A Publication of the FiftyForward J. L. Turner Center Our mission: FiftyForward supports, champions and enhances life for those 50 and older.
Center Phone #: 615-622-3040 8101 Highway 100 Nashville, TN 37221
Connect with Us www.fiftyforward.org www.facebook.com/ FiftyForwardJLTurnerCenter Twitter: @FF_Turner Center Director Derek Stogner dstogner@fiftyforward.org Program Director Hannah Lee hlee@fiftyforward.org
FiftyForward J. L. Turner is located inside the Bellevue Family YMCA Y Members 50+ are automatically eligible to participate in FiftyForward J. L. Turner Center Activities
The Turner Times
September 2017
On August 14th, our community lost a founding and prominent member, Charlotte Branstetter. Her children have set up a memorial fund in her honor, The Charlotte Branstetter Art Fund at the FiftyForward J.L. Turner Center. In respect to that, this month’s front page features art created by our members in August’s Art Class. The August project used acrylics to explore the Aboriginal styles currently on display at the Frist Center for the Arts. If you’d like to contribute to the Charlotte Branstetter Art, Fund please see a FiftyForward Staff Person or mail a check to 174 Rains Ave. Nashville, TN 37203.
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GET EXCITED! Special Events & Trips Events at the Center: •
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Service Project– RSVP & USO “Fill the Truck”: Monday, September 11th • 9/11 National Day of Service & Remembrance (11:00am-2:00pm) • Collecting food donations at Kroger Victory Over Crime Presentation: Monday, September 11th • Learn more about our Criminal Justice System (10:00am — Zelle/West) Senior Ride Presentation: Wednesday, September 13th • Learn about a new Bellevue transportation service (10:00am — Zelle/West) • Community Event: Invite your friends, family & neighbors Bunco Bonanza: Thursday, September 14th • Bring a dish to share, play Bunco & win prizes! (Noon—Activity Room) NPT Aging in Place: Monday, September 18th • Video and Discussion led by Jo Ann Scalf (10:30am — Zelle/West) Medications & Falls Prevention: Tuesday, September 19th • Presentation by Pharmacy student, Justin Beasley (2:00pm — Brown/Davis) Friday Flicks: Friday, September 22nd • The Zookeepers Wife, free drinks & popcorn (1:00pm—Zelle/West) Lucky Lunches: Friday, September 29th • Join us for lunch, Bingo & prizes! (12:30pm — Zelle/West) • Lunch from Sprouts Farmers Market
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Art Class: Wednesday, September 20th • Watercolors with instructor Kim Lane—(1:00-2:30pm— $5, Zelle/West) • Explore sea creatures using a liquid resist technique Computer Class: Tuesday, September 26th • Computer overview with Derek Stogner (10:00am — Brown/Davis) • Learn how to use & check-out our Center laptops Open Art Studio: Wednesday, September 27th • Time to work on personal art projects—(1:00-3:00pm—Zelle/West) Music Lessons: Guitar/Ukuele: Mondays from 9:30am to 12:30pm Piano: Wednesdays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm • By Appointment Only—with Green Hills Guitar Studio (Conference Room) • $30 for 30 minutes • Individual and partner lessons available
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GET EXCITED! Special Events & Trips Day Trips: • • • • • • •
Vanderbilt Observatory: Tuesday, September 5th • Tour of the Dyer Observatory (10:15am—$6 Van, Plus Lunch Stop) TBI Crime Lab: Friday, September 8th • Tour of the Forensics Unit (9:30am—$6 Van, Plus Lunch Stop) Morning Hike: Wednesday, September 20th • Hike on the Harpeth River Greenway (9:30am — $2 Van, Plus Lunch Stop) Nashville Flea Market: Friday, September 22nd • Visit to the market for shopping (9:30am—$6 Van, Plus Lunch Stop) Farmer’s Market: Saturday, September 23rd • Visit to the Nashville’s Farmer’s Market (9:30am — $6 Van, Plus Lunch Stop) Music For Seniors: Monday, September 25th • Nashville Jazz Workshop (9:30am — $6 Van , Plus Lunch Stop) Canoe Trip: Thursday, September 28th • Canoe trip down the Harpeth River (9:30am — $25, Plus Lunch Stop)
Food Trips & Gatherings: • • • • •
Breakfast Club: Thursday, September 7th • Breakfast at Cracker Barrel (8:30am—Meet There) Lunchin’ Around: Tuesday, September 12th • Lunch at Edley’s BBQ (11:00am—$6 Van, Lunch on your own Foodie Night: Friday, September 15th • Dinner at Sperry’s (5:00pm— Meet There) Supper Club: Monday, September 18th • Supper at O’Charley’s (5:00pm — Meet There) Foodie Night: Friday, September 29th • Dinner at Nicky’s Coal Fired (4:15pm — $6 Van, Dinner on your own)
GET READY Upcoming Special Events & Trips On the Horizon… •
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Food for Thought at the Frist: October 10th • A three-part series of lunchtime conversations with Vanderbilt professors, Frist Center curators, and other members of the Nashville community Turner Center Halloween Party: October 31st • Join us for a Halloween celebration, costume contest & chili cook-off
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GET CONNECTED Ongoing Classes & Groups
Fun & Games All experience levels welcome
Bridge
Canasta
Mahjong
Mon., Wed. & Fri. 11:45am-3:00pm
Tuesdays
9:30am-2:30pm
Tuesdays 9:00am-12:00pm
Thurs. Evenings
(Zelle/West)
(Zelle/West)
Rummikub
Ping Pong
Puzzles
Tuesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm
Wednesdays
Monday-Friday 9:00am-3:00pm
6:15pm-9:00pm
(Brown/Davis)
(Brown/Davis)
1:00pm-3:00pm (Activity Room)
Ongoing Community Events Weight Watchers Meeting Mondays from 11:30am—1:30pm (Activity Room) Meetings held every week. Joining fee waived for members.
Glory Bible Study Mondays at 2:00pm (Zelle/West) This is a memberfacilitated, non-denominational Bible study group. New members welcome.
(Turner Lobby)
BOOK CLUB Thursday, September 28th 1:00pm-3:00pm (Turner Conference Room) Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule By: Jennifer Chiaverini
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GET CONNECTED Ongoing Classes & Groups
YMCA Fitness & Wellness TIME: 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:30am 10:30am 11:30am 4:00pm 4:30pm TIME 8:00am 8:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:30am 11:30am 12:30am TIME 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 9:15am 9:45am 10:30am 10:30am 11:30am TIME 8:00am 8:00am 9:30am 10:30am 11:30am 11:30am 12:30am TIME 7:35am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:30am 10:30am 11:30am
MONDAY CLASS: BOOM Muscle BOOM Mind Nia H2O Circuit SilverSneakers Classic Silversneakers Classic Pickleball SilverSneakers Cicruit BOOM Move It BOOM Mind TUESDAY CLASS H2O Circuit SilverSneakers Yoga SilverSneakers Circuit Qijong SilverSneakers Classic SilverSneakers Cardio Tai Chi SilverSneakers Yoga WEDNESDAY CLASS BOOM Muscle BOOM Mind H20 Circuit Gold BOOM Muscle BOOM Mind SilverSneakers Classic Pickleball SilverSneakers Circuit THURSDAY CLASS H2O Circuit SilverSneakers Yoga SilverSneakers Circuit SilverSneakers Classic SilverSneakers Cardio Tai Chi SilverSneakers Yoga FRIDAY CLASS Circuit Blast Gold H2O Circuit Aqua Barre SilverSneakers Circuit SilverSneakers Classic Pickleball SilverSneakers Cardio
LOCATION: Studio 1 Studio 1 Communtiy Room Pool Communtiy Room Community Room Gym Communtiy Room Community Room Community Room LOCATION Pool Community Room Community Room Computer Room Community Room Community Room Brown/Davis Community Room LOCATION Studio 1 Studio 1 Pool Community Rooms Community Room Community Room Gym Community Room LOCATION Pool Community Room Community Room Communtiy Room Community Room Brown/Davis Community Room LOCATION Studio 1 Pool Pool Community Room Communtiy Room Gym Community Room
*YMCA Membership Required for all YMCA Classes* *Schedule subject to change*
Life Long Learning Activities Brain Brawlers Tuesdays 12:00pm-1:00pm (Zelle/West Classroom) Exercise your brain with Trivia Questions All Experience Levels Welcome
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Creating Memoirs & 4th Tuesdays monthly 1:00pm to 3:00pm (Conference Room)
Write your own personal memoir New Members Welcome
Sit, Knit & Crochet Fridays 9:00am-12:00pm (Conference Room) Learn to knit and crochet All Experience Levels Welcome
Line Dancing Fridays 10:30am-11:30am (Zelle/West Classroom) Boot-scoot and boogie your cares away! Intermediate & Advanced Only
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Rhythm Band & 3rd Fridays monthly 11:30am-12:30pm
(Zelle/West Classroom) Play along with music favorites All Experience Levels Welcome No musical experienced needed
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The Turner Center will be closed on Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day. Please see the YMCA for a schedule of their classes.
We will also be closed on Friday, September 15th for a Staff Retreat. Connection Café: Enjoy the Turner Center Lobby at your leisure. Open daily from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Free coffee and tea.
Catch a Lift with Senior Ride Nashville Senior Ride Nashville is an affordable, assisted ride service that pairs a senior who needs a ride with a volunteer who can give one. This new non-profit is targeting a “soft” opening in September, and Bellevue is the first community to be served! Representatives from Senior Ride Nashville will visit our Center on Wednesday, September 13th for an information session. Invite your family, friends, and neighbors to come learn more about this new service and how you can sign-up as a rider or volunteer driver.
Attention All Runners & Walkers: This year the J.L. Turner Center is raising funds through the Viva La Diva 5k/10k that supports FiftyForward. All funds collected through registration fees by runners, walkers and teams, or from sponsors signed up through the J.L. Turner Center will be designated to specifically benefit our operations and programs. For more information, to sign up, or to have your business become a sponsor, please contact Derek Stogner at dstogner@fiftyforward.org.
Advisory Council: The FiftyForward J.L. Turner Center is forming a new advisory council, made up of members and community leaders, to help foster growth in the Center in three key areas: fundraising, marketing, and resources. If you’d like to be a part of a team looking to broaden the reach and scope of our Center, please see Derek Stogner or email him at dstogner@fiftyforward.org. An informational meeting will be held in late September.
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Letter from the Director… I am happy that we are heading into the fall, as it is my favorite season of the year. It’s also a time when a lot of programming opportunities heat up, even as the temperatures fall, so be sure to check out all the great stuff we have going on in September. A couple of things I wanted to highlight this month are a few ways you can help support our incredible center. One is that the J.L. Turner Center is going to be involved closely with this year’s Viva La Diva 5k & 10k that benefits FiftyForward. We’re going to be looking to get runners (and walkers; the 5k can be walked), teams, and sponsors from our center and larger Bellevue community. The money raised from these participants will directly benefit the Turner center. So please see me if you are interested in participating in any way. Additionally, we are looking at developing a new Advisory Council to help support several aspects of the Center. If you’d like to get more involved with fundraising, sharing resources, or getting the word out about our services to the community at large, then this would be a great place for you to help us grow in these key areas. You can, again, see me if you are interested.
Warmest regards, Derek Stogner Director, FiftyForward J.L. Turner Center Letter from the Program Director… I can’t believe the summer months are coming to an end. August seemed to fly by! Thank you to everyone who has participated in our fun summer programs, but now it’s time to say goodbye to the heat and hello to the much more enjoyable fall weather. This month we’ll take advantage of the slightly cooler temperatures by spending some time outdoors. For September we will check out one of Bellevue’s hidden treasures by hiking along the Harpeth River Greenway. Then, get your feet wet and join us for a canoe trip down the Harpeth River. This will be a great opportunity to try something new and get a little adventurous. Starting in September, we will reintroduce our monthly Saturday trips. We’d love for you to join us this month at the Nashville Farmer’s Market. We’ll check out some of the harvests and see what new goodies the Nashville farmers have been cultivating this summer, and, of course, we’ll have lunch and dessert at one of the many different restaurants and stands located inside the market. We will also be starting our Lucky Lunches program in September. Once a month we will cater food to the Center from different restaurants in the area and then enjoy an afternoon of Bingo, food, community, and, of course, prizes. Join us this month for a chance to win great prizes and try some tasty lunch options from the newly opened Sprouts market. Along with all of this, we will have a great group of speakers coming to the Center. Be sure to check out Victory Over Crime’s presentation on the Criminal Justice System, then join us for the always popular TBI Crime Lab tour. We will also have another viewing and discussion on one of NPT’s Aging Matters Documentaries. Then, we are excited to welcome Justin Beasley, a 4th year Belmont Pharmacy Student, who will present on Prescription Medication & Falls Prevention. We have so many exciting trips and activities planned this month, and I can’t wait to spend more time with all of you. Once again, I just want to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone who has encouraged me in this transition into the Program Director position.
Kindly, Hannah Lee Program Director, FiftyForward J.L. Turner Center
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BELLEVUE HISTORY & GENEALOGY GROUP For more information, contact Bob Allen at 615-218-4580 or bob@bellevuebob.com. Join us on Friday mornings at 9:00am for coffee and lectures about various historical topics. Friday, September 1st – NO MEETING – LABOR DAY HOLIDAY Friday, September 8th – “L&N Passenger Trains that Served Nashville Dating Back to 1921 & Subsequent Years” Lyle Key, Retired Regional Vice President of L&N and CSX Railroads will take us on a photojournal history of L&N passenger trains that is sure to bring back many memories and experiences of the yesteryears we enjoyed with our parents and grandparents. Friday, September 15th – “Woman-Power: A Brief Summary of the Contributions of American Women during the Civil War and the First World War” – Krista Castillo, Fort Negley Museum Coordinator & Site Manager. In 1861, seemingly overnight, female-led axillary organizations across the Union and Confederacy sprang up in support of the war effort. Less than 50 years after the close of the Civil War, American women again mobilized in the face of impending war. True to the spirit of the Progressive era, women challenged societal norms and gender barriers. By the Unites States’ entrance into the Great War, millions of women had entered the workforce for the first time. Friday, September 22nd – “Forward My Brave Boys: The Regimental History of the 11th Tennessee Infantry” – Gary Waddey, Nashville author, will discuss his new book about the 11th Tennessee regiment that was comprised of ten companies of men raised from Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, and Robertson counties in early 1861. The 11th Tennessee were among those Confederate troops who broke the Union defenses at Franklin, fighting in brutal hand-to-hand combat on the grounds of the Carter House. The book contains many first-hand accounts taken from unpublished diaries, letters, and journals, along with maps and many never-before published photographs of the soldiers. Gary Waddey will have books for sale at a discounted price of $25. Friday, September 29th – Speaker and Topic to be announced Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 11:00 am – FIELD TRIP TO FORT NEGLEY – Krista Castillo, Museum Coordinator and Site Manager, will hop on our FiftyForward van and give us a one-hour tour of the Fort after we view a 20-minute orientation film. The FiftyForward van ride costs $6.00 and we will have lunch afterwards at your own expense. Van leaves promptly at 10:30am. Sign up with an Ambassador in the FiftyForward lobby.
LINE DANCING UPDATE We are so excited to offer our Beginner’s Line Dancing Class again. The dates for the class have changed, so mark your calendars and get your dancing boots ready for October and November.
New Dates: Wednesdays, October 4th-November 29th 1:00pm in the Community Room
On The Road With Joan Motor Coach Day Trips September 14 - Commodore Hotel in Linden, TN October 26 - Sewanee Tour in Sewanee, TN November 4- Watermelon Moon Farm in Lebanon, TN To sign up... Contact Joan Sincerbox at (615) 646-0059
Long Distance Travel: Sept. 14-20—Washington Oct. 7-14—Virginia Beach Oct. 25-Nov. 1—Ireland For more info call or email Janice: (615) 231-1235 jjudd@fiftyforward.org
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FRIDAY FLICKS Friday, September 22nd at 1:00pm Free Popcorn and Drinks The time is 1939 and the place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Zabinski and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Zabinskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto.
Free Blood Pressure Checks: Mondays from 9:00 AM—11:00 AM. Have your blood pressure checked by a retired registered nurse.
Turner Center Merchandise NEW PRICES! Turner Center FiftyForward Cookbook $5 Grey Baseball Tee $10
BOTH the baseball tee & cookbook $12.00
Turner Center Authors My Mayflower Journal by Eileen Blackmon $12
300 MemoryMinders
by Bob Allen $10
All purchases will directly support the Turner Center
Bellevue Family YMCA Upcoming Events: Tuesday, September 19th— Jack Daniels Tour • Tour of the Distillery & Lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s • $70; includes Transportation, Distillery Ticket & Lunch Wednesday, September 20th—Lunch & Learn • Topic: Rheumatoid Arthritis • Lunch Included • Free for YCMA members CONTACT: Regena Hooker, AOA Coordinator Phone:615-6469622 or Email: rhooker@ymcamidtn.org Our Mission: A worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body.
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Program Spotlight
Bellevue Meals on Wheels
Bridge Bridge is one of our most popular and well-attended programs at the Turner Center. Their gatherings always include yummy treats, a welcoming community, and a lot of laughter. If you already know how to play, join them on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11:45am-3:00pm or on Thursday nights from 6:15-9:00pm. If you’re interested in learning how to play or improving your skills, be on the lookout for our Beginners Bridge Class that takes place every quarter.
Wants to Serve You Bellevue Church of Christ delivers meals to older adults in the 37221 zip code. Meals are delivered Monday - Friday 11:00am to 12:30pm These hot meals are prepared by FiftyForward Meals on Wheels and include: a meat, two vegetables, a salad, and a dessert. Meals are $6.50 Contact: (615) 646-9828
We look forward to playing with you!
FiftyForward Only Memberships For $120 annually or $10 a month, you can now join FiftyForward and participate in all of our scheduled programs without a YMCA membership. Additionally, friends who are members of other FiftyForward centers can visit Turner with their ID and FiftyForward card! See an Ambassador or FiftyForward Staff Member for details.
Volunteer Opportunities AMBASSADOR
DRIVER
Ambassadors oversee the Turner Lobby and perform various tasks, such as helping members sign up for trips and events, handling payments, and making reminder calls. All regular ambassadors receive credits to be used for Center events or trips.
Volunteer Drivers drive our FiftyForward vans for Center trips or our Transportation Group program. All meals and/or trip tickets are paid for by the Center for drivers.
Ambassadors volunteer once a week for a three hour shift. Our available shifts are listed below. Wednesday: 12:00-3:15 Thursday: 12:00-3:15
Drivers can volunteer regularly for the Transportation Group program or on an as-needed basis for trips. All drivers must complete training & a background check.