A special plea to our membership from The Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center

This February, the Essex Savings Bank will once again gift monies to some of the local non-profits. YOUR VOTES ARE CRITICAL!

Please stop down to the bank or come into the Senior Center for one of the voting ballots.

Vote for: The Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center

Thank you, Diane C. Blackwell, Chairperson for the Friends

Join us on February 22nd at 1:00pm for the movie As Good as It Gets.

Melvin Udall, an OCD patient and an eccentric novelist; Carol Connelley a waitress at a neighborhood diner and a single mother with an ailing son to look after; and Simon Bishop, Udall’s homosexual and artist neighbor strike an unlikely chord. Their relationships develop in strange ways as they try to come into terms with their personal problems and past tragedies. Jack Nicholson gives a superb performance as the slightly oddball novelist, matched by Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear in the other two major roles. It is a very refreshing and rejuvenating movie – you know how a life in tangles, is still meaningful.

Deborah Ringen MSN, RN-BC and Attorney Jeannine Lewis will present an interactive seminar to explore the process of completing an Advance Healthcare Directive on February 21st at 1:00pm. . Come learn how to express your wishes for care legally, so loved ones will know they are helping in the best way possible if you can no longer speak for yourself.

An Advance Healthcare Directive states your wishes for healthcare and designates a decision maker to speak for you should you become incapacitated. Although we don’t want to think about the possibility, we never know when a serious accident or illness may occur, requiring a loved one to make medical decisions for us. In the current age of technology and advances in medical care, Advance Healthcare Directives give guidance to your surrogate decision maker. Anyone over the age of 18 should attend this session.

Knowing the wishes of a loved one when you are the decision maker is a gift. Yet, many of us avoid talking about this difficult subject. It’s been estimated that making healthcare decisions for your loved one is as stressful as surviving a fire to your home. If you could reduce the stress and logistics your loved ones will face with your illness, you would, wouldn’t you?

Today, if you haven’t already, resolve to give your loved ones the gift of clarity. It’s not as pretty as a bouquet of flowers or as tasty as a box of chocolate, but it’s a gift that will enlighten and lighten the lives of those you care about the most.

Come and discover the author in you! Call us for more information (860 – 447 – 5232)!

I have been meeting with the Director and we are working together to make sure that the Town of Montville is prepared for the continuing growth of the elderly population.  As we all know, the senior population is the fastest growing population in the country and is expected to continue to grow at a significant rate for decades to come.  I would like to make certain that in our Town, we are prepared for this growth and that our services and programs can match the population.  As always, I am available for comments, suggestions, and concerns.

-Liaison Billy Caron

Thursday Evenings from 4:30-6:30 pm FREE (Materials can be purchased day of class FOR $10.00 KITS or you can bring your own) Zentangle is an easy to learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns.  IT’s easy to learn, and the best part is that you don’t need to have any drawing skills to do this!  Each intricate design is broken down in easy to follow steps that guarantee a successful and unique piece.  Please register in front office during regular office hours.

MONDAY EVENINGS 6:30-7:30 pm FREE
Get healthy and stay fit!  Go at your own pace—Cardio exercise incorporates cardio movements with light weights, strength training and more for our seniors to continue to live long healthy lives!  Great instructor, fun class, come have a ball!  Best of all—it’s FREE to our seniors!!!