Orchard Park Senior Center

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Orchard Park Senior Center • 4808 W. 9th, Wichita, KS 67212 • (316) 942-2293Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. • Director: Diane Nutt • DianeN@seniorservicesofwichita.org

Registration Required for ALL Center Activities

Mondays:8 & 9 am Co-ed Low Impact Aerobics9:00 am Wii Bowling9:15 am T.O.P.S. (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)9:00 am Pickleball (will resume Sept. 12)10:30 am Stretch & Tone Chair Exercise12:00 pm Open Pool Tables12:30 pm Mexican Train Dominoes

Tuesdays:8:15 am Ease into Fitness9:00 am Restorative Dance12:00 pm Pool Tournaments: 8 ball (2nd & 4th

Tuesdays) 9 ball (1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays)12:00 pm Duplicate Bridge (note new time)

Wednesdays:8 & 9 am Co-ed Low Impact Aerobics9:45 am Wii Bowling

10:30 am Bingo for Groceries 10:30 am Computer Lab11:00 am Spades12:00 pm Open Pool Tables12:30 pm Party Contract Bridge

Thursdays:8:15 am Ease into Fitness9:00 am Crocheting with June 9:00 am Movin and Groovin Senior Aerobics12:00 pm Open Pool Tables12:30 pm Mexican Train Dominoes1:00 pm Pickleball (not September 8)

Fridays:8 & 9 am Co-ed Low Impact Aerobics9:00 am Wii Bowling10:30 am Stretch & Tone Chair Exercises12:00 pm Open Pool Tables

Ongoing Activities

Greetings Everyone!!

September is National Senior Center Month!! The theme for this year is Find Balance at yourSenior Center. What does it mean to be balanced? To be balanced means that you have a handleon the various elements in your life and don’t feel that your heart or mind are being pulled toohard in any direction. More often than not, you feel calm, grounded, clear-headed, and motivated.

So how can you find balance at your Senior Center? Senior centers allow older adults to develop a social network by making and meeting new friends. Senior centers offer programs andservices like crafts, bingo, fitness, dance classes, day trips, computer classes, health screenings, informational speakers, birthday celebrations, and much more.

We will be very busy celebrating National Senior Center Month in September. At Orchard wewill start with an indoor picnic on September 8th, volunteer appreciation on September 9th, a fourcenter block party at the Downtown Senior Center on September 15th, an open house/lunchfundraiser on September 30th, and don’t forget Senior Expo 2016 on September 22nd. So pleaseread your newsletters and posters in the senior center. Come out, have fun and Find Balance atyour Senior Center.

Diane Nutt, Center Director

BBlood Pressure Checks:First Wednesday of the month, September 78:30 – 10:15 a.m., Courtesy of Sandpiper BayHealthcare & Rehabilitation

Advisory Council Meeting:Monday – September 12, 11:30 a.m.

Birthday Celebration:Friday, September 9, 11:15 a.m. (We will alsohave Volunteer Appreciation at this time)

Lunch Out:Tuesday, September 13, 11:30 a.m.Hog Wild, 8821 W 21st St N

Breakfast Out:Tuesday, September 27, 9 a.m. (note time change)

Egg Crate, 8606 W 13th St N

Foot Care:Foot Care provided by Michelle Steinke onWednesday, September 21. Please call 946-0722 for an appointment. Michelle does nailtrimming, corns, calluses and foot massages.

Pickleball

There will be no Monday morning pickleballuntil after September 12th, due to the rec center’s summer discovery program. There willalso be no pickleball on Thursday, September8th, due to floor cleaning.

Senior Center Month

September is National Senior Center Month.Please watch for postings around your centerfor fun activities in September.

Orchard Park Monthly Activities

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SSeptember

September 2nd @ 11:15 a.m.How Allergies Develop

Hazel Schubert - Advanced Allergy Relief ofKansas

September 12th @ 10:30 a.m. (new time)S.E.N.I.O.R.S. Program

Officer Hallacy – Sedgwick County Sheriff

September 16th @ 11:15 a.m.Do you need help paying for medications?

Jean Hogan – Medical Service Bureau

September 19th @ 11:15 a.m.2015 - 2020 Dietary Guidelines

Shirley Lewis – Sedgwick Co. Extension Office

September 23rd @ 11:15 a.m.Home Technology Solutions

Steven – Home Buddy

September 26th @ 11:15 a.m.Consumer Protection

Denise – Better Business Bureau

October

October 3rd @ 11:15 a.m.Ask a Physical Therapist

Chris Deck – Providence Physical Therapy

October 7th @ 11:15 a.m.Ridding Toxins From Your Life

Kristy Schrag – Wellness Within Clinic

October 10th @ 11:15 a.m.Adult Day ServicesCatholic Charities

October 14th @ 11:15 a.m. (Reschedule)Your Life Your Legacy

Carrie Mullinix – Dignity Memorial

October 17th @ 11:15 a.m.Cancer Fighting Foods

Shirley Lewis – Sedgwick Co. Extension Office

October 21st @ 11:15 a.m.Good Houskeeping

Francis Redinger – FR

Orchard Park Special Events

Please mark your calendars for Thursday,September 8, 11:00 a.m. Special indoor picnicin the recreation center lunch room with theGolden Age Club. Hot dogs and drinks will beprovided. Please bring sides that will go wellwith a picnic. This gives the Senior Center andthe Golden Age Club the opportunity to get toknow each other better, and learn aboutevents that may be of interest to all. Pleasesign up for this event in the senior center, orcall 942-2293. HOPE TO SEE EVERYONETHERE. There will be some prizes and theGolden Age Club will play bingo startingaround 11:45 a.m.

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Special Occasion &Memorial Tributes

Gifts given in honor, memory, or appreciation of someone special are a wonderful way to express admiration andesteem. When you give a tribute gift to Orchard Park Senior Center, a card is sentto the person you are recognizing or thefamily of someone being remembered. Theamount is not mentioned. Donations in anyamount are appreciated.

Participants from Orchard Park Senior Center enjoyed the Dance Through the Ages August 7.

A Poem For "Senior Citizens"Written by Billy Nardozzi

They were brought up rightAnd they're so politeAnd you can count on their wordDay or Night

And their standards and moralsExceed the limitAnd this world would mean nothingWithout them in itAnd their most wonderful traitAnd it is worth a millionIs their "undisputed"Kindness to children

And so Senior CitizensSo honest and trueIt is such a pleasureKnowing you

I thank you for allYour wonderful waysAnd for you I haveNothing but praise

Center Hours

Please note that the Senior Center is openMonday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. We are not open on weekends and holidays.

Center Closed

The Center will be closed on Monday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day.

Happy Birthday!

Berry, Jalene 9/21Beyer, Peggy 9/21Brunnez, Sheron 9/25Draving, Glenna 9/7 Ellenz, Rodney 9/9Ferderer, Mildred 9/20Forbes, Dan 9/10Ford, Anita 9/19Gose, Marjorie 9/20Hay, Cathryn 9/1Helvie, Dorothy 9/14Hoshaw, Lloyd 9/5Isaacs G, Shar 9/13Johnson, Elizabeth 9/17Johnson, Jerie 9/20Love, Sandy 9/19Lowderman, Ruby 9/18Martin, Alan 9/13Martin, Madeline 9/25McNeill, Peggy 9/10Moreau, Dixie 9/9Naylor, George 9/13Ogden, Loretta 9/10Olmsted, Thomas 9/25Patel, Mrudula 9/12Patel, Narendra 9/2Robson, Marvin 9/4Standrich, Bob 9/7Stateler, Joyce 9/22Williams, Kathryn 9/16Wintz, Barbara 9/10Wittmer, Loren 9/26Wood, Vivian 9/23

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