Programs

Post Cancer Exercise Class Surviving-N-Moving Class to begin September 19th and held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30pm.  It is open to all adults regardless of age. Instructor Donna Scott is trained and certified as a Certified Personal Trainer and Cancer Exercise Training Specialist (CES) with over 8 years of combined personal/group training experience. As a CES she has studied exercise implications and contraindications for 25 types of cancer, surgery, reconstruction and treatments, breast reconstruction and contraindications to exercise, about preventing and identifying lymphedema and cancer related pain, mental and physical fatigue during cancer treatment, and conducting postural assessments and working with medical professionals as needed. Following cancer surgery and treatment there are numerous physically debilitating side effects that cancer clients have become accustomed to living with.  Based on her training, Donna Scott has developed “Surviving-N-Moving”, so cancer survivors no longer have to accept the fact that they have to live with limited range of motion, poor posture, neck and back pain, lymphedema, chronic fatigue, and many other symptoms, following their surgery/treatment.  Through this simple group exercise program combining cardiovascular conditioning, strength training, balance, flexibility and relaxation techniques, many of the agonizing problems survivors experience can be made more tolerable.  Besides the physical aspects that cancer survivors gain from exercise, getting together in a group setting creates a community, sharing common struggles where each member becomes accountable to one another and friendships develop.
This 11 week-twice a week program is FREE (normally $110) thanks to generous donations from the Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center, the Lymes’ Senior Center board and the Old Lyme Visiting Nurse Assoc.

It contains the following elements:
Short “centering” meditation  *    Low impact movement    *  Resistance/Strength training with light weights or bands *     Flexibility and Balance  *    Stretching   *   Cool down/ Relaxation * All participants must receive medical clearance from their doctor before beginning the program and complete a Health History Questionnaire, and a Quality of Life Questionnaire. This program is open to all adults who have been treated for cancer and are in post recovery phase.  The class minimum is 8 and the class maximum is 15 so the instructor can personalize her attention to each and every student.  For more information or to sign up please call Donna Scott at 860-961-4507.

Come enjoy a FREE Ice Cream Social at 1:00pm on September 13th. Please call so we can get a head count.

Drawing and Watercolor:  Tuesdays 10 am to 12 noon, Sept 12 – Oct. 10th  – 5 week class $30. To register call Stephanie at 860 434-1605 ext. 240 This class will combine drawing with some simple watercolor techniques and pen that works well for producing on the spot paintings. Weather permitting we will work outside for a few classes. Students will learn to see and draw the basic shapes of
plants, animals and landscapes; and how to add details after they have the basic construction of the forms. For students who wish to only work with drawing materials, all the exercises will also be able to done in black and white. To first class bring what you have for drawing and/or watercolor materials. We will go over a suggested supply list in the first class to see if you need to add anything.

Instructor: Sharon Schmiedel, to see Sharon’s artwork go to www.sharon.gallery Sharon has a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She works in watercolor, acrylics, and collage. These works are energetic and expressive; it is the opposite direction from the many years she spent working in technical illustration, medical illustration, and graphic design. She is currently painting, exhibiting her artwork, and teaching.

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Lisa Saunders will present “Civil War Letters of a Union Private to His Teenage Wife” on September 12th at 1:00pm. Charles McDowell married Nancy when she was 15 on Christmas Eve of 1860. Enlisting in the Union Army shortly thereafter, their letters tell of bullets, battles, marches, hangings, prostitutes, venereal disease, “clever women,” meeting President Lincoln, and the court marshaling of a cow. Their greatgreat granddaughter, Lisa Saunders, gives the audience a behind-the-scenes look into their letters and lives in her book, Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife.

Watercolor Plus   Mondays 10 am to 12 noon, Sept. 11 – Oct. 9th,  5 week class $30. To register call Stephanie at 860 434-1605 ext. 240 This class is an opportunity to experiment with watercolor and a variety of drawing and collage materials. Playful experimenting will be combined with exercises that will give you a framework to try out new ideas. The instructor will introduce concepts and demos at the beginning of each class. Watercolor experience helpful but not required. Advanced students are welcome to work on their own projects with subject matter and materials that interest them. Individual instruction is given throughout class.