Category: Programs

COME GET IN THE HOLIDAY CHEER WITH US!!
Join us for a fun afternoon Wednesday, December 9th at 12:45pm (Snowdate: Thursday, December 10th at 12:45pm)
for a Yankee Swap and Ugly Sweater Contest. Limited to 14 cars. Register early to ensure your spot. Each participant
will drop off their wrapped gift (worth approx. $10.00) to the attendee and park their car in the designated spot. For safety, all cars will be 6 feet apart and all participants will be required to wear a mask. For those of you who are not familiar with a Yankee Swap, here is what you need to know to participate. Everyone wanting to participate brings a
wrapped gift worth $10.00. If you would like to participate, but can’t afford a gift, please call (860)434-1605 ext. 240
and let us know. Be creative, it should be a gift that others would like to own. When you bring your gift. you will pick a number. 1 through however many people. The more people that come the “funner” it is! The first person picks a gift and unwraps it. Then the second person picks a gift or takes the one that the first person picked. If the second person
chooses the first person’s gift, the first person picks another gift and unwraps it. The game continues until the last
person picks a gift.
In addition, pictures will be taken of all members that wear an ugly sweater that day and will be posted for people to vote on which they like the most. If you can’t make the Yankee Swap, but still wish to enter the Ugly Sweater Contest, call us at (860)434-1605 ext. 240 to set up a time (before that day) to have your picture taken outside to be entered.
The winner will be awarded a $50.00 Gift Certificate from Flanders’ Fish Market in East Lyme CT. A special thank you to
Flanders’ Fish Market for sponsoring the Ugly Sweater Contest!!

November Newsletter

Travel with us virtually on Zoom

Thursday , November 5,2020

1:45p.m.-3:00p.m.

Senior Learning Presents: Spanish Missions in Texas

Program Description: Why did the Spanish attempt to build Missions in Texas? What effect did this have on the Native Americans living in Texas? Were these Missions a success or a failure? Explore these questions alongside a museum educator with maps, timelines, and historical information.

The General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3^rd.  If you requested an absentee ballot, make sure you return your ballot by 8:00 p.m. on election day in order for it to be counted.

The best way to return your absentee ballot is by an Official Election Drop Box located in your town.  All absentee ballots deposited into an Election Drop Box by 8:00 p.m. on November 3^rd will be counted.

Official Election Drop Boxes for Norwich are located at Norwich City Hall – 100 Broadway; Stanton School – 386 New London Turnpike; Greeneville Playground – 266 Central Ave and Wequonnoc School – 155 Providence Street, Taftville.

If you are opting to vote in-person, polling locations will be open from 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.  You must be in line by 8:00 p.m. at your polling location in order to be allowed to vote.  Contact your town’s Registrars of Voters if you do not know your polling location.  For Norwich call (860) 823-3754.

You can also check your voter registration status, polling location or to see if your completed absentee ballot was received by your Town Clerk by visiting  myvotect.gov/lookup

ATTENTION:

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Rose City Senior Center is currently closed to the public.

We are currently offering help with grocery shopping and rides to medical appointments.

Please call for information.

Information in this newsletter is as up-to-date as possible but is subject to change.

We will do our best to keep you up-to-date on the re-opening status of the Senior Center.

If you have a question or are looking for services or resources to help you,  please contact us at (860) 889-5960.

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Otis Library’s 12^th Annual O’tis a Festival is ON!  ONLINE, that is!

The event will be streamed LIVE on Otis Library’s YouTube page

Otis Library is taking their much-loved community event online for a virtual festival packed with entertainment and beautiful handmade crafts.  Get all of your holiday shopping done from the comfort and safety of your own home.  Enjoy the added satisfaction that you will be “shopping small” and supporting local crafters.  Check Otis Library’s social media or website for updates and information.

Visit Otis Library’s website for information.  otislibrarynorwich.org/otis-a-festival

Quinnipiac University researchers are interested in testing the effectiveness of an online program to enhance social integration.  They’re looking to enroll seniors (60+) to participate in this online study.

You will be placed in groups of eight and will learn about social integration, complete activities together, and learn about yourself and others in and around your community.  You need access to the internet as well as a device with video and audio such as: a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Time commitment: About 90 minutes per week for six weeks.

For additional details contact: Dr. Nicholson (203)582-6542  nicholas.nicholson@quinnipiac.edu

If you don’t usually file a tax return, or didn’t file a return for 2018 or 2019, you might not know you could qualify for an economic impact payment under the CARES Act.  You might be one of the nine million people getting a letter from the IRS letting you know how to register on their website to claim your payment.  The new deadline for filing is November 21, 2020.

If you get this letter from the IRS, it will instruct you to go to the IRS’s website at IRS.gov/EIP, or call them directly at 800-919-9835 to register to claim your payment.  You only have until November 21^st to file for your stimulus payment.

Economic Stimulus Payments from the CARES Act were distributed starting in April.  Individuals who have not already receive a stimulus payment and are eligible to receive one will be mailed a letter.

BEWARE OF STIMULUS PAYMENT SCAMS

If someone claiming to be from the IRS calls, emails, or texts about helping you get your stimulus payment, that person is running a government imposter scam on you.  Hang up, and don’t respond to or click on any links in texts or emails.

Why? Because the IRS will not text, email, or call you about your economic impact payment.  The IRS will also never ask you to pay a fee to get your money.

Visit the IRS’s website IRS.gov/EIP to find out more about stimulus payments. Also, be sure to tell the FTC if someone pretending to be from the government contacts you.  FTC.gov/complaint