Our Young at Heart Luncheon for August 10, 2010 was a great time together and it held some nice surprises for me. Anytime we do something new it is an apprehensive time for me. This month we had almost an entire program based on NEW!
Because of recent retirements we now have some new people helping us in Young at Heart. Some are helping with the lunch but others are helping in other ways. This month Grace Averitt played the piano for our prelude time and she is always exceptional. Grace is our church pianist and regularly plays for us on Sundays and plays for our choir. Yes, we do still have a choir and they are fantastic. Thank you, Grace, for sharing your talents with our group.
OK, so not all of our people helping are retired! Actually, many of those in the kitchen are younger. Speaking of the kitchen, I want to acknowledge many years of faithful service by our chief cook, Janice Bowersox. I’m not sure how long Jan has been cooking but I know she started long before I came on the scene. Jan has been asking to be replaced for many months and we thought we had a replacement several months ago but things changed, so we kept begging Jan to hang in there a little longer. Finally, Lisa came to the rescue and formed a new team of gals to help with the cooking and food preparation. Her team officially took over this month and did a very admirable job. Lisa and company, you are fantastic. Now I need to warn them, Jan has set a tough example to follow, but I know you will do your best. I hope everyone is aware that everything on the menu this month was made from scratch (maybe not the sugar-free pie). Thank you Lisa and company!
This month we also had one of our younger talents help with special music. Rachel Dudenhoffer played the violin accompanied by her dad (on CD). Her music was arranged by her dad, an AWANA Missionary in Michigan. It was a very nice medley of four gospel songs. You can hear or download her music HERE.
We also featured a special speaker who gave a very nice presentation on the changes in Medicare and also our options for Medicare Supplements. LaDAwn Davis was our speaker and I was very happy with the quality of her presentation and the way she delivered it. Medicare is not the most exciting subject to do a presentation about but LaDawn did a very nice job of keeping a dull topic interesting and sometimes even a bit funny. If you missed it, you can hear it HERE. You can also download and view the PowerPoint slides in Portable Document Format (pdf) HERE. I advise opening the document then follow along with the audio. I know many of you prefer musical entertainment and comedy but this one was a sleeper and very nicely done. Those of you who stayed away missed a nice program. By the way; LaDawn is a nurse with Buckeye Home Health Care and also led our Exercise Program for several months before her promotion.
We also had Emily Bookwalter here from Buckeye Home Health Care and she discussed a program we will run on August 25 starting at 11:30am to help use with the “Vial of Life Program”. Come and get your “Vial of Life” and help with the paperwork. This is free of charge. Even better --- come a half hour earlier (11am) and join us in our Senior Exercise Program. We meet in the Dining Room (near where we eat with Young at Heart.
OK, for those who prefer Music and Comedy for entertainment, next month (September 14) will be your program! We will feature “Spittin’ Image” the Swabb twins. I know this is one of your favorite programs, so don’t miss out. I also know Lisa and her kitchen team will have something special for our meal. We also have another surprise next month, but you will need to be here to know what it is. I won’t even tell about it here.
