Washington County Healthy Living Association s #8220new Senior Center located in the #8220old Brenham Elementary School now appears to be right on target as the ideal spot to host a countywide weekday lunch program for senior citizens, plus being a place to host senior meetings and activities.
WCHLA president Douglas Borchardt and others volunteering to lead the way toward #8220growing a bigger and better county seniors group take great pride in inviting all senior citizens and the general public to attend the Senior Center open house, 1-3 p.m.
Sunday, at its new 1200 South Market St. home. Toy Kurtz, WCHLA executive director, said the #8220the time and place may be as right as it will ever be for many city/county citizens especially those already over 60, or reaching that milestone in the near future #8220to come out and get to know your senior center.
#8220We continue to learn, play and grow together ? we re having a great time and now there is so much room for many others to join in the fun.
According to Kurtz, the two-hour open house event will feature an appetizer buffet along with punch, tea and coffee and both a silent auction and door prizes.
If the location already proving ideal for bigger crowds being fed through #8220the seniors lunch program Mondays-Fridays, plus hosting a myriad of other activities for the 60-and-over set sounds #8220real familiar to many, it s because this versatile building served well as Brenham Elementary School for over a half century. BES changed addresses this fall to a modern 10 million facility across town on Blue Bell Road.
And while Brenham ISD s board of trustees recently decided to demolish about two-thirds of the old elementary campus, major areas to be spared (cafeteria/auditorium and the principal s office/main administrative area) are proving ideal as the new home for the WCHLA seniors lunch program as well as a rather versatile location for a variety of other senior activities.
#8220We have nearly doubled the number of meals served to seniors each day (since leaving the Senior Camp House at the fairgrounds), #8220 Kurtz said, noting the recent #8220served in person average is now nearing 60 per day.
#8220A couple more are being added most every week, she said.
Funding for this program has been frozen by the federal government for some two years now, Kurtz added, but help from a variety of donors and volunteers #8220has continued to help us get by.
The actual #8220rules of the road for the senior meal program is for seniors age 60 or over to eat free, while there is a 5.50 donation requested of any person under age 60.
Kurtz pointed out #8220all donations are greatly appreciated and it is nice donations that have #8220overcome the freeze in the federal dollars received for these past two years.
A still more vital program in the scheme of senior programs, according to Kurtz, involves #8220lunches delivered to homebound persons (free of charge over age 60) on a county-wide basis.
Kurtz said volunteers throughout the county are making this program now serving lunch to more than 100 each weekday a most outstanding success; and the great need today is #8220for more persons in Brenham proper to volunteer to take lunches to homebound seniors.
Meanwhile, #8220The Senior Center facilities are proving to have just the right combination of space for program growth, these arts/crafts/skills and recreation/fun activities being just a few examples:
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Art lessons by Benjamin Martin.
? Exercise with Lete Phillips.
? Computer classes, by Doss Pruitt.
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Relaxation meditation by Barbara Hemmer.
? Education and health programs.
? Games/bingo, by Brenham Rest Home.
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Quilting Guild; Bernice Rodenbeck president.
? Cookbook Club; Cora Bennett president.
? Woodworking club, garden club and travel clubs.
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