Murder mystery on tap at Senior Center
The Waynesboro Senior Center will play host on Saturday to “Did You Say Murder> Who Would Kill the New Guy,” a murder mystery starring News Virginian Editor Jonathan Hunley and Augusta Free Press LLC Vice President Crystal Graham.
The event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday with dinner.
Kathy Johnson of Murder Is a Game will serve as master of ceremonies. Read more
Staunton Senior Center: Bowling and music fun
Last Thursday 11 Staunton Senior Center members and two staff ventured over to the Waynesboro Senior Center for a spaghetti lunch and bowling to follow.
Two of our JMU nursing students met us at the Center for lunch and then joined in a couple of frames at Wayne Lanes before having to leave for a meeting. Five members bowled while the rest formed a very enthusiastic cheering squad! Read more
Welcome to the new director at the Churchville Senior Center
The Valley Program for Aging Services announces that Ann Weiland has been named the new director for the Churchville Senior Center.
Welland comes to this position with decades of executive level experience working in a variety of settings including a non-profit consulting organization and two United Ways. Read more
March for Meals Scheduled for March 17
The Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi at James Madison University is hosting its very first “March for Meals” on Saturday, March 17.
The March for Meals is a benefit 5k or 1-mile “march” to help our local philanthropy, Valley Program for Aging Services. VPAS is a local organization that provides Meals on Wheels among other services designed to help older adults stay in their homes and communities for as long as possible. Read more
Staunton Senior Center News
Rhythm & blues Black History Program presented at SSC: Did you know that it wasn’t jazz, it wasn’t blues, and it wasn’t gospel that was the most popular form of music among African-American people in in the 1950s?
You guessed it! It was rhythm and blues! Read more
Shenandoah National Park development talk at East Rock SC
James Lawson of Elkton, who is a noted historian, presenter for the JMU Lifelong Learning Institute, and a master naturalist, paid a visit to the East Rockingham Senior Center on Jan. 25 to share his knowledge about the development of the Shenandoah National Park.
For the 29 members and 10 guests/volunteers in our audience, we learned that the Park was developed by five companies and that the CCC boys actually just assisted with roadway preparations. Read more
Cranberries at the Staunton Senior Center
Even though the holidays are past, it wasn’t too late to pull out the cranberries and hold a contest at SSC. Whoever most closely guessed the number of cranberries in the jar would receive a mystery prize the next day of Center attendance.
The idea was introduced from the Breakfast for Your Brain manual, pulled out recently by Program Director Lori Pullin searching for ideas for mental health fitness exercises. Along with the contest came several math pages which were photocopied out of the manual, all concerning cranberries and other types of berries.
Center members busily solved problems with their pencils and scratch paper, performing math that may not been done for quite some time. But then engaging in new and different brain-stretching activities is always a “plus” for the brain!
More online at www.StauntonSeniorCenter.org.
