East Hartford Senior Center News

Touchpoints Rehab sponsors a very popular Complimentary Lunch and Learn at the East Hartford Senior Center once a month. On Friday, May 4 at noon, the topic is Home Safety with a menu of fish with vegetable mélange, rice dish, and strawberry shortcake. Registration is required. Please make a reservation by calling the Senior Center at 860-568-4281.

When caught and treated early, 99% of skin cancers can be cured. Learn the three common types of skin cancer, causes, diagnosis and prevention on Tuesday, May 8 at 1 p.m. Please register for Skin Cancer Prevention by calling the Senior Center office.

The Hartford Hospital Mobile Mammography Program provides screening mammograms to women 40 and older who have not had a mammogram in the past 12 months. The van is coming to the East Hartford Senior Center on Wednesday, May 9. Insurances are accepted. If you do not have insurance, donated funds and grants will be used to pay for your mammogram. Appointments can be made by calling the Senior Center.

October Kitchen is sponsoring a Lunch and Learn on Friday, May 11, at noon. Enjoy a complimentary entree, salad, rolls and a dessert while you learn about how you can stay independent and in your own home. Registration is required.

On Thursday, May 10 at 2 p.m., Brett Isaacson, President of Friendship Tours, will be at the Senior Center to give an overview and answer all of your questions about our Atlantic City Trip which is offered on Wednesday, September 12 through Friday, September 14. Please let us know in advance that you plan to attend.

Just in time for spring, Tamie, from Glastonbury Flowershop, will bring the flowers and you bring a teacup to learn how to make a lovely flower arrangement to decorate your house or to take to a friend. On Wednesday, May 2, at 10 a.m. you can take part in a make-your-own Teacup Floral Arrangement. This is the perfect use for a teacup with a chip, one that is stained or a teacup you do not use. The cost is $10 per person. Please register and pay in advance.

The East Hartford Senior Center is offering Create A Collage taught by a local artist. Treasured greeting cards, special fabric, a certain picture, all come together as a theme, when you learn the art of collage. Artist and teacher, Kim Desrosiers, brings the art supplies and you bring the memories. Take two hours for yourself to relax and be creative. Participants will discover their inner artist and leave with a one-of-a-kind work of art. Bring any personal memories you would like to incorporate. Please register in advance. The cost is $25 per person and will be held on Monday, May 7, 10 a.m.

Join us for The Elderly Brothers in concert on Friday, May 18, at 1 p.m. Long-time popular solo artists, T-Bone Stankus and Brian Gillie have teamed up as the Elderly Brothers, serving up mint-condition “oldies” rock ‘n’ roll with pitch-perfect harmonies and soulful improvisations as fresh as the originals. Tickets are on sale for $2 per person in the Senior Center office. Dessert is sponsored by The Hearth at Glastonbury.

Please register in the Senior Center office for these trips.

Harlem Tour – Thursday, June 21, 2018, $116 per person

Bobby Rydell at the Aqua Turf – Thursday, August 16, 2018, $88 per person

The Lighthouses of Boston Harbor - Wednesday, August 29, 2018, $107 per person

Relax aboard the Provincetown III, a sleek catamaran with panoramic viewing, for a 90 minute narrated historical cruise highlighting the history of the five Boston Lighthouses. Prior to the cruise, have lunch at The Venezia Restaurant, a waterfront location with breathtaking views of the Boston skyline. Menu: Salad, Baked Haddock, or Chicken Parmesan, Potato, Vegetable, Dessert, and Coffee.

Atlantic City & Cape May - Wednesday – Friday, September 12 – 14, 2018 $339 per person double, $443 per person single. Special Presentation and Registration on Thursday, May 10 at 2 p.m. Learn all of the details of the trip and have all of your questions answered.