1
960 Heritage Way Brentwood, TN 37027 Phone: (615) 376-0102 Center Hours: 8:30a.m-3:30p.m
January 2019 Martin Member Highlight NEW and exciting starting in 2019 is the Martin Member Highlight! Each month The Martin Center will randomly chose a member to highlight. To start our new highlight, this month Tish Fleming was chosen. Tish was born on January 26, 1947 in London England. She grew up in England, going to boarding school at the age of eight and later the University of York England. There, she met her future husband who was a General Practitioner, but immediately, they immigrated to the United States where he did a residency at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. After three years in Minnesota they were ready for the south and moved to Virginia; there, they lived on a farm and had two children, Geoffrey and Tara Fleming. When the children were all grown and had left the nest, Tish and her husband divorced. She then worked as an accountant in Washington D.C. and Chicago. Meanwhile, her two children married and had grandchildren. Geoffrey had three girls and Tara had two boys who are all now growing up themselves. About ten years ago, Tish decided to retire early to spend more time with her grandchildren and now lives with her son Geoffrey, his wife Amy and their three girls, Hannah, Virginia, and Delaney in Nashville. Tara and her boys, Keegan and Luca live in Asheville, North Carolina. Tish is a happy grandmother who is now close enough to see her grandchildren all of the time. Tish plays bridge several times a week, and occasionally scrabble, and is thoroughly enjoying her retirement.
New Leadership
Jodi Theobald Center Director Jodi is a social worker and has spent many years advocating for and working with older adults. She is very excited to be joining Fifty Forward and The Martin Center to support active aging opportunities in Brentwood
Office Manager Jessica Leonard Bandy Jessica and her husband, Greg, have recently moved to Franklin, Tennessee after living in Cincinnati. As a graduate of Georgetown College, Jessica’s has experience a personal trainer and fitness director at a wellness center in Cincinnati for individuals of all ages, however her specialty is individuals 50 years and older. In her free time, Jessica is passionate about volunteering with the non-profit Girls on the Run as she trains for marathon and Ironman races as well as exploring her new city! She is looking forward to meeting all members in her new role as Office and Volunteer Manager. 1
2
Reminder: We are closed Monday January 21st for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Craft Love is coming back! January 8th at 10:30am Join us for some hands-on, hammer swinging fun! Relax while we supply everything you need to create a project that fits your unique style. It is no cost. *registration required
All of the following activities are provided for Martin members free of charge. Guests, $5.00 to visit an activity once. Poker Mondays at 10:30-12:30 Billiards Tuesdays 9:30-12:00 Martin Members Game Days Tuesday & Friday from 11:00 to 3:30 Bridge Wednesdays at 9:00-12:00 Bridge Afternoon Wednesdays 12:30– 3:30 Canasta Thursdays 9:30-3:00 Bring your lunch.
Join us for a trip to the Tennessee State Museum The new Tennessee State Museum that sits on the corner of Rosa L. Parks Blvd. and Jefferson Street at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park can trace its roots back to a museum opened on the Nashville public square in 1817 by a portrait artist, Ralph E.W. Earl. A young boy who visited that museum in 1823 wrote home that he had seen a life-size painting of then General Andrew Jackson. That same painting is now part of the Tennessee State Museum collection. In 1937 the Tennessee General Assembly created a state museum to consolidate World War I mementoes and other collections from the state, the Tennessee Historical Society and other groups. This museum was located in the lower level of the War Memorial Building until it was moved into the new James K. Polk Center in 1981. It remained there for more than 35 years until, in 2015, Gov. Bill Haslam proposed a new home for the museum on the northwest corner of the Bicentennial Mall in Nashville. The Tennessee General Assembly appropriated $120 million to build the Museum, with the additional funding to complete the project to be raised in private contributions. The new Tennessee State Museum, encompassing 137,000 sq. ft. of administration and gallery space, opened to the public on October 4, 2018.
Tuesday 01.29.19 Bus leaves at 9:30am Arrival at museum 10:00am Cost: $4.00 * Check in at kiosk
Horseshoe Pit Currently open for members 2
3
January’s Events January 7:Monday Medical Ancillary Genetic Cancer Screening 9:30-2:00pm (page 3) January 8:Tuesday Craft Love:10:30am–11:45am (page 2) January 9: Wednesday Grand Lunch 11:30am-1pm (page2) January 10: Thursday “Get Up & Go” WMC Lunch & Learn 11:30am-1:00pm January 15: Tuesday Jewelry Redesign 1:00pm-2:00pm January 16:Wednesday “Snowed in with All of Us” 1:00pm-3:00pm January 17:Thursday Volunteer Training Workshop 12:00pm-2:00pm (page 6) January 22: Tuesday Potluck 11:30am-1:00pm January 23: Wednesday • Lifeline screening 9:00am-3:00pm (page 2) • Townhall 1:00pm-2:30pm (page 6) January 25: Friday Program Committee Meeting (page6) January 29:Tuesday Tennessee State Museum bus leaving at 9:30am Life Line Screening Life Line Screening, community-based preventive health screening company, is offering a preventive health event at The Martin Center. Five screenings will be offered scanning for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries; abdominal aortic aneurysms; hardening of the arteries in the legs; atrial fibrillation; and a bone density screening, for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with Life Line Screening member discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. There are three ways to register for this event and receive a $10 discount off any package priced above $129, please call toll-free 1-888-653-6441 or visit http://lifelinescreening.com/communitycircle or text the word circle to 79797 *check in at kiosk 01.23: Wednesday 9:00am-3:00pm Genetic Cancer Screening This is a state of the art test, and can SAVE LIVES!! PREVENTION is the key, and is the way medicine is going. At this time, MEDICARE is actually paying 100% of this test--this is just unbelievable and completely free. The only qualifications are that you have to have a traditional red, white and blue MEDICARE card, and you have to have at least two people in your EXTENDED family that have had cancer and both people have to either be on your mother's side of your family OR on your father's side of the family--or you are also automatically qualified if YOU HAVE had cancer. It is only a swab in the mouth. Call me, Meredith Ellis, if you have questions 615.268.1927. *check in at kiosk 01.07 Monday 9:30-2:00pm Snowed in with All of Us Join the All of Us Research program on Wednesday January 16th for hors’ d oeuvres and wine by the fireplace. *check in at kiosk 01.16 Wednesday 1:00pm-3:00pm
3
4
4
5
Message from our Card Crusaders:
“We want to thank all of you who have purchased our cards. These purchases have done great things for our center. We need your support to keep this operation doing good.”
All cards are handmade and cost $5.00.
Book Club Tuesday January 8: 10:00am-12:00pm Meet our book club by the fireplace to enjoy a conversation about the book A Murder in Music City by Michael Bishop. *Joining our book club is of no cost. Check in at kiosk.
Knit Wits Knit Wits are a group of phenomenal women meeting once a week to sit, knit, and enjoy the moment. Come and enjoy a good time knitting. To join our Knit Wits is of no cost. Check in at the Kiosk. Thursdays from 9:30am-12:00pm By the fire place
Want to be included in the newsletter? The process is as follows: •
Material must be submitted to bcampagna@fiftyforward.org for approval by the 10th of the month prior.
•
Once you receive written approval from Brittany, a description must be submitted to the above email address by the 14th of the month prior.
•
All newsletters and calendars are printed the 15th of each month and mailed the 17th.
5
6
Get Up!
Get Creative!
Get Moving
Join us for a few hours of art and relaxation. Oil Painting Watercolor Exploration
Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm Tuesday 10:00 am-12:00pm *registration required
Find your Balance. Find your flow. Join our wellness classes. Must Register for all classes! Mondays 9:15 –10:15 Mat Pilates & Core Stability
$5.00
Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength, balance, while developing control and endurance in the entire body. Tuesdays 8:30am Weight Watchers Meetings are held here at the Martin Center. Center members with I.D. pay $30 joining fee week one (unless there is a joining special). Martin Center members with I.D. receive $2.00 off the weekly fee. Wednesdays 9:15—10:15 Total Fitness Class with Jenny Z $5.00; Non-Members 10.00 Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, flexibility, range of movement, balance and activities for daily living. Hand-held weights, chair, and mats are used. Thursdays 9:00-10:00 Tai Chi $40 for 4 classes;$80 for non-members Tai Chi quiets minds, helps with breathing deeper, and improves balance. 10:15-11:15 Yoga and Chair Yoga Members $11; non-members $22 Foundation for all bodies to gain strength and flexibility as well as to calm and clear minds. Fridays 9:30 Stretch and Flex Exercise Class This chair exercise class focuses on flexibility and balance.
Free; non-members $5
6
7
Get Involved With Us! Be a part of the Martin Center Family and our Volunteer Operations Team. Want to be part of the center’s daily operations? Join us for the following: • Volunteer Training Workshop Thursday January 17 from 12:00pm -2:00pm • Townhall Wednesday January 23 1:00pm-2:30pm
Volunteer Opportunity Want to make the difference in the life of a child? Please consider becoming a volunteer for the FiftyForward Friends Learning in Pairs (FLIP) program! As a Flip volunteer you will provide invaluable assistance as a mentor and literacy tutor, for students in schools throughout Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School District. Applications are currently being accepted; for more information please contact Shannon Freeman, Williamson County FLIP coordinator at 615-376-0102
Program Service Committee If you are interested in weighing in on what programming takes place at The Martin Center, consider joining the Program Services Committee. This committee advises the Program Director on desired and needed programming and services for membership. Keep your eyes open for a flyer about their first meeting from Brittany. The Membership Committee is also looking for members interested in assisting with the development and implantation of activities to reach new membership and retain the current membership.
Have you heard about the new All of Us research Program from the National Institutes of Health? This new exciting program seeks to enroll 1,000,000 participants from diverse backgrounds to improve the health of future generations. If you are interested in joining but have more questions or would like some assistance in enrolling, please make an appointment with us! FiftyForward All of Us team members will be offering monthly one-on-one appointments here on Monday , Nov 19th. They will be on site every 3rd Monday from 10am—2:30pm to answer questions and offer technology assistance with online enrollment. Sign up at the Center and become “One in a Million” with the All of Us Research Program!
Monthly—3rd Wednesday Check in at kiosk
10am–12pm
Have a Few Questions? Feel free to contact us at: Martin Center Staff Center Director Jodi Theobald 615-376-4333 Assistant Center Director Brittany Campagna bcampagna@fiftyforward.org 615-376-4331 Office Manager Jessica Leonard Bandy MartinOfficeManager@fiftyforward.org 615-376-4330 Living At Home FiftyForward Williamson County Staff Jane Bradley jbradley@fiftyforward.org 615-376-4334 F.L.I.P. Coordinator Shannon Freeman sfreeman@fiftyforward.org 615-376-4332
7
8
Martin Center 960 Heritage Way Brentwood, TN 37027
NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 229 FRANKLIN, TN
Return Service Requested
Our Mission: FiftyFoward supports, champions and enhances life for those 50 and older.
8