Senior Lifestyles Newsletter - August 2020

Senior Lifestyles VOLUME LXXV I NO. 76

AUGUST 2020

Year In Review Edition

Foundation News

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August 2020

JCSC Foundation News

At the printing of this newsletter, the Johnson City Senior Center remains closed following the Executive order from Governor Bill Lee. The August edition of Senior Lifestyles includes our Year End Review highlighting accomplishments, events and data from the past fiscal year since we are not able to have an actual Year End Review dinner and presentation as we normally do. August is also National Wellness month so we will be highlighting the six dimensions of wellness in this edition.

Congregate meal service is currently being served as a drive- thru.

So thankful that the Johnson City Senior Center @ Memorial Park Community Center building has a great drive thru area that is working great for us! Calls are being made on Tuesdays and Wednesdays taking meal orders from those individuals who have paperwork on file with FTHRA for the following week.

If you ordered a meal, the pick-up times are from 11:30a-12:00p each day Monday through Friday.

FTHRA Nutrition Program Monday

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Chicken Pot Pie Broccoli Peaches Biscuit 10 Country Style Steak Mashed Potatoes Green Beans

WW Roll

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Tuesday Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes Green Peas WW Roll Spaghetti w/meatsauce Italian Mix

17 Chicken Tenders

WW Roll

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Chili Dog w/mustard & onions Potato Wedges

24 Chicken Fried Steak

WW Roll

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Chicken Spaghetti Italian Mix Vegetables

31 Salisbury Steak w/

Mix Vegetables WW Roll

Macaroni & Cheese Mix Vegetables Mashed Potatoes Peas & Carrots

gravy Mashed Potatoes

Menu for August

Vegetables Pineapple Texas Toast

Wednesday

Thursday

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Hamburger w/cheese Potato Wedges Baked Beans WW Bun

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Egg Patty Sausage Grits

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BBQ Chicken Au Gratin Corn WW Bun Chopped Steak w/ gravy Mashed Potatoes

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Sliced Turkey Breast WW Bread (2) Lettuce/Tomato/Mayo Potato Salad Fruit Cocktail Chicken Salad Saltine Crackers Broccoli Salad Banana Pudding

Baked Beans WW Bun

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Peach Cobbler WW Roll

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Meatballs w/gravy Rice Green Beans &

Lima Beans WW Roll

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Tomatoes Pears WW Roll

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Biscuit w/gravy

Tuna Salad Marinated Cucumbers w/Shredded Lettuce & Tomatoes Fruit w/cotrtage cheese WW Bread (2)

Friday

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Pizza Casserole Cauliflower Applesauce

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Sloppy Joe Northern Beans Steamed Carrots

WW Bun

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Beef Goulash Brussel Sprouts Baked Apples

WW Roll

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Oven Fried Chicken Patty Scalloped Potatoes

WW Roll

Broccoli w/Cheese WW Roll

One 2% milk is included with each meal. All servings are 1/2 cup. All entrees are 3 oz. servings or one portion. **Menu may change due to weather and availability.

Please call 434-5723, 48 hours in advance to reserve a meal or if you need to cancel a meal that you have already signed up for. Sign up sheets are also available outside of the dining room.

Congregate Meals will be served from 12:00-12:15 for those who have registered. At 12:15 continuing until 12:25 if there is food available, it will be served to those who did not register but have shown up to eat lunch. Please register in advance to ensure your meal!

Senior Lifestyles

August 2020

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Johnson City Senior Center Year in Review

Membership Highlights

Active Members 50+ - 4,403

Female - 63%

Male - 37% Silver Sneakers® Members who are active – 253 Renew Active™ Members who are active – 293 Silver & Fit® Members who are active – 182 Volunteers – 209 Program Opportunities

Total events

Participant Numbers

Education Training – Computers 41 9 Education Training – Computer Lab 162 104 Lifelong Learning 381 572 Card and Board Games 442 286 Creative Crafts 166 185 Dance Classes 219 210 Friday Night Dances 15 380 Health Education - Wellness Seminars 107 477 Health Education – Health Screenings 214 283 Health Education – Health Related Services340 130 Performing Arts 188 54 Physical Fitness – Fitness Orientations 150 332 Physical Fitness – Fitness Room Visits 387 804 Physical Fitness – Aerobics 388 255 Physical Fitness – Hiking 44 78 Program Opportunities

Total events

Participant Numbers

Tai Chi/Yoga 219 203 Sports – Table Tennis 122 61 Sports – Senior Basketball 40 24 Sports – Pickleball 428 438 Billiards 228 301 Outings 41 421 Visual Arts 197 216 Total Checkins – 81,252 Average Attendance Per Week Day

Monday 507

Tuesday 414 Wednesday 478 Thursday 413 Friday 354 Saturday 89 Average Per Day Per Month July 2019 394 January 2020 382 August 2019 383 February 2020 410 September 2019 394 March 2020 377 October 2019 378 April 2020 Closed November 2019 341 May 2020 Closed December 2019 301 June 2020 Closed

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Hiking, Walkers & Talkers, Lifelong Learning

August 2020

Lifelong Learning

Lifelong Learning offered a variety of new programs during the past year: Digital Photography Boot Camp Coffee and Conversations for Grandfamilies – Grandparent and Relatives raising Relative Children You are the help until help arrives – Learn 5 simple steps to save a life: Call 9-1-1, stay safe, stop the bleeding, position the injured and provide comfort.

The Readys! – Emergency Preparedness – Creating a personal emergency plan and having supplies available to survive a disaster or emergency.

Photography Boot camp

What is Real ID? A Chronic Clutter Support Group also formed.

Addition of French Level 2 and Conversational French classes.

Valentine’s Day Concert by Sweetwater Troubadours – Songs of love

Photography Boot camp

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Special Events

August 2020

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Johnson City Senior Center had many special events throughout the year

Bert Street Music Series held at Memorial Park Community Center Amphitheater.

Center hosted the regional FTAAAD Brain games. Rudy Baumann, Martha Dodd and John Martin represented our center well coming in third place.

Johnson City Senior Center Foundation hosted their second Annual Dink or Treat

Dink or Treat Pickleball Tournament

Pickleball Tournament with 72 participants.

The Spirit of Community Celebration held in November. This was a joint concert highlighting the Johnson City Senior Chorale, Johnson City Community Band, Langston Center and other groups throughout the region.

Christmas Dance with over 200 seniors dancing the night away.

Sweetwater Troubadours Concert- Songs of Love Valentine’s Day concert.

Powerful Expressions of Praise performed for Black History month celebration.

Johnson City Senior Center Foundation sponsored the Spring Forward for Seniors project which helped 250 low income seniors by providing food and household goods in April. Little did the Foundation know that this would come when the need was great at the start of COVID

Bert Street Concert Series Spirit of Community Celebration

Brain Games team

Christmas Dance

Expressions of Praise

Spring Forward for Seniors

Healthy Living

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Healthy Living Highlights Health Topics offered throughout the year covered almost every letter in the alphabet – A-Z. A- Alzheimer’s & Other Dementia’s B- Better Balance, Medicines and Falls C- Cancer, Thriving and Surviving D- Delay the Disease™, Parkinson’s Exercise Program E- Eat to Beat Diabetes F- Foods That Fight Inflammation G- Go All Out for Wellness – 2020 H- Hearing Screenings I- Invisible Danger of Radon J- Joint Replacement Surgery K- Keys for Aging Well L- Life with Less Stress and More Energy M- Medicare 101 N- Natural Treatment Options for Pain O- Osteoporosis P- Protein for Fitness – Seniors May Need More Q- Quit Smoking R- Relief for Dry Eyes S- Secrets of Growing Younger T- Think Pink, Cooking to Prevent Cancer U- Urinary Incontinence V- Vein, Vein Go Away W- Weight X- X-Ray Y- Yearly Goals Z- zzz’s – Sleep Apnea

August 2020

Screenings Offered throughout the year

Balance

Blood Pressure

Blood Sugar

Dental Screenings Hearing

Strength and Mobility

When classes were unable to meet in person, we continued to focus on holistic wellness in our weekly e-mails to members. Hump Day Upbeat strives to provide helpful information, fun and humor, encouragement plus puzzles/brain teasers to stimulate the mind.

Our Parkinson’s exercise class, Delay the Disease, went virtual after COVID 19 began impacting our region. The group currently meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays on Zoom.

August 2020

Goals & Accomplishments

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Goals and Accomplishments

1. Achieve reaccreditation through National Council on Aging/National Institute of Senior Centers. - We are on hold with our reaccreditation due to COVID 19 and the center being closed. Our notebooks have been reviewed and we are waiting for our onsite reviewer to schedule a visit or do a virtual visit once we reopen.

2. Provide opportunity for assisted living participants to experience the Johnson City Senior Center by offering transportation and targeted programs during National Assisted Living Week. We offered an afternoon ballroom dance with Curt Mathson for Assisted Living participants.

3. Develop a Johnson City Senior Center information/new member packet to be given to retiring employees from the City of Johnson City and other Johnson City businesses. - This packet has been developed and we will start distributing once the center reopens.

4. Offer Bingo-cize® program monthly starting in November. This program is being offered twice a week and was averaging 10-15 participants per session.

Partnered with Tetrick Funeral Services for prizes.

Assisted Living Dance

5. Offer Family Game Night at MPCC in partnership with Recreation Services.

Offered Family Game Night in October and November with multigenerational participants attending.

Other Accomplishments • Received 3 SE4A Positive Image Awards for the following programs: Keep It Moving, Wacky Golf, and Aging Well Conference.

• New bus wrap for our senior center bus.

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Fitness Highlights

Senior Lifestyles

Classes offered • Fit & Toned • Pilates • All Out Fitness • Classic • Circuit • Chair Yoga • Tai Chi • Qigong • Splash • Fix Your Form (New program) • Delay the Disease™

August 2020

Classic

Step by Step Challenge – An eight week program challenging participants to 10,000 steps per day for each of the eight weeks.

Silver Sneakers® Harvest Hoedown

Tai Chi

Delay the Disease™

Silver Sneakers Harvest Hoedown

Step By Step Challenge

Sports • Senior Basketball • Table Tennis • Pickleball

• Pickleball 101 • Bowling • Senior Softball

August 2020

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Arts, Volunteers

Page 12 The Arts and Crafts department of the Johnson City Senior has something to offer to everyone interested. Whether you are a beginner or a master of a skill, you can find it here. Below is a list of options that were offered last fiscal year.

We are also open to any suggestions that you might have for future selections.

A Silk Scarf for Fall

August 2020

Ready, Set, Serve…..Volunteer!

On a mission to engage adults in Active Life through Active Living

A Silk Scarf for the Holidays

Acrylics

Beginning to End Canvas Creations

Basket Weaving Class Beginning to End Canvas Creations (PM)

Batik Fabric Design BYOC-Bring Your Own Creativity Card Making

Beading Class Christmas Decor - Caroler

Bottle Lamps Christmas Decor - Tree

Cooking With Roy Collage Method

Christmas Decor - Tree or Caroler Creating With Handmade Paper

Community Service-Needle and Fiber Arts Drawing With Oil Pastels Community Sewing Project

Drawing With Soft Pastel Cooking With Roy

Ink & Watercolor Corn Husk Angel

Intro to Watercolor Corn Husk Art

Mat Cutting Class Create Your Own Silk Scarf

Next Step Photography Club Creative Card Making

Op Art Crochet a Sampler Afghan

Paper Flower Making 101 • Volunteers served a total of 10,881 hours between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 Design Your Own T-Shirt or Sweatshirt

• Volunteers saved the community $263,901 dollars by utilizing volunteers during the

Pencil Drawing Made Easy same time period Knitting - Skill Building Sessions

Open Craft Time Pencil Drawing-Shading Technique • Approximately 175 volunteers were registered to serve with about 60% being active

Paper Quilling Perspective Drawing

Silk Painting for Wearable Art Pottery Class-Handbuilding (and more)

The Amateur Photographers Club Stained Glass Class

Black History Month Event - Applause and Texture Strokes in Drawing Praise

The Art of Paper Making Group Guitar Lessons (Ages 8-15)

Video Series - A History of European Art Learn to Play the Ukulele

Writers Circle Lets Play Mountain Dulcimer

Heart Strings Jam Players Mountain Dulcimer Lessons

Musical Voices Piano & Band Instrument Lessons

Senior Chorale A History of Impressionism

What fun we have had this past year!

August 2020

Trips & Outings

It was a busy year for JCSC Seniors on the Go as we explored places near and far. Late summer found travelers in beautiful Cape Cod. Cape Cod has been the most popular charter trip offered by the Center, and this last trip didn’t disappoint! A day trip to Martha’s Vineyard and a visit to the JFK Museum were highlights for many.

September was the time for baseball. Participants enjoyed a doubleheader with the Atlanta Braves on an overnight trip to Atlanta.

The 2020 travel year kicked off with the annual Let’s Go! Travel Show in October. Entertainment was provided by the Sweetwater Troubadours, with more than 150 participants in attendance.

In November, travelers escaped the cool East Tennessee weather with a trip to sunny Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Amelia Island, Florida.

New favorite day trips were discovered as charter buses visited the Southern Christmas Show and the Billy Graham Christmas Dinner in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Wohlfahrt Dinner Theatre in Wytheville; Barter Theatre in Abingdon; the Horn in the West play and dinner at the Dan’l Boone Inn in Boone; and the SoCon tournament in Asheville to cheer on our ETSU Bucs.

The senior center buses were busy as well. A new discovery was the Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros. Tickets to Lantern Express Christmas Train in Knoxville quickly sold out. Equally as fun was local favorites that included Jonesborough Repertory Theatre, Milligan College Christmas concert, Troyers Market, Rogersville Heritage Days, Erwin Apple Festival, National Weather Service Tour, Gatlinburg, Dolly Parton’s Stampede, and Osceola Island picnic. And JCSC Seniors on the Go are enthusiastic supporters of ETSU, with numerous outings to football and basketball games.

JCSC Seniors on the Go meet monthly, on the second Thursday at 3:00 pm. This is always a time for fun, for making new friends, and for learning about upcoming trips. All are invited!

The staff and volunteer team look forward to the time that we can travel together again. In the meantime, remember, the famous words of Babs Hoffman: Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. Explore new places on the internet, read a good book about other’s journeys, and keep yourself physically and mentally active, as we continue on a quest to enjoy Active Life through Active Living.

Outings

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One of the most popular activities for the Johnson City Senior Center are the many outings we offer: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .

Sunflower Festival in Mountain City of Johnson City Fun Fest and the Has Beens Big Band Dance in Kingsport Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair Planetarium at ETSU Tennessee Riverboat Co. in Knoxville Horn in the West Show in Boone, NC Tour of National Weather Service in Morristown Appalachian Fair ETSU Home Football Games Senior Expo at Holiday Inn Picnic at Osceola Island Dolly Parton’s Stampede Senior Day Apple Festival in Erwin Heritage Days in Rogersville Gatlinburg Trip Pigeon Forge Shopping Trip – Sponsored by Morris Baker ETSU Women’s Basketball versus Tennessee Barter Theater Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte, NC Christmas Lantern Express Train Ride in Knoxville Billy Graham Christmas Dinner at the Library in Charlotte, NC Milligan College Christmas Concert Wohlfahrt Dinner Theater – Christmas in the Park in Wytheville, VA U.S.O Christmas Show at Jonesborough Repertory Theater Troyer’s Mountain View Country Market ETSU Men’s Home Basketball Games Mandy Harvey Concert at ETSU Lady Vols Basketball game in Knoxville “Life Lines” at the McKinney Center in Jonesborough ETSU Men’s SOCON Tournament game in Ashville, NC

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National Wellness Month

Wellness

August is National Wellness Month. What is wellness?

Wellness is an active process of making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life.

When our senior staff programmers are developing programs, they are required to meet at least one of the six dimensions of wellness. What are the six dimensions of wellness?

Physical – Recognizes the need for regular physical activity. It promotes personal health and safety. It also includes learning about diet and nutrition. Physical benefits of looking good and feeling terrific leads to psychological benefits of enhanced self-esteem, self-control, determination and a sense of direction.

Social – Fosters meaningful interactions within a diverse community. It encourages contributing to one’s environment and community. Actively seek ways to preserve the beauty and balance of nature and making willful choices to enhance personal relationships and friendships while helping build a better living space and community.

Emotional – Facilitates an awareness and acceptance of one’s feelings. The well person maintains satisfying relationships with others. Awareness of and accepting a wide range of feelings in yourself and others is essential to wellness. Better to be aware of our feelings and accept them than to deny them. Being optimistic in our approach to life is better than pessimistic.

Vocational – Finding one’s calling and being a good giver and receiver. Even in retirement,one can contribute using their unique gifts , skills and talents which leads to meaningful and rewarding accomplishments.

Intellectual – Stimulates the use of one’s mind. A well person cherishes intellectual growth and stimulation. We are never too old to learn. It is better to stretch and challenge our minds than to become self-satisfied and unproductive. Get those creative juices flowing.

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Spiritual – Encourage a life of meaning, values and purpose.

Includes the development of a deep appreciation for the depth and expanse of life and natural forces that exist in the universe. Living each day in a way that is consistent with your values and beliefs.

Each class offered by Johnson City Senior Center must meet one or more of the above dimensions. You will see the following symbols that represent the dimension by each class offering.

August is National Wellness Month

Each program that the Johnson City Senior Center offers must meet at least one of the following wellness dimensions. When staff are planning a program it is there responsibility to identify the wellness dimension their program offers.

Wellness Dimensions

August 2020

Aquatics

Aquatics

Freedom Hall Lap Swim (Teens, Adults and Seniors) M-F 7-8:30a or 11:30a-2:00p Cost: $2 per session Must Reserve a spot by calling 423-461-4872 One person per lane for a 45 minute time slot.

No locker rooms or showers will be available so you need to come with swim suit on.

Can use the restroom but only one person at a time and a staff member will clean after each use.

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