Programs

Upcoming VIRTUAL Classes and programs
– To Sign Up email seniorcenter@oldlyme-ct.gov
MUST BE A MEMBER TO SIGN UP – ALL CLASSES MEET ONCE A WEEK

VIRTUAL CLASS  Date of First Class & Time/ Duration COST
Slow and Steady Yoga Mondays 9:00-10:15am $7.00 a class
Low Impact/ High Energy Dance Tues. & Thurs. 9:00am $20.00 a mo.
Chair Yoga for Pain Wednesdays 9:00-10:15am $7.00 a class
Tap Class Wednesdays at 11:00am FREE
Slow and Steady Yoga Fridays 9:00-10:15am $7.00 a class
FREE (VIRTUAL) American History Lecture Series with Jared Day, PHD
Ulysses Grant: Civil War General Friday, May 7 at 2:00pm
Ulysses Grant: Reconstruction President Friday, June 4 at 2:00pm
FREE (VIRTUAL) Biography Lecture Series with Jared Day, PHD
William Shakespeare and the Invention of English Literature Friday, May 21 at 2:00pm
Mahatma Gandhi and the End of the British Empire Friday, June 18 at 2:00pm
FREE (VIRTUAL) Food Experience: Easy, Delicious Recipes to make at home
Join us for some fun with Sue Beeman, MS, RDN. With a specialty in senior nutrition, she will be leading a
virtual Cooking Experience on Wednesday, June 9th at 1:00pm. The recipes will be Independence Day inspired
and sent to you ahead of time. If you wish. you can prepare it with her OR just watch the demonstration. These
recipes are easy, quick, healthy, and fun! Please RSVP before Tuesday, June 1st by calling (860) 434-4127 ext. 1.
65 Additional Free Virtual Programs/ Lectures/ Classes are offered monthly to our members through a
Connecticut Senior Center Exchange. For more information on participating in these programs, please email us
at seniorcenter@oldlyme-ct.gov

Do you need more books to read OR jigsaw puzzles to do?
We continue to have a table set out in front of our building with jigsaw puzzles and books including large print
books for you to borrow. Feel free to stop by anytime and help yourself. When you finish please kindly return
it by putting it in the Returns Bin located under the table. If you are homebound and would like a puzzles or
books please call us and we can provide home delivery.

Grab and Go Lunches are available through the Estuary Council. Five delicious and nutritious frozen meals
per person are available for contact-less pick up every Tuesday morning at the Lymes’ Senior Center, 26 Town
Woods Rd, Old Lyme, CT, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. The meals will be placed in your truck or back seat. You
can place a check there as well for payment. All appropriate Covid-19 precautions are taken while handling
the meals. Suggested donation is $15.00 for 5 meals, however if you cannot afford it, you are not required to
pay. To get more information or to order the meals, call 860-388-1611. Meals MUST be ordered by the Friday
before at 11am.

Nonperishable Groceries
If you are finding yourself in need if food please reach out to the Senior Center and we can provide you a bag
of nonperishable groceries. Call (860)434-4127 to set up an appointment to pick it up.

Paint and Plant Craft Kits Available
In June, we will be putting together free craft kits for you to decorate your own terracotta pot and plant your
own Pink Rain Lilly into it. Materials and directions will be included. Kits are limited to 25 people. Please call
and sign up if you are interested. Craft kits will be available for pickup on Wednesday, June 2nd from 11-2pm.
Delivery is available for any homebound members, just let us know when you sign up. Call 860-434-1605 ext.
240 to sign up.

Memorial Day Unscramble!
1. AOMNDY ____________________________________________
2. RSEILDO ___________________________________________
3. SSRAT _____________________________________________
4. SREETAVN __________________________________________
5. RCAIEMA ___________________________________________
6. DRAEAP ____________________________________________
7. NTOMMENU __________________________________________
8. DEREFMO ___________________________________________
9. HORON _____________________________________________
10. IARLITMY __________________________________________
11. LVCII ARW _________________________________________
12. MIAERNS ___________________________________________
13. RAYM ______________________________________________
14. YVNA _______________________ _________ __________
15. RWA _______________________________________________
16. TSCAO RGAUD_______________________________________
17. ERVSCIE ___________________________________________
18. ESEOHR ____________________________________________
19. DALIOHY ___________________________________________
20. EDR _______________________________________________
21. IWEHT _____________________________________________
22. UBEL ______________________________________________
23. CANMEARI GAFL _____________________________________
24. SAU _______________________________________________

Answer: 1.Monday 2.Soldier 3. Stars 4.Veterans 5. America 6. Parade 7. Monument 8.
Freedom 9. Honor 10. Military 11. Civil War 12.Marines 13.Army 14.Navy
15.War 16.Coast Guard 17.Service 18.Heroes 19.Holiday 20.Red 21. White
22.Blue 23.American Flag 24.USA

May Newsletter

As I worked on my Vision Board for 2021, I searched for that all important key word – for me and for SeniorCenterCt.org. What one word was the best fit? What word would portray and define my path for 2021?

Many businesses and individuals pick one word that best describes how they want to be characterized and/or strive to achieve in the upcoming year.

Well, I wanted to do this as well but as much as I searched, I just could not find the right word. I kept at it. I would revisit and wander down the path of words I’d see from time to time. And yeah, there wasn’t ever quite the right fit until…

This week I was walking along the ocean in Westbrook for the second day in a row and as I let my mind wander, there it was – fortitude. Wow, I mulled it over. Said it out loud and knew it was the word I had been searching for.

FORTITUDE – courage in adversity. Isn’t this exactly what we all have been doing since COVID came to visit and did not leave just like an unwanted house guest. We all discovered that we have the strength of mind to endure a 2-week shelter in place that has turned into a year plus. We have discovered we have gumption, spunk, moxie and determination. We can and are surviving.

And as I traveled down 2020, I struggled just as many businesses did on whether SeniorCenterCt.org would survive or was it time to shut the doors and close down Jencks Network, LLC. There were no new sales happening and little money coming in. But the bills continued arriving. The question became “Is today the time to file for bankruptcy?”

But I also knew I have a product that is stunning and needed by so many.  Also, that as we come out of COVID I know other businesses are going to be looking for “new” ways to advertise.  That post COVID we all will be in a “new world” and SeniorCenterCt.org is in the best position ever to thrive and grow into the business I have always know it will be.

So, I reached out for grants, PPP, EIDL and anything else that might give me the money I needed to survive. And as I said “FORTITUDE” on the beach, I knew that is exactly what I have been doing. What I will continue to do as SeniorCenterCt.org grows in 2021. A new Senior Center is being added. A different calendar platform will be used. Other changes are in the works. I know that FORTITUDE is the strength and strong will that carries me patiently forward with firm courage.

This word – FORTITUDE —   reflects back at me as I read my 2021 Vision Board. It says – I will experience everyday humility, curiosity, courage and confidence. I will always ask “Why?” I will look for and see the clues.

Because I have the ability to carry on, because I and all of us who have survived COVID we all have  FORTITUDE!

And yes, you have been traveling this same journey even if your path looks a little different, we all have had the strength to bear through a pandemic and have the ability to carry on!! We have guts, grit, backbone and FORTITUDE!!

April Newsletter