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Upcoming Trips
Upcoming Trips —LCCOA
LCCOA’s Upcoming Trips for 2022
Seats are filling up fast! A $75 deposit reserves your seat. The price of the trip includes your transportation, hotel, most meals, and any admission fees. The only additional funds needed will be for your extras. LCCOA knows that leaving town and going to new places, or sleeping in a different bed at night, can be disconcerting or even uncomfortable. We always send an LCCOA staff member to accompany those who travel with us. If any glitches or problems occur, the LCCOA “tour guide” is always there on each and every trip. You may travel far and wide, but you are never alone. LCCOA is always there, having just as much fun as you are!
The Nashville Show Trip Travel with our very own Marisa!
August 1-6, 2022 Cost: $697 for members, $722 for non-members — per person, base on double occupancy
See a great show at The Grand Ole Opry! Take photos with your favorite stars at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame. Tour a restored Victorian plantation museum. There will be time to check out the famous downtown streets of Nashville and so much more! Transportation, hotel, admission fees, continental breakfast, and dinner are included. For more information, go to: https://Grouptrips.com/LEECOUNTYCOUNCILONAGING/1862233 or call 815-288-9236 and ask for Marisa for questions or to reserve your space.
The Garden of the Gods, The Royal
Gorge and Colorado Springs Trip
Travel with our very own Marisa!
September 11-17, 2022 Cost: $749 for members, $774 for non-members — per person, base on double occupancy
Motor coach transportation, lodging, admission fees, and ten meals are included. This is another two-camera trip; there’s majestic scenery everywhere you look! Visit the Garden of the Gods, a wondrous place, a spiritual retreat for ancient peoples. Then travel through some scenic mountains, to visit the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum. Then travel through some more scenery and follow your guide on a tour of the impressive United States Air Force Academy. Then after travelling through some more scenery, enjoy the Royal Gorge, where you can chose to walk across on the suspension bridge, or ride the aerial tram, high above the valley floor. For more information, go to: https://Grouptrips.com/LEECOUNTYCOUNCILONAGING/1886991
Explore Ireland Travel with our very own April!
October 5-12, 2022
Journey to see the Emerald Isle! Take in the sights of Dublin, kiss the Blarney Stone, and feel the sweeping winds upon the Cliffs of Moher. These are just a few of the things you will have the opportunity to experience on this trip! Please contact April at Lee County Council on Aging at 815-288-9236 or email her at lccoabookkeeper@comcast.net to have a packet mailed or e-mailed to you. If you are ready to go, you can call Collette Travel directly at 800-852-5655 ext. 17005 and make sure to mention booking number 1083188!
New Orleans! Travel with our very own April!
February 12-18, 2023
Cost: $715 for members, $740 for non-members — per person, base on double occupancy
Motor coach transportation, lodging, admission fees, and 10 meals are included. We will be traveling to New Orleans the week before Mardi Gras! Come enjoy the sights and sounds of the Big Easy. We will tour the historic French Quarter, make a visit to the National WWII Museum, venture over to the Destrehan Plantation, and enjoy a relaxing cruise on a riverboat. A highlight is a trip to Mardi Gras World, where many of the floats used in the parade(s) will be and we get to see where Mardi Gras magic is made! For questions, or to reserve you space, please call 815288-9236 and ask for April.
Interested in a Broadway play or a shopping trip?
Coming in Fall/Winter 2022
We are currently in the planning stages for a shopping trip and a Broadway play to Chicago, or to an outlet mall, for one of our fall/winter day trips. If you would like to receive information on upcoming dates; please call or email Marisa at lccoaoffice@comcast. net or 815-288-9236.
Upcoming Trips — WCSC
Kane County Flea Market
Sunday, August 7
Cost: $35 for members, $45 for non-members
People say that if they made it, you will find it at Kane! Not just antiques, but a day of shopping for new and vintage items. 600+ dealers inside, outside, and under sheds. One of the longest running, best antique and collectable flea markets in the world. “We have been a place for people to come and enjoy the fun of searching and finding the one thing they have sought for ages.” Multiple food vendors are available on site. Plenty of under-bus storage for your purchased items. Bus will leave Sterling Walmart at 7:30 a..m. and head to the flea market in St. Charles, Illinois, for a day of flea market shopping. Bus will leave the flea market at 3 p.m. rain or shine. This trip includes motor coach transportation and driver tip. Admission to the market is $6 per person (under 12 is free) and not included in the cost of the trip. Sign up at WCSC.
Wrigley Field — Cubs vs. Phillies
Thursday Sept 29 — 1:20 p.m. game time
Cost: $65 for members, $90 for non-members
Bus will drop off and pick up at Wrigley field. Seats are terrace reserved outfield, section 230. Tickets will be issued on the bus the day of the game. If you are traveling with friends, we need to know that when you sign up, so you can sit together. No refunds will be given if you are unable to attend on game day. Bus departs from Sterling Walmart at 8:30am. We will stop at Dekalb Oasis on the way into the game, and MAY stop there on the way back, depending on how late the game runs. Cost includes bus, tolls, parking, game ticket and driver tip. You may bring snacks and beverages on the bus, but NO ALCOHOL. Sign up at WCSC.
Want to go somewhere?
We would like to put together a week-long trip. Please let us know your ideas of where you would like to go.
Special Events at LCCOA
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LCCOA presents the 12th Annual PROM
Saturday, August 27, 2022 — 6-10 p.m.
For ages 21-121. Dress up or dress down – the choice is yours! There will be appetizers, dancing, door prizes, entertainment and lots of fun! Tickets are $15 per person in advance — no ticket sales at the door. Call 815-288-9236 to order tickets. Dance the evening away at the beautiful Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second St. in Dixon. Who will wear the crown as king of queen?
Authors: Sharpen your quills! LCCOA has announced that we are taking submissions for a new edition of “Back In My Day”!! We are gathering stories, reminiscences of older relatives, recipes, tall tales, fish tales, and wives’ tales. What was your favorite game when you were growing up? Who were your favorite people? What sports or games were you really good at; and whose Grandmother made the best sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies? The deadline for this edition is Aug 1. You may bring or mail your submissions to: LCCOA, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, IL 61021, or email them to lccoa@comcast.net. For more information, please call 815-288-9236
Open Mic Night!!
Friday, July 29
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., first-up at 7 p.m. Music goes until 9 p.m. All are welcome!!
Rummikub at LCCOA
Mondays at 1 p.m.
Rummikub players are gathering at LCCOA on Mondays at 1 p.m. The European game is becoming an increasingly popular game here. Rummikub was invented by a Romanian in Israel, in the 1940’s. It soon became Israel’s best-selling export game. By 1977, it became a bestselling game in the United States. Rummikub, played by 2 to 4 players with numbered tiles, is similar to European card games, like Machiavelli and Vatikan. Here at LCCOA, we have several games going at the same time! Feel free to join in on the fun!
Line dancing at LCCOA — New beginners group
New beginners group starting in July. Line dancing is a great form of exercise for seniors to improve strength and muscle function, increase balance and flexibility, as well as improve cardiovascular and heart health. Line dancing isn’t just for country music anymore! If you can tap your toes in time to music, line dancing might be just the thing for you! Anyone interested in conducting a beginners group, please contact LCCOA at 815-288-9236.
Chair yoga for seniors
Wednesdays at 1 p.m.
Chair yoga, a new program for seniors at LCCOA, is a safe and more comfortable method to get the same benefits as regular yoga. Meeting every Wednesday at 1 p.m., our yoga leader is trained and certified, and already conducts classes at other locations. Staying seated and off the floor means that even frail seniors or those who aren’t so flexible can safely do the exercises. Yoga can help all older adults to loosen and stretch muscles, reduce stress and improve circulation.
Bingo is at LCCOA
July 15 at 9:30 a.m.
The games are free! The prizes are free! The fun is free! Bingo at LCCOA has long been a favorite activity. Originally called “beano” when the game first arrived in America in 1929, Bingo has become a weekly fundraising activity in churches all over America. In addition to being a lot of fun, Bingo increases mental flexibility and alertness, exercises hand-eye coordination, and accelerates healing with laughter and socialization. All are welcome – come and enjoy!
Euchre at LCCOA
Fridays at 12:30 p.m.
Euchre, called the “poor man’s poker,” is one of the most popular card games in the Midwest. Some stories say Euchre came to America with the Pennsylvania Germans. Other stories say it came over with French soldiers. Farmer’s Hand, Poor Man’s Hand, Bottom Hand, and Grandma’s Hand are some of the many nicknames given to a particular “hand” one might be given during the game. One thing you can be sure of: everybody at the table has an opinion as to what just happened!! Come for the cards; come back again for the people you met.
Mexican Train Dominoes
Fridays at 1 p.m.
The game Americans call “Mexican Train” is originally a variation on a Chinese game called Pai Gow, which emerged in China before 960 A.D. Chinese laborers brought the game with them when they came to Cuba to work in the sugar cane fields. Then they and Cuban laborers brought the game with them when they came to America to help build the railroads. It became immensely popular with the Mexican laborers, also. And that’s how the game got its name. Join the game, and develop your skills at concentration!
Table crafter at LCCOA
Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Beadwork, knitting, needlepoint, crocheting, needlework, are all types of table crafts enjoyed by persons at the crafters’ table here at LCCOA. Gathering every Thursday at 1 p.m., conversations and laughter fill the room while the crafters busily produce beautiful and colorful, practical and/or whimsical pieces. Feel free to just join in anytime and enjoy the benefits of crafting: reducing stress, improving hand-eye coordination and building friendships and community. Any ideas on presentations of crafting projects? We’d love to hear from you? Please call 815-2889236.
Weekly activities at LCCOA
PLEASE NOTE: PROOF OF VACCINATION IS REQUIRED TO ENTER.
Monday
1 p.m. — Rummikub Tuesday
New line dancing group for beginning seniors starting !this month! Wednesday
Thursday
1 p.m. — Crafters Friday
12:30 p.m. — Euchre players 1 p.m. — Mexican Train Dominoes Binge is here Friday July 15 at 9:30 a.m. Open Mic Night will be July 29. Doors Open at 6:30 p.m.
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