Volunteers Needed for Garden Project 5/6

Sunday, May 6, 2007

1:00 - 3:00 PM

Lifelong, 119 W. Court Street, Ithaca, NY

Join Cornell University Students from the Traditions Program for an intergenerational day of service that benefits the gardens at Lifelong! Please bring your own gloves and tools if you have them. Call (607) 273-1511 to sign up.

New Strength Training Class Starts May 1st!

Debbie Bosanko has been teaching exercise classes at Lifelong for well over ten years, beginning in the old Senior Center on S. Geneva Street. Debbie also worked with Marilyn Kinner to help coordinate the start of the Senior Circuit in 1998 Lifelong’s successful course offerings based on the life-long learning concept. Debbie is currently teaching strength training classes--with an edition of a new class just this month! Her new class at St. Catherine’s Church, Seniors Are Strong is slightly more vigorous than the current strength training class offered at Lifelong. Hand weights and body resistance will be the main form of exercise, which is similar to the class offered at Lifelong. The primary difference is there will be 10-15 minutes of mat work toward the end of each class which will include a series of modified push-ups, crunches, lying down, and side leg lifts. Mats and weights will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own if they have them. Debbie’s classes are offered:

Mondays 12:30 - 1:30 PM & Thursdays 11:30 - 12:30 PM (Lifelong, 119 West Court St.)

Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:15 - 10:15 AM (St. Catherine of Siena, 302 St. Catherine Circle)

Watkins Glen Day Trip to Glenora Vineyards & The Farm Sanctuary!

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Tour Escort: Elke Schofield

Enjoy a day trip to Watkins Glenn for a tour of Glenora Vineyards and lunch at Verasions Restaurant which features locally grown and innovative food, along side well loved classics, a blend that when mixed with the panoramic view of Seneca Lake and the surrounding Vineyards can be quite breathtaking. After lunch, enjoy a visit and walking tour to the Farm Sanctuary, which is a 175-acre farm. Since 1986 the Farm Sanctuary has worked to provide lifelong care for hundreds of animals rescued from factory farms, stockyard, abuse and slaughterhouses. Visitors will have the chance to give a pig a belly rub, talk to a turkey, and even kiss a cow!

Menu Choices: Caesar Salad, Seneca Chef’s Salad or French Drip Sandwich and beverage.

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 18, 2007; Deposit of $25 must be submitted at the time of registration.

Total cost for this trip: $50 per person (Lifelong Members receive a $5 discount).

Register in person at Lifelong (119 West Court Street, Ithaca, New York) Monday-Friday between 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM.

For more details, contact Lifelong at (607) 273-1511 or visit us online at www.tclifelong.org

EPIC is changing effective July 1, 2007

NEW YORK STATE’S

ELDERLY PHARMACEUTICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE PROGRAM

EPIC

IS CHANGING

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL SESSION

TO DISCOVER HOW THIS WILL AFFECT YOU

WHERE: LIFELONG, 119 WEST COURT ST., ITHACA, NY

DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007

TIME: 1 - 2PM & AGAIN 5 - 6PM

SPEAKER: MYRNA KOLDIN, EPIC OUTREACH REPRESENTIVE

THE CHANGE IN EPIC:

1. New York State law now requires EPIC enrollees to join a Medicare Part D drug plan as a condition of eligibility.

2. There are some exceptions.

3. The law is effective July 1, 2007.

4. EPIC will provide Part D premium assistance to all enrollees so that no one will be disadvantaged by this new requirement.

5. All enrollees will receive letters explaining how EPIC will provide them with Part D premium assistance.

6. By using EPIC and Medicare together, seniors can save more on their prescription drugs\

For more information contact Sarah Jane Blake at 273-1511.

INVITATION: THE ART OF CREATIVE AGING

Saturday, April 28, 10:00-12:00 noon - The Art of Creative Aging, Tompkins County Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY.

Creative community members Barbara Thuesen, Natasha Tall, Wally Woods, Judith Pratt, Debaura Dahl and others will explore what Abraham Maslow described as the ultimate stage of human development: the age of creativity and wisdom.

The National Center for Creative Aging, whose founder/director Susan Perlstein visited Ithaca in 2003, combines advocacy with research on the effects of arts engagement on elders. But it also highlights retirement as an opportunity to create a life of vitality, self-expression and contribution, whether the call is to dance, paint, grow a garden or nurture a grandchild.

FREE and open to ALL!
For information contact 607-339-9472.

Opening Night: Lifelong's Watercolor Class Art Exhibit

"Creativity is Ageless"
Opening night was held on Friday, April 20th at the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute (413 Center for Health Sciences). Local artists from the Lifelong Watercolor Class were able to display their art work in memory of Mary Jo Larsen, a former watercolor instructor. The exhibit will be on display for the public until 7/31/07. For more information call the IC Gerontology Institute at (607) 274-1965. Thanks to Joanna Meinhart and Penny Bianconi for all their work organizing and planning this exhibit!

Nurturing Your Creative Self - Collage Class

This spring Carol Miller faciliated a 6 session collage class in which class participants explored many methods and materials to stimulate creativity and orinality. Above is a picture of the class on the last day with some of their final pieces. This fall Carol will offer an art class on 20th Century landscape.

RSVP Volunteer Fair & Ice Cream Social

Community Writing Workshop

"Haiku Morning"
led by Irene Zahava

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
10 a.m. - 12 Noon
Lifelong, 119 W. Court Street, Ithaca, NY

Free!
(but advanced registration is required)

This workshop offers an opportunity to view the world through "haiku eyes" - capturing individual moments of observation and perception and transforming them into short poems.

After reading examples of haiku by both classical and contemporary poets, participants will be guided toward the creation of their own poems.

To register, contact Irene Zahava directly: 273-4675; zee@twcny.rr.com.
Enrollment is limited; early registration is strongly encouraged.

Irene Zahava is the director of Emma's Writing Center and is associated with the Durland Alternatives Library at Cornell University. She has edited a number of haiku journals and anthologies, including "frog/no frog," "Starfish," and "I Breathe Red," and has published two haiku collections of her own. Irene leads the "Writing a Life" workshop at Lifelong and writes haiku whenever the spirit moves her.

This workshop is made possible with grant support from the Community Arts Partnership.

Volunteers Needed: Tompkins Learning Partners

Interested in making a difference? We believe the ability to read and write is critical to personal freedom and the maintenance of a democratic society.

Tompkins Learning Partners, Inc. (formerly Literacy Volunteers) seeks volunteer tutors to provide support to adults and young adults who want to improve basic reading, writing, or math skills, English language acquisition skills, or learning for U.S. citizenship.

A Volunteer Orientation will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2007
9:30 am until 12 Noon
124 W. Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY

Participants will receive an overview of the Adult Basic Education (ABE), Incarcerated Youth, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs.

Tutors generally commit to at least two meeting hours per week for at least one year. Volunteers may also provide computer lab coverage, meet short-term literacy needs of individuals, be telephone partners with people from other countries, or assist with special events.

To pre-register, call 277-6442.