Category: Programs

Please join the Groton DEI Collaborative for the Pride Flag Raising event at Town Hall on June 1st at 12pm.

Our membership is full of talented crafters. ***If you have a craft you wish to share, please contact us at senior center@oldlyme-ct.gov OR (860)434-4127 ext. 1 and let us know.

This group will meet monthly TBD so we can enjoy the talents of our members and learn new crafts.

• Wet Felting Project with Kristee– learn how to make wool into felt and take home a small bag! Cost for materials will be $5.00, Classes will be limited to 10 people and are scheduled for October 18th and November 15th from 12-3pm
• Fall Floral Arrangements with Mary (made with paper flowers), bring your own vase. Learn how to make beautiful, simple flowers that go for $40.00 at craft fairs! Cost is $5.00 for members to cover the price of the material.

WEDNESDAY, May 25  at 10 am we have an excellent speaker for you on RETIREMENT PLANNING / Required Minimum  Distribution.

Our excellent presenter is Nishant Sahoo, CRPC, CPFA Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

We ask that you et us know you plan on attending 860-441-6785

July 21st at 7:00pm- The Cartells Band– We welcome back
one of the leading local bands! This 5-person band will be packing
the dance floor! Playing Jazz, Swing, Motown, R&B and Rock n Roll!

Come and enjoy a summer evening at the
Lymes’ Senior Center grounds . 26 Town Woods Road
for “Summer Sounds”

****We will be serving ice cream outside to all concert goers before the concert at 6:30pm
on July 7th, 14th, & 28th
*Bring your chairs, blankets, dinner, dancing shoes, etc. the performances will be held out on
the lawn. Cancelations will be put on our Facebook page if the weather is inclement.

Don’t feel like cooking before the concert? On July 21st and August 4th, the Lions Club
will have a cookout at 6pm. Hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, drinks, and chips will be available
for purchase on the Lymes’ Senior Center grounds. Proceeds go to the Lions Club Scholarship Fund.

Please join us this Thursday, May 12 7:00 pm – it is free and open for anyone to enjoy! This concert is an intergenerational concert with AS TIME GOES BY swing band and the Stonington Middle School Jazz Band.  The concert will be held in our main room here at THRIVE55+ (102 Newtown Rd, Groton, CT 06340)

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Are you interested in baking some delicious treats for a good cause?

Club 55 is looking for baked goods for their annual Flea Market (May 14).  Any amount of baked goodies is appreciated.  Club 55 will price and sell these at their FLEA MARKET to raise funds for their Club 55 awards and giving to local organizations.

Please drop off their baked goods Thursday and / or  Friday (May 12^th and 13^th) between 9am-3pm.

Come join us in a celebration in your honor! Declared Older Americans month in 1963 by President Kennedy, May is a time to come together to thank our seniors for the contributions they have made to our country, our community and our lives! Please join us for a luncheon and celebration in your honor! Please call #860-848-0422 or come in to sign up on the bulletin board if you plan to attend!

Bus is available.
The 2022 theme is Age My Way, an opportunity for all of us to explore the many ways older adults can remain in and be involved with their communities. (ACL)

The Lymes’ Senior Center would like to dance in the upcoming Old Lyme Parade on Monday, May 30th. If you are interested in joining us please call us (860) 434-1605 ext. 240 or email us at seniorcenter@oldlyme-ct.gov .

We will be having Bethany Haslam from the Dance Studio of Old Lyme choreographing the dance and we will be practicing it April 11th, 18th, 25th and May 2nd, 9th and 23rd right after tap class at 11:00am. This is open to everyone and the dance will not be complicated as we will be moving forward at the same time. We will send you a video of the dance after you sign up so you can practice at home as well if you would like. It would be great if you can make at least 2 rehearsals and May 23rd attendance is required. We will be having our dress rehearsal and handing out T-shirts on that day! Monday, May 30th the parade is from 10am-11am.