New Senior Classes Added!

a newsletter for active adults 50+
New Senior Classes Added!
This Month
1 Check out recently
added senior classes!
2 Sign Up for Trips
2 Birthdays
3 Events
4 Calendar
April 2015 • Volume 2, Issue 4
The Harris Center has added two new classes for seniors of the
community. Tales from the Table where you will create a journal of
memories and recipes. The class will guide you through writing memories
and recipes so your loved ones can have a keepsake. The class is $25 to
cover the cost of supplies. Another new class is Advanced Beginner
Spanish where you can practice conversation and learn some fun websites
and apps. The cost is $60/person and $100/couple plus the cost of the
book.
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Tales from the Table: Wednesdays beginning 4/1 from 2-3pm at the
Harris Center. Contact Susan Cook with questions at 334-444-1710
or [email protected]
Advanced Beginner Spanish: Mondays beginning 4/6 from 5-6pm at
the Harris Center. Contact Judy Dekich with questions at
334-744-3722 or [email protected]
Harris Center • 425 Perry St • Auburn, AL 36830
(334) 501-2930 • www.auburnalabama.org/seniors
Open Monday - Friday • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Register for Trips
April 10 - Atlanta Dogwood Festival • Atlanta, GA
An Atlanta staple for more than 75 years, there is
something for everyone at the Atlanta Dogwood
Festival. Virtually every kind of art imaginable is
featured, including sculpture, paintings, pottery,
jewelry, photography, and much more. A wide array
of diverse musical offerings will perform for your enjoyment . And
when you get hungry, follow the delicious smells of funnel cakes,
gyros, crab cakes, onion rings, kettle corn, and much, much more!
The cost of the trip includes transportation and admission into the
festival. Please bring extra money for lunch. $5. Payable to the AAB.
When: Friday, April 10 • 10am - 6pm
April 13 – Creek Casino • Montgomery, AL Hop in the
van and try your luck as we venture to the casino on
Senior Day and hopefully win big! You MUST
provide your legal name, full birthday, address and
casino player card number (if applicable) upon
registration in order to receive group benefits. Trips are limited to
10 people per month. Registration will not open until the first day of
that month’s trip and you may not attend two months in a row
unless the trip is not full after the first day of registration. $5.
Payable to the AAB. When: Monday, April 13• 10am - 3:30pm
Date Change! April 16 – Into the Woods– Faulkner Dinner
Theater • Montgomery, AL A childless baker and his
wife endeavor to lift their family curse by journeying
into the woods, where they encounter Rapunzel,
Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Riding
Hood, and other classic fairy tale characters, and they all must learn
the responsibility that comes with getting what you want. Combine
the enchanting music of the great Stephen Sondheim with the tales
of the Brothers Grimm and you have an epic fairy tale where worlds
collide. Cost of the trip includes transportation, admission and
dinner. $35. Payable to the AAB. When: Thursday, April 16 •
5pm - 11pm.
May 8 – Montgomery Biscuits Baseball Game • Montgomery, AL
Spring is in the air and so is baseball season! Come join
us as we watch the Montgomery Biscuits and the
Birmingham Barons on Family, Faith, and Fireworks
Night! The cost of the trip includes transportation and
admission to the game. Please bring extra money for
dinner prior to the game. $20. Payable to the AAB. When: Friday,
May 8 • Time Change! 5pm - 11pm.
Happy
Birthday!
1 - Mary Burkes, Fay Shields,
Theresa Smith
3 - Leola Washington
4 - Edna (Nan) Galik, Dail Gibbs, Bill
Goodwin
5 - Jerry Fitzgerald, Leola
Washington
6 - Alice Chambliss
7 - Marion Beale, Sandra Harris
8 - Ron Moore
9 - Cyndi Czerkauslei
10 - Sue Fitzgerald
14 - Shirley Conley
16 - Billie Hudmon
18 - Barbara Large, Bette Vile
19 - Karen Williams
24 - Paula Card
26 - Patsy Carter
27 - Marie Fountain, Angelena
Moore
28 - Lynda Adair, Sabrina van
Ginkel
29 - Barbara Kerr
Please make sure we have YOUR
birthday on our
list so we can acknowledge it!
April 2015 • Page 2
Mark Your Calendar!
Easter Egg Hunt and Lunch
Who says kids get to have all the fun? Come out for our very first 50+ Easter Egg Hunt
and Lunch! Gather for fellowship and a good meal before searching high and low for
goody-filled eggs on the grounds of the Harris Center. Leave no stone, leaf, or chair
unturned in order to find the most eggs and win a multitude of prizes!
Register by Monday, March 30th at 5pm
$5 (includes lunch). Payable to the AAB.
Thursday, April 2nd, 11:30am-2pm at the Harris Center
Food for Thought Speaker & Breakfast: Dr. Dwayne Cox, Head of
Special Collections and Archives at Auburn University
Enjoy a presentation by Dr. Dwayne Cox, Head of Special Collections and
Archives at Auburn University.
This FREE breakfast is sponsored by Unity Wellness Center.
Tuesday, April 14th, 8:30 - 10am at the Harris Center
Register at the Harris Center by Friday, April 10th at 5pm
50+ Book Club: Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer
The 2015 One Book, One Village has chosen to read Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer.
The book tells the story of a pregnant woman with alopecia, her astronaut husband,
their autistic son, and her mother, who is dying from cancer. In addition to
our reading and discussing a common book, join us at the Auburn Public
Library on Thursday April 23rd for a special event featuring Lydia Netzer.
Call 334 - 501 - 3190 to reserve your copy at the Auburn Public Library.
FREE to the public
Tuesday, April 28th, 10 - 11am at the Harris Center
Register at the Harris Center by Friday, April 24th at 5pm
Date Change! Movie Night: The Hundred Foot Journey
The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across
the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.
Thursday, April 30th, 5:30 - 8pm at the Harris Center
$5 to cover the cost of dinner and refreshments
Register at the Harris Center by Wednesday, April 29th at 5pm
April 2015 • Page 3
April 2015
Sun
5
Mon
6
Easter
12
7
13
20
Wed
Thu
1
2
Play Yard Games
and Card Games
on Wednesday
Afternoons!
50+ Easter Egg
Hunt and
Lunch!
8
9
Munch N’ Mingle
Cheeburger
Cheeburger@
11:30am
Master’s Games
Practices
15
14
Casino Field Trip
10am-3:30pm
19
Tue
Food for
Thought FREE
Breakfast 8:30 10am
21
Fri
3
4
10
11
Atlanta
Dogwood
Festival
10am-6pm
16
Sat
17
Bike Bash
8am-Noon
18
Faulkner Dinner
Theater
5-11pm
22
23
A-Day
24
25
Auburn CityFest
2015
9am-4pm
Kiesel Park
26
27
28
29
Book Club
10 - 11am
30
50+ Movie:
The Hundred
Foot Journey
All classes and programs are held at the Harris Center, unless otherwise noted.
Trips depart from the Harris Center. Trip departure times are exact.
Return times are approximate.