The Whistlestop Newsletter
June2013 Happenings FiftyForward Madison Station 301 Madison St, Madison, TN 37115 ph:(615) 860-7180 www.fiftyforwardmadisonstation.org
Hours of Operation: Monday—Thursday, 7a.m.—4:30 p.m., Fridays until 3:30p.m.
All donations raised between May 1 and June 30 will be matched by FiftyForward! Our goal is $5,000—for a total matching goal of $10,000! Please help! Our Mission: FiftyForward enriches the lives of adults 50+ by providing pathways to health, wellwell-bring and lifelong learning.
June Special Events and Announcements Tasty Tuesday in June! Join the tradition by attending our Tasty Tuesday Café on Tuesday, June 18 at 11:30 a.m. This month we will have a delicious lunch featuring fried chicken and a wonderful performance by John Young’s Band, “Journey of Faith.” Tickets are just $5 and must be purchased by Friday, June 14. “Men Only” Health LuncheonAttend this free lunch and Men’s Health Seminar with Dr. Howard Aubert on Thursday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m. Learn about low testosterone and other male pelvic health issues, as well as treatment options for these common men’s health conditions. This is a luncheon for men only. Please sign up at the front desk by Monday, June 24. The Senior Games with Windlands East! Come to the center on Friday, June 28 from 11-1 p.m. to celebrate Summer with the Senior Games with Windlands East! We will be playing games, having fun and enjoying food such as nachos, hot dogs and other tasty delights. Bring your friends for a day of fun and laughter. Ballroom beginner class to start again in September– This class is taught by Kathleen Phillips. It will NOT be taught the rest of May, nor will it be taught during June, July or August. It will start back up again in September. Trash to Treasure Crafts Class– This month, create beautiful candles out of old mason jars. It is an easy process and creates wonderful and useful pieces for around the house. Just bring your glass jars to class on Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. There will be a display at the front office. $2 for supplies. Sign up at the front desk. All-day oil painting class– Want to create a masterpiece on canvas? Join Liz Farar on Thursday, June 20 for an all-day oil painting class. This will be similar to her Bob Ross painting class but will be from 9-3 and you will be painting a 16 x 20 canvas. The cost is $60. Please sign up at the front desk by Tuesday, June 18. Zumba for Seniors! This exercise class combines traditional Latin dance moves with hip hop for a fun way to workout! It is low impact and tailored towards seniors. The more people who come, the more energy there is and the better the workout. Come check it out for the first time or come back to practice those dance moves! Free for members of FiftyForward.
Oasis Seminar Presented by Cindy Hancock with Oasis In Home Care, this seminar will be held on Tuesday, June 18 at 1:00 p.m. At time of print, the topic for this month had not yet been released. Door prizes! Photo ClubPhoto Club meets the 4th Tuesday of every month. Free for members! Each month there is a different topic. At the time of print, the topic for this month had not been released. Bunco MondayCome join us to play Bunco, Monday, June 17 at 1 p.m. We’d love to have even more players join the fun! This easy dice game is tons of fun. Free prizes for those who Bunco. Scrabble ClubInterested in playing scrabble? We are trying to put together a scrabble club for those who love the game and for those who want to learn! Please sign the interest sheet at the front office if interested.
(*) Denotes free class for FiftyForward members. Visitors add $5 per day.
Classes
Bob Ross Oil Painting Class– Monday, June 24, 9-11 a.m. $20 for a completed oil painting on can vas! Taught by certified instructor Liz Farar. Liz will also be teaching an all-day oil painting class on Thursday, June 20 from 9-3. Trash to Treasure Craft- 3rd Thursday at 10 a.m. This month turn your extra jars around the house into beautiful candles! Just bring the glass jars. An example of the craft will be up at the front desk as a display. Sign up to join the fun! Thursday, June 20, 10 a.m. Just $2! Framing-Mondays at 12:30 p.m. Taught by Mel Cooper. Learn the art of framing your own projects, including matte board, glass & moulding! 3 weeks/ $15 Yoga– Mondays at 2 p.m. & 6 p.m., Thursdays at 6 p.m. & Fridays at 2 p.m. Taught by Stephen North, Jr. Learn the art of relaxation & health through traditional yoga. $5/class. Tai-Chi– Wednesdays at 9 a.m. & 6:45 p.m. Taught by Larry Lee. Learn the ancient art of Tai Chi to improve balance, flexibility and overall health. $3/class Piano & Voice Lessons– Fridays at 10 a.m. Taught by Geno Haffner. $15/30 minutes. Call Geno at 310-4579 to schedule. *Zumba fitness class- Tuesdays at 5 p.m. and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Taught by Cora Lavin. Combines Latin dance moves with hip-hop for a fun workout specifically tailored for seniors. *Line Dance– Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Led by Faye Redden. Join this fun group of dancers for a great time as well as great exercise! *SilverSneakers Circuit– Mondays at **12:30 p.m. (was 1 p.m.). Taught by Sandy Wray. Combines fun & fitness to increase your cardiovascular & muscle endurance with a standing workout. *Senior Strength Training– Tuesdays & Thursdays at 9 a.m. Taught by Fred Sandoval. Unsure of how to use the equipment in the fitness center? This class is for you! *SilverSneakers Classic (formerly MS-ROM)– Taught by Kathleen Phillips on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. & Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. Taught by Sandy Wray on Thursdays & Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Class uses hand-held weight, tubes, balls, and chairs. *SilverSneakers Yoga - Thursdays at 10 a.m. Taught by Sandy Wray. Yoga Stretch will move your whole body through a series of seated and standing yoga poses. *Bible Conversation and Study– Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Facilitated by Jo Ann Nichols. All are invited! June will be the last month Jo Ann is Facilitating Bible Study so come join for this month! *Crochet for Beginners– Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. Led by Paulette Spalding. Bring an “H” needle and yarn and Paulette will be happy to show you the basics of crochet. —Interested in sewing? We may have an instructor for a beginning sewing class. Please call the center or sign up at the front desk if interested.
Come talk to Cora if you have an idea for a new class!
Come see Cora if you have an idea for a new club or want to teach a class!
Clubs & Groups
Wisdom Writers Club- Meets first and third Fridays at 10 a.m. Join others in Life Story Writing. Facilitated by Carol Roberts
Diabetes Club-Meets 1st Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Sponsored by Hickory Gardens. Next meeting is June 6 at 1:30 p.m. Includes healthy snacks! Grief Support Group- Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays at 10 a.m. Provided by Dr. Frank Scott with the Madison Church of Christ. June 10 and June 24. Wii Bowling- Meets every Tuesday at 1 p.m. Come learn how to play! Book Club– Meets fourth Wednesday, June 26 at 1 p.m. This months selection is “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”. Copies of the book are available through the public library system. Facilitated by Del Dorr. Red Hat Society– Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. $15 yearly dues. Join these ladies for lunch in red and purple gear! Linda Kent, Queen. Quilting Club– Mondays at 1 p.m. Bring your materials and quilt away! Led by Lee Brooks. Inglewood & Friends– Meets 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m. Plans monthly trips. Reminisce– Meets 1st Tuesday at 1 p.m. Go back in time with Nancy McDougal. Door prizes! Open Music Jam– Every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Party Room! Don’t know how to play? We’ll teach you! Madison Travelers– Meets 1st Wednesday of each month at 12 p.m. (new time) Plans monthly trips for evenings and weekends. June 5. Crochet Club– Every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. All crocheters welcome! Fun and fellowship! Instruction provided if needed. Mexican Train Dominoes– 1 p.m. every Wednesday. Come learn how to play this fun game. Silver Notes Band– Wednesday at 2 p.m. 16-piece plus big band that performs all over Nashville! Kim Yearwood, Band Leader. Did you play an instrument in high school? Come join us! Genealogy Club– Meets 1st Thursday at 10 a.m. Want to research your family history? This is the group for you! This month, take a trip to the City Cemetery and Fort Negley! Non-Genealogy members can sign up too! Trip is Thursday, June 6, Karaoke Club– Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at **12:30 p.m.** led by “D. J. Dottie” Dillard. Come sing your favorite song or just listen. Door prizes! June 13. Knitting Club– Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Led by Vickie Cochran. Don’t know how? Someone will show you! Just bring your knitting needles and some yarn. Golden Tones Choir– Led by Geno Haffner. Fridays at 12:30pm. Seeking those who love to sing! Friday Night Music Jam-Every Friday from 6-9 p.m. Free, but they do pass the hat for donations. All acoustic music welcome. Bring your instrument and sign up to play!
Bingo! We are happy to offer two free bingo games each month for FiftyForward members: every 1st Monday at 1 p.m. & every 4th Tuesday at 1 p.m. No sign up necessary (Non Members pay $5.00) **Free to play for members, non-members is $5. **
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*The Fitness Center is open Mon-Thur, 7 a.m.4:30 p.m, Friday til 3:30p.m. Cards and billiards are available Mon-Thur, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m, Fridays, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.* www.fiftyforwardmadisonstation.org
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Fontanel Mansion– 8:30 a.m. Trip to Nashville Food Project– Grief Support– 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. Bingo– 1 p.m. Photo Club– 6-8
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Ready to Join? A membership is just $120 per year. Bank draft of just $10 per month is available as well! SilverSneakers reimbursed location!
Special Services
Metro Nutrition ProgramLunch for seniors over 60. Mon-Fri, 11:30 am. 48 hour reservation required. Also serving Meals on Wheels. Contact Felicia Whitaker at 860-7180. Donations requested. TransportationTo/From Center on Tues. & Thurs. $2/within 3 miles of center, $3/within 4 miles. Free Legal Aid: Provided by Beck & Beck Law Office3rd Wednesdays starting at 9 a.m. Call 860-7180 to make appt. Living at Home ServicesProviding referrals to help seniors remain at home as long as possible. Adrienne Morgan, Care Manager. Call 860-7180. Blood Pressure Checks1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Provided by Shirley Brown. Therapeutic MassageEvery 2nd Thursday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Danielle Paris, Licensed Massage Therapist. Cost is $25 for 30 minutes, $50 for one hour. Call 860-7180 to schedule. Notary ServicesKathleen Phillips, Notary. Donation to the center requested. Technology On Demand: Private Computer TutoringTaught by Don Smartt. Private sessions are 90 minutes each. Topics available include Microsoft Word, Excel Basics, Internet Basics, and Email/Social Networking. Tuesdays, 1:30-3:00 p.m. or Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 a.m. Cost is $30 per session. Call 860-7180 to schedule. Open Computer LabOur computer lab is equipped with cable internet and open for your daily use! (Note: Lab is closed during private computer tutoring times listed above and during massage.) Free Wi-FiWe are happy to provide Free Wi-Fi here at the center. See front desk for password. Having a Big Party? Rent our Building!We provide rental of our Social Room for evenings and Saturdays. Cost is $100 per hour, minimum of three hours and includes all tables and chairs. FiftyForward members receive a 25% discount! Walk Our Parking Lot!-4 times around our parking lot equals one mile! Grief Support– Provided by Dr. Frank Scott from the Madison Church of Christ. Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 10 a.m.
* Important: All trips are posted at the center on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Payment IS DUE at the time of sign-up. If the trip is full, put your name on the waiting
June Trips
list. If we get at least 10 names we will plan the trip again.
Genealogy Trip to City Cemetery and Ft. Negley First, join the Genealogy Club as they go to the City Cemetery. Next, head to Ft. Negley, the largest inland fort built in the U.S. during the Civil War. Bring your own bagged lunch for this adventure! Everyone from the center is welcome to join! Please sign up for this trip by Thursday, MAY 30. Thursday, June 6, 10 a.m.
$6 + (bring your own bagged lunch)
Trip to Windlands East for a tour, games, and lunch!Head over to Windlands East to spend the day with Brandon Maxwell. Check out the community, play some games (prizes included!), and enjoy a lunch provided by their wonderful chefs. Tuesday, June 11, 9:45 a.m. FREE + (lunch included!) Madison Travelers to Chaffin Barn to see "Who's Under Where"/ lunch at Whitt's BBQ "Jane and Sybil are having a private showing of their "Passion Fashion Wear" in a posh hotel hoping to entice a famous Italian fashion designer to buy their line. The models are booked, champagne is on ice and the sexy samples are on display. Enter two jealous husbands who have jumped to the wrong conclusions, add in an over-zealous hotel security guard and a scantily clad male model; and the comic chaos commences!" Eat lunch at Whitt's BBQ before. Thursday, June 13, 10:15 a.m.
$24 + Lunch
Trip to Fontanel Mansion with breakfast at the MansionTour this beautiful log mansion that was once owned by Barbara Mandrell to not only hear personal stories of the Mandrell family but also of other famous artists. Dick Clark, Minnie Pearl, Bob Hope and Oprah Winfrey are just a few that passed through the prominent halls. Enjoy a breakfast at Fontanel before the tour begins. Monday, June 24, 8:30 a.m.
$29 (includes breakfast and tour)
The Nashville Food Project (Volunteering)/ Lunch at The Food CompanySpend 2 hours of your day giving back to others! The Nashville Food Project preps food and plans meals based on what they have recently harvested in their teaching gardens. They use food from other local farms/markets, food that is received as donations and that which is purchased at low cost from the food bank. Join in the chance to prepare food and give back to your community! Afterwards, relax and enjoy a delicious lunch at The Food Company. Tuesday, June 25, 9:30 a.m.
$4 + Lunch
*The Cumberland Riverboat Cruise and Trip to Cheekwood are trips rescheduled from rain outs. They are already full.
June Announcements Julie Reeves as our new afternoon Office Manager! We are very happy to have Julie Reeves as our new afternoon Office Manager! Julie joined us May 1st and has already made some wonderful contributions (just look at the train at the entrance!). You may have seen Julie around the building before though, as she works at the Madison-Rivergate Area Chamber of Commerce within our building in the mornings as their Marketing Director. Julie is excited to be a part of our team and is enjoying getting to know our members. If you haven't introduced yourself yet, please stop by to do so and make her feel welcome! SilverSneakers Participation Challenge We will be participating in an exciting SilverSneakers participation challenge for June, July & August. The goal is easy– to increase our SilverSneakers participation. We need our SS members to come and come often! You can (and need to!) swipe your SS card every time you come to the center, even if you are not coming for a SilverSneakers class. We have a chance to win a $250 gift card for a party. So get all of your SilverSneakers friends to come to the center and swipe their cards! Update on Matching Campaign! Wow, we have already raised $4,462 for our Madison Station Center, all of which will be matched! Our goal is to reach $5,000 and we have the entire month of June to get there. We can do it! Any small amount helps. There is a donation box at the front office, or talk to one of the staff members to make a donation. Our center operates through the help of these donations, so please help out! Tell Us What You Think! Those of you with access to email should have received a survey from Survey Monkey by now. We are encouraging everyone to respond-it will only take a few minutes of your time. This survey will provide us with detailed information on how we are doing here at FiftyForward Madison Station. Those who do not have email will be receiving this by mail. We appreciate those of you who have already taken the time to respond. We will keep you updated on the results!
And we would like to thank‌. For the month of June we would like to thank: Windlands East for Tasty Tuesday dessert, Bar-B-Cutie for the Benefit day partnership, Baptist Hospital for lunch, and Windlands East, CareAll and Good Samaritan Rehab for Bingo Sponsorships for Super Bingo. Thanks to all of you for your contributions to our center!
All Aboard! June 2013 Newsletter www.fiftyforwardmadisonstation.org Need to Contact Us? FiftyForward Madison Station Staff & Emails: Kelsey Mahaffey-Center Director kmahaffey@fiftyforward.org Cora Lavin-Program Director clavin@fiftyforward.org Julie Reeves– Afternoon Office Manager jreeves@fiftyforward.org Kathleen Phillips-SS Instructor/ Data Entry Manager kphillips@fiftyforward.org Adrienne Morgan-Care Manager amorgan@fiftyforward.org Michele Clark-FLIP Coordinator mclark@fiftyforward.org Darryl Brady-Maintenance dbrady@fiftyforward.org Fred Sandoval-Fitness Center Ron Lashbrook-Van Driver Felicia Whitaker -Metro Meals
1.Donelson Station has a recycling program to recycle electronics, car batteries, ink cartridges, etc. Why can’t we do the same? -We will research the options about having this type of recycling program at our center. Cora will talk to Katie, the Program Director at Donelson, in order to get more information and see how it works at their center. If it seems like something that would work well at our center then we will take steps to set it up here! 2.Edleys BBQ has a new place to go eat. Can we do that? -Cora will research this new location and put this on her list of restaurants. She will make an effort to go there for one of the upcoming trips if it is close by.
3rd Anniversary Music Jam Celebration! Come out Friday, June 21 from 6-9 p.m. to celebrate Music Jam’s 3rd Anniversary! It will be a Potluck, so bring your favorite dish! The center will provide fried chicken. There will be great music and door prizes, including a flat screen TV! It’s a free event, so please bring your friends!