SOUTH PARK SENIOR CENTER

from Prime Connections Oct/Nov 2022

SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM

901 South 30th Street, Billings, MT 59101 • 406-256-6413

In July 1973, a “meal site” for seniors was established at the Guadalupe Hall. The “site” was moved to the Salvation Army, then back to Guadalupe Hall, and then back to the Salvation Army. By 1979, the decision was made to rent space from the Friendship House. In 1983, after years of considerable effort by the membership, donations from many local benefactors, nine lots of land gifted by the City of Billings, and all labor donated from local Trade Unions… A NEW BUILDING! Finally! by and for the Senior Citizens! In June of 1985, the building was dedicated and became a permanent home for the SOUTH PARK SENIOR CITIZENS. There were just eighty-nine members that first year. Currently, there are over 260 official members. Much has happened over the course of the last 49 years. The Center serves hot meals on Monday and Friday provided by Adult Resource Alliance. In June 2021, breakfast and a light lunch nutrition program began on Tuesday and Thursday cooked in the Center’s kitchen by the Center’s cook. All meals are $5.00 for seniors 60 and over. We look forward to participating in the next chapter of “serving” our seniors at 901 South 30th Street. We currently host bingo, bridge, and pinochle. Watercolor painting classes, a book club, a monthly lecture by Western Heritage Center, and birthday parties are also on our schedule. We have a free library as well as a small thrift store. Thanks to the many hours put in by dedicated volunteers, we are proud to help make this building a warm and welcoming environment for all walks-of-life to feel safe and enjoy a few moments of fellowship with peers.

DECEMBER 4 6-Day Christmas at the Opryland

Resort, featuring Opryland Holiday Show, luncheon and show on one of the largest showboats ever built, the General Jackson, visit the elegant Belle Meade Plantation, the Grand Ole Opry, and more. ☛ $3049/ppd; add $1369 for single. $200 Deposit to reserve a seat, balance due October 4th. Price includes RT air from Billings. Call for availability!

FEBRUARY 1, 2023 3-Day Annual SnowCoach Tour of Yellowstone National

Park! This is the only way to enjoy the beauty and magical moments of the park is from the comfort of a warm guided snow coach. Don’t wait ... avoid being on the waitlist! ☛ $662/ppd; add $233 for single supplement. $200 Deposit to reserve a seat: balance due December 21, 2022.

FEBRUARY 11 7-Day Aloha from Oahu, Hawaii!

Highlighting one of the islands of paradise. Tour includes City of Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, Shriners Children Hospital, breathtaking Diamond Head Lookout, Dole Plantation, the world famous Polynesian Cultural Center, and more. $3890/ppd; add $970 for single room. $800 Deposit to reserve seat, bal. due November 20, 2022. Price includes RT air from Billings.

MARCH 10 7-Day Great Western Resorts of Arizona.

Highlighting three nights at the award-winning Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass; Cruise on the spectacular Canyon Lake aboard Dolly Steamboat; Spend three nights at the White Stallion Ranch, an award-winning Arizona Guest Ranch, and much more. ☛ $4,149/ppd; add $899 for single. $200 Deposit to reserve seat, balance due January 10, 2023. Price includes RT air from Billings.

MARCH 26 10-Day Steam Boating on the American Queen from New Orleans to Memphis.

Tour highlights a Narrated city tour of New Orleans including St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square & the Garden District; Lunch at the New Orleans School of Cooking and learn about Cajun cooking in a fun and informative way; tour Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum plantation house in the South; many interesting and fun ports of call along the Mississippi River that includes a local guide who’ll take you on a panoramic tour of the music city, Memphis, followed by an afternoon devoted to Elvis Presley’s Graceland. Inside Staterooms are sold out and a few Outside Staterooms are still available. ☛ Starting $3829/ppt; add $2499 for single. Deposit $400 to reserve room; Final payment due 11/26/2022.

JULY 13 3-Day Tour of

Glacier National Park via the world-renown and narrated red buses, attend live play at Bigfork Summer Playhouse and an amazing and beautiful morning boat tour of the Gates of the Mountain! More details to follow!

CONTACT GDP TOURS, LILY MOORE FOR INFORMATION OFFICE (406) 256-1492 OR TALK/TEXT: (406) 860-9085 LILY@GDPTOURS.COM