Senior Center Sets Schedule

The Elizabethtown Area Senior Center, located in the GEARS Community Center, 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown, invites area seniors to its upcoming programs. The center, a service of GEARS and the Lancaster County Office of Aging, is open regularly on Mondays through Fridays. Interested individuals may call the center at 717-367-7984 for more information or to make reservations.

On Thursday, April 11, the center will offer walking at 9 a.m., preschool class visits at 10 a.m., a Stress Awareness Month activity at 11 a.m., and pinochle or bridge at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be a turkey chef salad with turkey, cheddar, and egg, and cucumber, as well as summer corn chowder, a whole grain dinner roll, and pineapple.

On Friday, April 12, there will be walking at 9 a.m., Bible study or table games at 10 a.m., and table games at 11 a.m. Lunch will be haddock with cream sauce, au gratin potatoes, carrots, white bread, and orange gelatin with mandarin oranges. At 5 p.m., the center will host its TGIF Dinner and a pinochle party.

On Monday, April 15, the center will offer walking at 9 a.m.; shuffleboard at 9:30 a.m.; Strength, Stretch, and Balance at 10 a.m.; a Juniors Helping Seniors activity at 11 a.m.; and pinochle at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be baked meatloaf with gravy, whipped sweet potatoes, wax beans, wheat bread, and fresh watermelon.

On Tuesday, April 16, the center will observe Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day. There will be walking at 9 a.m., the morning stretch at 9:30 a.m., bingo at 10:15 a.m., a Genetech program at 11 a.m., and "PJ Fun" at 1 p.m. Lunch will be roasted pork with gravy, sauerkraut, whipped potatoes, white bread, and applesauce cake.

On Wednesday, April 17, the center will offer walking and pancakes at 9 a.m., the WISE Program from 9 to 11 a.m., chair exercise at 9:30 a.m., Wii Bowling or Medication Take Back at 10 a.m., a Humor Month activity at 10:30 a.m, and Central Penn Food Boxes at 1 p.m. Lunch will be chicken Marsala, bowties, Brussels sprouts, wheat bread, and mixed fruit.

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