upcoming events at Plummer Place announced

FINE’s 120 Club is currently happening and will go until November 16th. Our 120 Club Raffle has weekly drawings for a chance to win $20 each week. The grand prize drawing will be held on November 16th for a chance to win $500, $400, $300, $200 or $100. Purchase your $20 tickets at the Plummer Place front desk.

Scratch Ticket Raffle, sponsored by FINE, “100 Scratch Tickets for $10”, beginning August 19th. One raffle ticket purchase of $10 will give you a chance to win 100 scratch tickets! Ticket sales will be limited to 300. The winner will be drawn on 10/13/23 and tickets can be purchased at the Plummer Place front office or from a FINE board member.

Scrabble players will meet on Mondays, September 11th and 25th at 10:00 a.m. We are always looking for new players! Call Jeanne to sign up.

Veterans Services Rep, Carl Bradshaw will be here on Tuesday, September 12th at 10:30 a.m. for his office hour.

Salmon VNA Blood Pressure Clinic, Tuesday, September 12th from 11:00-12:00 p.m. Book Club will meet on Wednesday, September 13th at 10:30 a.m. Call Michelle to find out what book we are reading.

“Take a Hike” will meet Tuesdays, September 12th and 26th weather permitting, destination to be announced. All walks start at 10:00 a.m. Call Jeanne for more information.

Dull Men’s Club will meet on Friday September 1st from 9:30-10:30 a.m., call Amy for more information.

Women’s Topics, a new group at Plummer Place, will meet on Monday September 11th @ 9:30 a.m. Women, let’s meet and have meaningful discussions, let’s focus on our mental and physical health, let’s enjoy each other’s company and have fun! Our first meeting will be a meet and greet with a focus on what you want this group to be. What topics interest you? And then each month we will have a guest speaker with topics we want to learn about. Call Michelle if interested.

New class being offered: “Writing Your Way”, starts Tuesday, September 12th from 2:30-3:45 p.m. and will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Local author and Northbridge resident Lori Gannon, will be your instructor in this creative writing course. It is designed to be open ended, to provide a fun, safe, nurturing environment for people to write and share their work whether it be short stories, memoirs, poetry, or daily journaling. Call Michelle to sign up.

Scam Alert Program brought to you by the Worcester County DA’s Office, Wednesday, September 6th @ 12:45 p.m. Kevin Donohue from the DA’s office is back to help us learn how to stay safe as local scams continue to evolve. Kevin will show us how to recognize and know what scams are currently out there and are being used in our own community.

Hoarding Disorder Presentation, Monday, September 18th @ 10:30 a.m. Join Debra Vescera, RN, MSN, a registered Public Health Nurse, to discuss this mental health condition in which individuals have a strong need to save many items and experience distress when attempting to get rid of them.

Local Author Event & Book Signing: Rod Lee’s “Gil Christopher”, Wednesday, September 20th from 10-11:00 a.m. Local writer, Rod Lee will be here to present his new book based on a man as he reaches his mid to late seventies and is full of the annoyances that come with old age. Gil’s hope is to follow in the footsteps of literary greats and write his own masterpiece which takes him to Paris in search of inspiration. Rod’s book will be for sale at this event, $20 in paperback.

Greendale Retiree Friends Chorus, Wednesday, September 27th @ 1:00pm. Join us to welcome back this very talented group of singers. Their last visit here was well before Covid so they are long overdue. This group has been in existence for 60 years and they love to make people happy with their music and humor! Come and sing along with us to a variety of songs from today and yesterday! Plummer Place is the home of the Northbridge Senior Center. Phone: 508-2342002. OPEN: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.