CARLSBAD PINE & SENIOR CENTER FOR ADULTS
Seaside Insider November 2019
Belly Up, Belly Down, Belly Dance! NEW!
Grandfriends Kindness Project
Fridays, 3:30—4:30 p.m., #107
Thursday, Nov. 7, 3—4:30 p.m., DN
Join us for this new Introductory into the Mid-Eastern dance class! The class will focus on isolations, rotations, circulations, balance, posture, arms and hand movements to lubricate our joints, while listening to chimes from the ancient East. Instructor, Nicki Vaccar, is knowledgeable and experienced in Middle-Eastern Belly, Greek Folk and Hawaiian dance.
Did you know studies have shown that kindness is good for your health? We invite you to a free monthly program that’s all about giving and receiving kindness! Thanks to the generosity of the Carlsbad Charitable Foundation, Kids for Peace will be hosting the Grandfriends Kindness Project where intergenerational pairs will team up to complete kind acts together. You only need to bring your kind heart.
The Culinary Lab
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, we invite you to come together with Kids for Peace to focus on gratitude. Youth and adults will create gratitude jars, write Thank Yous to Veterans, and learn to say, "thank you" in new languages. What better way to enter into the holiday season than filling our hearts with gratitude? We hope to see you there!
Wednesdays, 11 a.m.—1 p.m., PACC 2nd floor The Culinary Lab is for experimental foodies who want to whip up fun, food, health and science to optimize an epicurean lifestyle. Become the master of your taste buds while learning the health benefits of creative and fresh grown food. Channel your culinary artist while sharpening your science acumen. Starting Nov. 6, $36 residents/$40 nonresidents or $10 per class. The Pine Avenue Community Center is located at 3209 Harding St, next to the Senior Center.
Intergenerational Ping Pong Tournament Friday, Nov. 1, 3:30—4:30 a.m., #111 Cheer on your favorite team as the L.I.T.E. teen students and seniors pair up to compete against each other in a doubles ping pong tournament. Who will take the championship title? You won’t want to miss this nail-biting competition!
Grandmother’s Holiday Kitchen Friday, Nov. 8, 10—11:30 a.m., PACC This one-day holiday craft workshop will re-create some of the homemade gifts of the past. We will prepare a collection of holiday gifts which will include homemade cranberry relish, gingerbread ornaments and herbal products. Samples to take home. $30.60R/$34NR
Home Equity Matters Carl Streicher, Cornerstone Home Lending Tuesday, Nov. 12, 10—11:45 a.m., #116 Do you want to learn how to unlock the equity in your home? Come learn about the current housing market, where interest rates have been, where they are headed and how to unlock the potential of the home equity that you have built up in your home. This conversation will address many of the needs and concerns that individuals have around staying in their current home while meeting the financial demands that life throws at them. Topics covered will include: • Exploring options • How to leverage the equity in your home to meet your lifestyle needs • Short term and long-term financial solutions to a changing environment As a local Carlsbad resident, Carl Streicher has been in the Home Financing Industry for 30 years and has direct lending experience of helping over 2,700 families with home financing solutions.