Senior activities: Metro

10/6/2004

EAST TOLEDO

SENIOR

ACTIVITIES CENTER

Navarre Park shelter house

1001 White St.

Activities include Bingo, fitness, ceramics, painting, computer classes, line-dancing, volleyball and shuffleboard, shopping trips, sewing and crafts, movie days, and various theme parties.

Daily lunch program; reservations due by 11 a.m. the day before.

Oct. 12 and 14: Free mammograms for ages 40 and older who have no insurance or who qualify for CareNet, from 5 to 8 p.m. at St. Charles Mercy Women's Care Center, 2600 Navarre Ave. in Oregon. Appointments: 419-251-4000.

Oct. 14: Video movie, Raising Helen, at 12:30 p.m., with popcorn and beverage. Free. Call to register.

Oct. 16: Fall craft show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Homemade crafts and bake sale.

Oct. 29: Halloween Party, 12:30-2:30 p.m. at $3. Games, prizes, refreshments, costume contest.

Nov. 1: Deadline to make reservations for free transportation on Nov. 2 to voting precincts in East Toledo. Call 419-691-2254 before 4 p.m.

Nov. 4: Flu and pneumonia shots from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the center. Only those aged 65 and older or those with a chronic health condition may receive shots at the center. Cost, $18 for flu shot and $27 for pneumonia shot. Take Medicaid/Medicare card. Reservations: 419-691-2254.

Nov. 13: Annual fundraiser event with a Rock Raffle and Race at 6:30 p.m. at the IBEW Hall, Local 245, at 705 LIme City Rd., Rossford. Reverse Raffle ticket includes chicken or prime rib dinner, music, dancing, door prizes, side raffles. Tickets, $40 per person, are limited. Call 419-691-2254.

Mondays: ceramic class at 9:30 a.m. at $2 per class. Take your own greenware; paints provided.

Tuesdays: free knitting and crocheting class at 9:30 a.m.

First Wednesday: blood pressure screenings at 11:15 a.m.

Second Wednesday: craft class from 6:30 to 8 p.m., $5 per class. Schedule, register: 419-691-1429, ext. 111.

Outreach services: seniors who need help to fill out insurance or other forms, or who need home maintenance assistance or other services, please call Joyce at the center, 419-691-2254.

Farmer's Market Coupons: for details call 419-691-2254.

ELMORE

SENIOR CENTER

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

19225 West Witty Rd.

Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays with hot lunch served at noon at the church. Reservations due two days ahead of time: 419-862-1122.

Tuesdays: Line dancing, 10 a.m.

First and third Thursdays: card games, 7 to 9 p.m.

Volunteers needed.

Information: 419-862-1122.

COMMUNITY CENTER

319 Toledo St.

Tuesdays: Beginning line dancing for seniors 10 a.m.

First and third Thursdays: Card playing, 7-9 p.m.; bring a snack.

JERUSALEM TWP.

SENIOR CENTER

9501 Jerusalem Rd., Curtice.

Weekdays: Hot luncheon and social hour 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Bingo on Fridays. Oregon bus service and home delivery of hot meals available. Lunch reservations: 419-836-4904, 10:30 a.m.-noon, the day before.

OREGON

JAMES HANCOCK

SENIOR CENTER

5760 Bayshore Rd.

Thursdays: Breakfast club at 9:30 a.m. Exercise at 10:30 a.m., and line dancing, 11 a.m. Bingo, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Grief support, 3 to 4 p.m.

Fridays: Bingo at 9:30 a.m. exercise class at 12:30 p.m.

Mondays: Bingo at 9:30 a.m., computer and fitness classes at 12:30 p.m., blood pressure checks from 9 to 11:45 a.m.

Tuesdays: Coffee hour at 9:30 a.m., exercise at 10:30 a.m., line dancing at 11 a.m., fitness class at 12:30 p.m., and bunco from 1 to 3 p.m.

Wednesdays: Bingo at 9:30 a.m., euchre at 12:30 p.m.

Weekdays: Hot lunches served at 11:30 a.m. for a donation of $1.75. Call for reservations.

The center may be rented after hours and on the weekends. Details: 419-698-7078.

LUTHERAN HOME

AT TOLEDO

131 North Wheeling St.

Volunteers needed as clerks in the gift and ceramics shops, woodworking leader, seamstress, field-trip escorts, musicians.

Volunteer guild meetings are the fourth Tuesday each month except December and are open to the public.

Information: 419-693-0751, ext. 217.

LUTHERAN HOME

AT TOLEDO

Assisted Living

2519 Seaman St.

Second Thursdays: Coffee club, 1-2 p.m., with an activity or a speaker at 1:30. Pastries and coffee served. Open to the community at no charge.

Information: 419-693-0751, ext. 246.

PERRYSBURG

SENIOR CENTER

140 West Indiana Ave.

Daily: free shuffleboard.

Oct. 14: Evening dance, 7 to 10 p.m. at $3. Music by Sounds Great. Call ahead to confirm date of dance.

Weekly: cards, games, bingo.

Hot lunches at noon for a donation of $2; a home-delivered lunch can be arranged.

Volunteers with cars needed to deliver noon meals to homebound individuals in the area, day or more per week.

Information: 419-874-0847.

HEARTLAND

OF PERRYSBURG

10540 Fremont Pike.

Information: 419-874-3578.

ROSSFORD

SENIOR CENTER

400 Dixie Hwy.

Programs for seniors 60 and older. Noon lunches on weekdays for a $2 donation; delivery is available for the homebound. Reservations call: 419-666-8494.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: Body Recall exercises at 9:30 a.m.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: Body Recall exercises at 4 p.m.

Thursdays: Cards at 1 p.m.

Computer classes available at $20 for a six-week course.

Program suggestions for the center are welcome. Contact the programming department.

Information: 1-800-367-4935 or 419-666-8494.