Senior News & Events

September 27, 2018 by Staff Report

Senior Center Events

Chardon Senior Center, 12555 Ravenwood Drive, Chardon, 440-279-2130.

• Free Blood Pressure Screenings: Mondays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Provided by Geauga Health Department.
• Flu Vaccine Clinic: Sept.28, 10 a.m. to noon. Provided by Giant Eagle Pharmacy. Call the center to register.
• Geauga Library Lobby Stop: Oct. 3, 12:30-2 p.m.
• Dementia Presentation: Oct. 5, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dr. Mary Shaffer, dementia training specialist, will present “Preventing Dementia – It’s Never Too Late” at Mapleview Country Villa, 775 South St., Chardon. Call the center to register.

Middlefield Senior Center, 15820 Ridgewood Drive, Middlefield, 440-632-0611.

• Chair Exercises: Monday through Friday at 9:15-10 a.m.Class, combines stretching, cardio and resistance bands.
• Geauga Library Lobby Stop: Oct. 3, 9-10 a.m.
• Flu Vaccine Clinic: Oct. 12, 10 a.m. to noon. Provided by CVS Healthcare. Call the center to register.

West Geauga Senior Center, 12650 West Geauga Plaza Unit 4, Chester Township, 440-729-2782.

• Heinen’s Food Talk: Sept. 28, 11 a.m. to noon. Heinen’s Wellness representative Carol Siska will provide an informational talk aboutfoods.
• Look Lunch & Listen: Oct. 3, noon. Join at the West Geauga Library for the ”Cleveland Indians, 1930-1942.”
• Video Travel the World Series: Oct. 5, 12:30-2 p.m. Visit Icelandon the big screen. Popcorn and refreshments will be served.
• VA Benefits: Oct. 9, 11 a.m. to noon. A speaker from Geauga County Veterans Services Commission will present “Knowing Your VA Benefits.”

Chagrin Falls Senior Center, 7060 Woodland Ave., Bainbridge, 440-247-8510.

• Social Work Appointments: Oct. 2, 12-2 p.m. Call to schedule an appointment.
• Music Therapy: Oct. 9, 12:45-1:45 p.m. A guest speaker from University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center will discuss the benefits of music therapy.

Senior Trash Pick-Up Days

Senior citizens who live in one of the townships or city listed below and have unwanted items that need to be picked up at their homes may sign up for trash pick-up days.

Register with the Geauga County Department on Aging (GDA) by the cut-off day or earlier. Once registered, seniors can be placed on the trash pick-up roster. To receive trash pickup assistance, one must be 60 years of age or older and live in the township or city holding the pickup.

Middlefield Township: Oct. 5. Register by Sept. 28.

Chester Township: Oct. 15-17. Register by Oct. 8.

TheDepartment on Aging can no longer go into homes to pick up unwanted items. Refuse will be collected from seniors’ garages, out buildings and drives. There is a limit of 10 household items per home; small items may be consolidated in strong boxes.

For specific allowable trash guidelines or to register for the pickup, call the Department on Aging weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 440- 279-2129 or 440-279-2130. When signing up for pickup, please have a list of items that need to be removed.

Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP

Oct. 2, 1 p.m.

Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP Chapter 4527 will meet at the Bainbridge Town Hall, 17826 Chillicothe Road.

There will be a brief meeting following the program on famous American women, with Carol Starre-Kmiecik portraying Dorothy Fuldheim, Cleveland journalist, author and lecturer.

Please bring in donations of food staples and paper products for the Food For Friends food pantry and dry and canned dog food, blankets and hot dogs for the Geauga Dog Shelter. Monetary donations are welcome.

For information, call Betty Franek at 440-543-4767.