Hello Everyone!

Happy Halloween!
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/2020-07-07
Link to Franklin Matters - https://www.franklinmatters.org/
Link to the Town's webpage - https://www.franklinma.gov/
November 1st-25th - "Thankful Wreath" - During November we are asking that folks trace their hand on colored paper and write what they are thankful for in it. You can add your first name and age IF you want. Get creative and decorate your hand or simply trace, cut and write on it. We will be creating one HUGE community wide Thankful Wreath with the hands. Colored paper is available for pick up at the Senior center (by appointment) and you can drop completed hands off or mail them in to: Franklin Senior Center - 10 Daniel McCahill St. Franklin, MA 02038.
Help us tie the community together. What are you thankful for?!
Tips and Fitness
Paul Eugene - Halloween Chair Dance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMQaEZ83sbI
Monster Mash Chair Yoga Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjjmVb8mJc
Halloween workout - full mobility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4f8LB_aNkw
Music
Relaxing instrumental music. Very soothing. Helps with stress and sleep problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iqNnHU7VIk
Young girl performs :Defying Gravity" on Britain's Got Talent and blows everyone away. This is one of my favorite songs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQ53howlr8
Just for Fun
Spend a night in Dracula's castle
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/you-can-spend-this-halloween-at-count-dracula-s-castle-in-transylvania/vi-BB18WTTA?ocid=msedgdhp
9 year old piano prodigy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oybU09RQUTs&t=83s
Ghost Manor in New Orleans - Now this is dedication to Halloween!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6U4udq0Bts
Top 10 optical illusions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t2ePlwTeBQ
Here is a fun story about penguins who are causing a ruckus at their zoo
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/us/penguin-couple-steals-nest-at-zoo-trnd-scn/index.html
Humor
Monster Mask - some COVID humor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dThiYFgI_g
Jeanne Robertson - Don't trick or treat without the right costume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2DWAvLo8A0
Kindness Matters
An outstanding story of kindness and unconditional friendship. This one hit me right in the heart!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR_oZIiZm6M
Acts of Kindness. Get the tissues ready!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqNSiECzG0
Watch this incredible transformation over a year! How inspiring. "If you knew success was a certainty what would you attempt to do?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9nsEjSS1o
Attached you will find:
NOVEMBER SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS - Email adoggett@franklinma.gov to attend
11-9 @ 11am - NANTUCKET CRANBERRY BOGS - Nantucket Conservation Ranger, Allen Reinhard takes us on a virtual tour of the Milestone Cranberry Bogs and discusses their rich history. A Q&A follows the tour.
11-9 @ 2pm - Time Out Memory Cafe
11-16 @11am - Movie and discussion - "Alive Inside:A Story of Music and Memory"
11-16 @ 2PM - Grateful Moments Memory Cafe
11-18 @ 11am - Stampin' Up! Art event
11-18 @ 1pm - Positive Psychology with Nurse Trish (cell the senior center to register)
11-19 @ 1pm - Talk Franklin Matters with Steve Sherlock
11-19 @ 6:30pm - NAME THAT TUNE! Game show!
11-23 @ 2pm - Memory Cafe with Barbara Kessler
11-25 @ 5pm - FRIENDSGIVING
For a complete list of all our daily activities please check the newsletter or our website
https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc
Curbside Cafe - https://www.franklinma.gov/Curb
Love, virtual hugs and good health to you all! We are still here for you! Please feel free to email Donna and I with questions, concerns or just to check in!
Ariel & Donna
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