life.Stay Well-Chair Exercise Mondays, 12-12:45 This Instructor led class begins with 15 minutes of movement to music to increase your heart rate and then we concentrate on strengthening the posterior muscles. Bring two (2) light hand weights. Please wear comfortable clothing and good supportive athletic shoes. The Great Courses: How to Draw Mondays, 1-2:15The lectures in this course share the most important and useful things to know about drawing—information that will greatly bene�t novice artists. The lectures progress cumulatively in a step by step fashion, with each new idea building on the previous ones. We’ll start from simple ideas and move up to ever-greater complexity. Water Color Painting Tuesdays, 9:45-11:45Come join our Water Color Painting class. We have an instructor who will help you with your current projects. Bring your current project, paint and brushes and learn new techniques while socializing with other water color painters.Spanish Tuesdays, 10-11We are using the Great Courses: Learning Spanish: How to Understand and Speak a New Language. The Great Courses: The Aging Brain Thursdays, 9:30-10:15Aging is associated with subtle declines in some cognitive abilities, but not others. As we age, we become a little more forgetful, get distracted more easily, and can’t process information quite as quickly as we once did. At the same time, however, our knowledge, memory of cognitive skills, emotional processing, and many other aspects of mental life tend to remain stable or even improve with age. Why is that? And is there anything we can do to help our brains age more gracefully? This course answers these questions, and many others. Gardening Group Thursdays, 10-11:30Members get together to socialize while engaging in activities that are linked to gardening. Please make sure you preregister for gardening by Tuesday of each week so that we have supplies for everyone in attendance. Bone Builders Thursdays, 12:00-1:00This is an instructor led chair strength exercise class that helps improve strength and osteoporosis. Recommend that participants bring 2-small hand weights.Explore your iPhone, iPad or Smartphone Fridays, 10:30-12:00Bring your iPad, iPhone or Smartphone and let’s answer your questions. Our volunteers will be on hand to help you navigate your device and teach you a few tricks. Storytime-Writing Group Fridays, 10-12We are expanding this program to include lessons from The Great Courses: Writing Creative Non�ction. Topics will be: May 5-How to Not Have People Hate You, May 12-Revising Your Work, May 19-Building Your Audience, May 26-Getting Published. If you have thoughts about writing but do not know where to start, this class is for you.

JFCS, a non-sectarian social service agency, supports individuals and families of all ages by providing a wide range of social services including: Mental Health Services, Dementia Respite Support Groups, Bereavement Support, Caregiver Support, Geriatric Case Manage-ment, Information and Referral, Financial Assistance and a Food Pantry. If you or a family member needs help or information call us at 239-325-4444. Our expert staff are here to help.

May Book Club

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Operation Military Assistance Program (OMAP)

JFCS of Southwest Florida is here to help support veterans and their families who reside in Collier and Southern Lee counties who are confronting life’s challenges. OMAP provides assistance obtaining and/or maintaining permanent housing and assistance obtaining VA and other financial assistance. Eligible participants:

• Individual veterans and families in which head of household or their spouse is a veteran

• Must be low income and meet income eligibility and housing status requirements

• Former/Active duty • Any discharge except dishonorable

TO MAKE A REFERRAL: Contact the OMAP program and ask for the Veterans Services Case Manager @ 239-325-4444.

Get a head start on June’s Book Club

selection by reading:The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Dr Jaclynn Faffer, President/CEOAnne Chernin, MSW, MBA, Director of Client ServicesMarla Olsvig Ramsey, Director of Senior and Volunteer ServicesKathryn Hankins, AccountantMarna Barany, Manager of Volunteer ServicesRhonda Eisenberg, Geriatric Social WorkerDarlene Holan, Licensed Clinical Social WorkerPam Malamphy, Case AideJodi Rubenstein, Geriatric Case ManagerAngela Wood, Veterans Case ManagerLaura Bidireanu, Development AssistantRenee Del Duca, Executive AssistantJudi Rubin, Administrative Assistant

UPDATES ON EXISTING ACTIVITIES FOR MAY

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR ALL PROGRAMS. Sign-up when you’re at the Senior Center or call 239-325-4444REGISTRATIONS and CANCELLATIONS FOR WEDNESDAY’S LUNCH ARE REQUESTED BY THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY

We now o�er shuttle service each Wednesday 10:30-1:30 from the Life Christian Church (1048 Castello Dr) to our Center Please, do not park in the lots directly to the left and right of our building or in the grass around the neighborhood. When our lot is full, our parking lot attendants will assist you.

For Collier Area Transportation to the Senior Center call 239-252-7272. • If you haven’t signed up call JFCS and we can help you get registered.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1)10-12: Art Class 10-10:45: Great Meals in Less Time 11-11:45 Chair Yoga 12-12:45: Stay-Well Chair Ex 1-2:15: How to Draw 1-3: Movie: Next

2) 9:45-11:45: Water Color 10-11: Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 11-1: Learn Needle Point 12:30-1:30 Strength Exercise Video 1:30-2:30:Tai Chi, Intermediate

3) 11-1: Lunch and More--Angela Larson-Collier County Sheriffs Office 1-2: Collier County Sheriffs Office 1-2:30: Computer Assistance

1:15-2:15: Travelogue-The Galapagos Islands & Ecuador

4) 9:30-10:15: The Aging Brain 10-11:30: Garden Group–Plan the Gar-den of Your Dreams 12-1: Bone Builders 1-2:30 Coloring /Zentangle 2-4: Love To Dance Party 2:30-4:30 Writers' Workshop-Memoirs

5) 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi, Beginners 10-12: Storytime-Writing Group 10:30-12: Explore your iPhone and iPad 12-12:45: Chair Stretch Video 1-3: Duplicate Bridge 1-3: Party Bridge 1-3:30: Mah Jongg, cards, chess, puzzles

8) 10-12: Art Class 10-10:45: Great Meals in Less Time 11-11:45 Chair Yoga 12-12:45: Stay-Well Chair Ex 1-2:15: How to Draw 1-3: Movie: Ithaca 7-8:30: Dancing with the Stars: An Evening of Dance and Music

9) 9:45-11:45: Water Color 10-11: Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 11-1: Learn Needle Point 12:30-1:30 Strength Exercise Video 1:30-2:30:Tai Chi, Intermediate

10) 10-11:30: Paratransit 11-1: Lunch and More--Mental Health Players 1-2:30: Computer Assistance

1:30-2:30: The Dream Team

11) 9:30-10:15: The Aging Brain 10-11:30: Get the Right Plant for the Right Place 10:30-12: Center for Critical Thinking 12-1: Bone Builders 1-2:30: Veterans in Paradise (VIP) 1-2:30 Coloring /Zentangle 1-2: Beginner Line Dance Steps 2-3: Line Dancing 3-4: Couples Dancing 2:30-4:30 Writers' Workshop-Memoirs

12) 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi, Beginners 10-12: Storytime-Writing Group 10:30-12: Explore your iPhone and iPad 12-12:45: Chair Stretch Video 1-3: Duplicate Bridge 1-3: Party Bridge 1-3:30: Mah Jongg, cards, chess, puzzles

15) 10-12: Art Class 10-11: Zip Code Party-34112 11-11:45 Chair Yoga 12-12:45: Stay-Well Chair Ex 1-2:15: How to Draw 1-3: Movie: Glory Road

16) 9:45-11:45 Water Color 10-11: Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 11-1: Learn Needle Point 12:30-1:30: Strength Exercise Video 1:30-3: Book Club-The Holy Man 1:30-2:30: Tai Chi, Intermediate

17) 10-11: Brain Games Workshop 11-1: Lunch and More--Drug Free Collier 1-2:30: Computer Assistance 1:15-2:30: Right/Left Brain Thinking- Lecture

18) 9:30-10:15: The Aging Brain 10:00-11:30: Garden Group-Prepare Healthy Soil and Plant for Spring 12-1: Bone Builders 1-2:30 Coloring /Zentangle 1-2: Beginner Line Dance Steps 2-3: Line Dancing 3-4: Couples Dancing 2:30-4:30 Writers' Workshop-Memoirs

19) 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi, Beginners 10-12: Storytime-Writing Group 10:30-12: Explore your iPhone and iPad 12-12:45: Chair Stretch Video 1-3: Duplicate Bridge 1-3: Party Bridge 1-3:30: Mah Jongg, cards, chess, puzzles

22) 10-12: Art Class 10-11: Zip Code Party-34119 11-11:45 Chair Yoga 12-12:45: Stay-Well Chair Ex 1-2:15: How to Draw 1-3: Movie: Pete’s Dragon

23) 9:45-11:45 Water Color 10-11: Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 11-1: Learn Needle Point 12:30-1:30: Strength Exercise Video 1:30-2:30: Tai Chi, Intermediate

24) 9:30-12:30: Shine, Medicare Counseling (appt) 11-1: Amplified & Captioned Phones 11-1: Lunch and More--Vanderbilt Readers 1-2:30: Computer Assistance 1:15-2:15: Let’s Get Online

25) 9:30-10:15: The Aging Brain 10-11:30: Garden Group-Design for Light, Water and Microclimate 12-1: Bone Builders 1-2:30 Coloring /Zentangle 1-2: Beginner Line Dance Steps 2-3: Line Dancing 3-4: Couples Dancing 2:30-4:30 Writers' Workshop-Memoirs

26) 9:30-10:30: Tai Chi, Beginners 10-12: Storytime-Writing Group 10:30-12: Explore your iPhone and iPad 12-12:45: Chair Stretch Video 1-3: Duplicate Bridge 1-3: Party Bridge 1-3:30: Mah Jongg, cards, chess, puzzles

29) Closed for the Holiday 30) 9:45-11:45 Water Color 10-11:30 Empty Bowl Painting 10-11: Spanish 11-1: Needle Works 11-1: Learn Needle Point 12:30-1:30: Strength Exercise Video 1:30-2:30: Tai Chi, Intermediate

31) 11-1: Lunch and More--Dancing 1-2:30: Computer Assistance

WE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 29 FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Please check the schedule closely as some of the regular classes may have some adjustments to time or day.

We will be adding How to Zentangle during the Adult Coloring Class on Thursdays 1-2:30. Water Color Painting class on Tuesdays from 9:45-11:45 now has an instructor. Gather your friends and join us for Bridge, Mah Jongg, Cards and Marbles Game, Pinochle, Rummy, Chess, Puzzles and other card games every Friday afternoon from 1-3:30pm. Beginners to advanced players are welcome. Be sure to sign-up in Copilot in advance. Bridge Players are needed to form another table. If you are interested see Marla to get the names of others who would like to play on Fridays, 1-3:30. Let’s play Cribbage or Chess. Join us at on Fridays 1-3:30 for a game. ART CLASSES-all supplies provided—ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST PREREGISTER—class size is limited May 1 Muffy Clark Gill: Cats and Dogs May 8 Cynthia Adams: Creative Monoprinting and Collage May 15 Cynthia Adams: Creative Monoprinting and Collage May 22 Cynthia Adams: Creative Monoprinting and Collage May 29 Holiday – No Class (Memorial Day) MOVIES—Have some popcorn and enjoy watching movies on our theater size screen May 1—Next, 2007, PG-13 (1h 36m) Las Vegas magician Cris can see a few minutes into the future and an FBI agent wants his help thwarting a nuclear attack. Action and Adventure. Starring Nicolas Cage, Juliane Moore and Jessica Biel. May 8—Ithaca, 2015, PG (1h 29m) As World War II rages across the ocean, a fatherless 14 year-old delivers telegrams of hope and anguish to families eager for news from loved ones. Drama based on Books. Starring Sam Shepard, Meg Ryan and Jack Quaid. May 15—Glory Road, 2006, PG, (1h 58m) In 1965, Coach Don Haskins inherits a losing basketball team at Texas Western University and brings on seven black players, resulting in threats. Drama based on Real Life, Sports Drama. Starring Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols and Jon Voight. May 22—Pete’s Dragon, 2016, PG (1h 43m) When a strange boy turns up claiming to live in the woods with a giant green dragon, forest ranger Grace and young Natalie go digging for the truth. Emotional, Feel-good, Imaginative. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oona Laurence and Wes Bentley.