BUCKEYE SENIOR PROGRAM

For ages 60 and older

Buckeye Senior Center 201 E. Centre Ave.

Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

623-349-6600 | buckeyeaz.gov/seniors

Closed September 4 and October 2

Daily Meal Programs

Congregate Lunch

Served daily from 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. Recommended contribution for participants is $3; guests under 60 is $5. Reservations are required and may be made up to two days in advance. Menu is available online.

Home Delivered Meals

Provided to individuals who are home bound. It is recommended that home delivered meal clients contact the Area Agency on Aging Senior Help-Line at 602264-HELP (4357). In addition, the Buckeye Senior Program offers private pay home delivered meals for residents aged 60+ for a cost of $5 per meal.

Senior Classes

Silversneakers Classic

SIlverSneakers Classic focuses on strengthening muscles and increasing range of movement for daily activities. Hand-held weights, elastic tubing and a ball are used along with a chair for support. Equipment is provided. Class size limited to 20 participants. Participants will need to provide their own water. Join us and let’s stay active!

DATES DAYS TIME LOCATION FEES

Continuing W, F 8 – 8:45 a.m. Senior Center FREE

Line Dancing At Buckeye Senior Center

Build your confidence on the dance floor as you learn fun line dance routines! Registration required.

DATES DAYS TIME LOCATION FEES

Sept, Oct M 9 – 10 a.m. Senior Center FREE

ENER-CHI

Fitness focusing on steps that improve balance,core muscles, fall prevention, and movement with confidence. A chair is provided for support.

DATES DAYS TIME LOCATION FEES

Continuing Tu 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Senior Center $3/class

Cardio Drumming

Cardio drumming is a full body work out that will leave you smiling, sweating and feeling energized! We use a stability ball, sticks and a bucket to create one of the most fun workouts you will ever experience! Class size limited to 20. Registration is required.

DATES DAYS TIME LOCATION FEES

Continuing Th 8:15 – 9 a.m. Senior Center FREE

For more information, call 623-349-6600, visit buckeyeaz.gov/seniors or facebook.com/BuckeyeCC

TEXAS HOLD’EM

Bring your best bluff because poker is back!

Continuing Tu 1 – 4 p.m.

Paint Class

Join us as we walk you through from start to finish in creating your own painting. No painting experience required! In this class we make fun art not fine art! Registration is required. Supplies included.

Bingo

Registered Buckeye Senior Program participants are invited to join us for Bingo. Registration is required as seats are limited. You may register in person or over the phone.

Continuing W, F 12:45 – 2 p.m.

Arts And Crafts

Don’t be a couch potato…make a couch potato and so much more in our craft class! Join us twice a month for craft class. Supplies are provided. Consult Center Connection Newsletter for dates.

Billiards And Fitness Equipment Room

Join us for a friendly game of pool. If instructorled classes aren’t for you, we have a nicely equipped fitness room.

Senior Power Hour

High intensity work out with a senior citizen focus emphasizing on improving strength, flexibility and endurance.

DATES

Continuing M, W 9 – 10 a.m. SRC $20/mo

Line Dancing

Build your confidence on the dance floor as you learn fun line dance routines! Registration required.

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for Recreation Programs

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for Recreation Programs

Buckeye's Community Services Department maintains a scholarship fund for youth and active adults who do not have the nancial means to participate in our fee-based programs.

Application available at buckeyeaz.gov/scholarship

Application available at buckeyeaz.gov/scholarship

Trips

Registered participants can enjoy an outing to various locations throughout the Valley. Leave the driving to us! Consult the Center Connection monthly newsletter for registration dates, times and costs.

Restaurant

9/14 Lunch Bunch, Twisted Italian

9/23 Payson Fiddle & Food Truck Festival

10/12 Lunch Bunch, Yard House 10/19 AZ State Fair

Parties

Be our guest! We invite you to join us for a morning of music, dancing, snacks and great company. It’s never too early to party! Registration is required as seating is limited. You may register in person or over the phone.

8/18 Saddle Up Hoedown!

9/15 State Fair

10/20 Party Like a Mon-Star!

Going…Going…Gone!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Quarter Auction is a cross between an auction and a ra e…It’s fun for the whole family!

RSVP from 9/8 - 9/27. Seating is limited

Doors open at 5 p.m. – Auction begins at 6 p.m.

Bring quarters (limited amount for sale) Cash only event. Ticket includes 1 bidding paddle, refreshments and ra e ticket. Additional ra e tickets and paddles are $1.00

R.S.V.P. to Philip Yabes at 623-349-6604 or pyabes@buckeyeaz.gov

Spaghetti Dinner & Bingo

Friday, September 22 • 6-8 p.m.

R.S.V.P. between 9/1 - 9/20 to Sharon Meinders at 623-349-6607 or smeinders@buckeyeaz.gov

Open to registered Buckeye Senior Participants

Doors open at 5:45 p.m., Dinner served 6:15 - 7 p.m.

Bingo from 7 - 8 p.m. (each participant receives 2 bingo cards)

$3

Roadrunner Bookmobile

On the road delivering services to the Festival, Tartesso, and Verrado communities as well as our Buckeye Senior Center. Place your holds online or call 623-349-6300. Check the website for days, times and locations of service.

Children

Babytime – Ages Birth to 23 Months

Plant the roots of language and grow an early love of reading with your baby. Reading with your child builds their concentration, develops their listening and memory skills and strengthens your relationship.

Tu 10:15 a.m.

W 10:15 a.m.

Th 10:15 a.m.

Storytime – Ages 2 to 5

Spark your child’s imagination and curiosity with our weekly Storytime. Reading and sharing stories can assist in fostering a stronger vocabulary, improving literacy, and enhancing social skills.

Jitterbugs – Ages 2 to 5 (In place of Storytime)

Did you know singing helps children hear the more subtle sounds in words? That’s why we offer a Storytime designed to develop language, social confidence, and spatial awareness through storytelling with song and dance.

Beach Day (In place of Storytime) – Ages 2 to 5

It’s Beach Day at the library! Join us as we explore Beach themed stories, songs, sensory activities, and have fun!

Sensory Storytime – Ages Birth to 5

(In place of Babytime and Storytime)

Experience open-ended sensory play through activities to learn and stimulate the senses. Talking with your child while doing hands-on activities helps develop language and motor skills at the same time!

Read Better Be Better – 2nd to 4th Grade Readers

(To be a Teen Leader, see the Tweens & Teens section) Would you like your child to become a more confident reader and learn to have fun practicing reading skills? Come to the library where they will work with a Teen Leader on becoming a more confident reader and build up their reading comprehension skills. We will meet every Monday and Wednesday, for 8 weeks. Stop by either the Downtown or Coyote Branch to fill out an application.