December 2016 Brunswick Senior Buzz

Leland Center: A Bit of History PAGE 12

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New Supply Senior Site page 32 Meet Ellen Connor, Nutritionist page 11 Seniors Helping Seniors page 7 Low Income Energy Assistance page 5 Pet of the Month page 28

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BSRI Main Office Staff

 Jim Fish, President & CEO  Yvette Gosline, Vice President of Programs & Services

 Melody Stephens, Director of Operations

 Debra Marlowe, Organizational Development Coordinator

 Anita Langin, Accounting Technician

 Jennifer Sherman, Director of Case Management

 Eddie Jackson, Technology & Reporting Compliance Administrator  Teresa Muchler-Nogi, Data Systems Manager  Chauvet “Mel” Jackson, Operations Technician  Sarah Powell, Volunteer Coordinator  Karen Tierney, Receptionist BSRI Center/Site Staff

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appy Holidays, everyone!

We made it to the end of another year and 2016 will go down as another great 12 months of hard work, dedication, and accomplishment. I am so proud of the way that our community has come together to support, provide resources, and improve the quality of life for our seniors. There is no better feeling than standing as a witness at the intersection where need meets generosity. It just simply brings me unlimited joy. My hope for this holiday season would be an increased measure of generosity, service, and love.

There are so many examples of generosity that it is impossible to bring recognition to each and to publicly thank all those who make it possible. I would like to take a moment to thank our seniors, the BSRI board of directors, county managers and county commissioners for their commitment to our senior community.

I am pleased to announce that our commissioners voted to proceed with the purchase of 101 Stone Chimney Road for the purposes of converting it into a senior center (see story on page 32). The sale of the building is contingent on a thorough inspection of

Jim Fish, BSRI President and CEO

the structure and property. If no significant deficiencies are discovered, we expect that the building will be acquired sometime this month and we plan to open the center during the month of January 2017. Congratulations to the communities of Supply, Lockwood Folly, Sunset Harbor, and southern Bolivia.

Open enrollment, or making adjustments to Medicare health insurance plans, continues this month.

The election period runs through FROM THE CEO, continued on page 4

Letter from the President FROM THE CEO, continued on page 4

Dec. 7. This is a great time to review your insurance coverage and it’s the only time you can make changes. Our SHIIP program can help. SHIIP is free to those eligible for Medicare and is available in Shallotte and Southport. To get the most out of your session, please make a reservation. Reservations help us know how to prepare employee and volunteer schedules. To schedule an appointment, call (910) 754-2300 and ask for Karen.

Sawyer and Associates have created a floor plan for the new Calabash Area Senior Center and property surveying has been completed. The kitchen is now being designed and kitchen drawings should be completed this month. The bid process to select a qualified contractor to complete the construction will be the next step.

BSRI is seeking community support from area residents, businesses, and nonprofits to assist with needed supplies, furnishings, donations, etc. that will be non-budgeted items for the new center. We must raise $100,000 to meet that need; so far, $25,000 has been raised. If you would like to make a contribution or serve on the committee, please call (910) 754-2300 and ask for Debra Marlowe.

The new Leland Center is on track for the end of December deadline. BSRI was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Cape Fear Memorial Foundation to complete the kitchen. When the kitchen for the center was planned two years ago, it only

The Leland Center is nearing completion! BSRI is grateful for a grant from the Cape Fear Memorial Foundation that will enable us to establishing a full service kitchen in the new Brunswick Center at Leland from opening day. Finishing touches are in process now and we expect a grand opening for the center in January. Find out more in the January issue of the Brunswick Senior Buzz.

included equipment for a warming kitchen. With the news of this new grant, BSRI will proceed with establishing a full-service kitchen from opening day. It is possible that this change may postpone our opening for a week or so, but that remains to be seen.

If the building is completed on time, the community can expect that we will do an official grand opening sometime in January 2017.

BSRI is seeking community support from residents, business and local nonprofits to assist with the needed supplies, furnishings, donations, etc. that will be nonbudgeted items for the new Leland Center. No donation is too small and all donations are tax deductible. If you would like to make a contribution, please call (910) 754-2300 and ask for Debra Marlowe.

Please be mindful of those around you this holiday season. I am burdened by the thought of those who will pass the coming days in loneliness. The magnitude of this problem cannot be overcome by one organization

alone. Please reach out to those who suffer in isolation.

May the spirit of the holidays be with you and yours!

Your Devoted Servant, Jim

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We will soon move to the new Leland Center, but first we’ll say goodbye to the old center, the former Leland School. In this issue, former Leland School principal Nelson Best (left), former student Louise Harrison,and former secretary Helen Best tell their stories of integration circa 1969. Read about it on page 12.

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Hurricane Matthew bumped the 6th Annual Seniors Helping Seniors Event to a new date, Oct. 21, but not to worry— BSRI staff, sponsors, volunteers, seniors, their families and caregivers, all jumped on board to make this year's event another amazing success.

Photo by Lee Norris

UNCW volunteers assisted at BSRI’s Seniors Helping Seniors event Oct. 21.

Photo by Jim Fish

Volunteers/SHIIP

By Sarah Powell Volunteer Coordinator

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olidays are here we need all the helping hands we can get! We are looking for volunteers in the following areas: 

A volunteer once a week Mondays through Fridays in the Shallotte Senior Center kitchen and the Leland Senior Center kitchen This volunteer will assist the nutrition staff with packing meals, interact with Meals on Wheels volunteers, and help serve lunch and tidy up the kitchen space.

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A volunteer in the administrative department in both Southport and in Shallotte. This volunteer will help with administrative duties such as answering calls, filing, data entry, and special projects.

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Please ask how you can help make seniors feel special this Christmas by helping with Stockings for Seniors.

To learn more, call Sarah Powell, Volunteer Coordinator, at (910) 754-2300 or spowell@bsrinc.org.

A few volunteers to specialize in fundraising events. BSRI has many fundraising events throughout the county This volunteer will help staff put together event materials and also help work the events.

he following information is provided courtesy of the monthly Medicare blog found on the www.medicare.gov website.

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The disease can lead to kidney failure, amputations, and blindness. November is American Diabetes Month, the perfect time for you to find out if you’re at risk and learn about the benefits Medicare covers if you have diabetes.

Many people with diabetes don’t know that they have it—fortunately, Medicare covers screening tests so you can find out if you do. If you’re at high risk for developing diabetes, Medicare covers up to 2 fasting blood glucose (blood sugar) tests each year. If your doctor accepts assignment, you pay nothing for these tests. You may be at high risk for diabetes if you’re obese, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a family history of diabetes.

Talk to your doctor to find out when you should get your free screening test.

If you have diabetes, Medicare covers many of your supplies, including test strips, monitors, and control solutions. In some cases, Medicare also covers therapeutic shoes if you have diabetic foot problems. You pay 20%

of the Medicare-approved amount for these supplies.

Medicare also covers diabetes self-management training to help you learn how to better manage your diabetes.

You can learn how to monitor your blood sugar, control your diet, exercise, and manage your prescriptions. Talk to your doctor about how this training can help you stay healthy and avoid serious complications.

Medicare also offers the Everyone with Diabetes Counts (EDC) program—a program that offers selfmanagement group sessions to some people who live in underserved and rural communities. If you’re eligible, you pay nothing to participate in the program. To find out if you’re eligible or if there’s an available class near you, contact the Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) in your state.

You can learn more about American Diabetes Month and how to prevent and treat this disease from the American Diabetes Association at diabetes.org.

Take steps to fight diabetes today—talk to your doctor today about screening tests and what supplies and training you may need to stay healthy.

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Trips 2nd TRIP ADDED! Holiday Festival of Lights, Charleston, SC December 13-15, 2016 $369 per person based on double occupancy, due at the time of registration and non-refundable Please RSVP in person at your local Senior Center.

Departs from Shallotte Center Trip Includes: Deluxe Motorcoach transportation to Charleston, SC, 2 nights hotel accommodations, 2 breakfasts, 2 Dinners (includes 1 dinner at the Charleston Crab House), Holiday Dinner Cruise aboard the Spirit of Carolina, James Island Holiday Festival of Lights, Guided Tour of Historic Charleston, Holiday Shopping at Charleston’s Historic City Market, standard taxes, fees, meal gratuities and baggage handling.

Eastern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Norwegian “Epic” January 21-28, 2017 Pricing starts at $1099* per person based on double occupancy Full payment due at the time of registration Passport is required Deadline to RSVP, Cancellation penalties apply— Trip includes: Deluxe motorcoach transportation from Brunswick County to pier (please note we will be traveling at night to save on cost), 8 day/7 night cruise to Tortola, British Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, includes cabin, shipboard meals, port charges, taxes and transfers in Orlando/Port Canaveral Departure Locations Vary *pricing is based on cabin availability at the time of your registration. Please, note: The cruiseline reserves the right to lower our inventory or increase the price per cabin at any time.

Washington, DC April 3-5, 2017 $399 per person based on double occupancy Deadline to RSVP & Cancel: Jan. 6, 2017 This trip includes: deluxe motorcoach transportation, 2 nights hotel accommodations, 1 breakfast, 1 dinner, 1 lunch with entertainment onboard the Odyssey Monument Cruise, Guided tour of Washington, DC, Visit to the Smithsonian Institute Museums, standard taxes, meal gratuities and baggage handling.

Departure Locations Vary New Orleans, LA Friday, March 3 Trip Opens: Nov. 7 $799 per person based on double occupancy, $100 deposit due at the time of registration Please RSVP in person at your local Senior Center Trip departs from Shallotte Deadline to RSVP, Cancel and final payment due: Trip includes: Deluxe motorcoach transportation, 5 nights

hotel accommodations, 5 breakfasts, 2 dinners including 1 dinner at the New Orleans School of Cooking, Evening Hotel Receptions with Hot Food and Spirits, Guided Tour of New Orleans, Tour an Old Fashioned Louisiana Plantation, Cruise the Mississippi on a Steamboat, Free Time in the French Quarter, Visit to Harrahs Casino, Guided Tour of Atlanta with an optional dinner with entertainment for an additional $60, standard taxes, meal gratuities and baggage handling.

Harrahs at Cherokee Opens Nov. 15, 2016 March 29 & 30, 2016 $209 per person based on double occupancy, due at the time of registration Please RSVP in person at your local Senior Center.

Deadline to RSVP & Cancel with no penalty: Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 Trip Includes: Deluxe Motorcoach transportation to Cherokee, NC, 1 night hotel accommodation, 2 days incentives ($20 free slot play voucher, $20 food voucher), standard taxes and fees.

Departs from The Brunswick Center at Shallotte Please RSVP for Trips in person at your local Senior Center. All additional payments other than deposits can be paid in installments unless otherwise noted.

Special dietary needs or room requests, please notify us at the time of registration.

Departure locations vary.

What do I do with my Grandparents’ treasures?

We have a staff that will organize a sale onsite or off-site sale for the family with the utmost respect and consideration.

We offer a complimentary consultation to discuss your needs. Call Floyd Francis at 910-471-8833 or Kathy Woods at 910-233 -5595 with any questions.

Nutrition Tips

By Ellen Connor Program Specialist

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Eat a small healthy meal before the gathering .

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olidays are a joyful time, celebrating timehonored traditions with family and friends. If you find yourself on a stress-andoverload trajectory as you plan, organize, and implement your holiday festivities, the following ideas may be helpful.

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Reducing stress, staying active, eating healthy, and Reduce stress during the holidays with yoga, meditation, or getting enough sleep are mindfulness. Or take a walk on the beach! all key components of healthy living, especially during day gatherings. Go for a walk the holidays. after dinner.

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Give yourself time each day to decompress. Try yoga, meditation, or mindfulness moments.

It can be as simple as deep breathing for a few minutes or going for a nature walk. Go to www.donothingfor2 minutes.com for ideas.

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Stay active. Do some active shopping rather than online shopping. Walk around the neighborhood looking at holiday lights, or go caroling with friends. Move around and meet new people or reconnect with old acquaintances at holi-

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Strive for at least seven hours of sleep each night.

The biggest challenge during the holidays is maintaining healthy eating goals, since most activities include food. Follow the “myplate” guidelines for healthy choices at parties and gatherings: 

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Make half your plate vegetables, a quarter of your plate a lean protein, and the remaining quarter whole grains – go to www.ChooseMyPlate.gov for more information.

Bring a healthy salad made with

Try simple food substitutions during meal preparation. Use plain nonfat Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Add extra sautéed vegetables and whole grain breads or brown rice to stuffing. Add shredded cauliflower or summer squash to casseroles for extra volume and nutrition. Substitute a sharp cheddar cheese for a mild cheese in a recipe to use less without losing flavor.

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Fruits in desserts are naturally sweet, allowing you to use less sugar in the recipe. Add mashed banana, applesauce, or plain nonfat Greek yogurt to replace some of the fat in recipes.

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If you know you are going to have that sugar cookie, or piece of pecan pie for dessert, forego the dinner roll with your meal.

Cheers! Some healthy drink choices include spiced tea, seltzer water with sliced lime or lemon or a splash of fruit juice, wine spritzer made with dry wine, and club soda with ice.

Nutritional Services

By Shelagh Clancy Editor

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here are big changes cooking in BSRI‟s nutrition program!

Last month we told you about chef Ryan Gibbs rustling up a new in-house meal program.

This month, meet program specialist Ellen Connor, who will be developing BSRI‟s nutrition program.

Connor is a nutritionist with a degree in dietetics and plenty of experience in senior needs. She‟ll be working on daily programming with BSRI participants and on health and wellness with BSRI staff as well.

friends,” Connor said.

Connor believes in stress reduction as a component of wellness, and she wants to bring BSRI staff and patrons on board.

“For instance, I want to promote mindfulness: being mindful in your daily life for stress reduction and healthy eating,” she said.

Connor has worked in a variety of settings: with the WIC program in a public health department, in a clinical setting in a hospital, in a nursing Photo by Sarah Powell home, and most Connor will be based in Program Specialist Ellen Connor chats with BSRI volunteer Sybil recently in the senior the new Leland Center Clemmons at the Brunswick center at Shallotte. Connor will help sector in New Hanover Brunswick County seniors and BSRI staff with nutritional programs (slated to open around the County. And she once first of the year). But expect and assistance. Watch this space for recipes, too! had a business out to see her out and about West, a café in South Dakota‟s Badlands. throughout Brunswick County. She‟ll be making home visits to seniors who get home-delivered meals who may be at nutritional risk. She‟ll be visiting all the BSRI sites “The position has been started—it„s up to us to and centers, helping to solve nutritional issues identified develop it,” Connor said. She plans to collaborate with

by BSRO caseworkers. other organizations in the county, such as the health Brunswick County seniors might need nutritional department or diabetes staff at the hospital. And she‟ll be services for many reasons. They may be at risk for working with Ryan Gibbs in BSRI‟s new in-house food malnutrition or have diseases such as diabetes that can be service program, collaborating on menus and serving as a helped with nutritional assistance. Connor will meet with nutritional resource. these patrons and maybe with their caregivers too.

You‟ll see Connor in these pages too, offering “We can talk about shopping to improve nutrition. If nutritional tips and fun recipes. Do you have requests or money is a problem, we can address ways to eat ideas? Send them to Connor at econnor@bsrinc.org or nutritionally for optimum health on a budget. We can go the Buzz at newsletters.bsri@gmail.com. on shopping trips with the client and their family and

Our History

A Moment in History: Saying

By Adrienne Brown, Assistant Center Director, Leland

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efore we say goodbye to the old Leland Center, the Leland Center staff would like to honor our senior participants by telling their story about their place in history. I had the opportunity to interview former student Mrs. Louise Quince Harrison and retired principal of the Leland School Mr. Nelson Best, as they shared their memories of the first year that the Leland school became integrated.

Nelson and Helen Best are two pillars of the Leland community.

They are revered by their by former students in the highest regard—so much so that those students have paid for meals at restaurants just to show their gratitude.

Mr. Best was a basketball coach in Greenville for five years prior to becoming the principal for the first integrated graduating class at the Leland School in 1969. Mrs. Best worked alongside her husband for a short time as the school secretary.

Mr. Best says he knew that the schools were moving towards integration: “It was a necessary thing,” he said.

Mrs. Louise Quince Harrison, a retired medical assistant, was one of the students in the first integrated graduating class. “I felt good about integration,” Mrs. Harrison said.

Being around white kids didn’t bother her. Mrs. Harrison knew that it would be different, but was curious about what the change would bring. She recalls being “a little scared, but glad to see that integra-

Photos by Adrienne Brown

Nelson Best was a basketball coach in Greenville before becoming the principal of the first integrated graduating class at the Leland School in 1969. “It was a necessary thing,” he says of integration.

tion was happening because civil rights activists had worked so hard for it.”

Mr. and Mrs. Best reminisced about living in the principal’s home on campus where they provided housing for exchange students. During their first year, they stayed up late at night poring through the records of the students within the district expected to attend the Leland School. They worked tirelessly to make sure each student would have the credits they needed to graduate.

During his three years as principal, Mr. Best created close relationships with his staff. He fondly re-

members his relationship with Vice Principal Edgar Gore. At that time it was not unusual see a white principal and a black assistant principal in integrated schools. Mr. Best believed that the unity between he and his assistant principal helped set the example for students to learn what it meant to be unified.

When integration began, the Leland School consisted of 60 percent white students and 40 percent black students. Mr. Best was committed to making sure that his students felt comfortable and were able to relate to staff. He did so by to making sure that there was a racial balance among the faculty and students.

“Can’t recall any student ever saying anything bad about Mr.

Our History

Goodbye to the Old Leland School

Mrs. Louise Quince Harrison, left, was a student at the Leland School (currently the Brunswick Center at Leland) when it was integrated in 1969. Helen Best, right, wife of school principal Nelson Best, worked as school secretary.

Best,” Mrs. Harrison said. “He took care of both sides … treated everyone equal, everyone fair. Would pat us on the back and tell us, „It‟s gonna be all right,‟ as he walked down the hall. He loved his students.”

Not everyone warmly received the school‟s integration process. As Mr. Best reflects, the bulk of his support came from black families, even when he had to suspended students because of misconduct. Mrs. Louise Harrison recollects that she was one of those kids suspended for fighting because another student, who later became close friends with

We’re excited to move to the new Leland Center. But we won’t forget our old center and all its history. her sister, was taunting her.

“The black parents were very supportive because they wanted the same rights as whites,” Mrs. Harrison said. “Name calling, we dealt

Nelson Best was principal of the Leland School when it was integrated in 1969.

He worked to promote unity and harmony at the school.

with it the best we could. We learn from each other. It might have been sometimes in a bad way, but we learned from each other.”

Both Best and Harrison attribute the success of integrating Leland‟s first graduating class to God. I watched Mrs. Best‟s eyes light up as she talked about how proud she is of her husband. She remembers how they made it through the tough times: “The Lord was working in this school.”

Now 84, Mr. Best says he hopes that the school remains standing in Leland as a part of history. He hopes that the building will continue to be used for a positive purpose.

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15 10:00 Board puzzle 10:45 Exercise 11:00 TV game show 12:00 Christmas Dinner

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Boiling Spring Lakes Senior Site Activity Calendar

December 2016

*Subject to change

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10:15am Qi Gong 11am Fit 4 Life 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

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10:15am Qi Gong 11am Fit 4 Life 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

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20 9am Last Minute Shoppers Trip to Tanger Outlets MB 9am Yoga-Pilates Combo 6pm Yoga

27 CLOSED MERRY CHRISTMAS

2 9am Yoga-Pilates Combo 10am Mah Jong 6pm Yoga

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7 10am Cardio Fit & Fun 10:15am Walking 11am Fit 4 Life 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

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10am Cardio Fit & Fun 10:15am Walking 11am Fit 4 Life 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

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Fun 10:15am Walking 11am Fit 4 Life 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

28 10am Cardio Fit &

Fun 10:15am Qi Gong 11am Fit 4 Life 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

Friday

8 10:00am Garden Club 11:00am Carolina Opry 9am Yoga-Pilates Combo 10am Mah Jong 6pm Yoga 15 11:00am Garden Club Co Hosts Senior Christmas Party 9am Yoga-Pilates Combo 10am Mah Jong 6pm Yoga

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10:15am Qi Gong 11am TOPS 11am Cardio Chair Fitness 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

9 10:15am Qi Gong 11am TOPS 11am Cardio Chair Fitness 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

16 10:15am Qi Gong 11am TOPS 11am Cardio Chair Fitness 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

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30 10:15am Qi Gong 11am TOPS 11am Cardio Chair Fitness 12pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Rummikub 12:30pm Card club

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BSRI’s Thrift Store 10001 Beach Dr. Calabash, NC Whether shopping, donating, or volunteering, your support of BSRI’s Thrift Store @ Calabash helps to provide vital services and resources for our senior participants.

Donations???

Call (910) 579-7488 to schedule pick-up.

Your support is greatly appreciated!

Friday

10:00 am Reading 10:45 am BINGO 12:00 pm Lunch 5

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10:00 am Reading 11:00 Blood pressure screen 11:15 am Exercise 12:00 pm Lunch 12:30 pm Corn Hole Game

10:00 am Reading, 10:30 am BINGO 12:00 pm Lunch

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Closed for Christmas Holiday

10:00 am 11:15 am 12:00 pm 12:30 pm

9 Reading Exercise Lunch Christmas Party

Reading Exercise Lunch Corn Hole Game

11:15am 12:00pm~Exercise 12:00pm Senior Lunch 12:30pm Cards & Games

10:00 am Reading, 10:30 am BINGO 12:00 pm Lunch

Closed for Christmas Holiday

30 10:00 am Reading, 10:45 am BINGO 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm New Years Party Cards & Games

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Activity Calendar

December 2016

Subject to change EVERY TUESDAY

EVERY WEDNESDAY

8:00 Coffee with Friends/ Billiards/Morning News 8:30 Chess Club 10:00 Crafts/Painting 10: 30 Seated Chair Aerobics 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Painting w/Bobbie & Geri-Fit w/ Juanita 1:30 Tai-Chi w/ Isabella(*)

EVERY MONDAY

8:00 Coffee with Friends/ Billiards/Morning News 8:30 Chess Club 8:30 Stretch and Core 9:15 Rise & Shine Gentle Yoga with Juanita 10:30 Balance w/ Isabella 12:00 Lunch 12:30 Tai-Chi Chair w/ Isabella 2:00 Zumba Gold w/ Isabella(*)

8:00 Coffee with Friends/ Billiards/Morning News 8:30 Strength &Core 8:30 Chess Club 9:45 Line Dancing 9:45 Adventures in Walking 10:45 Aerobics Chair Exercise 11:30 Lunch 1:00 Yoga with Juanita 2:00 Chair Yoga w/ Juanita 3:00 25.20.15 w/ Juanita (*)

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TUESDAY

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1-4 Free Choice

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY 1

NOVEMBER 30TH (last grooming day of the year) Grooming Day @ BCC depart at 10:00

6 Breakers Resort shopping Trip!!!

Departure time 1:pm

EVERY FRIDAY 8:00 Coffee with Friends/ Billiards/Morning News 8:30 Chess Club 10:00 Crafts/Painting w/ Bobbie 10:00 Geri-Fit w/ Juanita 12:00 Lunch 1:30 Yoga with Juanita 2:30 Tabata w/ Juanita (*)

FRIDAY Leland Centers Christmas party!!!

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7 8 9 Breakers Resort shopping Breakers Resort shopping Trip!!!

Trip!!!

10:30 a.m. Wreath Making with Barbara Walker 11:00 AM Beginners' Line Dancing with Linda W.

Bracelet making w/ Phyllis 11:30 12

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Shopping Day Trip Hamricks, Ross, Marshalls Lunch at Red Lobster Departure time 10:30 Bracelet making w/ Phyllis 11:30

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20 10 AM– LIEAP applications accepted

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15 12:15 pm Instructors' Meeting

Leland Senior Ambassador's Meeting & Orientation beginning at 1:00 PM 10 AM– LIEAP applications accepted

16 10:30 Fitness for your Brain 11am Computer Connections w/Callum and Beginners' Line Dancing with Linda W.

Bracelet making w/ Phyllis 11:30

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CENTER CLOSED

CENTER CLOSED DROP-IN/FREE CHOICE ACTIVITIES: DAILY 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM * Class Fee -$5

Puzzles, Computer, Books Newspaper, Card Games, TV, Wii, Exercise Equipment, Shuffleboard, Checkers/Chess, Rummikub, Simple Sewing, Horseshoes, Socialization, Walking Track, Board Games

The Brunswick Center at Leland

The Brunswick Center at Leland

Oak Island Senior Site Oak Island Community Center 102 S E 47th Street Oak Island, NC 28461

Deanna Eddinger, Community Center Director 910-278-3622 0r 278-6552 BSRI Main 910-754-2300

Senior Activity Calendar December 2016 (Subject to Change)

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

1 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO 1:30 Board Games & Social Time

2 10:00 am Social Time 10:30 am Pool Pals 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm Rummikub 1:30 Board Games & Social Time

1 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:00 Sit & Be Fit 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO

6 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO 1:30 Board Games & Social Time

7 10:00 am Social Time 10:30 Pool Pals 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm Rummikub 1:30pm Wii Bowling

8 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:00 Chair Yoga 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO

13 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO 1:30 Card Games & Social Time 20 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:45 am Senior Lunch &

14 10:00 am Social Time 10:30 am Pool Pals 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm Rummikub 1:30 Board Games & Social Time 21 10:00 am Social Time 10:30 Pool Pals 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm Rummikub 1:30pm Wii Bowling

15 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:00 Sit & Be Fit 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO 1:30 Social Time 22 Closed for Christmas Holiday

28 10:00 am Social Time 10:30 am Pool Pals 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm Rummikub 1:30 Board Games & Social Time

29 10:00 am Rummikub 10:30 Playing Pool 11:00 Sit & Be Fit 11:45 am Senior Lunch 12:30 pm BINGO 1:30 Social Time

Christmas Party 12:30 pm BINGO 27 Closed for Christmas Holiday

The Brunswick Center at Shallotte Activity Calendar

DECEMBER

Subject to change

Suggestion Box Located at the Reception

Desk

EVERY MONDAY 10 :30am Weekly Updates 10am Beginner Line Dancing 10:30am Line Dancing 11am Exercise Class 11am *Stretch and Tone w/ Nancy ($5) 11:45am Lunch 12:15pm Bingo 1:30pm Tai Chi w/ Dean 1:30pm Knit/Crochet 3:00pm Zumba Gold

EVERY TUESDAY

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Exercise

Walgreens Presentation 11:00am GeriFit Noon Lunch 1pm Jewelry Making Class 1:15pm Tai Chi w/ Dean 1:30pm Scrabble 2:15pm *Yoga w/ Charlotte ($5)

MONDAY

TUESDAY

*Fee based Classes noted above

Boost Available for Purchase During Center Hours 8am to 4pm

10am 10:30am 10:30am 11:00am Noon 12:30pm

1:15pm 3:00pm

WEDNESDAY

Yoga w/ Nancy Craft Class Exercise Class GeriFit Lunch Intro to Microsoft Office Suite Tai Chi w/ Dean Zumba Gold

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St. Nicholas Day

13

Trim The Tree Party 11:45am Nurtition Presentation 7

Pearl Harbor Day

14

11:00am Cookie Swap

19 UGLY SWEATER DAY CONTEST

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16Birthday Day 10:30 am Blood Pressure Screening

by Amedysis Hospice 1pm-4pm Senior Art Show and Sale 1pm Movie Day “A Christmas Story”

Meditation Class CANCELLED

HOLIDAY PARTY

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2 10:30 am Blood Pressure Screening

by Amedysis Hospice 1pm Movie Day “Four Christmases” 9

Meditation Class CANCELLED

CENTER CLOSED

FRIDAY

8 National Brownie Day

11am Sip ‘n Chat

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Computer Class 9:30am Ladies Pool / Billards 10am Pilates 10am Choral Group 11:45am Lunch 12:15pm Bingo 1pm Art Class 1pm *Tai Chi w/Keith 2:30pm *Tai Chi w/ Keith ( Tai Chi Classes $5 each class) 7pm Bluegrass Music

THURSDAY 1

5

EVERY FRIDAY 8:30am

9am

10:30am Class 11:00am

Meditation Class 10am Beginner Line Dancing 10:30am Line Dancing 11am Adult Coloring 11am Exercise Class Noon Lunch Noon *Pilates w/ Angela ($5) 12:30pm Bridge 1pm Shopping 1pm Rummikub 2pm Table Tennis

EVERY THURSDAY

CENTER CLOSED

CENTER CLOSED `

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CRAFT CLASS CANCELLED

30 11am NEW YEAR’S PARTY Tai Chi CANCELLED

The Brunswick Center at Shallotte 3620 Express Drive Shallotte, NC 28470 910-754-2300 x 1001

—An NC Certified Senior Center of Excellence— Anne Gass, Center Director Kathy Gehlhardt, Assistant Director

Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

A Special Christmas Message from Anne I feel that the best present one can hope for is to spend time together. We receive this gift all year long when we spend time at the center with all of you. 'Tis the season to wish one another joy, love, and peace. These are our wishes for you, dear friends. Happy Holidays from Anne, Kathy, and Zach.

Center Christmas Party, Friday, Dec. 9.

Join us for good food (catered by Jerome’s) and fellowship! You must sign up by Monday, Dec. 5.

Cookie Swap! Love cookies? Don’t want to bake all those varieties yourself? Problem solved: join our cookie exchange, Tuesday, Dec 13. Make at least 2 dozen of your favorite cookie recipe (it doesn’t necessarily have to be “Christmas” cookies) and bring them to the center to exchange with other cookie bakers.

Please include the recipe (unless it’s a family secret, of course).

Keith Webb’s December and January Class Schedule Tai Chi Classes are cancelled for Friday, Dec. 30. Class will resume on Friday, Jan. 6. Wednesday meditation classes on Dec 21, 28, and Jan 4, are also cancelled; but classes will resume Wednesday, Jan 11. Each Tai Chi class is $5. Meditation classes are free.

The center is CLOSED for the holidays on: Thursday, Dec. 22; Friday, Dec. 23; Monday, Dec. 26; and Tuesday, Dec. 27.

Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest Monday, Dec 19.

We want to see your wild and crazy holiday sweater! You may wear it or bring it with you, but…you will have to model the sweater to participate in the contest. If your sweater is voted the ugliest one, you’ll win a prize!

Senior Art Show and Sale! Friday, Dec. 16, 1pm to 4pm.

Our talented art class students (under the direction of Instructor Joan Hoyle) will display their works. Come!

Get inspired and join our fun art class Fridays at 1pm.

Trim the Tree Day is Thursday, Dec. 1. Get your holiday mojo going and help us decorate our tree! Hot chocolate and cookies will be available for added seasonal “inspiration.”

WANTED: Volunteer scrapbooking crafter(s) to organize and assemble the “Story of our Center.”

Pictures, articles, memorabilia to be provided. We supply the materials you’ll need. You supply the creativity and labor.

Please help preserve our history! Call Kathy Gehlhardt for more information.

Weekly Update/ Sip ‘n Chat Share your questions, suggestions, or comments every Monday at 10:30am and every third Thursday at 11am.

Coffee’s hot and free!

Blood Pressure Check RN Rebecca Green of Amedisys Hospice will be here every 1st and 3rd Friday at 10:30am. No appointment needed.

Celebrate Birthdays Celebrate these special days with us on the last Friday of every month. We’ll sing, eat cake, and have fun. Party hat and dancing optional.

Loose Change Challenge Thanks to everyone for their generous donation of coins (and bills, too!)

We appreciate your support of the Center’s senior programs.

Movie Day We have two great holiday movies for you this month: Friday, Dec. 2 at 1pm, Four Christmases.

Friday, Dec. 16 at 1pm, A Christmas Story.

Free admission, popcorn & candy.

Soft drinks and water available for purchase.

— Peace on earth will come to stay / when we live Christmas every day. Helen Steiner Rice.

— You know you’re grown up when none of the things you want for Christmas can be bought at a store. Anonymous

The Brunswick Center at Shallotte —An NC Certified Senior Center of Excellence— 3620 Express Drive Shallotte, NC 28470 Anne Gass, Center Director 910-754-2300 x 1001 Kathy Gehlhardt, Assistant Director

Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

We have three really cool projects for you this month plus our regular jewelry-making class! Classes are limited to 6 people (unless noted). Signup for ALL craft classes is now extended to Monday by 4pm. Payment (also due on Monday) secures your spot at the table! Some classes require participants to bring certain items so we can keep class fees low. Ask what you need to bring when you sign up or check the Buzz or the flyer at the center. Remember to register with our center before attending classes if you haven’t already done so. Thanks! (Note: some pictures may be representative of projects.) COMING UP in January 2017: Cake Decorating Classes!

Make custom jewelry with Instructor Jennifer Gerrald.

Each class features a different project. $20 (All materials included.)

December 1 Deco Mesh Wreath $20 (All materials included.)

December 8 Decorated Glass Ornament $3 (Choose wire, ribbon, beads, “snow,” etc.)

All materials included.

December 15 Paint ’n Take Acrylic on Canvas $5.

Winter Cardinals (All materials included.)

Jennifer and students having fun!

Center New Year’s Party, Friday, Dec. 30, 11am. Get “all gussied up” in your holiday finest and bring your party attitude! Whoop, Whoop!

Birthday Celebration Day, Friday, Dec. 16. You know the drill: cake, singing, fun, possible dancing around (not upon) the tables, and other birthday shenanigans!

Pearl Harbor Day is Wednesday, Dec. 7. There are not many veterans still here to tell the story of that fateful day in 1941 in which Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) was bombed. As a result, the US entered into World War II. Please honor those American servicemen and women whose bravery cost them their lives by flying the American flag at half-mast on this day.

Just for Fun — Origins of the New Year’s Day & Resolutions “In 2013, archaeologists found the world's oldest calendar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was remarkably sophisticated, allowing for astronomic corrections – and a stunning 10,000 years old. Until the Aberdeen discovery, all credit for marking the new year went to the Babylonians, and they partied hard. Four thousand years ago they rung in the new year with an 11-day festival, and are said to have made the first recorded New Year's resolutions – to the gods as a way of currying favour, but also themselves by resolving to get out of debt.

When did we get the New Year as we know it?

It all began with a toga party. The Romans named January after the two-faced god Janus – and this is where new year resolutions began in earnest. Janus wasn't a fence-sitter, a twotimer or a font of mendacity – he was the god of doors and new beginnings. In the spirit of moral rejuvenation, Romans pledged to be good to others – and for a few days the slaves of the city were treated to a feast and some social barriers were loosened, all to please the gods. Later, when Christianity took root and the pagan gods were banished, the new year promises became more moral and tied up with prayer. The January 1 marker, however, took a while to catch on – and it wasn't until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced his Gregorian calendar (which was really the Julian calendar from 46 BC) that Europe adhered to the New Year's Day that we celebrate today.” Source: www.canberratimes.com.

Get Connected to Your Senior Center! Tired of being the last to know what’s happening at the Center? Send your email info us at agass@bsrinc.org and we’ll keep you posted about new activities, changes/updates, and cancellations. We will never share your email!

Poet’s Corner Are you a senior who writes poetry? We’d love to hear from you!

Send us your poems and we’ll chose one each month for publishing in the Buzz and posting at the center. To find out how to submit your poems, email us at agass@bsrinc.org or call 910-754-2300 x1001.

Show Me the Money!

The Brunswick Center at Southport Southport Senior Center Activity Calendar

December

Subject to change, ($, denotes instructor fee; M, demotes material fee)

EVERY MONDAY

EVERY TUESDAY

EVERY WEDNESDAY

7:30-4 Exercise Room & Billiards 7:30 Yoga & Pilates 8:30 Coffee w/Friends 9 :00 You Can Do IT 9:30 Mah Jongg 9:30 Hand & Foot 9:30 Tai Chi Forms ($) 10:30 Adult Coloring 10:30 Beg. Tai Chi 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Wii 1:30 Ballroom Dancing 1:30 Mah Jongg 2 Total Body Conditioning 3 “ABS”olute CORE Power ($)

8-8 Exercise Room & Billiards 8:00 Beach Walk @ Caswell Access 8:00 Coffee w/Friends 9:30 Party Bridge 10:30 Yoga w/ Ella Hill ($) 11:45 Lunch 12:00 Walgreens Presentation 12:00 Beginning Yoga 12:30 Wii 12:30 Cornhole 12:30 Ladder Golf 1 Silver Paddles 1:30 Gentle Cardio & Core 2 Senior Splash 2:30 HIITS 2:30 Art Smart 3:30 Basketball 6:30 Square Dancing ($)

8-4 Exercise Room & Billiards 8:00 Coffee w/Friends 9-12 Begin, Adv., Int. Watercolor ($) 9:30 Geri-Fit 9:30 Tai Chi Forms ($) 10 Jewelry 101 (M) 10 Caregiver Support Group4th Wednesdays (no support group this month) 10:30 Tai Chi ($) 10:45 Easy Does It 11:45 Lunch 12:15 Bible Study 12:30 Wii 12:30 Silver Samurai ($) 12:30 Games 12:30 Afternoon Movie (M) 2:30 Ballet & Tap

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-4 Exercise Room & Billiards 7:30 Yoga & Pilates 8:30 Coffee w/Friends 9 Gerifit 9 Craft (M) 10 Knit & Chain Gang 10 Quilting 10:30 Bible Study 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Wii 1:30 Gentle Cardio & Core ($) 1:00 Beg. Line Dance 2:00 Int./Adv. Line Dance 2:30 HIITS ($)

EVERY FRIDAY 8-4 Exercise Room & Billiards 8:00 Coffee w/Friends 9 Technology Workshop 9:30 Tai Chi Forms ($) 10 Sewing 10:30 Tai Chi ($) 11:30 Total Body Conditioning 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Wii 12:30 Games 1 Pickleball 1 Photography 2nd & 4th Fridays 1:30 Hand Drumming 1st & 3rd Fridays Weekly Update Emailed

THURSDAY 1 8am Deck the Halls

Calendar is subject to change… please email Randy at rgillette@bsrinc.org to receive regular updates

FRIDAY 2 12:30pm Christmas Karaoke Deadline to RSVP for Christmas Luncheon Don’t forget to Ride with us in the Parade, Dec. 3, meet at 11:45am! Please RSVP!

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6 11:45 Blood Pressure Checks by Amedysis

7 9am Depart for Coastal Grand Mall

8 11:30am Christmas Luncheon

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14 11:45 Nutrition Presentation No movie today 2pm Christmas Party presented by the Tappers Extraordinaire

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19 Welcome Ryan Gibbs Catering!

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Center Closed

26 Center Closed

27 Center Closed

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Silk Scarf Dying

Monday Jan. 23 10am-Noon Fee TBA RSVP

Silk Painting

Monday Jan. 30 10am-Noon Fee TBA RSVP

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Jewelry 101

Wednesdays Begins Jan. 11 10am-Noon Fee for materials No RSVP

January Closings

Monday, Jan. 2 New Years Monday, Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday

A Matter of Balance

Randy & Susan will teach A Matter of Balance Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9am-11am Beginning Jan. 10.

This is a falls prevention class that is 8 sessions. We must have 8 folks!

RSVP

The Brunswick Center at Southport 1513 N. Howe St., Ste. 1 Southport, NC 28461

Susan Whitley, Center Director

Phone 910-454-0583

Randy Gillette, Assistant Director

Join us in the BSRI van on Saturday, Dec. 3rd for the Christmas parade. Please RSVP as space is limited.

Arrive at the center no later than 11:45am

Office Hours: 8am-4pm,

Activity hours vary

Monday-Friday

Lunch Served at 11:45am

Senior Center’s Christmas Luncheon Thursday, December 8th at 11:30am Please RSVP by Friday, Dec. 2, no fee

Senior Tarheel Legislators!

Meet your local Senior Tarheel Legislators Jan. 11 at 12:30pm, Please RSVP

The Senior Tarheel Legislature is a group of county delegates who represent you! They speak with the NC House and NC Senate on topics that seniors need funding for. Come learn how you can get involved and support the needs of seniors in our community!

Christmas Shopping Trip Dec. 7 Coastal Grand Mall Departs 9am

Special Events

NOTICE!!

The Brunswick Senior Center at Southport will be Closed December 22-27 for Christmas Jan. 2 For New Years

Deck the Halls-Thursday, December 1 at 8am! Come out and help us decorate the center for Christmas Christmas Karaoke-Friday, December 2nd, 12:30pm-1:30pm Tappers Extraordinaire Party-Wednesday, December 14th at 2pm, RSVP by Friday, Dec. 9

Let’s Get Artsy!

Jewelry 101

Silk Scarf Dying

Silk Painting

Wednesdays Begins Jan. 11 10am-Noon Fee for materials No RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Monday Jan. 23 10am-Noon Fee TBA

Monday Jan. 30 10am-Noon Fee TBA

The Brunswick Center at Southport 1513 N. Howe St., Ste. 1 Southport, NC 28461 Phone 910-454-0583

Susan Whitley, Center Director Randy Gillette, Assistant Director

A Matter of Balance

Randy & Susan will be teaching A Matter of Balance Tuesdays & Thursdays 9am-11am Beginning Jan. 10, 2017 This is a falls prevention class that is 8 sessions. Please note, we must have 8 folks! RSVP

Geri-Fit® Wednesdays-9:30am Thursdays-9am Geri-Fit® is an evidence-based group strength training exercise program for older adults of all senior ages and fitness levels. This tried and proven program helps rebuild strength that's been lost through the aging process. Just show up! No fee!

Help Wanted!!

2 people that can work together to help create our part of the BSRI monthly senior newspaper the “BUZZ”. Responsibilities include page layout, writing interesting articles about the Southport Senior center, promoting all upcoming special events, and working with directors to ensure accuracy of daily schedule of activities.

This position will be approximately 4 to 5 hours per month.

Qualifications  Working knowledge of Microsoft Publisher  Ability to attend center events during the day and evenings  Working independently and with center staff  Goal oriented  Ability to meet deadlines  Photography This is a volunteer position with no pay. You will be given credit for articles written, photos taken and become a valuable member of the Southport Senior Center volunteer team!

Office Hours: 8am-4pm,

Activity hours vary

Monday-Friday

Lunch Served at 11:45am

Stuff our Stocking for Seniors!

Occasionally, while out visiting homebound seniors, we find they may need the following items.

Please stuff our stocking in the lobby so we have supplies on hand to share! Thanks!

Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Mouthwash, Shampoo, Tissues, Powder, Lotion, Combs Band Aids, Sugar Free Candy Chocolate Candy, Socks, Razors Shaving Cream, Toilet Paper Coffee, Tea Bags, Dish Detergent Paper Towels, Trashbags Suggestion Box A suggestion box is located beside the ServTracker Computer. Please let us know your ideas!

Note: Ideas are logged with a response to your idea

Trinity United Methodist Church & volunteers for providing Thanksgiving Day Meals Help Wanted—Social Networking/Marketing Rep. This position will promote all regular and special activities with the use of Email, Facebook and Websites.

Qualifications Working knowledge of Facebook, email and websites ; Creative mind; Works well independently or in a group; Ability to work during the weekday; Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Publisher. This is a volunteer position with no pay.

Let’s Get Artsy! See page 25!

Sunset Harbor Senior Site Karen Kirkman, Manager 3911 Hickory View Bolivia, NC 28422 Call 910-754-2300 to RSVP Operating Hours: 9:30am-1:30pm Tuesdays & Thursdays Lunch Served at 11:45am

Sunset Harbor Senior Site Activity Calendar DECEMBER 2016 Subject to change

Tuesday

Thursday 1 9:30am 10:30am 11:45am 12:45pm

Social Bingo/ Mary Kay Lunch Arts & Crafts

Social Bingo Lunch Arts & Crafts

8 9:30am 10:30am 11:45am 12:45pm

Social Bingo Lunch Arts & Crafts

13“Christmas Dinner” 9:30am Social 10:30am Bingo 11:45am Lunch 12:45pm Arts & Crafts

15 9:30am 10:30am 11:45am 12:45pm

Social Bingo Lunch Arts & Crafts

20 9:30am 10:30am 11:45am 12:45pm

22 CLOSED For CHRISTMAS

6 9:30am 10:30am 11:45am 12:45pm

Social Bingo Lunch Arts & Crafts

27 CLOSED For CHRISTMAS

29 9:30am 10:30am 11:45am 12:45pm

Social Bingo Lunch Arts & Crafts

Supply Senior Site Lockwood Folly Community Bldg.

1691 Stanbury Road Supply, NC 28462 Site Manager:

Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30 AM—1:30 PM To RSVP call 910-842-7020 (M, W, F) Or 910-754-2300 (T, TH)

Gloria Pieczarka

December 2016 Monday

Activity Calendar (Subject to Change)

Wednesday

*DAILY ACTIVITIES* COFFEE & SNACKS *HORSESHOES *BOARD GAMES *WALKING TRAIL *RUMMIKUB *SHUFFLEBOARD *BOOKS – *CORNHOLE NEWSPAPER

A golf ball wouldn't be nearly as cute without the dimples, and a pit bull wouldn't melt your heart without the wrinkles—and those EYES! I’ve been looking for a new dog for a while. A pit bull puppy was the last option I considered.

Then a new neighbor related a sad story: They had decided to give their puppy to the pound because their older chihuahua wasn’t tolerating her.

That’s how I became the proud papa of a 30-pound, 3-month-old red-nose fur-baby named Piper. She is adapting quite nicely as she grows both in my heart and into those feet!

SEND PET PHOTOS TO: newsletters.bsri@gmail.com

Friday 2 9:30 –10:00 games 10:00-12:00 painting / w Jean Groons 12:00 lunch.

121:30 puzzles /card games. Come in and join us !

5 9:30 GAMES– CARDS READING –PUZZLES 10:00-11:00 exercise 11-12 Bingo 12PM LUNCH 12:30-130 Dancing to the oldies ANNOUNCEMENTS

7 9:30-12pm Reading Card games /crafts.

Announcements 12pm Lunch 12:30 Beverly will talk about nutrition.

1:00 Dancing to the oldies /games FUN!

9 9:30-10:00 games 10:00-12:00 painting/ JeanGroons 12:00 lunch.

12:30-1:30 puzzles/ games. Come in and join us !

12 9:30 GAMES– CARDS READING –PUZZLES 10-11 exercise 11-12 Bingo 12PM LUNCH 12:30-130 Dancing to the oldies ANNOUNCEMENTS

14 9:30-1:30 Christmas party.

Food will be served at 12:00 . Come in !

HAVE A MERRY TIME WITH US. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

16 9:30 –10:00 games 10:00-12:00 painting/w Jean Groons.

12:00 lunch 12:30 1:30 puzzles/ game.

Come in and join us !

19 9:30 GAMES– CARDS READING –PUZZLES 10-11 exercise 11-12 Bingo 12PM LUNCH 12:00-130 Dancing to the oldies ANNOUNCEMENTS

21 9:30- Reading 11:00 –12:00 Rebecca Green will be checking blood pressure.

Card games /crafts.

Announcements 12pm Lunch 12:30-1:30 Dancing to the oldies /games FUN! FUN! 28 9:30-12pm Reading Cards / Crafts. Announcements 12pm Lunch 12:30 1:30 games./ Dancing to the oldies— Fun times

23 CLOSED / Christmas vacation

26 CLOSED / Christmas vacation

30 9:30.10:00 game 10:00-12:00 painting / w Jean Groon 12:00 lunch & ANNOUNCEMENTS 12:30 –1:30 games.

Come in and join us !

Town Creek Senior Site Town Creek Senior Site Bldg.

6420 Ocean Hwy Winnabow, NC

Operating Hours: 10:00am-2:00pm Tuesdays & Thursdays

Mike Blandinno Site Manager Call 910-754-2300 Lunch Served at 12 PM

Outdoor Park Daily Activities (Weather Permitting)       

Tennis for Seniors Soccer for Seniors Park Exercise Equipment Walking Trail Shuffle Board Bocce Ball Horse Shoes

Activity Calendar December 2016 Subject to change

Tuesday

Thursday

S4enior Lunch

1 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:30pm Games

6 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:45pm Games

8 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:45pm Games

13 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:45pm Games

15 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:45pm Games

20 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:45pm Games

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29 10:00am Coffee & Games 11:00am YOGA Class 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch 12:45pm Games

Closed for Christmas Holiday

Closed for Christmas Holiday

What’s for Lunch?

Brunswick Senior Resources, Inc. Provides Nutritionally Balanced Meals for Seniors *Menus subject to change*

Fall/Winter

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Menu Suggestions are Welcomed, And Contributions Are Appreciated!

Thursday 1 Wk 6 Roast Turkey w/ Gravy Bread Stuffing Cold Vegetable Salad Maple Baked Peaches Dinner Roll Milk 8 Herbed Pork Loin Boiled Cabbage Roasted Root Vegetables Cookie Enriched Bread Milk

Friday 2 Shepherds Pie Pinto Beans Cauliflower Mash Fruit Enriched Bread Milk

5 Wk 1 Cider Glazed Chicken Thigh Rice Pilaf Peas & Carrots Mixed Fruit Wheat Roll Milk

6 Meatballs w/ Gravy Oven Brown Potatoes Cooked Cabbage 2 Cookies Dinner Roll Milk

7 Enchilada Pie Kale Corn Citrus Fruit Roll Milk

12 Wk 2 Chicken Cacciatore Ziti w/ Sauce Green Beans Citrus Fruit Wheat Roll Milk

13 Manhattan Seafood Chowder White Rice Corn Applesauce Saltine Crackers Milk

14 Beef Patty w/ Onion Gravy Baked Potato Ratatouille 100% Citrus Fruit Hamburger Bun Milk

15 Hot Dog Baked Beans Coleslaw Blueberry Crisp 100% Fruit Juice Hot Dog Bun Milk

16 Lemon PepperChicken Baked Sweet Potatoe Tomatoes & Okra Jell-O Cake White Bread Milk

19 Wk 3 Chicken Pot Pie Broccoli Brown Sugar Apples Biscuit Cookie Milk

20 Cheeseburger Mac Cabbage Pears Macaroni Soft Roll Milk

21 Honey Glaze Ham Collard Greens Applesauce Mashed Potatoes Roll Milk

22 BSRI CLOSED

23 BSRI CLOSED

26 BSRI CLOSED

27 BSRI CLOSED

28 Roasted Chicken Qtr Broccoli & Cheese Orange Herb Egg Noodles Roll Milk

29 Meatloaf w/ Gravy Green Peas Pears Mashed Potatoes Roll Milk

30 Stuffed Pepper— Casserole Green Beans Tropical Fruit Rice Roll Milk

9 Beef Patty w/ Onion Gravy Baked Potato Ratatouille 100% Citrus Fruit Hamburger Bun Milk

Obituaries Donald Adkins, of Bolivia, died Friday, October 21, 2016.

Linda Prince McGee, 65, of Longwood, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

Linda Jane Bowling, 71, of Bolivia, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at home.

John Joseph O’Leary, 86, of Shallotte, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

Frances W. Broome, age 76, of Bolivia, died Thursday November 3, 2016 at Autumn Care of Shallotte.

Doreen Mahany Pragel, 84, of Calabash, died Thursday, November 3, 2016.

Jackie Tom Caddell, 84, of Ocean Isle Beach, died Sunday, September 4, 2016.

George Weldon Smith, 70, of Leland, died Sunday, October 30, 2016 at home.

Frederick Cafiera, 72, of Calabash, died Saturday, October 15, 2016.

Carol Sexton Sneed, 77, of Supply, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016.

James Alfred Childs, 82, of Shallotte, died Saturday October 15, 2016 at SECU Hospice House of Brunswick.

Henry Wallace Spradling, 75, of Supply, died Sunday, October 9, 2016.

Harold J. (Jerry) Coyne Jr., of Southport, died Friday, October 28, 2016.

Earlene Camellia Stallings, 84, of Leland, died Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter.

Julia Hayes Croft, 90, of Leland, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

Frances E. Torgersen, 94, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.

Thomas Stephen Durica, 68, of Shallotte, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016.

Mary Lois Vereen, 82, of Ash, died Saturday, October 22, 2016.

Harold William Gibhardt, 84, of Holden Beach, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 in the Southport Nursing Center.

Helen Pearl White, 87, of Shallotte, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016.

Annie Elizabeth Gore, 74, of Southport died Thursday, October 20, 2016.

Donald Lee Hays, 72, of Supply, died Friday, November 4, 2016.

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Estelle Louise Self Huntley, 79, of Shallotte, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016.

Graham Legg, 89, died Monday, October 10, 2016 at Kenansville Health & Rehab.

Howard “Shorty” Little, Sr., 91, of Cornelius, NC, died Monday, October 10, 2016 at Novant Main in Huntersville, NC.

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BSRI News

Photo by Jim Fish

By Shelagh Clancy Editor

B

runswick County commissioners have agreed to purchase 101 Stone Chimney Place for a new senior center to serve the Supply area. The building was formerly home to the Brunswick County Realtors Association.

Area seniors gathered at a county commissioners’ meeting in September to ask commissioners to buy the site. At the Nov. 7 meeting in Bolivia, the commissioners allocated $950,000 to make the purchase.

Brunswick Senior Resources, Inc. (BSRI) manages the current Supply site at 1691 Stanbury Rd. SW, formerly the Lockwood Folly Community Center (see programs on page 28). This site offers meals and activities Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

When BSRI acquired the

Stanbury Rd. site in January 2015, an expansion was planned to add 6,000 square feet. But that had an estimated price tag of $2 million.

“When Stone Chimney became available, it became more cost-

effective to acquire that structure,” BSRI President Jim Fish said. The property is 14,000 square feet and will cost about $65 per square foot.

Supply-area seniors used to meet at Mt. Pisgah Church. When seniors needed to vacate that site in spring 2012, BSRI opened a site in Lockwood Folly and a site in Sunset Harbor. Two sites were needed so patrons wouldn’t have to travel long distances. But it split up a group that had been close-knit.

“A group that was divided will be reunited under one roof,” Fish said. “The Stone Chimney Road location will be less than 11 miles from Sunset Harbor.”

When the property came on the market at a reduced price, seniors and BSRI staff went to the county commissioners and asked them to move quickly—and they have.

“This building was a surprise,” Fish said. Plans are to close on the property in December, and upfit and open the building as a daily nutrition site in January. After the new Calabash center opens next summer, BSRI will turn its attention toward creating a full-service center at the Stone Chimney site, adding case management services and expanded hours.

“This site is an important cog in the wheel of providing services for the fastest-growing population in Brusnwick County,” Fish said, “Especially on the east side of Highway 17, where tremendous growth is taking place. It will be a real benefit to the area.”