Crossroads Courier - Northglenn - August 2023

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AUGUST 11: History of the Railroad Presentation at Thornton Rec Center

AUGUST 12: Mobile Mini Mall

AUGUST 14: Butterfly Pavillion

AUGUST 21: Dinner Outing to Lone Star Steakhouse

AUGUST 25: Hawaiian Luau

AUGUST 28: Lodge Casino Outing

EVERY MONDAY (9:30AM) : Walking Club

EVERY WEDNESDAY (6:15PM) : Touching Lives Hallelujah Hour

EVERY FRIDAY (9:30AM) : Book Club

EVERY FRIDAY (1:00PM) : Learn to Sign with Marylen

Occasions

Bounty

You know its full on summertime when you look out back and see a garden exploding with vegetables here at Crossroads Northglenn. The garden has been a tradition here for many years with only a few missing seasons due to pests and weeds. It was started years ago by Seniors Hub to provide vegetables for the Northglenn Food Bank and Crossroads residents and became known as the Magic Garden. Now it is maintained by Trista Garcia, our Business Manager, and Michele Strauch, Crossroads Regional Vice-President. Trista says she got involved because she was hungry! And she loves veggies. Both love to garden. The vegetables are shared with staff and residents and end up in our kitchen too for mealtime.

Ultimately, the garden adds to the beauty of Northglenn, provides nutritious veggies for the residents, and boosts morale of the staff. As one staff member put it: “There’s nothing like fresh squash and tomatoes in the middle of the summer, grown right in our own backyard!”

Update from Maranatha

FAMILIES DOING GREAT THINGS

Each year, Maranatha Volunteers offers at least two projects specifically for families of all kinds, usually in the summer and over the Christmas holiday. One of these mission trips recently wrapped up in the Dominican Republic with 92 volunteers serving near the capital city of Santo Domingo. Each day, two groups worked in construction at separate sites, in extreme heat and humidity, laying block walls at three different churches. Another volunteer team provided medical clinics in the community, seeing around 200 patients each day. Others led Vacation Bible School (VBS) programs for community children, and health education in various neighborhoods.

Maranatha’s Family Projects are unique in that children enjoy a day camp that includes light supervised construction, local culture, and outreach activities throughout the mission trip. And, of course, they had fun by visiting a chocolate factory, a cave with three lakes, a zoo, a water park, and a park at the beach.

“It was very satisfying to watch the kids do these things for other people, not complaining about the heat,” said day camp coordinator Chris Duckett. “You could see they weren’t afraid to make friends, step out of their comfort zone, and do their best to speak some Spanish.” To learn more, to www.maranatha.org or visit the Maranatha channel.

TimeLautogh

Exercises for Seniors

You know how important exercise is, as we grow older. Here are a few suggestions.

I start by standing outside behind the house and, with a five-pound potato sack in each hand, extend my arms straight out to my sides and hold them there as long as I can.

After a few weeks, I moved up to 10-pound potato sacks, then 50-pound potato sacks and finally I got to where I could lift a 100-pound potato sack in each hand and hold my arms straight out for more than a full minute!

Next, I started putting a few potatoes IN the sacks, but I would caution you not to overdo it at this level.

Pastimes

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