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Uxbridge Senior Center Programs 36 South Main Street, Uxbridge Marsha Petrillo; Director Donna oncay; Administrative Assistant Lynne McPherson; Chef Peter Waeger; Van Driver Please call the Senior Center at 508278-8622 to reserve your meal and also to arrange for transportation to lunch and for medical appointments. Van transportation begins at 10:30 am each day. Please check with the Senior
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Center, Uxbridge Cable Station or the Council on Aging website for the Lunch Menu. The Senior Center is a drop off site for the People First Food Pantry. Donations are accepted Monday through friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. SEnIoR CEnTER WISH LIST – The Senior Center would greatly appreciate any donations of all purpose spray cleaner for the tables, sugar and Splenda packets, foam cups, stirrers, cascade for the dishwasher, dish detergent, sponges, napkins, paper towels and decaf and regular coffee. These things are not covered in the budget. We thank you very much for your help.
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If you would like to donate a $5 (or more) gift card for our Baggy Tuesday game it would be greatly appreciated. Seniors can use gift cards from Hannaford’s, CVS, Walmart or Dunkin Donuts for food and medications. THE UXBRIDGE GRAnGE 200 has generously donated many items from our wish list. We thank them for their support of the seniors in Uxbridge. Do YoU HAVE QUESTIonS ABoUT YoUR FALLon InSURAnCE AnD WAnT To KEEP YoUR SAME DoCToR? Call the Center we can answer your questions. CATCH YoUR BALAnCE on Friday August 16, 2013, at 11:30am, Diane Wollensak, PT from Uxbridge orthopedic and Sports Therapy, will be with us to help us Catch our Balance. Come and learn how good your balance is and tips for improving it. Please call 278-
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8622 to RSVP, 24 hours in advance to reserve your lunch and to attend this informational talk. EnD oF SUMMER LUAU AT WEST HILL PARK – Join us on Thursday, August 29 for our end of summer luau. We will be going to West Hill Park for lunch. Last year our picnic at West Hill was a lot of fun. Join us for a fun day! Please call the Senior Center at 508278-8622 to reserve your lunch. naviCare SCo will be at the Senior Center on the first Monday of every month at 2:00pm. naviCare SCo is a Senior Care options program. naviCare helps you get the most out of your Medicare and MassHealth standard benefits and offers you extra services that can help you stay healthy at no extra cost to you. You are eligible if you are 65 years old or older, you have Mass Health Standard and you live in Worcester County. BEREAVEMEnT CoUnSELInG – Are you dealing with the loss of a loved one, losing a job or your home or just need to talk to someone? Please call the Senior Center and make an appointment to talk to our bereavement counselor, Dr. Carl Schultz. Dr. Schultz comes to us with impressive credentials. He is available for people of all ages by appointment. All sessions are free, private and confidential. Call the Senior Center at 508-278-8622 to make an appointment. nEW WEBSITE – now you can go to the new Council on Aging website and get all the news from the Senior Center. There is up to date information on programs and classes, the weekly lunch menu, as well as fuel assistance and open enrollment for Medicare Supplemental insurance. Check us out at www.uxbridge-ma.gov. Go to departments and click on Council on Aging.
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BAGGY TUESDAYS! Started on May 14th, and continuing every Tuesday for ten weeks, we will play a game called
Boxing Day during lunch. There will be weekly prizes for the winners. Please RSVP by each Monday so we can have an accurate count for lunch and the game. PAGE TURnERS with Jane Granatino, Library Director. If you like to talk about books, good and bad, join us. Share some of your favorite reads, talk about what makes a classic and discover new authors, this book discussion is for You! new members are always welcome, just stop by! GET oUT oF THE HEAT! If you do not have air conditioning and the weather gets really hot please remember that the Senior Center is air-conditioned and you can come in and stay cool during the day. Come for lunch and spend the afternoon talking with friends, reading, watching TV, or playing games. The center is open from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. CAREGIVER PRoGRAM – The Caregiver Program at Tri-Valley is sponsoring a free program to help caregivers deal with stress. The program “Low Tech to High Tech: Mindfulness Tools for Caregiver Stress” will be held at the Pleasant Valley Country Club, on Tuesday, July 9th from 8:45 to 11:30 am. Contact Laura Black Silver, Caregiver Specialist at 1-800-286-6640, ext. 3079 for information and to register. DID YoU KnoW THAT YoU CoULD GET A CAREGIVER SCHoLARSHIP? – one of the services of the Caregiver Program at TriValley is the scholarship fund that provides assistance and relief to caregivers. The service includes helping caregivers arrange and fund short-term respite in the home or in an assisted living or nursing home facility, equipment and other resources. This service is available to any caregiver of an elder 60 or over who resides in one of the 25 towns served by Tri-Valley. If you or anyone you know could benefit from this program please call Tri-Valley at 1800-286-6640.
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The Young at Heart group of Faith Fellowship Church will be taking a trip to the ogunquit Playhouse on Wednesday, September 11th to see "West Side Story." There will be lunch included at the Dockside in York Harbor with a choice of fish or chicken. The bus will leave from the church, 647 Douglas St, Uxbridge at 8:15 AM. Call Sue at 508-372-9266 for ticket pricing and more information.