Franklin Senior Center: Email Blast June 25, 2021

Hello Everyone!

Staying Connected

Link to the Senior Center - https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

Link to the Senior Center Calendar https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/day 

Link to Franklin Matters - https://www.franklinmatters.org/ and www.franklin.news 

Link to the Town's webpage - https://www.franklinma.gov/

Link to Mass.Gov COVID - https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-updates-and-information 

"Morning Glory" at Yellowstone National Park

Tips

How to shop online and not get ripped off

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-shop-online-and-not-get-ripped-off-11624194154 

Tips for caregivers of people living with dementia: Meaningful home activities: 

https://relish-life.com/blog/tips-for-caregivers-of-people-living-with-dementia/?utm_campaign=JuneBlogEmail&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=134691479&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--PX-AzQb_1InrVOeDI5nA7TxnAnfyH0x5fNa4ZM6k8yUzP_3lhlvRlCwj7M3YmSjWNoQAWtGOvBO6JwEJr55oZ1L24Kg&utm_source=hubspot 

Music

The power of music on memory 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zwrta7SjtM 

I put hammers on a piano 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB7dXFWhMNU 

Just for Fun

Sankaty Head Lighthouse Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5F6ib-_I3A 

Baby sugar glider learns how to glide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQzl7v-u2TQ 

Tour Hershey's Chocolate World!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-23AQf3yNs 

Humor

Funny kids high on anesthesia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGlmwsydBF0 

Grandparents are exhausting Cam Bertrand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEmBe5s5QFA 

Kindness Matters

Random acts of kindness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOPxFq3LXcs 

Upcoming Events 

*Monday 

10:00- Asian Mah Jong

1:00- American Mah Jong

1:00- Chair Volleyball

1:15- Movie Matinee

6:00- Cribbage

*Tuesday 

9:00- Cribbage

9:30- Busy Bees

9:30- Low Impact w/ Shirley Mae

1:00- Bingo

1:00- Cribbage Instruction

1:00 Quilting

1:00 Audio Book Club (PHONE)

5:30 Quarantini Time (ZOOM) 

*Wed. 

8:30- 12:00- Wellness RN 

9:45- Chair Yoga

10:00- Knitting

10:00- Scrabble

1:00- Chair Volleyball

1:00- Line Dancing

1:00- Senior Scribblers

*Thursday 

9:00- Cribbage

9:30- Busy Bees

9:30- Low Impact w/ Shirley Mae

10:00- Discussion Group

12:30- Painting Space

1:00- Bingo

*Friday  

10:00- Woodcarving

11:00 Sunshine Club (ZOOM)

12:00 T.O.P. S

1:00- Pokeno

Attached you will find Donna's Fun Filled Activity Pages

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0n3ZTjQYoKVFhx__sq_ch5HhHQH6ugr/view?usp=sharing

Happy Summer!

Ariel

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Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator

Respite Coordinator

Supportive Day Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

There is no act of kindness too small