Senior Center Newsletter_February 2015
February 2015
Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center
8040 Easton Road P.O. Box 545
Ottsville, Pennsylvania 18942
(610) 847-8178 (610-847-2036 Fax) Open Mon.-Thurs. 10-3
E-mail: eubseniors@epix.net
In the event of bad weather, the senior center is closed when Palisades School District is closed.
HOLIDAYS: We will be closed on Monday, February 16th for Presidents’ Day
Hunterdon Hills “The World’s Greatest Musical Impersonator Show” Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Drive yourself or carpool. Arrive by 11:00 am. Trip is sold out.
Our Game Night will be Game Day in January, February and March. It is still the last Friday of the month, but the time will be 11:00 am. Cost is $3 and please bring a snack.
Lottery Tickets on sale now. $5.00 each. Two $50 drawings every Thursday for 12 weeks from April 2nd to June 18th.
Two winners of $100 each on June 25th. Winning tickets go back into drawing.
AARP Taxes Volunteers from AARP will be doing taxes again this year on Thursdays from February 12th until April 9th. Call the senior center at 610-847-8178 to make an appointment.
Mohegan Sun Casino Trip Wednesday, March 25 Cost is $30 per person. Bus leaves at 9:15 am and returns at 6:00 pm
$25 slot play and $5 food voucher We need 36 people to go. Call Jim at 610-847-2305 or the senior center at 610-847-8178.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Board Members:
Betty Martin, President Jane Paetzell, Vice President Sandy Carr, 2nd Vice President Janet Allen, Secretary
Marion Wolf, Treasurer Terry Keogh, Assistant Treasurer Margie Jesiolowski, Center Manager Terry & Jim Keogh –
Trip Coordinators
E-mail: eubseniors@epix.net
Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center is funded in part by the Bucks County Commissioners and the Bucks County Area Agency on Aging.
This senior center applies for a yearly grant that is approved by Bucks County and HUD (Housing and Urban Development). Please consider joining the center to help meet the increasing grant demands for our much needed community senior center. Thanks!
Senior Center Monthly Activities
Cards – Mon. – Thu. 10:00 a.m. Line Dancing – Mondays 10:30 – 11:30
Chair Yoga – Tuesdays 10:00 – 11:00
Tai Chi – Wed. Beginner 11:30 – 12:30
Tai Chi – Advanced Wed. 10:30 – 11:30
Birthday Bingo! 3rd Monday
Membership Meeting 1 p.m. 4th Mon. Pinochle Tournament 1:00 2nd Thurs.
Game Day – 1st & 3rd Thursday
Covered Dish Luncheon – 2nd Wednesday
Cash Bingo – 4th Tuesday
Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit (ask the manager) Knitting & Crocheting Thursdays 10:00
Game Nights: 6-10 pm last Fri. of month
$3.oo per person includes snacks. Lots of different games and fun.
Open to the public.
Please tell your friends and family 55+ to come join our friendly senior center. It is only $8.00 per year. Classes are only $1 for members; $3 for non members.
AVAILABLE to the public! Tell your friends and family! Having a party that is too large for your home?
The Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center is available for rent on days/nights the center is not in use. $150 each event. Call the manager for more information & details on the Rental Contract Agreement
CASH BINGO
Purchase a dated card for $1 to win
special ball money prize. Before
games are called, one Bingo ball will be pulled and announced and if you have Bingo only on the very next num- ber you will win the pot. If no one wins, the money will be held until the following week until someone wins. We will cap the pot at $100 and start a new pot. Sometimes there are several pots to win. Good luck.
News from the Manager
Our new system for signing in at our senior center, called co-pilot, is up and running. This system is funded by Bucks County. For the time being, I would like to ask everyone to please sign in using both the book and the new system. You will be issued a card which you will use to sign in. Many of our members have already received their cards and are successfully using the system. Co-pilot is a touchscreen computer system that keeps track of which activities our members use.
If you know of any members who haven’t been in to the center since the first of the year to get their new card, please ask them to stop in so I can give them a card and put their name into our system. The system is easy to use, and I am happy to help anyone who has questions.
Thank you to Hans Vanderlely for making a very nice table for this new system. It makes our center look more
organized and welcoming. I would also like to thank my son, Matthew, who set up the co-pilot system over his winter college break.
Volunteers from AARP will be doing taxes again this year. We are happy to support this important program.
Please call the center for an appointment.
Margie
Please give public fundraisers from your community organization, church, or fire company to Margie Jesiolowski so that she can put them in the newsletter. Deadline is the 18th of the month. We are also accepting advertise- ments now. Cost will vary based on the size of the ad. If you know of someone who is interested in advertising,
Birthdays
Ida Bowlby Feb 2
Janet Wagenseller Feb 2
Joann McNichol Feb 3
Jean Kulesza Feb 5
Erika Belgard Feb 8
Huong Nguyen Feb 8
Dolores Warmkessel Feb 8
Norma Fox Feb 15
Anne McNichol Feb 16
Joyce Thomas Feb 20
Henk Vanderlely Feb 21
Scott Guiser Feb 22
Gert Mastrosante Feb 23
Sue Bryan Feb 24
Alice Godown Feb 24
Lois Merritt Feb 24
John Flanagan Feb 25
Emma Brotzman Feb 25
Ruth Foy Feb 28
All members are invited to come out for free cake and ice cream and celebrate the members’ birth- days each month on the 3rd Mon- day of the month.
Congratulations Pinochle Tournament Winners:
1st Dolores Warmkessel
2nd Sandy Carr
3rd Doug Warmkessel
Welcome
New Members
Rosanne McCarty
We sadly say goodbye to our good friends, William Gansser who passed away on December 12, 2014 and Alex “Babe” Zheltanoga who passed away on January 3, 2015.
Community Events
Community Fire Company No. 1 Auxiliary
Riegelsville Station 42 – 333 Delaware Rd. Riegelsville, PA 18077 (610)749-2737
Breakfast Sunday, February 15th 8am – 12 noon
Miscellaneous Community News
Pipersville Book Club: meets on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7 pm and has openings for new members. For the cur- rent book, please call the library at 215-766-7880 Hours: Mon & Fri 3-5
Tue & Wed 3-5 & 7-8:30, Thu 10-12, 3-5, 7-8:30, Sat 10-12;
$10 Auto Registration Form Applications for retired persons are available at the center. Eligibility requirements are listed on the bottom of the form.
No Power at Home? You are always welcome to recharge your electrical devices at First Savings Bank.
Register for Do Not Call so you do not receive telemarketing calls. 1-888-382-1222 You must call from the phone num- ber which you are registering.
Upper Bucks Code Blue Shelter: If you are lacking inside shelter in Upper Bucks County during periods of extreme, life threatening weather between December 1 and March 31, contact 215-274-5241 or 267-450-5191 after 1:00 pm
Please Save :
We are collecting boxtops for education, aluminum tabs and used postage stamps. Please leave 1/4″ around stamps.
Give stamps to Marion Wolf.
The Lord’s Pantry
A bin for food donations for the Lord’s Pantry is at the senior center.
Could you use some extra help with your health care costs?
APPRISE (state health insurance assistance program
counseling for people with Medicare in Pennsylvania)
Extra help offers Medicare recipients: Lower prescrip- tion co-pays and premiums – Cover the cost of the Donut Hole (gap in prescription drug coverage) have a
total income of less than $1,354 per month and less than
$12,510 in resources OR If you are married; and have a total income of less than $1,821 per month; and less than $25,010 in resources
….Call to see if you are eligible for extra help! (Please note: Not all income and resources count in deciding who is eligible for Extra Help. If you are close to meet- ing the income and assets limits above, we encourage you to call. (800) 866-1807 Mon – Fri 9 – 5
Got Drugs?
Bucks County Medication Disposal
Free and anonymous. Permanent medication collection
boxes are now available at the locations below to help
reduce the growing statistics of people abusing prescrip- tion pain relievers who get them from friends or rela- tives. Please contact them directly for collection hours, rules, & regulations.
Bucks County Court House: 215-348-6000
Springfield Township: 610-346-6700
Quakertown Borough: 215-536-5002
Helpful Phone Numbers
AARP (717) 238-2277
Area on Aging (267) 880-5700
Aid for Friends (215) 348-7505
Better Business Bureau (215) 985-9313
Bucks Co. Consumer Protection
(215) 348-7442
Bucks County Transport (215) 794-5554
1-800-795-0740
Elder Abuse (800) 243-3767
Food Stamps (800) 362-1291
Homeless Hotline (800) 810-4434
Legal Info (800) 262-LAWS Legal Service (215) 781-1111
Medicare Service Center (800) 633-4227 or TTY: 877-486-2048
Medicare Questions: Christen Brown from
Independence Blue Cross 1-888-208-6076
Military Affairs (215) 345-3307
P.A.C.E. 800-225-7223 or 267-880-5700
Philabundance Food 1-800-319-3663
Report Medical Fraud & Abuse (800)-447-8477
Social Security, Disability Issues, or Supplemental Security
Income
(800) 772-1213
Sage (215) 357-2332
Senior Employment (267) 880-5700
Philabundance is here to help! If you are a senior 60 years of age or older and a resident of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, or Montgom- ery County, you may be eligible for a Senior Food Box from Philabundance. If you are single and your income is
$14,079 or less or you are living with another family member and your com- bined household income is $18,941 or less, you will qualify. You may live with more than one other person to qualify. The box contains a variety of non- perishable food items. l 1-800-319-3663. All inquires are private and confidential.
The local food pantry at St. John The Baptist Church is also available to help you! Please call me for more details. St. John the Baptist Food Pantry
610-847-5402
Mondays 2-5
Tuesdays 9:30-11:30
Thursdays 9:30-1:30
Do you need help with prescription costs?
Anyone who has Medicare can get Medicare prescription drug coverage. Some people with limited income and resources are also eligible for extra help to pay for the costs – monthly premiums, annual deductibles and pre- sciption co pays related to a Medicare prescription drug plan. Income lev-
els must be Individual $16,245, Married couple $21,855. Apply at www.socialsecurity.gov or call 1-800-772-1213
Donations for the year 2014 from
Businesses and Individuals
Total $10,347.40
When I was younger I could remember anything, Whether it happened or not.
Linda & Richard Strychowski
Ruth Gruver
Nockamixon Bucks Industrial Commercial
Richard & Kim Rosamilla Borough of Riegelsville Nockamixon Township Durham Township Tinicum Township
Merck
Carol Easter
Bedminster Township
JPE Homecare (Susan Michael) Marianne Scott
- L. Scott& Sons LLC
We also wish to thank all members for their donations and hard work that keep our senior center running in an efficient manner.
Mark Twain
I like the dreams of the future better than
The history of the past.
Thomas Jefferson
We turn no older with years, But newer every day.
Emily Dickinson
Everything is funny as long as it is
Happening to someone else.
Senior Boxes Available Monthly
at the Lord’s Pantry at St. John the Baptist
Church in Ottsville 610-847-5402
Requirements:
1) Must live in Bucks County
2) Must be at least 60 years old
3) Must meet income requirements which are:
| Family size | Annual | Monthly | Weekly |
| 1 | $15,171 | $1,265 | $292 |
| 2 | $20,449 | $1,705 | $394 |
| 3 | $25,727 | $2,144 | $495 |
| 4 | $31,005 | $2,584 | $597 |
Packages include: 4 packages vegetables
1 meat
2 cereals
Cheese
2 packages fruit
1 non-meat protein
1 carbohydrate
2 bottles juice
Instant & evaporated milk
Usually the 3rd Friday of the month, but call the
Lord’s Pantry to confirm.
February 2015
Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center Schedule of Activities:
8040 Easton Road (Route 611) Ottsville, PA 18942
(610) 847-8178 Events are open to the public!! Open Mon-Thu 10-3
Email: eubseniors@epix.net
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| 1 Cards 10:00
Line Dancing 10:30-11:30 Executive Board Meeting 1:00 |
2 Cards 10:00
Chair Yoga 10:00-11:00 |
3 Cards 10:00
Advanced Tai Chi 10:30-11:30 Beginner Tai Chi 11:30-12:30 |
4 Cards 10:00
Knitting&Crocheting10:00 Game Day 10:00 Einstein Nutrition 12:30 |
| 9 Cards 10:00
Line Dancing 10:30-11:30 Birthday Bingo 1:00 |
10 Cards 10:00
Chair Yoga 10:00-11:00 |
11 Cards 10:00
Advanced Tai Chi 10:30-11:30 Beginner Tai Chi 11:30-12:30 Covered Dish Luncheon 12:00 |
12 Cards 10:00
Knitting&Crocheting 10:00 Pinochle Tournament 1:00 AARP Taxes |
| 16 CLOSED
Presidents’ Day |
17 Cards 10:00
Chair Yoga 10:00-11:00 |
18 Cards 10:00
Advanced Tai Chi 10:30-11:30 Beginner Tai Chi 11:30-12:30 Hunterdon Hills Show Arrive by 11 am |
19 Cards 10:00
Knitting&Crocheting 10:00 Game Day 10:00 AARP Taxes |
| 23 Cards 10:00
Line Dancing 10:30-11:30 Membership Meeting 1:00 |
24 Cards 10:00
Chair Yoga 10:00-11:00 Bingo 1:00 |
25 Cards 10:00
Advanced Tai Chi 10:30-11:30 Beginner Tai Chi 11:30-12:30 |
26 Cards 10:00
Knitting&Crocheting 10:00 AARP Taxes |
| Game Day
Friday, February 27th 11:00 am |