Enfield Senior Center
299 Elm Street, Enfield, CT 06082
860-763-7425
News Release for the Week of April 25, 2016
Thank you for completing our 2016 Participant Satisfaction Survey. You like us, you really like us! The results are posted on the Enfield Senior Center website at www.enfield-ct.gov/seniors. We really appreciate all of the comments and suggestions. We have already fixed some concerns and acted on some suggestions. Thanks for taking the time to say nice things and to recommend some little tweaks. It helps us to keep improving.
There are two free screenings that you will want to take advantage of in May. On May 3 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. free Bone Density Screenings will be given on a walk-in basis. On Friday, May 13 and Friday, May 20, Johnson Memorial Medical Center will sponsor a free Stroke Screening from 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. Schedule your 15 minute appointment by calling 860-763-7684.
If you have not been to the Enfield Senior Center, join me for “Welcome to the Enfield Senior Center” on Wednesday, May 11 at 10 a.m. Meet in the Senior Center Library for a tour and a talk about Senior Center services, events, and classes. No registration is necessary.
May newsletters are available at the Senior Center if you have not received one. There are many new activities to read about.
Dance to the sounds of the Dukes of Hazardville on Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m. and enjoy dessert and coffee at the break. Tickets are on sale for $7 per person in the Senior Center office.
SEMINARS
• Hip and Knee Arthritis: Current Treatment Options – Wednesday, April 27 at 1 p.m. Robert Green, M.D.
• Don’t Go Broke in a Nursing Home – Wednesday, May 4 at 1 p.m. Funeral Director Sean Stevens and Attorney Hank Wetherby.
• Long Term Care Insurance – Wednesday, May 11 at 1 p.m.
TRIPS
Trip flyers are available on our website at www.enfield-ct.gov/seniors or can be picked up at the Senior Center.
Day Trips
Day trips are available for sale on or after the trip sign-up date.
• Captain JP II Cruise on the Hudson River & NY State Museum, June 8, 2016. Cost: $99 per person.
• Berkshire’s Hidden Gems, July 8, 2016. Cost: $99 per person. Trip sign-up date is May 6, 2016, 10 am.
• Long Island Sound Lighthouse Cruise, July 21, 2016. Cost: $103 per person. Trip sign-up date is May 20, 2016, 10 am.
• Texas Tenors at Foxwoods, August 3, 2016. Cost: $90 per person. Trip sign-up date is June 3, 2016, 10 am.
• Exploring Boston & Whale Watch, August 18, 2016. Cost: $135 per person. Trip sign-up date is June 10, 2016, 10 am.
• Discover Woodstock Vermont/Billings Farm Museum, September 6, 2016. Cost: $139 per person. Trip sign-up date is July 15, 2016, 10 am.
• “CT Rail & Sail”, Essex Steam Train, Becky Thatcher Riverboat, Lyman Orchards, September 23, 2016. Cost: $107 per person. Trip sign-up date is July 22, 2016, 10 am.
Multi-Day Adventures
Reservations are being accepted for multi-day adventures.
• Journey to the White Mountains, June 20 – 22, 2016. Cost: $473 pp/double.
• Rhine & Mosel Rivers Cruise, September 10 – 20, 2016. Cost: $4899 pp/double/Haydn deck.
• Long Island & the Hamptons, September 15 – 16, 2016. Cost $349 pp/double.
• Hawaii Cruise Tour, January 11 – 21, 2017. Cost: $4799 pp/double/inside cabin.
• Tropical Costa Rica, March 20 – 28, 2017. Cost: $2649 pp/double.
• The Wonders of Italy, April 25 – May 5, 2017. Cost $4899 pp/double.
• Alaska Land & Cruise, June 11 – 23, 2017. Cost: $4599 pp/double/plus taxes.
Meal reservations can be made by calling 860-763-7428. I can be reached at slather@enfield.org, as well. We look forward to hearing from you.