Category: Programs

We are meeting Wednesday September 20th at 1 pm to walk with Avalonia Conservancy at KNOX PRESERVE (approx. 1 mile flat, easy terrain)

Location: Port ‘n Starboard at Ocean Beach

Time: 11:30am – 3:00pm

Wear your best Ritz & Glitz—Roaring 20’s Attire!

Buffet Dinner: Prime Rib, Rosemary Chicken, Vegetables, Red Roasted Potatoes, Rolls, Coffee, Dessert & Cash Bar

Entertainment by Airborne Jazz

Cost: $25.00 per person

Make checks payable to “Senior Resources”

Transportation is available for an additional $2pp.

Please call to register for all events at 860-442-6785.

Celebrate Halloween at the Groton Senior
Center! Wear a costume & enjoy spooky treats!

Time: 11:30am

Lager seasoned brats, kielbasa &
sauerkraut, chicken shnitzel in creamy
mushroom sauce, German potato
casserole, green beans in beer sauce, apple
kuchen or chocolate pretzel, & beverages.
Entertainment by the Vagabonds.
$12/per person

Please call to register for all events!

860-441-6785

Time: 11am-5pm

Crafters – Vendors – Businesses
Community Organizations – Food

Free family fun!

Meet the newest member of the Parks and Recreation team.
Faith Richardson is our new Financial Assistant, supporting
the Senior Center, Parks, Golf, and Recreation. This is Faith’s
second time working for Parks and Recreation, first as a camp
counselor during college and most recently running the preschool programs at William
Seely.
Faith graduated magna cum laude from UCONN with a B.S
in business. She has worked in all aspects of the business
world at a number of interesting companies including MIT in
Cambridge, MA and Callaway Cars in Old Lyme, CT.
Faith now lives back in her hometown Mystic, CT with her
husband and two daughters aged 9 and 7. As a family they
enjoy volunteering for and participating in youth sports,
particularly soccer. You may recognize her from one of the
multitude of programs she and her family participates in
through the Parks and Rec department. Please introduce
yourself if you see her out and about in the building – she
loves to meet new people

I recently had the opportunity to attend a presentation by
Manoj Pardasani, PhD, LCSW, ACSW on his research on
senior centers. Manoj conducted a three year longitudinal
study on senior centers at Fordham University. His results
reaffirm what many of us who work at senior centers
already knew including the following:
• The average person who visits a senior center is a 75 year old woman who
lives alone.
• Participants attend for socialization, classes and education, meals,
recreation programs and exercise programs.
• Senior Center’s impact on participants was that those who attend exercise
5 to 6 hours per week, have better mental health, and they manage their weight
better.
• Seniors who come to a center have more opportunities to be with their
peers and 10% of their friends were met through the senior center.
• Seniors who attend centers also are more likely go find information on
services and be enrolled in services that benefit them.
This information is important because it is estimated by 2025, 20% of the population,
or one in five people in Connecticut, will be over age 65. Connecticut has the third
highest life expectancy in the country at age 80.8 years. The population of 65
and older is estimated to increase in Connecticut by 57% over the next decade.
We want to have those years as healthy and happy as possible. This research
supports the theory those who attend are getting benefits from the Senior Center.

Thank you for being part of our healthy community!

Time: 11:00am- 3:00pm

The 15^th Annual Norwich Family Day will be held on Sunday, Sept. 17^th at Mohegan Park in Norwich.  The goal for the day is to foster fun, play and community education and awareness about all the “good” in Norwich!  Multiple organizations will have tables with information and handouts available along with demonstrations and free hot dogs and drinks!

Tuesdays  1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

The Golden Nuggets is Rose City Senior Center’s glee club and they are looking for new members. Singers of any level of experience are welcome to join them. Now is a great time to join this talented group as they start back from their Summer break and start preparing for their Holiday Concert series!

If you are interested in joining the Golden Nuggets, you must join by September 26^th.  Anyone wishing to join after that date will be accepted on a case by case basis.

Welcome new Director of the Golden Nuggets James Conover!

James Conover will be taking over as the new Director of the Golden Nuggets.  James has an impressive background in music including being retired as a Musician Chief from the US Coast Guard Band where he played the French horn. 

James is currently the Choir Director at Bishop Seabury Church in Groton and also plays French horn in the Lisbon Community Band and New London Community Band as well as being a Vocal Soloist at St. James Episcopal Church, St. Michael RC Church and Pequot Chapel.  James was previously a Vocal Soloist with Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus.

The July Birthday Celebration honored 4 seniors: Norma Parrish, Beverly Bayer, Marion Sheridan and Barbara Chappell who won a gift card to Stop and Shop.  Happy Birthday to you all!

The Birthday Celebration for September will be on September 27^th at 11:45 a.m.  You must sign up in the Dining Room for lunch that day to be eligible for the drawing.