Volume 9, Number 7 July 2014

NNORC News NNORC Project Director Christine A. Holle

Clinical Supervisor James Sautter, LCSW-R

Community Nurse Pat Gumson, RN

Senior Health Education Coordinator Judi England, RN, LMT

Outreach & Community Care Coordinator Michelle Dannenhoffer-Cau

Handyman Tom Link

Newsletter Design & Editorial Monica Tan

Community Council Gail Aroeste

Margaret Danes

Jim Dennehey

Julie Elson

Kate McElroy

Sr. Jean McGinty RSM

Olga Tenney

Program Partners Jewish Family Services of NENY (Lead Agency)

Catholic Charities

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

St. Peter’s CHOICES Program

St. Peter’s Hospital

St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church

Senior Services of Albany

Sidney Albert Albany Jewish

Community Center

The College of Saint Rose

United Jewish Federation of NENY

University at Albany

School of Social Welfare

Supported by

a grant from: With appreciation to:

A program of Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York

A program of

NNORC Welcomes Local Author David Kalish Wednesday, August 6 at 3:00 p.m. at the Albany JCC

SUMMER TRIP—Lake George Dinner Theatre Matinee

About The Opposite of Everything:

NNORC Night at the JCC

Now there’s a new way to connect with NNORC.

NNORC is making its Facebook debut in July!

We are always looking for new ways to connect, engage and build community in

our NNORC, and Facebook seems to be the perfect platform for doing that.

WHY SHOULD YOU LIKE THE NNORC FACEBOOK PAGE?

Get announcements about NNORC events and other local programs that may be of interest Receive cutting-edge news and links to news articles on the topics your care about the most Share your voice—contribute your ideas and feedback about all things NNORC Interact with your peers online in a fun and lively forum that may include polls, questions of the day, weekly challenges, and anything else we have yet to dream up Browse photos—lots of photos—of all the good times we’re having

PLEASE CHECK US OUT . . . and if you LIKE, let us know (and let others know too!).

If you already have a Facebook account, simply search “Albany NNORC” and “Like” us. This way, whenever we post something new, our NNORC news will show up on your newsfeed. If you’re not on Facebook, you’ll need to create an account. (Sorry, it’s their rule, not ours.) But it’s easy to create an account. If you need help, call on one of us. Plus, it’s a great way to connect with family, friends and now US!

NOTE: JUST BECAUSE YOU ‘LIKE’ US DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE FRIENDS

Don’t worry, just because you “Like” the NNORC page doesn’t mean that everyone can see your page and your photos. Whether or not people see your page and photos has to do with how you set up your page. If you need help with your privacy settings, we can direct you to the right place to go.

We hope you’ll “LIKE” us on Facebook. Please call if you have any questions.

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N N O R C Events Calendar — July-August 2014

Sit and Get Fit: Chair Yoga

St. Sophia’s Church

440 Whitehall Road

Albany

Tuesdays

July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations required

514-2023

All Levels Kripalu Yoga

First Congregational Church

405 Quail Street

Albany

Tuesdays

July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

5:30–6:30 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations required

514-2023

Tai Chi for Seniors Crossing of Colonie Park

580 Albany Shaker Road

Loudonville

Wednesdays

July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

7:00-8:00 p.m.

No reservations required

Living Healthy Alumni Group

and Meditation Group

B’nai Sholom Reform

Congregation

420 Whitehall Road, Albany

First Monday of each month

July 7, Aug 4

1:00–2:oo pm & 2:00–3:00 p.m.

No reservations required

Introduction to Meditation B’nai Sholom Reform

Congregation

420 Whitehall Road, Albany

Two Mondays

July 7 & Aug 4

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations required

514-2023

NNORC Walking Group St. Sophia’s Church

440 Whitehall Road

Albany

Monday’s

July 7, 14, 21, 28 through fall

4:00 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations preferred

514-2023

NNORC Council Meeting St. Sophia’s Church

440 Whitehall Road

Albany

Thursday

July 10

11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations preferred

514-2023

Author David Kalish

Shares his book

The Opposite of Everything

Albany JCC

340 Whitehall Road

Albany

Wednesday

August 6

3:00 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations required

514-2023

NNORC Night at the JCC Albany JCC

340 Whitehall Road

Albany

Wednesday

August 6

4:45 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations required

438-6651

Lake George Dinner Theatre

Day Trip to see the play:

Lake Effect

Bus departs from:

St. Sophia’s Church

440 Whitehall Road

Tuesday

August 12

9:30 a.m.—Return

approx: 5:00 p.m.

Call to Register *reservations required

438-6651

NNORC Events are also listed on our calendar at jfsneny.org. Bookmark us to keep up-to-date about our events.

You’re in the NNORC Community

Congrats to the Spring 2014 Living

Healthy Graduates

Now that I’ve reached three score and ten

I should be at the age of contentment.

I expected a pleasant wife,

Grandchildren for good cheer.

Finding out that I’m nowhere.

Instead of a daughter Hermia

I’ve developed Hernia.

Instead of a son Ari,

I’ve developed Arrythmia

Instead of a grandson Colin,

I’ve spawned Colonoscopy.

I pass the house I should have owned and didn’t,

Dream of the woman I should have had and couldn’t,

Scan two thousand pages of books I should have

written and wouldn’t.

But, it’s May, the tulips are blossoming,

The muses are out there singing,

I enjoy the short bright season,

While wallowing in the waters of unreason.

Back Row Left: Jim Dennehey, Second Row: Mary Ryan, Pat Gumson

(NNORC) Shirley Long, Joan Shea, Marcia McGraw, Joan Dennehey,

Tannette Nguyen-McCarty, Joe Krausman, Joe Adler Front Row:

Linda Tsokonis, Peppy Shafer, Nora Sokaris

Yoga Classes Continue this Summer…Don’t take a “vacation” from this healthy practice.

SIT AND GET FIT CHAIR YOGA

ALL-LEVELS KRIPALU YOGA

Hey! Living Healthy Alums

NNORC Weekly Walking Group

Here are the details:

What:

When:

Why:

What to Bring:

Contact:

From Farm to Your Table . . . Just About

FREE Caner Screening

The Cancer Services Program* provides free breast, cervical, and colon cancer screenings to the uninsured. Women age forty and older are eligible for a clinical breast exam, mammogram and pap test. Men and Women 50 and older are eligible for a free colorectal cancer screening. The next screening event will be at Capital Imaging Associates in Latham on Monday, July 21

st from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Screenings are by appointment. To learn more or get an appointment, please call 525-8680.

*A grant-funded program through the New York State Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

You may not be planning to move, but here are

some highly rated places for seniors to live:

Find it here at: http://tinyurl.com/q6g3r5v

SAW IT ON THE WEB... This month we mourn the loss

of our NNORC Neighbors:

Anna Fila

Walter Spoor

SIXTY-PLUS DINING Mondays & Wednesdays 4:45–6:00 p.m. Full- course kosher dinners for those 60 and older. Reservations taken until 9:30 a.m. the day of the meal. Suggested donation: $5 per person Guest under 60 pays $9.

BOOK MAVENS BOOK REVIEW Wednesday, July 16, 3:00–4:30 p.m.

BOOK: STARS OF DAVID: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish. By Abigail Pogrebin

Reviewer: Irene Rosenthal, Associate Professor, Literacy, College of St. Rose (Read ahead: The World Without You, By: Joshua Henkin) BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOP Tuesdays: August 12 and August 19 1:00-4:00 p.m. Instructor: Joyce Flower $50 prepaid nonrefundable registration $25 supplies fee JULES AND PAULA STEIN Live and Learn Lecture –Lunch Series

Thursday, July 24, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

SKULLCAPS ‘N SWITCHBLADES: Survival Stories of an Orthodox Jew Teaching in the Inner–City David B. Lazerson, PHD, educator, author, musician, peace activist. Hear how Dr. Lazerson’s imaginative applica-tion of Talmudic precepts–applied to inner- city educational problems in Buffalo, NY- helped him develop an innovative approach to learning disabilities, which has been acclaimed worldwide. Lazerson’s book, a fun and inspiring read, is now under consideration for a major motion picture. Book sale/signing follows lunch. JCC member: $13 per lecture –meal NonMember: $14 per lecture- meal. Prepaid registration required.

DAY TRIP: Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie Sunday, August 10 Theater Works- Hartford, CT 11:45 a.m. Lunch- Buona Vita Bar & Grille- Enfield, CT Select: Eggplant Parmesan, baked haddock or chicken Marsala 2:30 p.m. show Depart Albany JCC: 9:45 a.m. Return: approx. 6:45 p.m. $93.50 prepaid nonrefundable registration before trip fills.

Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center 340 Whitehall Rd. | Albany, NY 12208 | 438-6651 | saajcc.org

JCC HAPPENINGS One of the NNORC Nurses, Pat Gumson or Judi England,

are available at locations within the Albany NNORC area

listed below. Come, meet our nurses, have your blood

pressure checked, and share your health and wellness

questions or concerns. If a time precedes an exercise or

yoga class, consider staying to participate in those

events. Call the NNORC office at 514-2023 to register for

classes, or to get further information. See the calendar

on page four for a full list of events.

St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church

Mondays, 10:45-11:00 a.m. (July 7, 14, 21, 28)

Before City of Albany Exercise Class

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. (June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

Prior to Chair Yoga class.

First Congregational Church

Tuesdays, 5:00 p.m. (June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

Prior to All Levels Kripalu Yoga class.

Whitehall Court Coffee Klatch

1st Monday, 2:00-2:15 p.m. (July 7)

Sidney Albert JCC Senior Center

Thursdays, 10:45-11:15 a.m. (July 3, 10, 17, 31*)

*No Nurse Drop In Thursday July 24 at the JCC.

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518-514-2023

info@jfsneny.org

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Volume 9, No. 7

July 2014

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for the Aging, AARP and the Free Community Papers of New

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mation Line" which enables Seniors statewide to access free

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