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Cool cabin fever • save lives with life-saving devices • winter home shows

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Eat, drink and be moderate • realistic expectations reduce stress carve out time for cardio

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Broaden your world through the eyes of an artist • Expand your mind Brighten the season

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Time’s gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 28 What brings us meaning in this third stage of life? Our conscious appreciation of the experience and insight that comes with the passage of time brings meaning in this third stage of life. By simply looking back upon life with a curious and compassionate eye, we can discover greater meaning, courage and joy in living forward into the years ahead of us.

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Life is dynamic…a compilation of transitions that help shape us into who we are. As we age, it may seem that life’s transitions come at us with increasing speed and keeping up with the changes may feel overwhelming.

Lifestyle Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Financial assistance & benefits, Housing, Retail, Services

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Give a little

Light up your happy brain TIS THE SEASON FOR JOY AND STRESS. Joy because we get to spend time with family, friends and acquaintances. Joy, too, because we get to give… gifts, time, love. I recently heard that scientists, by doing neuro scans (whatever that means), have shown that being generous seems to make us happy. It seems that when we give, the happy parts of the brain light up. I thought I’d check it out, so I Googled ‘neuroscience altruism.’ While not everyone agrees, it seems that there might be something to it as this somewhat typical story synopsis from NeuroScienceNews.com suggests: Researchers discover converging signs of pure altruism within the brain and noted that the behavior increases as we age.

I’m not surprised. I know when I listen to a friend who needs an ear, or drop a buck in someone’s bucket, or give someone a hug and say that they matter to me, I feel better and not just because I can pat myself on the back and tell myself what a wonderful human being I am and thank goodness there are people like me on the planet. I just do.

So, as the saying goes: if you’re feeling bad and you want to cheer up, do something nice for someone. Everybody wins.

I think we miss a lot of opportunities to be generous because we’re so speedy all the time, especially during the holidays. And that brings me to the stress part of the season. It’s the rush, rush, rush thing.

We’re busy with parties, and dinners, and events and it’s all so fun and exciting until we’re finally preparing Christmas dinner and we just crash because we get overwhelmed.

I’m thankful for our dog, Charlie. Every morning he insists on a walk. I think he truly believes that his head will explode if we don’t go. It’s his gift to me. I get to start every day with a stroll on a trail or around the neighborhood. I try to be right there on the walk. If thoughts of all the things I have to do today start to creep in I reel myself back to the here and now and enjoy looking at the landscaping of the house we’re walking by or listen to the chirp-chirp from the nearby tree. I’m not perfect at it, but I’ve gotten better and it really helps set a tone for the day. Of course, I don’t need Charlie to go walk, but it does help to have him there telling me his head is about to blow to motivate me.

So what I’m going to try to do this year is to slow down when I can...with deadlines and all…and try to focus a little less on me and a little more on the people around me. We’re all rushed and we’re all a little frantic, but a simple gesture here and there, a smile, a moment of conversation, letting someone ahead of you in line, can change the whole day for both of us.

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Better Home

Linda L. Osmundson

Winter home shows

PLAN TO ATTEND the Northern Colorado Home Improvement Show at The Ranch, January 28 & 29 from 10am to 5pm.

Take classes from various vendors. Costs are yet to be determined.

Check the website closer to the date for more information http:// larimer.org/virtualems/BrowseEvents.aspx.

If you are interested in western, consider attending the world famous National Western Stock Show January 7-22 in Denver. Vendors offer everything from clothing to cookware as well as the 24th Annual Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale. www.nationalwestern.com.

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The 2017 Colorado Garden & Home Show happens February 4-12 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver. About 1400 booths display their wares.

Find times at www.coloradogardenfoundation.org.

Parking lots provide buses to the center. Check online closer to the date.

Mark your calendars for the March 10-12 Home Builders Home Show at the Ranch. Get more information at www.nocohba.com/events-calendar/the-2017-home-remodel-show.

Cool cabin fever WITH SNOW, HOWLING WINDS and freezing temperatures, curling up by a fire with a book suffices for a time. When the walls close in and you need company, invite neighbors, family and/or friends for a game night. Suggest they bring their favorite games or you provide games like Tripoli, scrabble, Bingo, trivial pursuit, puzzles and/or cards.

Serve light snacks or a light dinner. Perhaps set a potluck theme – chili, soup, or pizza and plenty of tossed salad. Serve a specialty drink such as mulled wine, hot/spiced cider or unusual ales. Consider different kinds of snack recipes found through Google.

Another night, plan a scavenger hunt. Give each household a list of objects. Meet for dinner or drinks at your house and give a prize to the household who checked off the most items. Don’t let the weather give you cabin fever.

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New law requires carbon monoxide (the silent killer) monitors sit within fifteen feet of bedrooms. Should one go off, don’t hunt for a phone, leave the house immediately and call 911 from a neighbor’s house.

Colorado has a high incidence of radon in basements.

Purchase a kit at the Fort Collins Senior Center – $6 short-term kit or $20 long-term kit.

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Better Health

Kim Sharpe

Eat, drink and be moderate ONE OF THE BEST PARTS of the holidays is the traditional foods and drinks that go along with them.

But enjoying too many of those special holiday treats can add up to a lot of extra, unhealthy holiday pounds that you have to deal with in the new year. An easy way to cut back is to be mindful when eating and drinking.

Sarah Morales, a dietician in Fort Collins, says, “Your favorite special foods and holiday traditional treats can fit within an overall healthy diet. The key is moderation and balance. Enjoy smaller portions of rich foods and really savor and enjoy them; be sure to include a variety of lower-calorie vegetable options to balance the higher-calorie foods on your holiday plate. Also make an effort to get in some extra physical activity to help balance extra calories in with calories out.”

Maintaining your moderation:

• Use a small plate • Make half your plate fruits and vegetables • O nly take food you think you’ll enjoy. Don’t waste calories on food you really don’t want to eat.

• Bring your own healthy dish to share • C hoose a small-size holiday flavored coffee drink and ask for half the syrup or sweetener • Eat and drink slowly. Nibble and sip like a gourmet.

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Carve out time for cardio LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE. Better blood flow. Increased metabolism, which leads to weight loss and weight management. Staving off depression.

Social time. If you could do one thing to reap all these benefits, would you?

Then consider adding cardio exercise to your daily schedule. Cardio exercise is any activity that elevates your heart rate and it’s best to do something aerobically physical 30 minutes per day at least five days a week.

“Low functional capacity, muscle weakness and deconditioning are more common in older adults than any other age range,” explains Lauren Bowman, UCHealth Poudre Valley Medical HOLIDAY TIME IS ONE of the most stressful times of the year, but you can keep that stress in check by setting realistic expectations. And you know that endless list of preparatory “to do’s?” Perhaps it’s time to give them a makeover.

If you keep up with friends and family on social media, maybe mailing hundreds of personally signed holiday cards isn’t necessary any longer. And maybe that big holiday meal can be enjoyed at a restaurant. Also, it’s okay to ask for help. Don’t feel you have to meet everyone’s expectations at the high cost of your own sanity and health. Give yourself permission to lower your own expectations.

Carl Nassar, director at HeartCentered Counseling, suggests that “If you start to feel yourself collapsing into a place of pressure and needing to make everything perfect, pause for a moment and catch your breath. Have compassion for the part of you that wants to get it all just right. It’s a part of you trying (in an old, ineffective way) to make sure you and everyone around you is safe and happy. Then, remind yourself that the best way to be safe and happy is not by being perfect, but rather by enjoying the comfort of being together. Let the holiday be about enjoying each other just as you are, rather than having to be something you’re not (perfect) in the false hope that this’ll make everyone happy.”

Fitness supervisor. “That’s why it is important for older adults to continue living a healthy lifestyle involving aerobic exercise and muscular strengthening exercises to improve their quality of life and ability to be independent.”

Whether you like to walk, swim, bike or perhaps something more strenuous like running or skiing, choose a variety of ways to keep moving to help keep from getting bored. You also might want to work out with a friend.

Research shows that exercising with others adds motivation and fun.

On a cautionary note, if you’ve not been active for a while, speak to your doctor before starting a new exercise program.

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Brighten the season THE GARDENS AT SPRING CREEK holiday tradition illuminates the season with thousands of LED lights at 2145 Centre Ave., December 2 through January 8, 5-9pm. Come rain, shine or snow, you may even visit on Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. View lit perennial flower beds, huge sculptural flowers, a blue pond, John Deere tractor, cornfields, farmer and a dinosaur-filled Primordial Forest. During the weekends, visit with Santa, listen to 20 |

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holiday music, make seasonal crafts, and enjoy warm drinks.

Volunteers make the show happen; therefore, no admission is charged. A $5 per person donation would be appreciated.

A trip to Denver’s Botanical Gardens also provides a lit wonderland from November 25 to January 1st, 1007 York, 5:30-9 pm. Admission: $13 Adult, $11 Adult Member, Senior (65+), Military, $10 Child (Ages 3-15), $8 Child Member and children 2 or younger are free.

Expand your mind OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENRICHMENT abound in northern Colorado. Membership in CSU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute tenders classes from art and design to science and technology and everything in between. Members are of all ages with special attention to those 50 and older. Classes offer an education in subjects of members’ interests with no tests, pre-requisites, stress or degree requirements. The annual fee of $35 includes access to Osher courses, Perks, special programs, social events, and field trips. Courses are based on a $5 per class hour. For example, twohour weekly classes for a length of six weeks cost $60. Visit their website at www.colostate.edu/osher.

Senior centers in northern Colorado also offer memberships and classes from fitness to education as well as trips and travel.

Google a center in your town for more information.

Broaden your world view through the eyes of an artist

VISIT “PASSPORT TO PAINTING” at the Loveland Museum/Gallery December 10 to February 19 featuring Loveland’s retired dentist, traveler, volunteer, artist Dr. Richard “Dick” Schilling. He captures everything from the grasslands of Africa to the prairies of Nebraska in more than 100 works of watercolor, oil, pastel and ink drawings of impressionistic landscapes, wood sculpture, sketchbooks and diary entries. These works exemplify his love of art, nature and service to those in need.

Although born and raised in Nebraska, the family often traveled to Colorado. He graduated from the University of Nebraska. “As a kid I was invited to take painting lessons on Saturday mornings in the university’s art department. The seeds were planted, and in time, others pruned and groomed me into an artist.” His many awards and three books are proof of that statement.

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THROUGH DECEMBER 3 29th Annual Festival of Trees Features beautifully decorated trees that are sure to get you in the holiday spirit.

Santa will be on site, too! $2.50-adults, $1.50-seniors and children under 12. Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. Times vary. www. ucstars.com.

THROUGH DECEMBER 11 Downtown Santa’s Shopping Quest Knock out some holiday shopping in Downtown Fort Collins and search for Santas with a gold star to win prizes. Downtown Fort Collins, FC. 484-6500, www. downtownfortcollins.org.

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THROUGH DECEMBER 27 A Tuna Christmas This tale takes place in fictitious Tuna, Texas. Ticket prices and show times vary.

Bas Bleu Theater Company, 401 Pine St., FC. 498-8949, www.basbleu.org.

THROUGH DECEMBER 31 Holiday Gift & Miniature Show Artwork in all media-painting, drawing, photography, jewelry, sculpture, pottery, home decor, clothing, accessories, more. Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park Fine Art Gallery, 423 W. Elkhorn Ave., EP. Tuesdays-Sundays, 12-5pm. www.estesarts.com

It’s a Wonderful Life Frank Capra’s classic holiday film about George Bailey is brought to theatrical life in an uplifting musical that is perfect for the entire family.

Ticket prices and show times vary. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Dr., Johnstown. www. coloradocandlelight.com.

DECEMBER 2 AND 3 Oratorio Society of Estes Park Holiday Concert Free, but donations are gratefully accepted. There will be a reception after the concert on Saturday. Estes Park High School Auditorium, 1600 Manford Ave., EP. Friday, 7pm and Saturday at 2pm. http://osep.info/main/.

DECEMBER 2 THROUGH JANUARY 8 Celebrating the Season: The 14th Annual Holiday Art Exhibition The show features work created

by Cultural Arts Council visual arts members. Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, 423 W. Elkhorn Ave., EP. Exhibit times vary. 586-9203, www. visitestespark.com.

Garden of Lights Tour perennial flower beds all decked out with holiday lights, visit with Santa, listen to holiday music, sip warm beverages. $5 donation appreciated. Gardens on Spring Creek, 2145 Centre Ave., FC. 5-9pm. 416-2486.

DECEMBER 10 THROUGH 18 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas This production of the holiday classic is based on the viewpoint from the mouse. $13.50. Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. Times vary. 356-5000, www. ucstars.com.

DECEMBER 16 THROUGH 18 Christmas in America Enjoy the Loveland Chorale Society voices and festive Christmas orchestra for a red, white and blue holiday musical fest. $18. Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St., LV. Times vary. 962-2120, www. rialtotheatercenter.org.

DECEMBER 8 THROUGH 11 It’s a Wonderful Life The Moon Theater Company brings George Bailey and the whole cast of this classic tale to life. Prices vary. Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St., LV. Times vary. 962-2120, www. rialtotheatercenter.org.

DECEMBER 9 THROUGH 11 The Nutcracker Canyon Concert Ballet is proud to present its 35th annual performances of this classic Christmas tale. Ticket prices vary. Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., FC. Times vary. 221-6730, www. lctix.com.

DECEMBER 17 AND 18 Candlelight Christmas Concert The Larimer Chorale will revisit old favorites and explore music from a variety of cultures. $25; $15-students. First United Methodist Church, 1005 Stover St., FC. Times vary. 2216730, www.lctix.com.

guest local guitar virtuoso Dave Beegle. Prices vary.

Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St., LV. 7pm. 962-2120, www. rialtotheatercenter.org.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 Winter Song: A Sparkling Winter Gala A sparkling holiday evening with the Fort Collins Opera event. Includes gourmet dinner, bar, silent auction and musical offerings. Ages 21+. $75; $50-students. Prices vary. CSU Lory Student Center Theatre, 1101 Central Ave. Mall, FC. 6pm. 221-6730, www.lctix.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Teddy Bear Bash Kids will meet Christopher the Christmas Bear, play games, fish at the North Pole, more. Ages 3-9. $5. Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. 9-11am. 356-5000, www.ucstars.com.

Homesteader’s Holiday Enjoy candle dipping, making ornaments, eating holiday treats and shopping-all with an historical theme. $4-adult, $2-60+, $2-ages 3-17, free for children under 12 with canned food donation. Centennial Village Museum,1475 A St, GR. 10am-4pm. www. centennialvillagemuseum.com.

A Dickens Dinner Ring in the holiday season with a four-course Victorian feast and a full evening of music by the elegantlycostumed Dickens Carolers.

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by November 25. Prices vary based on meal selection.

Fort Collins Country Club, 1920 Country Club Rd., FC. 6:30pm. 416-9348, www. larimerchorale.org.

DECEMBER 19 THROUGH 21 Holiday Film Series Get lost in the magic of the holiday season with three one-night-only screenings of classic holiday films: Scrooge, Babes in Toyland and It’s a Wonderful Life. $6 each.

Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St., LV. 7pm. 962-2120, www. rialtotheatercenter.org

Events By Date THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 Dave Villano’s Celtic Christmas Magic Join Dave and 10 of Colorado’s top musicians for an evening of traditional Celtic and contemporary holiday music, with special

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Poinsettia Pops Concert The Greeley Philharmonic Orchesta, Greeley Chorale and Children’s Chorale will entertain by playing all your favorite holiday classics.

Children under 2 years are not admitted to this performance.

Prices vary. Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. 7:30pm. 356-5000, www. ucstars.com.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 Big Band Holiday with Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra Swing in the holidays with classic holiday songs. Prices vary. Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St., LV. 3pm. 962-2120, www.rialtotheatercenter.org.

UNC Choirs Holiday Concert Get in the holiday spirit with UNC choir members as they sing for joy. $12; $8-students.

Union Colony Civic, 701 10th Ave., GR. 7:30pm.

356-5000, www.ucstars.com.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Dasher 5k Warm up the holiday season with this family friendly 5k run. Dress to impress in holiday outfits. Entrance fees vary. Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Ave., EP. 10am. www.epmarathon.org.

Tuba Christmas Northern Colorado Come celebrate the holiday season with a brass band of tuba proportions. Oak Street Plaza, FC. 2-3pm. 484-6500, www.downtownfortcollins.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 A Brass Christmas Join members of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra for this annual holiday treat.

First United Methodist Church, 9917 W. 10th St., GR. 7:30pm. 353-5522 www.fumcgreeley.org.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 Winter Bike to Work Day Similar to the summer event, Winter Bike to Work Day, features stationsthat provide breakfast, coffee, bike repairs and fun to reward those who arrive by bike. Throughout Fort Collins. www.fcgov.com/ bikewinter.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 Ten Tenors: Home for the Holidays Experience Christmas music like never before with colorful repertoire, breathtaking arrangements and a powerful live performance by Australia’s The Ten Tenors.

Prices vary. Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. 7pm. 356-5000, www. ucstars.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 The Greeley Chorale presents: A Holiday Gala Enjoy an evening of traditional and contemporary holiday music with the full chorale, as well as soloists and small ensembles, and the Greeley Madrigal Feaste Singers in Renaissance costume. $22; $10-student.

Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. 7:30pm. 3565000, www.ucstars.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 First Night Ring in the New Year at this alcohol-free, family friendly evening where you will enjoy live music, dancing, theatrical performances, more. Free.

Many venues throughout Downtown Fort Collins. 5:3010pm. 962-2120 or www. downtownfortcollins.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 Winter Concert: Estes Valley Singers Large chorus and piano holiday concert. The Stanley Hotel, 333 Wonderview Ave., EP. 2pm. www. estesparkmusicfestival.org/ winter-concerts.html.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 Charles Dickens A Christmas Carole This new adaptation of Dickens’ ever popular classic fills the stage with first-class professional actors, lush costumes, stunning sets and puppetry, song and dance, a heavy dose of humor, and a timeless message. Prices vary. Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., FC. 7:30pm.

221-6730, www.lctix.com.

New Year’s Eve Gala A red carpet entry, a night of favorite soloists and songs, followed by the Times Square Ball Drop and a champagne reception. $10-35. Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., GR. 8pm. 356-5000, www.ucstars.com.

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Time’s gift Looking back as we move forward

Bob Calhoun

WHAT BRINGS US MEANING in this third stage of life?

One source of meaning, I would suggest, results from our conscious appreciation of the gathered experience and insight that comes with the passage of time. Simply in looking back upon life with a curious and compassionate eye, we can discover greater meaning, courage and joy in living forward into the years ahead of us.

Obviously, the longer view of life is one we could not obtain until our fifties and beyond, a view where we know things about our self and the world we could never have known or appreciated when younger. But ‘time’s gift’ to us is in recognizing the ways our life story continues to feed us and embolden us on our journey.

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We are better prepared to let go of judgement, regret, guilt, sorrow, and turn our focus toward the courage, resilience, hopefulness, creativity, adventurousness, and openness... seen the ‘good, the bad, and the ugly.’

Yet we are now in a place to bring compassion and wisdom to all we know about our self and the world as we have experienced it. We are better prepared to let go of judgement, regret, guilt, sorrow, and turn our focus toward the courage, resilience, hopefulness, creativity, adventurousness, and openness…all qualities that have matured over our many years and helped us make it to this point in life.

Many wise souls have written about how looking back with compassion on the story of our lives, appreciating our life’s twists and turns, sufferings felt and survived, adventures

both joyful and arduous, triumphs despite all odds, acts of human connection and kindness… yes, the looking back on all these can provide meaning to our life as we live it right now, and see it as a life worth taking forward, courageously embracing what life has yet in store for us.

Drawing on experience

Life presents each of us with many opportunities from which to draw upon our past to help enrich and encourage us on our conscious elder path. We will have weddings, reunions, deaths of parents, children, dear friends…graduations, travels

that take us to old haunts and to new places… Lightfoot, Simon or Dylan concerts, world tragedies, and the Cubs winning the World Series…all to remind us of who we are and what we bring with us on this journey.

Back to the future

This past September I had the joy of spending eight days canoeing in the waters of Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada with my old friend, Steve. We took this same trip 25 years ago with a couple of our pre-teen children. This time, the ‘kids’ were in their mid-30s. Steve and I could still hold our own with the

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paddling and the portaging, and we had some good stories to tell. But now we witnessed the strength, leadership, and confidence in our children, qualities we modeled for them a quarter century ago. As we stepped back and let them lead, we were grateful for this continuing story, and drew on our kids’ strength as we face new challenges as men in our mid-60s.

Steve and I met as 20-year-olds, teaching kids at summer camp to canoe. As lifelong friends, it seems much has not changed … there is that unspoken acceptance of who we each are. We share a deep optimism about life, we still philosophize as we did back then, but with a softer tone and more of an appreciation for what we don’t know.

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Yes, the bodies have changed and we talk more about health issues and grandkids. But there is great comfort in knowing and affirming each other’s story.

Some things stay the same, and some things change as they will and must. Many changes seem very natural, many do not. Many joyful, many painful.

This elder journey is like that…but it is in part ‘time’s gift’ of our story that can strengthen our resolve to go forward in these years, reminding us daily of the richness of life lived, encouraging us to live and to love fully, with a twinkle in the eye, a skip in the step, and with a perspective that will get us through the challenges ahead as we get older…so be it.

Applicants must be at least 62 years of age with an annual income of or below $27,400 for 1 person & $31,300 for 2 people. Harvest Pointe is a non-smoking community.

Section 504 Coordinator: Stuart Hartman, VP - Operations, FPM, Inc. 911 N Studebaker Road, Long Beach CA 90815, 562-275-5100. TDD 800-545-1833 x 359.

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LIFE Asking for help to navigate transitions

LIFE IS DYNAMIC. A compilation of transitions that help shape us into who we are. As we age, it may seem that life’s transitions come at us with increasing speed and keeping up with the changes may feel overwhelming.

Retirement is often the first major change older people experience. Some welcome it as a time to do life differently, to redefine themselves and pursue adventures and opportunities not available to them when holding down a full-time job or raising a family. Others may struggle with feeling a loss of identity, purpose and income.

Relocating is another common transition for older people. A host of issues may dictate a move from the family house to one that’s smaller or to a residential care facility or in with family. People who have some control over where they move to have a tendency to cope better with the change.

Those who have less or no say in the move may not fare as well.

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changes

We also eventually experience the loss of our health, a partner and friends as we age.

It’s okay to grieve and mourn

“We cannot overcome aging and death,” says Alan Wolfelt, director of the Fort Collins-based Center for Loss and Life Transition. “As our bodies change, we lose function and, society tells us, beauty. We lose our careers and sometimes our houses, our lifestyles, our finances. Our children grow up and move away. And one by one, our friends and family members begin to take their leave from us here on earth. And so we can’t help but grieve.”

Wolfelt helps people understand that grief and mourning are necessary in the aging process.

Grief encompasses the internal feelings we have about loss and mourning is the outward expression of those feelings. “Authentic mourning is how you integrate losses and move through them to what comes next. Then and only then do you have the space for the wisdom that aging urges you to discover and share.”

Ask for help

When faced with challenging circumstances and changes, pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps and soldiering on seems the accepted

Six Steps to Successfully Deal With Loss These steps are excerpted from Dr. Alan Wolfelt’s book The Journey Through Grief, which is available at www.centerforloss.com and bookstores nationwide.

1. Acknowledge the reality of the loss This first step involves gently confronting the reality that someone or something you care about will never come back into your life again.

2. Embrace the pain of the loss It is easier to avoid, repress or deny the pain of grief than it is to confront it, yet it is in confronting our pain and getting well acquainted with it that we learn to reconcile ourselves to it.

3. Remember what’s lost Photographs and souvenirs are examples of some of the things that give testimony to a different form of a continued relationship with whom or what you lost. Embrace memories of the past; doing so will help you feel hopeful about the future.

4. Develop a new self-identity Part of your self-identity comes from the relationships you have with other people, your job, where you live, etc. When someone with whom you have a relationship dies, if you retire or if you move, part of your self-identity naturally changes. You may feel a temporarily heightened dependence on others, as well as feelings of helplessness, frustration, inadequacy and fear. Eventually, accepting a new identity will empower you to live with a new-found confidence.

5. Receive ongoing support from others You cannot—nor should you try to—deal with loss alone. Draw on the experiences and encouragement of friends, fellow mourners or professional counselors to help you heal.

6. Reconcile your grief People do not “get over” grief. A more appropriate term for what occurs as a mourner works to integrate the new reality of moving forward in a changed life is reconciliation. Hope will emerge and you will move forward as you make commitments to the future, realizing that who or what you lost will never be forgotten.

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American way of coping. This philosophy may not always be advisable or healthy, however. Sometimes—often times—it’s better to ask for help.

Jennifer Markiewicz, Colorado Transition Partners principal, explains, “Often when we’re presented with major changes, we find ourselves navigating unfamiliar systems. When this happens as a direct result of crisis, such as loss of a loved one or divorce, we can’t expect to become overnight experts in law, Social Security, finance, taxes, etc.

Further, these issues are labor-intensive.

When people are experiencing emotional turmoil, they should enlist help to

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make sure that the matters are addressed thoughtfully and thoroughly. At the very least, asking someone to help you create a ‘punch list’ will help to focus priorities to ensure both legal compliance and personal well-being.”

Aging is an opportunity

Aging shouldn’t be considered all about decline and loss. On the contrary, as Betty Friedan, an American writer, activist and feminist, explains, “Aging is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”

It’s a new season in which we can relax and become true to ourselves.

Author Anne Lamott, in her book, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, writes: “Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life—it has given me me. It has provided time and experience and failures and triumphs and time-tested friends who have helped me step into the shape that was waiting for me.”

Wolfelt says, “Growing older gives us time to find the natural rhythms that best suit us, [so try to] imagine your final decades not as a time of dismal, depressing decline, but as one of opportunity and fulfillment, one to truly enjoy and even cherish.”

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Lifestyle

DIRECTORY Financial Assistance & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 finances, insurance counseling

Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 assisted living, independent living, moving assistance, nursing facilities, senior apartments Retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 home remodeling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 funeral care, legal services, transportation

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE & BENEFITS FINANCES

Colorado Low Income Telephone Assistance Program 303-894-2043, www.colorado.gov Consumer Credit Counseling 1247 Riverside Ave., FC 229-0695, www.greenpath.com Consumer Fraud (Weld County District Attorney) 800-222-4444 or 356-4010 www.co.weld.co.us Foundation on Aging for Larimer County, Inc. FC, 224-5476, www.foalarimer.org House of Neighborly Service 565 N. Cleveland Ave., LV 667-4939, 531 8th, Berthoud 532-0161, www.honservice.org Kevin Dunnigan, Investment Centers of America 300 E. 29th St., LV, 622-2366 www.helpwithmyinvestments.com Full-service financial firm com­ mitted to helping people pursue their financial goals.

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Larimer County Office on Aging 2601 Midpoint Dr., Ste. 112, FC 498-7750 www.larimer.org/seniors

Social Security Administration Weld County 5400 W. 11th St., GR 877-405-9195, www.ssa.gov

Larimer County Veterans Services 200 W. Oak St., FC, 498-7390 www.larimer.org/veterans

INSURANCE COUNSELING

Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) Larimer County 1501 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 498-7730, www.larimer.org/dhs/ assistance/leap.htm Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) Weld County www.co.weld.co.us Neighbor to Neighbor 1550 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 484-7498, 242 Conifer St., FC 494-9705, 565 N. Cleveland Ave., LV, 663-4163 www.n2n.org Old Age Pension Weld County 351-1551, www.co.weld.co.us Social Security Administration Larimer County 301 S. Howes St., Ste. 4, FC 866-336-7385, www.ssa.gov

Aspen Club Senior Servies PVHS 1224 Doctors Ln., FC 495-8560, 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., LV, 624-1860, www.pvhs.org Larimer County Department of Human Services – Medicaid 1501 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 498-6300, 205 E. 6th St., LV 498-6300, www.larimer.org/dhs Medicaid Hotline 888-367-6557 www.healthcolorado.net Medicare Information & Application Larimer County 1501 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 498-6300, www.larimer.org/dhs Medicare Information 800-633-4227 www.medicare.gov Options for Long Term Care (OLTC) Larimer County 1501 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 498-7780, www.larimer.org

Senior Health Insurance Assistance www.cdn.colorado.gov Weld County RSVP 351-2588 www.unco.edu/nhs/rsvp/ services.html Weld County Social Services Department 315 N. 11th Ave., GR, 352-1551 www.co.weld.co.us

HOUSING

CARE Housing 1303 W. Swallow St.,FC 282-7522 www.carehousing.org Fort Collins Housing Authority 1715 W. Mountain Ave., FC 416-2910, www.fchousing.com Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village 508 W. Trilby Rd., FC 970-226-4909, www.good-sam. com/fortcollinsvillage Good Samaritan Society–Greeley Communities 708 22nd St., GR 970-352-6082, www.good-sam. com/greeleycommunities

Good Samaritan Society Loveland Village 2101 S. Garfield Ave., LV 970-669-3100, www.good-sam. com/lovelandvillage Good Samaritan Society Water Valley Resort 805 Compassion Dr., WS 970-686-2743, www.good-sam. com/watervalley Greeley-Weld Housing Authority 903 6th St., GR, 353-7437 www.greeley-weldha.org Loveland Housing Authority 375 W. 37th St., Ste. 200, LV 667-3232, www.lovelandhsg.org Neighborhood Services Office 281 N. College Ave., FC 224-6046, www.fcgov.com/ neighborhoodservices Neighbor to Neighbor 1550 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 484-7498 565 N. Cleveland Ave., LV 663-4163, www.n2n.org

ASSISTED LIVING

Apple Leaf Assisted Living 1328 1st St., Berthoud 532-2600 www.appleleafassistedliving.com Aspen House, 2212 E. 11th St. LV, 635-9800 www.aspenhouse.org Barlow Assisted Living 2320 W. Prospect Rd., FC 482-1119 www.barlowassistedliving.com Caring, personal, personalized senior assisted-living services.

Bee Hive Homes Assisted Living 1805 32nd St., Evans 866-866-9652 www.seniorliving.net Bonnell Good Samaritan Center 708 22nd St., GR, 352-6082 www.good-sam.com The Bridge at Life Care Center of Greeley 4750 25th St., GR, 339-0022 www.thebridgeatgreeley.com Greeley’s most established assisted living, providing fabulous food and great service.

Bright Assisted Living 610 Hemlock Dr., WS, 674-1446 Collinwood Assisted Living and Memory Care 5055 S. Lemay Ave., FC, 223-3552 www.bethesdaseniorliving.com Full schedule of social and recreational activities; maintenance-free living.

Columbine Commons Assisted Living 1475 Main Street, WS 449-5540, www. columbinehealth.com

Courtyard of Loveland 605 California Ave., LV, 667-3342 www.courtyardofloveland.com Our smaller facility offers a comfortable home environment with 24-hour personal care.

Eagle’s Nest Assisted Living 1026 Salmon Run, FC, 231-2692 www.eaglesnestal.com Fort Collins Healthcare Center 1000 S Lemay Ave, FC, 482-7925 www.savaseniorcare.com Accepting Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance.

Garden Square at Spring Creek 1000 E. Stuart St., FC, 494-3276 Garden Square of Greeley 1663 29th Ave. Pl., GR 573-7739, www.gardensquare memorycare.com Garden Square at Westlake Assisted Living 3151 W. 20th St., GR 673-9402 www.gardensquareatwestlake.com Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village 508 W. Trilby Rd., FC, 226-4909 www.good-sam.com

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Grace Pointe Continuing Care Senior Campus 1919 68th Ave., GR, 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com Assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation.

Gray Cara West 3705 Carson Ave., Evans 330-5133, www.graycara.com Heritage Haus 208 19th St., SE, LV, 669-5616 Joneses Assisted Living 2127 Eagle Dr., LV, 663-2226 Lakeview Commons 1422 W. 29th St., LV, 278-4000 www.columbinehealth.com Safe and comfortable, empower­ ing residents to be as active and independent as possible.

Loveland House 2115 Eagle Dr., LV 663-2223 Loveland Village – Good Samaritan Society 2101 S. Garfield Ave., LV 669-3100 www.good-sam.com

Park Regency Loveland 1875 Fall River Dr., LV, 461-1100 www.ParkRegencyLoveland.com Primrose Place 1330 E. 1st St., LV, 667-5962 www.facebook.com/pages/ Primrose-Place The Residence at Oakridge 4750 Wheaton Dr., FC, 229-5800 www.nhaconsulting.com Rigden Farm Senior Living 2350 Limon Dr., FC, 224-2700 www.RigdenFarmSeniorLiving.com Offers independent living monthto-month leases with no buy-in.

Shamrock Manor 2914 W. Prospect Rd., FC 224-1400 Spring Creek Health Care 1000 E Stuart Street, FC, 482-5712 www.savaseniorcare.com Providing wound, bariatric, respiratory and respite care.

Brookdale Fort Collins 1002 Rule Dr., FC, 235-0698 www.brookdaleliving.com

MacKenzie Place 4750 Pleasant Oak Dr., FC 207-1939 www.mackenzieplace.com

Brookdale North Loveland 2895 N. Empire, LV 235-0683 www.brookdaleliving.com

Meadowlark Assisted Living 1214 Catalpa Pl., FC 221-3707

Brookdale Mariana Butte 215 Shupe Cir., LV 235-0699 www.brookdaleliving.com

MeadowView of Greeley 5300 W. 29th St., GR, 353-6800 www.meadowviewofgreeley.com Morning Star Assisted Living and Memory Care 3509 Lochwood Drive, FC 999-8790 www.morningstarseniorliving.com New Mercer Commons 900 Centre Ave., FC, 495-1000, www.columbine health.com Assisted living, Alzheimer’s and related dementia, assisted living, short-term respite programs.

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Brookdale Greeley 1999 W. 38th Ave., GR 818-5300 www.brookdaleliving.com Turnberry Place Assisted Living 2401 Turnberry Rd., FC 482-2215 www.turnberryassistedliving.com Wellington Assisted Living 8126 5th St., Wellington 568-7199 Willows at Windsor 303 E. Chestnut St. 686-2258

INDEPENDENT LIVING

Bonnell Good Samaritan Center 708 22nd St., GR 352-6082 www.good-sam.com Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village 508 W. Trilby Rd., FC 226-4909 www.good-sam.com Greeley Place 1051 6th St., GR 351-0683 www.holidaytouch.com/ our-communities/greeley-place Harvest Pointe

4895 Lucerne Ave., LV 622-9907, www.rhf.org/rhfcms Affordable housing for lowincome seniors.

Hillcrest of Loveland 535 N. Douglas Ave., LV, 593-9800 www.hillcrestofloveland.com Applicants must be at least 62 years of age with an annual income of or below $25,750 for one person or $29,400 for two people. Harvest Pointe is a non-smoking community.

Section 504 Coordinator: Stuart Hartman, VP - Operations, FPM, Inc. 911 N Studebaker Road, Long Beach CA 90815, 562-275-5100. TDD 800-545-1833 x 359.

Loveland Village – Good Samaritan Society 2101 S. Garfield Ave., LV 669-3100 www.good-sam.com MacKenzie Place 4750 Pleasant Oak Dr., FC 207-1939, www.mackenzieplace.com Mirasol Senior Living 1153 Finch St., LV 663-1300 www.mirasolseniorcommunity.com Park Regency Premiere Senior Living 1875 Fall River Dr., LV 461-1100 www.parkregency.us Parkwood Estates Independent Senior Living Community 2201 S. Lemay Ave., FC 482-3924 www.holidaytouch.com Rigden Farm Senior Living 2350 Limon Dr., FC 224-2700 www.rigdenfarmseniorliving.com Independent living month-to-month leases with no buy-in.

Silvernest 1-866-757-NEST www.Silvernest.com Silvernest connects baby boomers and empty nesters that have (or need) a room to share.

Sugar Valley Estates—Holiday Retirement 4320 Georgetown Dr., LV 744-3245 www.sugarvalleyestates.com Water Valley Senior Living Resort 805 Compassion Way, WS 686-2743 www.good-sam.com/watervalley Welcoming sense of community, golf, fishing, trails; restaurantstyle dining.

The Wexford 1515 W. 28th St. LV, 667-1900 www.columbinehealth.com Service and amenity choices available in a caring community.

The Winslow 909 Centre Ave.FC, 492-6200 www.columbinehealth.com For seniors to enjoy a lifestyle filled with recreational, educa­tional, and social activities.

The Worthington 900 Worthington Circle, FC 490-1000 www.columbinehealth.com.

Fun, security and peace of mind for independent-living seniors.

MOVING ASSISTANCE

Kids Gloves, LLC 449-2309, www.kidgloves.us Lone Pine Estate Service 224-2637

NURSING FACILITIES

Bonnell Good Samaritan Center 708 22nd St., GR, 352-6082 www.good-sam.com.

Centre Avenue Health & Rehab Facility 815 Centre Ave. FC, 494-2140 www.columbinehealth.com Private rooms for individuals; short stays after hospitalization, long-term care, end-of-life care.

Center for Neurorehabilitation Services, PC 1045 Robertson St., FC, 493-6667, www.brainrecov.com Columbine Commons Health & Rehab Facility 1475 Main Street, WS, 449-5541, www.columbinehealth.com.

Columbine West Health & Rehab Facility 940 Worthington Cr., FC , 221-2273 www.columbinehealth.com Skilled nursing facility providing rehabilitation, nursing care, de­ mentia care, and hospice services.

Fairacres Manor Inc 1700 18th Ave., GR, 353-3370 www.vivage.com/fairacres

Golden Peaks Center 1005 E. Elizabeth St., FC 482-2525, www.genesishcc. com/GoldenPeaks Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village 508 W. Trilby Rd., FC, 226-4909 www.good-sam.com Grace Pointe Continuing Care Senior Campus 1919 68th Ave., GR, 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com Assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation.

Kenton Manor 850 27th Ave., GR, 353-1017 www.savaseniorcare.com Lemay Avenue Health & Rehab Facility 4824 S. Lemay Ave., FC , 482-1584, www.columbine health.com.

Life Care Center of Greeley 4800 W. 25th St., GR, 330-6400 www.lifecarecenterofgreeley.com Quality care in peaceful, homelike atmosphere with nursing care. In-house physician.

Loveland Village – Good Samaritan Society 2101 S. Garfield Ave., LV 669-3100, www.good-sam.com North Shore Health & Rehab Facility 1365 W. 29th St. LV, 667-1111 www.columbine health.com Meets needs in a caring manner with regard to individual’s dignity and strengths.

Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of the Rockies 1020 Patton St., FC, 484-7981 www.rncrhealth.com Sava Senior Care 1000 E. Stuart St., FC, 482-5712 821 Duffield Ct., LV, 669-0345 www.savaseniorcare.com

Windsor Health Care Center 710 3rd St., WS, 686-7474 www.savaseniorcare.com

SENIOR APARTMENTS

Big Thompson Manor I & II 230 Monroe Ave., LV, 667-4195 Birchwood Apartments 2830 W. 27th St. Ln., GR, 330-6206 Broadview Apartments 2915 W. 8th St., GR, 352-9305 CARE Housing 1303 W. Swallow Rd., FC 282-7522, www.carehousing.org Century III (Windsor Housing Authority) 1027 Walnut St., WS, 686-5576 www.windsorgov.com DMA Plaza Apartments 300 Remington St., FC, 493-7727 Fort Collins Housing Authority (Northern Hotel, the Villages, Wellington) 1715 W. Mountain Ave., FC 416-2910, www.fchousing.com

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Fox Run Good Samaritan Society 1720 60th Ave., GR, 353-7773 www.good-sam.com

The Pines at Southmoor 2162 30th St., GR, 356-4059 www.thepinesatsouthmoor.com

Governor’s Farm Apartments 701 6th St., WS, 686-9650

University Plaza 1534 11th Ave., GR, 353-9275

Greeley Manor Apartments 1000 13th St., Ste. 105, GR 356-5489

Villa Fourteen 214 Birch Ave., Ault, 834-1570

Hamilton Park Apartments 1402 N. 4th St., Ste. 2, Berthoud, 532-3725 Harvest Pointe 4895 Lucerne Ave., LV, 6229907, www.rhf.org/rhfcms Affordable housing for lowincome seniors.

Immaculata Plaza 530 10th Ave., GR, 356-0610 Applicants must be at least 62 years of age with an annual income of or below $25,750 for one person or $29,400 for two people. Harvest Pointe is a non-smoking community.

Section 504 Coordinator: Stuart Hartman, VP - Operations, FPM, Inc. 911 N Studebaker Road, Long Beach CA 90815, 562-275-5100. TDD 800-545-1833 x 359.

Island Grove Village 119 14th Ave., GR, 356-2808 www.islandgrove.org Joe P. Martinez Garden Apartments 1701 2nd St., GR, 356-2332 La Casa Rosa (Greeley/Weld Housing Authority) 1011 C St., GR, 353-7437 www.greeley-weldha.org Loveland Housing Authority (Maple Terrace, Mirasol, Silver Leaf I & II) 375 W. 37th St., Ste. 200, LV 667-3232, www.lovelandhsg.org Meeker Commons Mutual Housing 505 9th Ave., GR, 378-9393 Oakbrook I Apartments 3200 Stanford Rd., FC 226-5060 www.mynewplace.com Oakbrook II Apartments 3300 Stanford Rd., FC 223-1356 www.mynewplace.com

Woodbridge Senior Apartments 1508 W. Elizabeth St., FC, 472-1703 www.cowboy.us/woodbridge.php Woodside Village Apartments 144 E. 24th St., GR, 356-5991

RETAIL HORSES

Happy Horse 113 Peterson St., FC, 484-4199 www.happyhorsetack.com Everything for horses and the people they love.

HOME REMODELING

Johnson Custom Flooring and Design 2093 E. 11th St., LV, 663-1266, www.johnsoncustom flooringanddesign.com Single rooms, remodels and new construction; free competitive estimates.

SERVICES

FUNERAL CARE

Allnutt Funeral Service 650 W. Drake Rd., FC, 482-3208, 2100 N. Lincoln Ave., LV 667-1121, 702 13th St., GR 352-3366, www.allnutt.com

Bohlender Funeral Chapel 121 W. Olive St., FC, 482-4244 www.bohlenderfuneralchapel.com Full-service, funeral home offering funeral, burial, cremation, and preneed planning services.

Reflections Senior Apartments 321 E. Troutman Pkwy., FC 225-3711 www.cowboy.us/reflections.php

Goes Funeral Care and Crematory 3665 Canal Dr., Ste. E, FC, 4822221, www.goesfuneralcare.com Personalized services including traditional burial and cremation.

Green burial available.

Sanctuary Apartments 3732 Kunz Ct., FC, 225-2116 www.voacolorado.org

Seitz Funeral Services Inc 2000 47th Ave., GR, 330-6151 www.adamsonchapels.com

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Stoddard Funeral Home 3205 W. 28th St., GR 330-7301 www.dignitymemorial.com Vessey Funeral Service 2649 E. Mulberry St., Ste. A-1 FC, 482-5065 www.vesseyfuneralservice.com Viegut Funeral Home 1616 N. Lincoln Ave., FC, 6794669, www.viegutfuneralhome.com Photography services.

LEGAL SERVICES

Bill Beyers, Elder-Law Attorney 762 W. Eisenhower Blvd., LV 669-1101, www.beyerslaw.com C. Jan Lord, Elder-Law 1211 Lake Ave., Ste. 202, Berthoud 532-4183, www.cjlordlaw.com Colorado Legal Services 211 W. Magnolia St., FC, 493-2891 www.coloradolegalservices.org Fort Collins Senior Center 1200 Raintree Dr., FC, 221-6644 www.fcgov.com Larimer County Bar Association Pro Bono Program 424 Pine St., FC, 402-2075 www.cobar.org Misty Bordeaux, Estate Law 2629 Redwing Rd., Ste. 112, FC 488-2737 www.bordeauxandboyes.com Peter W. Bullard, Elder Law 375 E. Horsetooth Rd., Bldg. 6 Ste. 200, FC, 223-5900 www.estate-planning-help.com Procter and Callahan, LLC, Elder Law & Estate Planning 343 W. Drake Rd., Ste. 240, FC, 266-9669 www.proctercallahanlaw.com Wallace & Kling, P.C. 412 S. Howes St., Ste. B, FC 221-5602 www.wallace-kling.com Weld County Legal Services Pro Bono Program 800 8th Ave., Ste. 202, GR 310-8367 www.coloradolegalservices.org

TRANSPORTATION

Berthoud Area Transportation Service (BATS) 248 Welch Ave., Berthoud, 532-3049 www.berthoud.org/Town/bats.php City of Loveland Transit (COLT) 410 E. 5th St., LV, 962-2700 www.ci.loveland.co.us Dial-A-Ride 250 N. Mason St., FC, 224-6066 www.ridetransfort.com Larimer County Lift 2255 Midpoint Dr., FC, 498-7541 Greeley Paratransit 1200 A St., GR, 350-9287 www.greeleygov.com/thebus Greenride 4825 Earhart Rd., LV, 226-5533 www.greenrideco.com Shuttle service to Denver International Airport from Front Range and Wyoming locations.

SAINT 333 W. Drake Rd., Ste. 42, FC 223-8604 or 223-8645 LV, 223-8653, www.saint volunteertransportation.org Shamrock Taxi 4414 E. Harmony Rd., FC 303-772-5222 Super Shuttle 4414 E. Harmony Road, FC 225-4838 www.supershuttle.com/dia 20 trips daily to and from DIA. Transfort Fort Collins 250 N. Mason St., FC, 221-6620 www.ridetransfort.com Uber get.uber.com Sign up for Uber on your phone. Get reasonably priced rides any time.

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DIRECTORY Activities & lessons . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Archery, biking, boating, bowling, cards and bingo, dancing, equestrian gear, gardening, golfing, hiking, music, scuba, spectator events, swimming, tennis Arts & crafts classes . . . . . . . . . 46 Glass blowing, knitting, painting, pottery, quilting & sewing, stained glass Arts & entertainment . . . . . . . . . . 47 Cinema cafes, dinner theaters, museums, performance venues Beauty/Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Hair removal

ACTIVITIES ARCHERY

Greeley Archers www.greeleyarchers.com Loveland Archery Exchange 907 VanBuren Ave., LV 667-2934 www.laxarchery.com Rocky Mountain Archery 4518 Innovation Dr., FC 226-5900 www.rockymountainarcheryfc.com

BIKING

The Bicycle Advisory Committee 215 N. Mason Ave., FC www.fcgov.com/bac The Bicycle Ambassador Program (BAP) A partnership between FC Bikes & Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition www.bicycleambassadorprogram.org The Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition (BPEC) www.bicycleambassador program.org/bpec City of Fort Collins Bikes 281 N. College Ave., FC, 416-2471 www.fcgov.com/bicycling 44 |

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City of Greeley Bikes 1001 9th Ave., GR, 350-9424 www.greeleygov.com/activities/ greeley-bikes

Rocky Mountain Recumbents 2111-G S. College Ave., FC 221-4838 www.rockymountainrecumbents.com

City of Loveland Recreation Trails and Bike Map www.cityofloveland.org

Two Rivers Cycling Club Greeley www.tworiverscycling.org

Fort Collins Bike Co-op 1501 N. College Ave., FC, 4843804, www.fcbikecoop.org

BOATING

Fort Collins Bike Library 250 N. Mason Ave., FC, 4191050, www.fcbikelibrary.org Fort Collins Cycling Club www.fccycleclub.org Lee’s Cyclery Bike Shop 202 W. Laurel St., FC, 482-6006 www.leescyclery.com.

P.E.D.A.L. (People’s Efforts to Deemphasize Autos in Loveland) www.pedalclub.org Recycled Cycles 4031 S. Mason St., FC, 223-1969 www.recycled-cycles.com RideKick 877-974-4440, www.ridekick.com Electric-pow­ered trailers.

A Wanderlust Adventures 4120 W. County Rd. 54G, LaPorte, CO, 482-1995 www.awanderlustadventure.com A1 Wildwater Rafting 2801 N. Shields St., FC, 2243379, www.a1wildwater.com Boyd Lake State Park 3720 N. CR 11C, LV, 6691739, www.cpw.state.co.us/ placestogo/parks/BoydLake Inlet Bay Marina @ Horsetooth Reservoir 4314 S. Shoreline Dr., FC 223-0140 www.inletbaymarina.com Mountain Whitewater Descents 1329 N. Hwy 287, FC, 419-0917, www.raftmwd.com Rocky Mountain Adventures 1117 N. Hwy 287, FC, 493-4005, www.shoprma.com

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BOWLING

Chippers Lanes 830 N. College Ave., FC, 484-4777 217 W. Horsetooth Rd., FC, 2266327, 2454 8th Ave., GR, 3534275, www.chipperslanes.com Highland Park Lanes 1900 59th Ave., GR, 330-2695 www.highlandparklanes.com Sweetheart Lanes 2320 N. Lincoln Ave., LV, 667-3510 www.sweetheartlanes.net Leagues, parties and open bowling.

CARD GAMES, BINGO, BUNKO AND MORE

Fort Collins Duplicate Player’s Club Community of Christ Church 220 E. Oak St., FC, 204-1952 Fort Collins Senior Center 1200 Raintree Dr., FC, 221-6644 www.fcgov.com/recreation/ seniorcenter Bingo, bridge and pinochle Greeley Afternoon Club Senior Center 1010 6th St., GR, 304-0410

Northern Colorado Bridge www.northerncoloradobridge.com

DANCING

Andre’s Ballroom Dance, LLC Masonic Temple, 225 W. Oak St., FC, 266-8249 www.andresballroom.com Ballroom Fort Collins 2600 Fieldstone Dr., FC, 493-2922 www.ballroomfortcollins.com Club Tico 1599 City Park Dr., FC, 224-6113 or 224-6033 www.fcgov.com/recreation/ clubtico.php Contemporary Dance Academy 2531 S. Shields St., #2A, FC, 232-9539, www. contemporarydanceacademy.com Foot and Fiddle Square Dance Club Mountain Range Shadows Clubhouse, 8401 Mummy Range Dr., LV, 498-8997 www.coloradosquaredance.com

GOLFING

HIKING

City of Loveland Golf Courses Multiple locations, LV, 669-5800 www.ci.loveland.co.us

Larimer County: Natural Resources 1800 S. CR 31, LV, 619-4570 www.larimer.org/naturalresources

Fort Collins Country Club 1920 Country Club Rd., FC 482-1336 www.fcgolf.org

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers www.pwv.org

City of Fort Collins Golf Division Multiple locations, FC, 221-6650 www.fcgov.com/golf

Greeley Country Club 4500 10th St., GR, 353-2431 www.greeleycc.org Harmony Club Golf 4176 Club Dr., FC, 482-4653 www.harmonyclub.info/golf/ Highland Meadows Golf Course 6300 Highland Meadows Pkwy., WS, 204-4653, www.

HighlandMeadowsGolfCourse.com Weeklong camps for beginner and intermediate golfers. Indi­ vidual and group instruction.

City of Fort Collins: Parks and Trails FC, 221-6660 www.fcgov.com/parks/trails.php

MUSIC CLASSES

EZ Keys Piano Studio 6th Place SW, LV, 222-6234 www,ezkeyspiano.com Private and shared lessons; free introductory session.

Magnolia Music Studio 210 W. Magnolia St., FC, 481-8661 www.magnoliamusicstudio.com Philomusica: A Muscial Playground 2105 S. College Ave., FC 419-8801 www.philomusica.com

Piano & Guitar Institute 2925 S. College Ave., #8, FC 206-4930, 1295 Main St., #3, WS, 686-9660, www. pianoinstitutellc.com Piano Center of the Rockies 2721 S. College Ave., FC, 282-9171, www. pianocenteroftherockies.com Loveland Academy of Music, LLC 575 N. Denver Ave., Ste. 120, LV, 581-3553, www. lovelandacademyofmusic.com

SCUBA

Alpine Scuba 1110 W. Prospect Rd., FC, 4847049, www.alpinescuba.net Colorado Scuba Diving Academy 3320 N. Shields St., FC, 855-5572822, www.codivingacademy.com High Plains Scuba Center 115 W. Harvard, FC, 493-8562 www.highplainsscuba.com

High Country Conservatory of Dance 5112 S. College Ave., FC 225-0600 www.highcountrydance.com Dancer Guy, LLC FC, 207-9176 www.dancerguy.com Swing, Latin, Ballroom or Country dance lessons.

EQUESTRIAN GEAR

Happy Horse 113 Peterson St., FC. 484-4199 www.happyhorsetack.com Everything for horses and the people they love.

GARDENING

Fort Collins Nursery 2121 E. Mulberry, FC, 482-1984 www.fortcollinsnursery.com The Gardens on Spring Creek 2145 Centre Ave., FC, 416-2486, www.fcgov.com/gardens/ The Sustainable Living Association FC, 224-3247, www. sustainablelivingassociation.org

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Scuba Schools International Inc 2619 Canton Ct., FC, 482-0883 www.divessi.com Tortuga Bay 2986 W. 29th St., GR, 353-3337 www.tortugabay.net

SPECTATOR EVENTS

Greeley Recreation Center 651 10th Ave., GR, 350-9400, www.greeleygov. com/Recreation/GreeleyRec.aspx Hillside Pool 1414 27th St., GR, 352-1692 www.hillsidepool.com

Colorado Eagles Hockey Budweiser Event Center, 5290 Arena Cir., LV, 619-4100 www.coloradoeagles.com

Island Grove Park 501 N. 14th Ave., GR, 350-9392, www.greeleygov.com/Parks/ islandgrove.aspx

Colorado State University Rams Sports Moby Arena, 1951 W. Plum St., FC, www.csurams.com

Mulberry Pool 424 W. Mulberry St., FC, 221-6657 www.fcgov.com/recreation/ mulberrypool.php

University of Northern Colorado Bears Sports Butler-Hancock Athletic Center, GR, 351-4849 www.uncbears.com

Winona Outdoor Pool 1615 SE 4th St., LV, 962-2435, www.ci.loveland.co.us/index. aspx?page=231

SWIMMING

City Park Tennis Courts 1500 W. Mulberry St., FC, 4847665, www.fcgov.com/parks/map

Bittersweet Swimming & Tennis 1429 39th Ave., GR, 353-0957, www.bittersweetwetnet.org Centennial Outdoor Pool 2315 Reservoir Rd., GR, 3302837, www.greeleygov.com/ Recreation/default.aspx Chilson Recreation Center 700 E. Fourth St., LV 962-2386, www.cityofloveland.org Chimney Park Pool 421 Chimney Park Dr., WS, 6740826, www.windsorgov.com/ index.aspx?NID=276 City Park Pool 1599 City Park Ave., FC, 221-6363, www.fcgov.com/ recreation/cityparkpool.php Discovery Bay Water Park 715 E. 24th St., GR, 3533538, www.greeleygov.com/ Recreation/default.aspx Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC) 1801 Riverside Ave., FC, 221-6683, www.fcgov.com/ recreation/epic.php Fort Collins Senior Center 1200 Raintree Dr., FC, 221-6644 www.fcgov.com/recreation/ seniorcenter 46 |

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TENNIS

Edge Sports Center, Inc. 4450 Denrose Ct., FC, 472-0048 www.edgesportscenter.com Lewis Tennis School Rolland Moore Park, 2201 S. Shields St., FC, 493-7000 www.lewistennis.com Rolland Moore Racquet Complex 2201 S. Shields St., FC, 493-7000, www.fcgov.com/ recreation/racquet-complex.php Evergreen Tennis Courts 1337 W. Broadmoor Dr., LV, 663-7788, www. evergreentenniscourts.com

ART CLASSES GLASS BLOWING

Glass & Fire FC, 402-3280, www.glassnfire.com Daggett Glass Studio 918 N. Garfield Ave., LV 667-8073 www.daggettglass.com

KNITTING

Lambspun 1101 E. Lincoln Ave., FC, 4841998, www.lambspun.com Yarns and fibers, weaving supplies, books, classes, specialty items.

My Sister Knits 1408 W. Mountain Ave., FC, 4071461, www.mysisterknits.com Latest yarns and accessories, en­ couragement, assistance in cozy atmosphere.

Your Daily Fiber 4019 S. Mason St., FC, 4842414, www.yourdailyfiber.com A family-run shop featuring a wide range of yarn and supplies for fiber enthusiasts.

PAINTING

Coco Artist Studio 11 Old Town Square, Ste. 121-A, FC, 430-5113 www.cocoartiststudio.com Gadabout Art Various locations, FC, 719-2291159, www.gadaboutart.com Juiced on Imagination 115 N. College Ave., Ste. 220, FC, 301-9695, 1349 Cleveland Ave., LV, 301-9695, www. juicedonimagination.com Mona Lisa & Me 20 S. Parish, Johnstown, 6859385, www.monalisaandme.com Picasso & Wine 1540 Main St., #236, WS, 4600833, www.picassoandwine.com Pinot’s Palette 159 W. Mountain Ave., FC, 2142508, www.pinotspalette.com/ FortCollins

POTTERY

Northern Colorado Potters Guild 209 Christman Dr., FC, 416-5979 www.nocopottersguild.org Smokestack Pottery 119 E. Lincoln Ave., FC 484-8183 www.smokestackpottery.com The Pottery Studio 1541 W. Oak St., FC, 221-6204, www.fcgov.com/recreation/ potterystudio.php The Clay Center of Northern Colorado 1024 6th Ave., GR, 590-1561 www.claycenternc.com

QUILTING & SEWING

Jukebox Quilts 406 N. College, FC, 224-9975, www.jukeboxquilts.com The Fig Leaf: Fabrics & Notions 2834 S. College Ave., FC 495-1766 www.thefigleafquilting.com Old Town Quilting 916 Akin Ave., FC, 217-3483 www.oldtownquilting.com Sew What? Inc. 1817 E. Mulberry St., FC, 4827681, www.fortfabrics.com Quilter’s Stash 1180 W. Ash St., Ste 100, WS, 686-5657, www.quilterstash.com Sew Downtown 824 9th St., GR, 352-9230 www.sewdowntown.com Laughing Ladies Quilting 349 Massachessetts Ave., Berthoud, 532-2130 www.laughingladiesquilting.com

STAINED GLASS

Studio Vino 426 N. Lincoln Ave., LV, 6229632, www.studiovino.com

KDD Fused Glass 2601 Platte Pl., FC, 223-3778 www.kddfusedglass.com

Showcase Art Center 1335 8th Ave., GR, 356-8593 www.greeleyartassociation.org/ classes.html

Northern Colorado Stained Glass Supply 3000 N. Overland Tr., LaPorte 482-7655 www.ncstainedglass.com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CINEMA CAFES

Lyric Cinema Café 300 E. Mountain Ave., FC 493-0893 www.lyriccinemacafe.com The Kress Cinema & Lounge 817 8th Ave., GR 515-5717 www.kresscinema.com

DINNER THEATERS

Candlelight Dinner Playhouse 4747 Marketplace Dr., John­ stown, 744-3747 www.coloradocandlelight.com Midtown Arts Center 3750 S. Mason St., FC, 225-2555 www.midtownartscenter.com

MUSEUMS

Fort Collins Museum of Discovery 408 Mason Ct., FC, 416-2236 www.fcmod.org Northern Colorado history; hands-on science experiences.

Fort Collins Museum of Art 201 S. College Ave., FC 482-2787 www.ftcma.org Exhibitions, events, publications, educational programs to foster learn­ ing, interaction and personal inquiry.

Global Village Museum of Arts & Cultures 200 W Mountain Ave 221-4600 www.globalvillagemusem.org Art collections and activities to promote international understanding.

Loveland Museum/Gallery 503 N. Lincoln, LV, 962-2410 www.lovelandmuseumgallery.org Collects, preserves and interprets Loveland history through art/his­tory exhibits, programs and events.

Greeley Museum 714 8th St., GR, 350-9220 www.greeleymuseums.com Four museums explore the High Plains with special events, pro­ grams, exhibits, tours.

PERFORMANCE VENUES

Bas Bleu Theatre Company 416 Pine St., FC, 498-8949 www.basbleu.org

Budweiser Event Center – The Ranch 5290 Arena Circle, LV, 619-4100 www.budweisereventcenter.com Lincoln Center 417 W. Magnolia St., FC, 2216730, www.lctix.com Local, regional, and national enter­tainment: Broadway musicals, com­edy, concerts, dance plays, more.

Rialto Theater 228 E. Fourth St., LV, 962-2120 www.rialtotheatercenter.org Music, theater, film, community events; touring performers, local groups, and independent films.

Union Colony Civic Center 701 10th Ave., GR, 356-5000 www.ucstars.com Local, regional, and national enter­ tainment: Broadway musicals, com­edy, concerts, dance plays, and so much more.

BEAUTY/SPA

Allura Skin, Laser & Wellness Clinic 2032 Lowe St., Ste. 103, FC. 223-0193, 4450 Union St., Ste. 201, Johnstown. 223-0193 www.alluraclinic.com Screamin’ Peach Waxing Studio 638 S College Ave., 224-2930 4414 S College Ave., 224-2936 www.screaminpeach.com Total Vein Care 1136 E. Stuart St. #4102, FC 498-8346 www.totalvein.net Specialists in disorders of the lower extremity; varicose & spider veins.

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Xanadu Med Spa 2244 E. Harmony Rd., #100, FC. 482-1889 www.xanadumedspa.com Offers nonsurgical cosmetic options to help you look and feel more youthful.

EDUCATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION CSU Online Plus Colorado State University 492-4717 www.online.colostate.edu A lifelong institute dedicated to designed for those who are fifty and better.

FITNESS

GENERAL FITNESS

Anytime Fitness 324 W. 37th St., LV, 203-0800 www.anytimefitness.com/ gyms/1380/loveland-co-80538 Aspen Club, Senior Services 1025 Garfield St., Ste. #A, FC, 495-8560, 2000 16th St., Ste. 3, GR, www.uchealth.org Fort Collins Club 1307 E. Prospect Rd., FC 224-2582, www.fortcollinsclub.net Fort Collins Senior Center 1200 Raintree Dr., FC, 221-6644 www.fcgov.com/recreation/ seniorcenter Enriching lives through activity and knowledge.

Hatfield Chilson Recreation 700 E. 4th St., LV, 962-2386 www.ci.loveland.co.us Lifestyle Centre Health Club 802 W. Drake Rd., Ste. 133 FC, 494-6446 www.lifestylecenter.net Comprehensive wellness program encouraging life-long commitment to a healthy lifestyle.

Loveland Athletic Club 1000 S. Lincoln Ave., LV, 663-4009 www.lovelandathleticclub.com

Miramont Lifestyle Fitness South: 901 Oakridge Dr., FC, 282-1000; North: 1800 Heath Parkway, FC, 672-4219; Central: 2211 S. College Ave., FC, 225-2233; Centerra: 3755 Precision Dr., Ste 100, LV, 744-5005 www.miramontlifestyle.com

Bikram Yoga Greeley 2343 W. 27th St., Ste. 505, GR, 339-9101 www.bikramyogagreeley.com

Raintree Athletic Club 2555 S. Shields St., FC, 490-1300 www.raintreeathleticclub.com

Mindstream Yoga 2733 Council Tree Ave., #129, FC, 266-9642 www.mindstreamyoga.com

Silver Sneakers www.silversneakers.com SNAP Fitness 201 South Elm, Eaton, 454-3741 www.Snapfitness.com/eaton Twenty-four hour fitness welcoming active adults of all ages.

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Loveland Yoga Core Fitness 100 E. 3rd St., LV, 292-8313 www.lovelandyogacorefitness.com

Old Town Yoga 237 Jefferson St., FC, 222-2777 www.oldtownyoga.com Om Ananda Yoga 115 N. College Ave., Ste. 200, FC, 488-9192, www.omanandayoga.com

The Conditioning Spa 2640 11th Ave., GR, 352-0974 www.conditioningspa.com

Sacred Space Yoga 1616 14th St., GR, 515-6821 www.ssyoga.com

The Other Club 1227 Riverside Ave., FC, 2214FIT, TheOtherClubFitness.com Yoga, personalized fitness and training in Fort Collins most accommodating setting.

Yoga Luna 206 E. 4th St., LV, 690-7909 www.yogalunaloveland.com

Work Out West 5701 W. 20th St., GR, 330-9691 www.workoutwest.com

BREWERY TOURS

PILATES

b. Pilates 1022 S. College Ave., FC, 8196763, www.schedulicity.com/ scheduling/BPLXEN Perk! Pilates Fitness 351 Linden St., Ste. 100B, FC 481-8474, www.perkpf.com Powerhouse Pilates 1002 W. Drake Rd., #104, FC, 556-4589, www.prhspilates.com The Yoga Pilates Center 1307 E. Prospect Rd., FC 224-2582 www.fortcollinsclub.net/yoga

YOGA

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Fort Collins Yoga CoOp www.fortcollinsyogacoop.org

FOOD & BEVERAGE

Budweiser Brewery Tours 2351 Busch Dr., FC, 490-4691 www.budweisertours.com New Belgium Brewery 500 Linden St., FC, 221-0524 www.newbelgium.com Odell Brewing Company 800 E. Lincoln Ave., FC, 4989070, www.odellbrewing.com

COOKING CLASSES

Come Back to the Table 725 E. Mulberry St., FC, 407-8828 www.comebacktothetable.com/ cooking-classes Foodies Culinary Academy 4206 S. College Ave., #108, FC, 226-2665, www.foodiescca.com The Cupboard 152 S. College Ave., FC 493-8585, www.thecupboard. net/cooking-classes

The Cooking Studio Fort Collins 123 N. College Ave., FC www.the-cooking-studio.com Salud! Cooking School Whole Foods, 2201 S. College Ave., FC, 267-9200 www.wholefoodsmarket.com

DELIVERY SERVICES

Meals on Wheels Fort Collins 1217 E. Elizabeth St., Ste. 11, FC 484-6325, www.fcmow.org Nutritious meals, friendly conver­ sation, and well-being check on each delivery day.

Meals on Wheels of Greeley & Weld County 2131 9th St., GR, 353-9738 www.mealsonwheelsgreeley.com Delivers meals to people in their homes in Weld county.

Meals on Wheels of Loveland and Berthoud 437 N. Garfield, LV, 667-0311 www.lovelandmealsonwheels.org

FARMERS’ MARKETS

City of Loveland Farmers’ Market 700 S. Railroad Ave., LV, 9622727, www.cityofloveland.org Drake Road Farmers’ Market 802 W. Drake, FC, 218-5521 www.drakeroadfarmersmarket.com Fort Collins Farmers’ Market 215 E. Foothills Pkwy., FC, 4954889, www.fortcollinsfm.com Greeley Farmers’ Market 1100 8th Ave., GR, 350-9783 www.greeleygov.com/ CommunityDevelopment/ FarmersMarket.aspx Larimer County Farmers’ Market 200 W. Oak St., FC, 498-6000 www.fortcollinsfarmersmarkets.com Loveland Farmers’ Market N. Garfield & Orchards (Hobby Lobby Parking Lot), LV, 4954889, www.fortcollinsfm.com Winter Farmers’ Market Opera Galleria, 123 N. College Ave., FC, www.downtownfort collins.com/ events/winter-farmers-market

PROVIDING QUALITY HEARING INSTRUMENTS AND SERVICE SINCE 1989

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Zippity Zoo Farmers’ Market & Boutique 6921 Ridge Valley Ct., LV, 2316444, www.alpacarancher.net

GROCERY SHOPPING ASSISTANCE

City of Loveland COLT Minibus 105 W. 5th St., LV, 962-2700, www.ci.loveland.co.us Albertson’s Home Shopping Assistance—no delivery charge Volunteers of America 405 Canyon Ave., FC , 472-9630 www.voarsvp@frii.com RSVP Weld County: Grocery Shopping and Delivery 351-2588, www.coseniorcorps.org Safeway Grocery Delivery 877-723-3929 www.shop.safeway.com

MAKE YOUR OWN

Hops and Berries 130 W. Olive St., Unit B, FC, 493-2484, 1833 E. Harmony Rd., Unit 16, FC, 493-2484, www. hopsandberries.com Vintages—Your personal winery 120 W. Olive St., FC 484-9813, www.vintageswine.com

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Warhammer Supply 1112 Monroe Ave., LV, 635-2602 www.warhammersupply.com

WINE TASTING

Blue Mountain Vineyards Berthoud, CO, 303-532-6104 www.coloradobluemountain.com Blue Skies Winery 251 Jefferson St., FC, 407-9463 www.blueskieswinery.com Sweetheart City Wines, LLC LV, 744-4907 www.sweetheartcitywines.com Ten Bears Winery Taste Room, 114 N. College Ave., FC, 484-8101, Winery, 5215 Ten Bears Ct., LaPorte, 566-4043 www.tenbearswinery.com The Cellar 3600 Mitchell Dr., Ste. 90, FC 223-1555, www.thecellarfc.com Vintages—Your personal winery 120 W. Olive St., FC, 484-9813 www.vintageswine.com Custom-made wines.

Wilbur’s Total Beverage 2201 S. College Ave., FC, 226-8662 www.wilburstotalbeverage.com

MUNICIPAL SUPPORT CITY SERVICES

City of Fort Collins 215 N. Mason St., FC, 221-6207 www.fcgov.com City of Greeley 1000 10th St., GR, 350-9710 www.greeleygov.com City of Loveland 500 E. 3rd St., LV, 962-2727 www.cityofloveland.org

High Plains Library District 888-861-7323 www.mylibrary.us Centennial Park Library 2227 23rd Ave., GR Farr Regional Library 1939 61st Ave., GR Lincoln Park Library 1012 11th St., Ste. B, GR Riverside Library 3700 Golden St., Evans Kersey Library 413 1st St., Kersey

Downtown Fort Collins 19 Old Town Square, FC, 484-6500 www.downtownfortcollins.com

Clearview Library District www.clearviewlibrary.org Windsor-Severance Library 720 3rd St., Windsor, 686-5603

Town of Berthoud Town Hall, 328 Massachusetts Ave., Berthoud, 532-2643 www.berthoud.org

Loveland Public Library 300 N. Adams Ave., LV 962-2665, www. lovelandpubliclibrary.org

LIBRARIES

Poudre River Public Library District www.poudrelibraries.org Old Town Library 201 Peterson St., FC, 221-6740 Harmony Library 4616 S. Shields St., FC 221-6740 Council Tree Library 2733 Council Tree Ave., FC 221-6740

SENIOR CENTERS

Berthoud Senior Center 248 Welch Ave., Berthoud 532-2730

Fort Collins Senior Center 1200 Raintree Dr., FC, 221-6644 www.fcgov.com/recreation/ seniorcenter Encouraging adults to enrich their lives through activity and knowledge.

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Greeley Senior Activity Center 1010 6th St., GR 350-9440 www.greeleygov.com/recreation/ SeniorCenter.aspx Special events, travel programs, sports & tournaments, classes, games, nutritional lunches.

Loveland Chilson Senior Center 700 E. Fourth St., LV 962-2783 www.ci.loveland.co.us Variety of programming opportu­ nities for older adults.

Windsor Community Recreation Center 250 N. 11th St., WS 674-3500 www.windsorgov.com Windsor Community Recreation Center offers numerous activities and trips for seniors to enjoy.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Boys & Girls Club of Larimer County 103 Smokey St., FC, 223-1709 www.begreatlarimer.org

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Boys & Girls Club of Weld County 2400 1st Ave., GR, 353-1278 www.bgcweld.org

Fort Collins Rescue Mission 316 Jefferson St., FC, 224-4302 www.fortcollinsrescuemission.org

City of Fort Collins: Parks and Trails FC, 221-6660 www.fcgov.com/parks/trails.php

Larimer County Landfill 5887 S. Taft Hill Rd., FC 498-5770, www.larimer.org/ solidwaste/ftc.htm

Colorado Welcome Center 3745 E. Prospect Rd., FC 491-3583 www.colorado.com/ official-colorado-welcome-centers

Larimer County: Natural Resources Volunteer Program 1800 S. CR 31, LV, 619-4552 www.larimer.org/nrvolunteer

Food Bank for Larimer County 1301 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 493-4477 www.foodbanklarimer.org

Loveland Museum/ Gallery 503 N. Loveland Ave., LV, 962-2410, www. lovelandmuseumgallery.org

Fort Collins Bike Library 250 N. Mason Ave., FC 419-1050 www.fcbikelibrary.org

Meals on Wheels Fort Collins 1217 E. Elizabeth #11, FC 484-6325 www.fcmow.org

Fort Collins Museum of Art 201 S. College Ave., FC 482-2787, www.ftcma.org

Poudre River Public Library District Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St., FC, 221-6740 www.poudrelibraries.org

Fort Collins Museum of Discovery 408 Mason Ct., FC 221-6738 www.fcmod.org

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers www.pwv.org

Realities for Children 1610 S. College Ave., FC 484-9090 www.realitiesforchildren.com Rialto Theater Center 228 E. 4th St., LV, 962-2120 www.rialtotheatercenter.org Ten Thousand Villages/Fort Collins 113 Linden St., 224-9501 www.tenthousandvillages.com/ fortcollins United Way of Larimer County 424 Pine St., FC 407-7000 www.uwaylc.org United Way of Weld County 814 9th St., GR 353-4300 www.unitedway-weld.org Volunteers of America Retired Senior Volunteer Program 405 Canyon Ave., FC, 472-9630 www.voacolorado.org/ volunteer-opportunities/retiredsenior-volunteer-program-rsvp Weld Food Bank 1108 H St., GR, 356-2199 www.weldfoodbank.org

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Health

DIRECTORY Caregiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 adult daycare and respite care, home health support, hospice care, information, infusion therapy, mental health & counseling, personal alert systems

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CAREGIVING

ADULT DAYCARE AND RESPITE CARE

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ResCare 5400 West 11 th St., GR 356-0093, www.rescare.com Provides quality residential, supported living, and day programs services.

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HOME HEALTH SUPPORT

Accent Care 1180 Main St., Ste. 9, WS 800-368-7167 www.accentcare.com

Advanced Home Healthcare, LLC 1730 S. College Ave., Ste. 304, FC, 493-8500 Banner Home Care – McKee Medical LV, 820-4435, GR, 810-6222 www.bannerhealth.com Bloom at Home 1455 Main Street, WS, 460-9200, www. columbinehealth.com Care Pathways www.carepathways.com

Caring Companions Volunteers of America 405 Canyon Ave., FC, 472-9630 www.voacolorado.org Caring Hearts Home Health Care, LLC 6801 W. 20th St. Ste. 207, GR 378-1409, www.caringheartshh.com Columbine Poudre Home Care 915 Centre Ave. Ste 2., FC, 482-5096, 1455 Main Street, WS, 460-9200 www.columbinehealth.com healthcare in the homes of patients.

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Eldercare Network 495-3442, www.eldercarenet.org Evergreen Home Health Care 301 N. Howes St., Ste. 110, FC 416-6481, www.evergreenhhc.com Family Care Connection 223-9026 www.familycareconnection.com Family Link 720-266-2791 www.familylinkcolorado.org Good Samaritan Society 226-4909, FC 669-3100, LV 352-6082, GR www.good-sam.com Home Instead Senior Care 251 Boardwalk, FC, 494-0289 www.homeinstead.com Wide variety of senior care ser­ vices, resources and support delivered to the home.

Homewatch Care Givers 1220 W. Ash St. Ste. C, WS 674-9723 www.homewatchcaregivers.com Interim Home Style Services 2000 Vermont Dr., Ste. 100, FC 472-4180 www.interimhealthcare.com Maxim Healthcare Services 3665 JFK Pkwy., #330, FC 493-9300 www.maximhomecare.com In-home nursing care, rehabilita­ tion, and support services.

Preferred Home Health 2802 Madison Square Dr., #100, LV, 776-1970 www.phhco.com Right At Home 2850 McClelland Drive, FC. 494-1111, www.rightathome.net Improving the lives of those we serve.

RVNA Home Health Care 107 Cameron Dr., FC, 225-9399 www.rvna.info Senior Helpers 1051 6th St., GR, 667-6400 www.seniorhelpers.com/noco

Seniors Helping Seniors Senior In-Home Care 2290 E. Prospect Rd., Ste. 4, FC. 631-8251 3805 Valley Crest Drive, Timnath.

484-8445 www.seniorshelpingseniors.com Touchstone Home Health 5312 W. 9th St. Dr., Ste. 120, GR 356-3922 www.touchstonehomehealth.com Visiting Angels 5441 Boeing Dr., Ste. 200, LV 2925668, www.visitingangels.com

HOSPICE CARE

Front Range Hospice 3770 Puritan Way, Ste. #E, Frederick, 776-8080 or 303-957-3101 www.frontrangehospice.com In-home hospice care.

Hospice of Northern Colorado 1801 16th St., GR, 475-0041 www.hospiceofnortherncolorado.org Pathways Hospice Community Care for Northern Colorado 305 Carpenter Rd., FC, 663-3500 www.pathways-care.org Compassionate, excellent, compre­hensive care for those who have an advanced condition.

INFORMATION

Alzheimer’s Association 415 Peterson St., FC, 472-9798 918 13th St., #1, GR 392-9202, www.alz.org/co Programs and services that sup­ port families, enhance care and support those affected.

Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Contact Helpline 800-272-3900, www.alz.org

Aging Center of the Rockies 149 W. Harvard, Ste. 201, FC 631-7133 Provides in-home or office-setting counseling on a sliding scale. Online assessment tools are offered to help detect mental health concerns associated with aging.

American Cancer Society 8221 W. 20th St., Ste. A, GR 356-9727 www.cancer.org Answers on Aging (Senior Hotline) United Way, 407-7066 www.uwaylc.org Connections for Independent Living 1331 8th Ave., GR, 352-8682 www.connectionsforindependent living.org

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Life Fone 877-849-8611 or 800-882-2280 www.lifefone.com Life Response 800-921-2008 www. liferesponseusa.com Life Station 866-725-8679 www.lifestation.com Mountain Home Medical 866-686-7504 www.mthommed.com Philips Lifeline 855-681-5351 www.lifelinesys.com Response Link 844-394-9006 www.responselink.com

HEALTHCARE Eldercare Locator (National) 800-677-1116, www.eldercare.gov Grandparents Support Group in Greeley 353-6433 or 346-6952 Hispanic Elderly Outreach Program 353-6433, www.co.weld.co.us Larimer County Office on Aging 2601 Midpoint Dr., Ste. 112, FC 498-7750, www.larimer.org/ seniors Seniors Resource Guide www.seniorsresourceguide.com Volunteers of America Senior Resource 472-9630, www.voacolorado.org Weld County Area Agency on Aging 315 C N. 11th Ave., GR, 346-6950 www.co.weld.co.us

INFUSION THERAPY

Poudre Infusion Therapy 1455 Main Street, WS, 460-9208 www.columbine health.com

MENTAL HEALTH & COUNSELING

24-Hour Crisis Helpline 221-2114 www.summitstonehealth.org

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Adult and Primary Care Clinic 1250 N. Wilson Ave., LV, 494-4200 www.summitstonehealth.org Alliance for Suicide Prevention 1100 Poudre River Dr., FC, 482-2209 www.allianceforsuicideprevention.org Centennial Peaks Hospital 2255 S. 88th St., Louisville 303-673-9990 www.centennialpeaks.com Connections for Independent Living 1331 8th Ave., GR, 352-8682 www.connectionsforindependent living.org Heart-Centered Counseling 320 W. Oak St., FC 1770 W. 25th Ave., Ste. 206, GR 1032 N. Lincoln Ave., LV 310-3406, www. heartcenteredcounselors.com Larimer Center for Mental Health 525 W. Oak St., FC, 494-4300 www.summitstonehealth.org Loveland Counseling Connections (Information and Referral) 450 Cleveland Ave., LV, 461-8944 www.summitstonehealth.org North Range Behavioral Health 1300 N. 17th Ave., GR, 347-2120 www.northrange.org.

Sister Mary Alice Murphy Center for Hope 242 Conifer St., FC, 494-9940 www.summitstonehealth.org Spirit Crossing Clubhouse 125 Crestridge St., FC, 493-4051 www.summitstonehealth.org Veterans Clinic 2509 Research Blvd., FC 224-1550, www.va.gov

PERSONAL ALERT SYSTEMS

Banner Lifeline LV, 669-0959, GR, 378-4743 or 877-493-8109 www.bannerhealth.com Caring Solutions 24/7 Alert 1713 Trailwood Dr., FC, 206-9595 www.larimer.co.networkofcare.org CLR Medical and Security Systems, Inc 2115 Cape Hatteras Dr., WS 877-813-8310 www.uslocalmedical.com

Guardian Medical Monitoring 877-435-7225 www.guardianmedicalmonitoring.com Interim Health Care of Fort Collins 877-435-7225 www.interimhealthcare.com

ALLERGY

Allergy Partners 555 Prospect Ave., EP 221-2370 2121 E. Harmony Rd., #350, FC, 221-2370 1130 38th Ave., Ste. A, GR 330-5391 2026 Blue Mesa St., LV 663-0144 www.allergypartners.com Leaders in allergy and asthma care.

Banner Health Clinic 2923 Ginnala Dr., LV, 669-6660 608 E. Harmony Rd. Ste. 101, FC 498-9226 www.bannerhealth.com Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers 1136 E. Stuart St., Bldg 3, Ste. 3200, FC, 221-1681, 7251 W. 20th St., Bldg. N, Ste 1 GR, 3563907, www.coloradoallergy.com Specializing in allergies, asthma and eczema treatment.

CANCER TREATMENT

Cancer Center of the Rockies 2121 E. Harmony Rd. Ste. 150, FC 493-6337, www.uchealth.org Diagnosis, care and treatment of patients with malignancies and/or blood disorders.

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Front Range Cancer Specialists 2315 E. Harmony Rd. Ste. 110, FC, 212-7600, www. frontrangecancer.com Diagnosis, surgery, chemothera­ py, radiation and other complementary therapies.

Loveland Oncology and Hematology 2975 Ginnala Dr., Ste. 120, LV 667-7870, www.uchealth.org Diagnosis, treat­ment, specializing in chemo­therapy and infusion.

UCHealth Cancer Care & Hematology 2121 E. Harmony Rd., Ste. 170, FC, 493-6337 1675 18th Ave., GR, 347-5780 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave. LV, 203-7083. www.uchealth.org Diagnosis, surgery, chemothera­ py, radiation and other complementary therapies.

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CARE MANAGEMENT

Adult Resources for Care and Help (ARCH) Larimer County FC, 498-7750 www.larimer.org/seniors/arch.htm American Elder Advocates, LLC www.americanelderadvocates.org Catholic Charities Northern Senior Outreach (no cost) FC, 484-5010, 1442 N. 11th Ave. GR, 353-6433, www.ccdenver.org Consultants for Aging Families, LLC 649 Remington St., FC, 498-0730 www.agingfamilies.net Disabled Resource Services (no cost) 1017 Robertson St., Unit B, FC 482-2700, 640 E. Eisenhower Blvd., LV, 667-0816 www.disabledresourceservices.org Fil’s Place www.filsplace.com

Legacy Services, LLC 1724 Silvergate Rd., FC, 488-1275 www.legacygcm.com Options for Long Term Care (OLTC) Larimer County 1501 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 498-7780, www.larimer.org/dhs/ adultservices/oltc.htm UCHealth Cancer Patient Navigation 2121 E. Harmony Rd., Ste. 330, FC, 297-6165 www.uchealth.org Poudre Valley Hospital UCHealth Community Case Management 1024 S. Lemay Ave., FC 495-8554, www.uchealth.org Seniors in Transition, LLC 2627 Pasquinel Dr., FC 204-6977, www.seniorsintrans.com

DENTAL

BenchMark Dental Dr. Joshua Fowler, 1640 25th Ave., GR. 352-5448, 640 E. Eisenhower Blvd., Ste. 100, LV. 667-8782, 1555 Main Street, Ste. A-2, WS. 686-7858 www.BenchMarkDentalCare.com Specializing in implants and dentures for those 50 and up.

Family Dental Clinic – Health District of Northern Larimer County 202 Bristlecone Dr., FC 416-5331, www.healthdistrict.org

Front Range Dentures 1525 Riverside, Suite B, FC 493-9001 Affordable dentures, denture repair, tooth extraction, dental implants, bridges, complete den­tistry services.

Loveland Dentistry and Dentures 274 E. 29th St., LV 744-2345, www.Loveland DentistryandDentures.com Offering comfortable and caring dentistry and dentures to northern Colorado.

Northern Colorado Periodontics 4033 Boardwalk Dr., Ste. 100, FC, 207-4061, 3400 W. 16th St., Ste. 5X, GR, 351-6166 www.nocoperio.com

ELDER ABUSE

AARP ElderWatch (fraud assistance), www.aarp.org Adult Protective Services (APS) Larimer County 2555 Midpoint Dr., Ste. F, FC 498-7770, www.larimer.org/dhs/ adultservices/aps.htm Alternatives to Violence 313 E. 4th St., LV, 669-5150 www.alternativestoviolence.org Crossroads Safehouse 421 Parker St., FC, 482-3535 24/7 Hotline: 482-3502 www.crossroadssafehouse.org

Elder Abuse Education 6801 W. 20th St., Ste. 207, GR 353-3800 x3324 www.co.weld.co.us Elder Abuse Reporting 6801 W. 20th St., Ste. 207, GR 352-1551 x6211 www.co.weld.co.us Long Term Care Larimer County 498-7754 SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocate) 4812 S. College Ave., FC, 472-4204 www.savacenter.org

FOOT & ANKLE CLINICS

A Step Ahead Foot & Ankle Center 3850 N. Grant, Ste. 130, LV 667-0769, 2001 S. Shields, Bldg. F, FC, 493-466, www.asafoot.com Treats ankle pain, bunions, corns & callouses, fractures & sprains, hammertoes, heel pain, orthotics, and more.

Anderson Podiatry Center 1355 Riverside Ave., Ste. 6, FC 484-4620, www.anderson podiatrycenter.com Helping to heal the foundation of the human body.

Banner Medical Clinic-Highland Meadows 8201 Spinnaker Dr., Suite D, WS 223-2272, www.bannerhealth.com Family physi­cians; accepting new patients and all insurances.

Poudre Valley Foot & Ankle Clinic 1355 Riverside Ave., Ste., C, FC 484-4620, www.pvfac.com Foot care and surgical center.

Neuropathy treatment, laser treatment for fungal nails.

Banner Medical Clinic-North Loveland 3880 North Grant Ave., Ste. 140 LV, 203-0047 www.bannerhealth.com Family physi­cians; accepting new patients and all insurances.

GERIATRIC CARE

UCHealth Internal Medicine 1106 E. Prospect Rd. Ste. 100, FC, 495-7410 4674 Snow Mesa Dr., Ste. 100, FC, 778-3052, www.uchealth.org Care specializing in people age 65 and older.

HEALTH CLINICS

Banner Medical Clinics— Harmony 608 E. Harmony Rd., Ste. 101 FC, 204-9069 www.bannerhealth.com Family physi­cians; accepting new patients and all insurances.

Family Medicine Center 1025 Pennock Pl., FC 495-8980, www.uchealth.org Greeley Medical Clinic 1900 16th St. GR, 353-1551 www.uchealth.org Multi-specialty healthcare services.

Kaiser Permanente Medical Clinics 2950 E. Harmony Rd., FC, 4901 Thompson Pkwy, LV, 2429 35th Ave., GR, 207-7171 www.kaiserpermanente.org Family medicine, and more.

Loveland Community Health Center 302 3rd St., LV, 669-4855 www.sunrisecommunityhealth.org McKee Medical Center 2000 N. Boise Ave., LV 669-4640, www.bannerhealth.com Medical Center of the Rockies - UCHealth 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., LV, 624-2500, www.uchealth.org North Colorado Medical Center 1801 16th St., GR, 352-4121 www.bannerhealth.com Poudre Valley Hospital UCHealth 1024 S. Lemay Ave., FC 495-7000, www.uchealth.org Salud Family Health Centers 1635 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 494-4040, www.saludclinic.org The Seasons at McKee Medical Center 2000 N. Boise Ave., LV 635-4097, www.bannerhealth.com

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Sage Holistic Health 1136 N. Lincoln Ave., LV, 667-7071 www.sageholistichealth.com Naturopathy promotes the body’s natural healing process, utilizing acupuncture, nutrition, herbs.

Sunrise Health Center 1006 A St., GR, 352-0048 www.sunrisecommunityhealth.org United Medical Center of Berthoud 549 Mountain Ave., Berthoud 532-4644, www.berthoud.org VA Medical Clinic 2509 Research Blvd., FC 224-1550, www.va.gov Windsor Medical Clinic - UCHealth 1455 Main St., WS, 686-3950 www.uchealth.org

HEALTH INSURANCE

Kaiser Permanente 877-297-0566, www.kp.org/ask-co 5-star rated medicare health plan.

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Rocky Mountain Health Plans 800-823-8356, www.rmhp.org Medicare and health insurance specialists.

HEALTH PROMOTION

The Seasons Club McKee Medical Center 2000 N. Boise Ave, LV, 820-4097 www.bannerhealth.com Enhances quality of life for mature adults through promotion, educa­tion and recreation.

Weld Aging Well—Weld County Area Agency on Aging 315C N. 11th Ave., GR, 346-6950 ext. 6117, www.co.weld.co.us Provides tools for older adults to take control of their health and longevity.

HEARING

Advanced Hearing Services 2001 S. Shields St. Bldg. J2, FC 221-5249, www.bakerhearing.net Evaluations and consultations, rehabilitation, life-time follow-up care, indi­vidualized attention.

Audiology Associates 4675 W. 20 th Street Rd., Unit A, GR, 352-2881 www.hearingtime.com Certified audiologists provide com­prehensive diagnostic audiology, hearing aids, and aural rehabilitation.

Hearing Rehab Center 1217 E. Elizabeth St., Ste. 9, FC 482-5700 www.hearingrehabcenter.com

HEART CARE

CardioVascular Institute of Northern Colorado - Banner Health 4700 Lady Moon Dr., FC, 821-4500 1800 15th St., Ste. 310, GR 810-0900, 1900 Boise Ave., Ste. 200, LV, 820-2400 Heart Center of the Rockies 2121 E. Harmony Rd. Ste. 100 & 200, FC, 221-1000, www.uchealth.org Heart and vascular care including nutrition, counseling, and rehab.

INFUSION THERAPY

Poudre Infusion Therapy 1455 Main Street, WS 460-9208, www.columbinehealth.com

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Aspen Medical Center 2923 Ginnala Dr., LV, 669-6660 www.bannerhealth.com

MEDICAL CENTERS

McKee Medical Center 2000 Boise Ave., LV, 669-4640 www.bannerhealth.com Full range of medical services, birthing suites, cancer center, sur­gery, orthopedic, critical care.

Medical Center of the Rockies 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., LV 624-2500, www.uchealth.org Full spectrum of services, special­ ties in cardiac and trauma care.

Northern Colorado Medical Center 1801 16th St., GR, 352-4121 www.bannerhealth.com Full-service hospital, burn and trauma care, hyperbaric medicine, cardiac program, cancer care, more.

Peakview Medical Center 5881 16th St. GR, 313-2700 www.uchealth.org Wide range of medical specialties.

Poudre Valley Hospital 1024 S. Lemay Ave., FC 495-7000, www.uchealth.org Treatments, surgeries, and diag­ nostic testing.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Apria Health Care 1337 Riverside Ave., Ste. 1, 484-8211, 2400 W. 16th St., Ste. D, GR, 353-5355, 420 W. 67th St., LV, 663-0500, www.apria.com Banner Home Medical Equipment 810-6420 or 800-752-4074 www.bannerhealth.com Certified Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLC 1620 25th Ave., Ste. A, GR 356-2123, www.certifiedpando.com Christ Center Outreach Center 2700 S. Lemay Ave., FC, 223-4442 Columbine Medical Equipment 802 W. Drake Rd. Ste. 123, FC, 221-1453, 1455 Main Street, WS, 460-9205. www.columbinehealth.com.

Disabled Resource Services 1017 Robertson St., Unit B, FC 482-2700, 118 E. 29th St., Ste. C, LV, 667-0816 www.disabledresourceservices.org Don Paul Respiratory Services, Inc 965 59th Ave., Ste. C, GR 356-0210, www.rotech.com Ensight Skills Center 3307 S. College Ave., #108, FC 866-375-5693 www.ensightskills.org

Frontier Access and Mobility 1308 Riverside Ave., FC, 2238267, www.FrontierAccess.com Offering access and mobility solutions.

Food Bank for Larimer County 1301 Blue Spruce Dr., FC 493-4477 www.foodbanklarimer.org

Lincare 4700 S. College Ave., FC 482-8114, 107 W. 29th St., LV 663-1163, 2533 11th Ave., GR 356-1506, www.lincare.com

Food Stamps (Larimer County Human Services) 200 W. Oak St., FC 498-7000, www.co.larimer.co.us

Mobility and More 493 N. Denver Ave., LV 461-8400, www.mymobility.biz MTI Medical, LLC 612 Bighorn Ct., WS, 221-5612 Praxair Healthcare Services 1600 E. Mulberry St., FC 224-1441, www.praxair.com UCHealth Home Medical Supply 1420 Riverside Ave., Ste. 108 FC, 484-6616, www.pvhs-hms.org RCC Medical Supply 3109 35th Ave., Ste. C 356-9078, www.rccmed.net Rocky Mountain Medical Outfitting & Recycle 2003 W. 8th St., LV, 624-6002 2611 W. 11th St. Rd., GR 515-6935, www.rmmor.org Veteran’s Club of Loveland 305 Cleveland Ave., LV 667-4722, www.va.gov

NEUROLOGY

Center for Neurorehabilitation Services, P.C. 1045 Robertson St., FC, 4936667, www.brainrecov.com Neurology Associates of Northern Colorado 1106 E. Prospect St. Ste. 100, FC 482-4373 Diagnostic and treatment for dis­orders of the nervous system.

NUTRITION

Hospitality Center and Kitchen: Catholic Charities 460 Linden Center Dr., FC, 484-5010 www.larimer.co.networkofcare.org

House of Neighborly Service 1511 E. 11th St, LV 667-4939, 531 8th St., Berthoud 532-0161, www.honservice.org

ORTHOPEDIC CARE

Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies 2500 E. Prospect Rd., FC, 493-0112 3470 E. 15th St., LV 663-3975, www.orthohealth.com Specializing in the medicine of motion: surgery centers, radiology, therapy, work comp.

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Meals on Wheels 1217 E. Elizabeth St., Ste. 11, FC 484-6325 437 Garfield Ave., LV, 667-0311 2131 9th St., GR, 353-9738 www.mowaa.org

Colorado Clinic 3810 N. Grant Ave., LV, 221-9451 www.coloradoclinic.com Your N. Colorado sports and regenerative medicine pain specialists.

Open Door Mission 316 Jefferson St., FC, 224-4302

Front Range Pain Medicine 3744 S. Timberline Rd., FC 6200 W. 9th St., Ste. 5, GR 495-0506, www.frpmedicine.com Specializing in treating pain with intervention pain management practices.

Salvation Army 3901 S. Mason St., FC, 207-4472 www.salvationarmyfortcollins.org Senior Nutrition Meals 315C N. 11th Ave., GR 346-6955, 346-6955x6120 www.co.weld.co.us Senior Nutrition Program with Volunteers of America 405 Canyon Ave., FC 472-9630, www.voacolorado.org Weld County Area Agency on Aging 315C N. 11th Ave., GR, 346-6952 www.boulder.co.networkofcare.org Weld Food Bank 1108 H St., GR 356-2199, www.weldfoodbank.org

OB/GYN

OB/GYN Associates 1813 Cheyenne Ave., LV, 203-6801, 1900 N. Boise Ave. Stes. 330 & 410, LV, 203-6801 www.bannerhealth.com

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Front Range Therapy 802 W. Drake Rd., Ste. #133A, FC 494-6449 www.columbine health.com Harmony Hand and Physical Therapy 3744 S. Timberline Road, FC. 204-4263, 1455 Main St., Ste. 160, WS. 674-9675 www.harmonyhand.com

PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE

Catholic Charities Northern 460 Linden Center Dr., FC 493-0141 www.ccdenver.org House of Neighborly Service 1511 E. 11th St., LV 667-4939, 531 8th St., Berthoud 532-0161, www.honservice.org McKee Prescription Assistance Program 2000 Boise Ave., LV, 635-4017 www.bannerhealth.com

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Prescription Assistance Program Health District of Northern Larimer County 120 Bristlecone Dr., FC, 224-5209, www.healthdistrict.org/ prescription-assistance VA Assistance Program 888-483-9127, www.va.gov

REHABILITATION SERVICES

Spine Correction Center of the Rockies 2244 E. Harmony St., Ste. 110, FC, 226-1117 www.spinecorrectioncenter.com Specializing in neuropathy.

SURGERY

The Ascent at Life Care Center of Greeley 4800 W. 25th St., GR 330-6400, www.lcca.com

Surgical Specialists of the Rockies 2315 E. Harmony Rd. Ste. 130, FC 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., Ste. 340, LV, 221-5878, 5881 W. 16th St., GR, 221-5878, www. uchealth.org

SPINE CARE

URGENT CARE

Front Range Center for Brain & Spine Surgery 1313 Riverside Ave., FC 493-1292, www.brain-spine.com Full-service practice dedicated to spine and brain surgery offering comprehensive clinical expertise.

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Associates in Family Medicine Urgent Care Clinic 3519 Richmond Dr., FC, 2040300, www.afmfc.com Open late and on weekends.

Concentra Urgent Care 620 S. Lemay Ave., FC, 221-5811 9299 Eastman Park Dr., WS 674-0626 www.generalcare.com Specializing in sports and camp physicals for all ages.

Harmony Urgent Care 2127 E. Harmony Rd. FC, 297-6250 www.uchealth.org Loveland Urgent Care 3850 N. Grant Ave., Ste. 100, FC 624-5150, www.uchealth.org Skyline Urgent Care 2555 E. 13th St., Ste. 110 LV 461-6140 www.bannerhealth.com Urgent Care in Greeley 1900 16th St. GR, 350-2454 www.uchealth.org

VISION

Dr Robert Stamm 877-393-0025, www.LecVisionSource.com Solutions for macular degeneration and other limiting vision conditions.

Eye Center of Northern Colorado 1725 E. Prospect Rd., FC 221-2222, 2555 13th St., Ste. 225, LV, 679-0000 6125 Sky Pond Dr., Centerra 663-3262 www.eyecenternoco.com Offers compassionate and comprehensive medical, surgical and optical care.

Kirk Eye Center 3650 E. 15th St., LV 669-1107, www.kirkeyecenter.com A full-service eye clinic & optical department serving Loveland, and northern Colorado.

Positive Vision 1015 S. Taft Hill Rd., FC 482-6034 www.positive dentalvision.com Provides comprehensive vision care for every member of your family.

See Life Family Vision Source 2867 35th Ave., GR, 346-1411 www.seelifevision.com Windsor Eye Care & Vision Center 515 Main St., WS, 460-0154 www.windsoreye.com

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ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG has spent the majority of her life as a cultivator. Working alongside her husband on their Midwest farm, she raised three children, plus beef cattle, hogs, sheep and chickens.

The couple also grew grain for feed and had a large garden. At 82 and now living in Greeley with one of her daughters, one could say Armstrong is still in the farming business, but now she cultivates a better quality of life for others.

When she moved to northern Colorado 10 years ago, Armstrong needed a way to meet people and learn her way around. “I didn’t want to just sit around the house and talk to the dog,” she says. “I wanted to connect with people my own age and do something useful.” With those seeds of motivation in her hands, Armstrong sought out volunteer opportunities through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program

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(RSVP) of Weld County where her compassion for others has taken root and bloomed.

Armstrong has many duties at RSVP. Every week, she helps call and take grocery orders from as many as three dozen people who are shut in due to illness or physical disabilities.

After the orders are in, she sorts them into delivery routes and then takes all of the orders to a local King Soopers where they are filled.

Staffing booths at events is another job Armstrong enjoys. She assists with Weld Project Connect, an annual, one-day event where individuals and families who are struggling due to housing instability, job loss, health problems and other life-disrupting issues receive on-site help.

She also staffs the annual Veterans Stand Down Day where homeless

vets can find services they need, as well as the Senior Law Day event, a one-stop-shop for people with legal questions.

“Liz Armstrong is one of the pillars of whom the Retired Senior Volunteer Program is about. Liz gives her time and energy to the various programs because she is needed,” says Marcia Shafer, RSVP of Weld County director. “Her expertise with the Grocery Shopping Program assists both the clients and the other volunteers in making the program work.”

At the end of the day, Armstrong believes she benefits as much from volunteering as the people she serves.

“I just want to help others while I can. It gives me purpose in my retirement years, as well as bringing out the best in me.”

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