Tag: Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center
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Spotswood Office on Aging holds Halloween drive-thru event for seniors
SPOTSWOOD–Bringing spooky season cheer to its patrons despite the ongoing pandemic, the Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center held a Halloween Drive-Thru event for its members. “Each year, we host a big Halloween costume party but due to coronavirus we are unable to hold any large events. So, in order to celebrate, we decided…
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Spotswood Senior Center to launch phase one of reopening plan on July 21
SPOTSWOOD–Announcing a strategy to start reopening its facility for patrons, the Spotswood Office on Aging (OOA) and Senior Center will begin holding small group activities on July 21. “We have been given permission to begin phase one of reopening the senior center. This phase will begin on July 21 and allow for small group activities…
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Spotswood Office on Aging brings smiles with caravan tours
SPOTSWOOD–Bringing smiles and support while minding social distancing restrictions, the Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center has been using caravan tours to keep up morale amongst its patrons. “Once the senior center closed, my coworkers and I tried to come up with different ways to connect with our seniors. Many of our clients aren’t…
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Spotswood offers Healthy Bones program
SPOTSWOOD–By providing programs from exercise training to nutrition classes, the Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center’s Healthy Bones program seeks to help patrons at risk for osteoporosis. Spotswood Office on Aging Director Donna Faulkenberry said the non-profit organization Parker’s Director of Health and Wellness Lori Morell, is one of two people running this class…
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Spotswood Office on Aging seeks donations for military care packages
SPOTSWOOD–Packing up items ranging from cookies to phone cards, the Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center is sending care packages to residents serving in the military. “Barb Cottrell, one of our amazing volunteers, came to us last summer and wondered if we’d like to collaborate on a project to send care packages to members…
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Spotswood council approves grant funding for senior center
SPOTSWOOD–The Borough Council approved a resolution authorizing a grant agreement for the Office on Aging to provide services for minority and poverty affected seniors. The Office on Aging (OOA) grant/agreement is between with the County of Middlesex for Information and Assistance in the amount of $6,000. The grant will provide a minimum number of clients, age…
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Spotswood Senior Center offers Ageless Grace exercise program
SPOTSWOOD – To promote longevity by helping to strengthen its patrons’ minds, the Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center is offering the Ageless Grace exercise program. Ageless Grace is a brain fitness program based on neuroplasticity, which is reopening neural pathways that were created from the time an individual was born until approximately the…
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Spotswood residents learn about disaster safety
SPOTSWOOD–Prepping patrons on emergency safety for the current hurricane season, the Spotswood Office on Aging and Senior Center sponsored its “Are You Prepared” event. “Over the past 10 years we have had some serious issues and I am not going to get into any discusses about global warming or climate change, but they’re not going…
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Spotswood Senior Center holds annual Olympic games
SPOTSWOOD–From trying to get a hole-in-one to arranging jigsaw puzzles, Spotswood Office On Aging and Senior Center patrons participated in the third annual Senior Olympic Games. Senior center volunteer Barbara Cottrell has organized the center’s annual Olympic games for last three years. “I enjoy watching the Olympics, so the summer 2016 games inspired me to…
