Helpful information to enhance senior living provided by Pender Adult Services
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September 2014
Mission group teams with RSVP for work By Barbara Mullins RSVP Coordinator
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RSVP’s Team Effort youth mission group worked at Topsail Senior Center. They worked hard all day and were well behaved. The group was coordinated by Barbara Mullins, RSVP director. Pictured with the teens is Topsail Center Director Kay Stanley.
Hugging is healthy! Hugging therapy is definitely a powerful way of healing. Research shows that hugging (and also laughter) is extremely effective at healing sickness, disease, loneliness, depression, anxiety and stress. Research shows a proper deep hug, where the hearts are pressing together, can benefit you in these ways: •The nurturing touch of a hug builds trust and a sense of safety. This helps with open and honest communication. •Hugs can instantly boost oxytocin levels, which heal feelings of loneliness, isolation, and anger. •Holding a hug for an ex-
tended time lifts one’s serotonin levels, elevating mood and creating happiness. •Hugs strengthen the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum and the emotional charge this creates activates the Solar Plexus Chakra. This stimulates the thymus gland, which regulates and balances the body’s production of white blood cells, which keep you healthy and disease free. •Hugging boosts self-esteem. From the time we’re born our family’s touch shows us that we’re loved and special. The associations of selfworth and tactile sensations from our early years are still
imbedded in our nervous system as adults. The cuddles we received from our Mom and Dad while growing up remain imprinted at a cellular level, and hugs remind us at a somatic level of that. Hugs, therefore, connect us to our ability to self love. •Hugging relaxes muscles. Hugs release tension in the body. Hugs can take away pain; they soothe aches by increasing circulation into the soft tissues. •Hugs balance out the nervous system. The galvanic skin response of someone receiving and giving a hug shows a change in skin conductance. The effect in mois-
ture and electricity in the skin suggests a more balanced state in the nervous system parasympathetic. •Hugs teach us how to give and receive. There is equal value in receiving and being receptive to warmth, as to giving and sharing. Hugs educate us how love flows both ways. •Hugs are so much like meditation and laughter. They teach us to let go and be present in the moment. They encourage us to flow with the energy of life. Hugs get you out of your circular thinking patterns and connect you with your heart and your feelings and your breath.
Topsail Senior Center news By Kay Stanley Topsail Senior Center A volunteer appreciation dinner was held at Topsail Senior Center Aug. 14 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. It was a wonderful evening of fellowship. The food was provided by Casey’s Buffet and bluegrass music by the Possum Creek Band. There were several Governor’s Awards given at the ceremony. Those recipients included Joan Sargent, Helen Scott, Tom Haley, Cliff Patten, and Adnita Sidbury,
who have shared with us and exhibited beyond the call of duty dedication. We are so proud and thankful of all our support that our volunteers offer and all that they give of themselves. Topsail is lucky enough to have two occupational student assistants shared with the center beginning Aug. 19 through the first week of December. They are in training and observation and will be helping on Tuesday mornings with crafts and other activities for our Tuesday group.
We are looking forward to the fall when our regular classes begin. Basketweaving with Peggy Casey will be on Tuesday mornings. We have our regular quilting schedule and yoga, pilates, tai chi. Geri fit classes on Tuesday mor ning from 9:15-10 a.m. are taught by Wes Davis is a favorite. The class has grown in such a short time, we are considering housing them in the dining room. The participants love the exercise and their instructor’s enthusiasm to help them be
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better. The Pender-Topsail Art classes and line dancing are in the making also. The times to be offered will be announced when firmed up. The center is getting more and more activity and growing in numbers. It’s exciting. The Pender-Topsail
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The Retired Senior Volunteer Program hosted a barbecue at the Topsail Senior Center to celebrate the 9,463 hours volunteering throughout Pender County. Loving stories were shared of moments spent with homebound seniors; the lunch delivered by a Meals on Wheels volunteer to a senior who sees no one else that day; a story of a student who got excited about a book he had found. This event was also a chance to honor a special group of young people, the 11-member staff from Team Effort. This is the third year RSVP is working with Team Effort to provide much-needed home repairs throughout Hampstead, Topsail and Maple Hill. Mission groups from all over the U.S. come and visit our area and joyfully work together during this sevenweek period. The benefit they provide our community means our clients are provided another resource to help them live independently at home. This get-together provided the opportunity to hear directly from some of those clients who received the blessing of their projects, such as handicap ramps, new flooring,
painting, yard cleanups, repairs, bathroom repairs, sheds repaired. In addition, Team Effort shared their connection with seniors while at their work sites, and why they enjoy doing such physical work over the summer vacation. Team effort plants the seeds in younger students to volunteer and give back to local communities within the United States. They stress the importance of caring for seniors in need of these services, and to appreciate each and every day. We hope to continue this relationship and to welcome them back next year. Assisting seniors to remain living at home is the prime focus area for RSVP and Pender Adult Services. Pender County is huge and to do so it takes many hands. If you have two hours to give each week please consider volunteering with us. You visit someone locally, you set your own hours, there is flexibility for vacation time, and the rewards are absolutely fantastic. Call us for more info at 910259-9119 (ext 329) Plant flowers in others garden and your life becomes a bouquet. Isn’t today the day you said you wanted to plant some flowers?
Charleston trip opens Sept. 15 Holiday Festival of Lights in Historic Charleston trip is a three-day, two-night package. It includes two nights hotel accommodations with two breakfasts, and two dinners including a wonderful dinner at the Charleston Crab House on beautiful James Island. Package also includes the James Island Holiday Festival of Lights, a guided tour of Historic Charleston, the Charleston Christmas Special Show, shopping at
Charleston’s Historic Market, plus much more. The trip departs on Dec. 11 and returns Dec. 13. Registration opens Sept. 15. The price is $354 per person double occupancy with a $100 deposit due at registration. Travel protection is $51 per person. Submit registration and deposits to Pender Adult Services, P.O. Box 1251 Burgaw, NC 28425, attention Jennifer Mathews.
Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed for several special short term home repair projects. The projects include some yard work, pumphouse roof repair, leaking home roof, and in home cleaning. Call Kay Warner, 259-9119 ext. 324, if you interested in helping.
PAS-TRAN News Call to schedule your ride to college, work, medical appointments, shopping, etc. $3 or $8, Monday through Friday Call for more info. 910-259-9119, press 1. Text while Riding, and Not Driving!
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Tai Chi – 2014 Tai Chi for Health At the Topsail Center. Beginner's class starts Sept. 11. The class meets from 11:15-11:55 a.m.! Call 270-0708 for information
October 23rd
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Advanced Tai Chi Class starts Sept. 9. The class meets from 3:15-3:55 p.m. ! Pender Adult Services , Burgaw– Call 259-9119, extension 0 for information
Tai Chi for Health Advance Ticket Purchase Required — $ 20.00 per person
Beginners class will be offered at Heritage Place. The class starts Sept. 8 and meets from 8:30-9:15 a.m. Fees will be $15. for 8-week classes Instructor will be Kathy Yakimovich.
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Kathy is Tai Chi for Health Certified.
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P. O. Box 1251 , Burgaw, NC
Your Gifts to Pender Adult Services, Inc are acknowledged with grateful appreciation Community Contributors Emma B Anderson Wesleyan Chapel UMC Willarlea Ruritan Club Donations to PAS are tax deductible. For more information on the Pender Adult Services Memorial and Honorary Giving Program please contact Wesley Davis at 259-9119
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00—5:00
8:00—5:00
8:00—5:00
8:00—3:00
9:00 Basket Class 11:00 Bingo 12:00 Meals 1:00 Bid Whist 1:00 Bridge
7:00 Burgaw Rotary 11:00 Bingo 11:00 Geri-fit 12:00 Meals 12:00 Meals 12:45 Rummique/Mexican Saturday—closed Train
1:00 Blind Support Group(2nd)
3:00 Quilting/Sewing Club
Topsail Senior Center Opportunities Monday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 10:00 Modified PILATES 12:00 Meals 12:30 Tree Top Quilters(2nd)
Tuesday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Baskets 9:15 Geri-fit Health Checks—(3rd) 10:30 Feel Good Fun 12:00 Meals 2:00 Gentle YOGA 3:00 Adv. Tai Chi
Wednesday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Quilting Bee 9:00 RSVP Perks (1st) 10:00 Knitting Group 12:00 Meals 12:30 Caregiver class
1:00 Woodcarving
Thursday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:15 Geri-fit 10:00 Vinyasi YOGA 10:00 Bingo (earlier time) 11:15 Tai Chi 12:00 Meals 1:00 Quilting Class
Fitness Fusion Group Fitness Classes Pender Adult Services is committed to providing our community a safe, stable, environment in which individuals can maintain their independence, good health practices, and a healthy sense of self-esteem.
Phone: 910-259-9119
Tuesday 9:00 Crocheting 9:00 RSVP Perks (1st) 11:00 Geri-fit 12:00 Meals 12:30 Pinochle 1:00 Quilting Group 1:00 Jewelry
9:00 Oil Painting Tai chi 12:00 Meals 1:00 Bid Whist 1:00 Canasta 2:00 Senior Chorus 6:00 Line Dance
Monday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50
Tuesday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 CARDIO BLAST 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50
Wednesday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:30 Health Checks (1st) 9:50 PILATES
Thursday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 ZUMBA 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50
4:00 Health Checks (1st)
5:30 BODYPUMP 6:40 ZUMBA
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Memorial and Honorary Giving Program
Heritage Place Opportunities Monday 8:00—7:00
259-9119
6:30 ZUMBA
5:30 BODY PUMP
6:30 ZUMBA
Facility Available
Phone: 910-270-0708 Friday 8:30 am—2:30 pm 9:00 Wood Carving 10:00 Cribbage 12:00 Meals 12:00 Vitality in Action 1:00 Sign Language Class Saturday –closed
Phone: 910-259-0422 Friday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:50 PILATES 5:30 BODY PUMP Saturday Open 8:00—2:30