Time: 1:00pm
Coloring books are no longer just for kids! Adult coloring has been shown to help reduce stress, boost mental clarity, exercise fine motor skills and help train the brain to focus and generate a creative mindset. You bring your own coloring book and coloring supplies.
Please call Hilary if you are interested. (860) 889-5960.
Discover the flavors of Connecticut’s Rose City as you explore its history and culture.
The Passport to Norwich program offers great ideas for getting out and enjoying Norwich. Begin your excursion with culture and end it with cuisine. Norwich abounds in award-winning historic trails, unique cultural sites, and amazing food. Select a destination, pick a restaurant, and bring your passport.
Get your passport stamped at participating Norwich restaurants. Collect 20 stamps for a chance to win a $250 restaurant gift card! Maximum of 3 stamps from same location. Drawings run August through January. There is no limit to the number of passports you can fill and enter to win.
We have passports available at the Senior Center! Stop by Reception to pick one up.
For more information, visit: https://passporttonorwich.com
The Senior Center occasionally has packages of disposable underwear (adult diapers) donated which are available to seniors in need. Please call to see what we have available. Be aware that we cannot take requests for certain brand names. We can let you know if we have the size and type you are looking for (pull-on, side-tab, pads or liners). We occasionally have bed pads or under pads available as well.
Please call (860) 889-5960 if you are in need.
Bring in a puzzle and take one home with you. All puzzle pieces will be contained within a plastic
bag to ensure that when you have completed the puzzle that there is not one
piece missing. Come in, look over our puzzles of varied sizes and shapes and take
one home to enjoy. All of our puzzles were donated by a generous Preston senior
who wishes to remain anonymous. 
The Mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots Program is to collect toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
The Lymes’ Senior Center will begin the collection November 1st. and collect till December 14th.If you would like to help make the Christmas for a local boy or girl happier, please drop off a new unwrapped toy to the Lymes’ Senior Center during the hours of 9am.-3pm. Monday through Friday until December 14th.
In November, we will be putting together free craft kits for you to make your own cards. Materials and directions for 3 cards will be included. The materials provided will give you an opportunity to make your own homemade card with a professional look. Kits are limited to 20 people. Please call and sign up if you are interested. Card kits will be available for pickup on Wednesday, November 17th from 11-2pm. Delivery is available for any homebound members, just let us know when you sign up. Call 860-434-4127 to sign up.
Cornhole Program
Corn hole is a fun game we play weekly inside our main room here after the lunch crowd leaves. It is best described as a “lawn game” in which players toss beanbags toward a slanted platform with the aim of passing the beanbag through a hole in the center of the platform. As we age, vision, depth perception, balance, and coordination can decline. Our weekly Cornhole games gets our patrons active and aids critical hand-eye coordination and balance.
We have lots of fun while being a tad competitive! Sign up with a partner or we can match you up! $5.00 per participant (for 8 weeks) Begins Monday, October 26th. Please call 860-441-6785 to register.
The Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) is a 8-week series of health and wellness classes for people age 50 and over. AMP can help you build your own playbook for aging well. It is a fun, innovative, and person-centered education program that empowers participants to embrace their gift of longevity by spending more time each day doing things that are good for themselves and for others. By participating in this program, you will make and maintain small but impactful changes in your health behaviors, financial well-being, and enrichment in later life. This incredible & empowering class is for anyone 50 years and older in Southeastern CT.
It will take place weekly Tuesdays 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm Nov 2- Dec 28 (no class Nov 23)
Reminder: we are CLOSED Monday, October 11th
Next week’s featured COASTAL CAFÉ lunch items are:
