GarlandParks.com
February 2021 Issue
Silver Scoop
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Carver Senior Center Celebrating Black History Month Little-Known Facts About Black History You Didn’t Know!
Fact #1 As a child, Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prizefighter, he vowed never to deny an autograph request, which he honored throughout his career. Fact #2 Before Wally Amos became famous for the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies, he was a talent agent at the William Morris Agency, where he worked with the likes of the Supremes and Simon & Garfunkel. Fact #3 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on his friend Maya Angelou’s birthday. On April 4, 1968, Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday for years afterward and sent flowers to King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, for more than 30 years until Coretta’s death in 2006. Fact #4 African American fashion designer, Ann Low, designed the wedding dress of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, bride of President John Kennedy. If you want to read more Black History Facts, go to www.biography.com.
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Valentine’s Day Comedy Cartoons
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HEALTHY recipe
Mardi Gras at Home Celebration 2021 Mardi Gras Salad Ingredients: • 1 head of Boston or iceberg lettuce • 1 cup of petit peas • 4 oz of French-style green beans • 2 stalks of celery • 1 green bell pepper • 1 red pimento pepper • ½ lb. of asparagus, steamed • Light shallot vinaigrette 1. Chop lettuce leaves, green beans, celery stalks, green bell pepper, red pimento pepper and asparagus. 2. Toss all vegetables together with shallot vinaigrette to taste, add lettuce and toss in a large bowl.
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Telephone & Cyber Security
Protecing Yourself From Scams
Millions of senior citizens fall for telephone and online swindles each year. According to some reports, more than $36 billion are lost every year to telephone and online con artists. Senior citizens represent a unique demographic that is both trustful and compassionate. The scammers are aware of theses characteristics, and they are trying to exploit them.
Different Types of Scams
• Relationship Scams- This is one of the easiest scams con artists carry out successfully. A person will get your contacts online and profess their undying love for you. • Charity Scams- A con artist will contact you pretending to be from a charity organization soliciting for funds. • Non-existent Credit Card Offers- Usually, the scam comes in the form of an offer too good to ignore, such as credit card advancement with a very high approved limit. • Email Phishing- Phishing occurs when a senior citizen receives an email in the form of an advert or services from a reputable company. The email will ask you to download something or may automatically download malware when opened. • Online Vacation Scams- Internet con artists use free vacation offers to lure senior citizens into conning traps. The good deal turns out to be a non-existent vacation property or not the standard you expected.
How seniors can protect themselves
• Do not share any sensitive personal information online. Ensure the website to which you submit sensitive information like credit card numbers is trustworthy and legitimate. • Not everyone who knows a few things about you is trustworthy. Just because someone knows your address and your full name does not mean you have to trust him or her. • Carry out due diligence and where there are doubts, seek help from authorities. • Avoid opening emails from unknown sources, especially if they have attachments. • Before donating to charities, confirm if they are legitimate. • If you meet a stranger online, let him or her remain a stranger. If it is about social networking, do it without involving any financial aspect. • When using your computer, do not click on pop-up adverts. Cyber security experts do not show up on your screen; it is up to you to go to them for their services. • Set up your computer to install security updates automatically so that when someone tells you that you need an upgrade, you know it is a fraud.
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TRAVEL Spotlight on South Dakota
The Garland Senior Activity Center is offering an amazing trip to South Dakota Sept. 8-14, 2021. Spaces are still available. We would love for you to join us on this incredible adventure. For additional information, you can email us at CBallest@GarlandTX.gov or LTrujillo@GarlandTX.gov, or call us at 972-205-2884.
Cape Cod & the Islands
We are offering a trip to Cape Cod and the Islands. This trip will take place June 5-11, 2021. We still have spots left, so if you are interested, please reach out by emailing us at CBallest@GarlandTX.gov or LTrujillo@GarlandTX.gov, or call us at 972-205-2884.
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The Page of Fame!
Do any of you recognize your crazy socks?
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GarlandParks.com
The Garland Senior Activity Center and the Carver Center are recreation centers for adults 55 and older, offering an extensive variety of activities and classes intended to enhance and enrich the lives of active adults in our community. The centers are not a licensed adult day care facility. All paid and drop-in activities are designed for independent participation. Staff does not provide direct supervision or personal care and does not monitor participants coming and going. Participants requiring assistance need to be accompanied with a caregiver or assistant while at the center.
It is the policy of the Senior Services Section of the Garland Parks & Recreation Department to serve all persons with regard to employment, programs, services and/or admissions without discrimination as to race, creed, color, sex, ancestry, national origin, religion or disability. The Garland Senior Activity Center and Carver Senior Center are wheelchair accessible. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend and who may need auxiliary aids or services must contact 972-205-2769 so that appropriate arrangements can be made. For the hearing impaired, call our TDD at 972-205-2933 or RELAY TEXAS at 1-800-735-2989.
Senior Services
AARP Office Toll free 1-866-554-5377 Aging Information Hotline 211 Baylor - Senior Health Center 972-487-5444 Better Business Bureau 214-220-2000 Dallas Area Agency on Aging 214-871-5065 DART ParaTransit 214-515-7272 Food Stamps 1-800-500-4266 Garland Fair Housing 972-205-3300 Legal Aid of Northwest Texas 1-888-529-5277 Meals on Wheels 214-689-2639 Medicare 1-800-633-4227 Mental Health Hotline 1-866-615-8700 Nursing Home Ombudsman 214-823-5700 Office of Senior Affairs 214-670-5227 Parkland Health Center 214-266-0700 Social Security Admin. 1-800-772-1213 Senior Source 214-823-5700 Veterans Service Officer 214-819-1886 Widowed Persons Service 214-358-4155
Garland Senior Center Staff D’Aun Muhlinghaus - Senior Services Supervisor Luke Trujillo - Senior Services Specialist Cecilia Ballester - Senior Services Specialist Elda Guerrero - Medical Transportation Driver/ Senior Services Specialist Ralph Leal - Medical Transportation Driver Gary Teague - Bus Driver Larry Alba - Bus Driver Jimmy Hill - Bus Driver Doug Peterson - Building Attendant
Carver Senior Center Staff Shannon Stephens - Senior Services Supervisor Jelisa Baker - Senior Services Specialist Dorothy Jones - Recreation Associate Zoila Alba - Recreation Associate