October 2025

Programs/Activities

*For those activities that say to call ahead to sign up-you can reach us at 326-4209*.

Save the Date for our Harvest Bazaar!! Saturday, October 18 from 9:00-2:00. Featuring homemade baked goods, handmade crafts, sewing/craft supplies, new & gently used items, breakfast/lunch foods, books, raffles and more! Free admission.

• Oct. 1-Charter bus trip to Rehoboth Beach: 8:00-4:00 The day is yours to spend as you wish.  Walk the boardwalk, do some shopping, eat lunch out, etc. Cost for charter bus-$15 members/$25 non-members/Free for those doing the walking challenge.  Lunch and other activities are on you. Sign up and pay with Sandra.

• Oct. 2-Craft w/Cindy: Paper Cup, Tealight Ghost: 10:00 Join us to make this cute Halloween decoration.

• Oct. 2-Brain Fit: Take a Hint Game: 11:00 Hold up a card on your forehead while others give you hints to guess the random 3-word phrase; words of the phrase cannot be used as hints. Fun-fun!

• Oct. 6-AARP Driver Safety Refresher Class: 9:00-1:00 $20 AARP members/$25 non-members/Free for AARP Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan Holders.  Sign up at the center.

• Oct. 6-Rummy: 10:00 Join us to play this card game. We will teach those who want to learn.

• Oct. 6-Brain Fit: Name that Tune Game: 11:00 Can you name the title/artist of 10 oldies songs? Let’s find out!

• Oct. 8-Mini Health Fair: 10:00-12:00 This interactive event will include a vaccine clinic, vendor displays, demonstrations and presentations.  Completion of a wellness bingo card will entitle you to lunch that day and to be entered into our raffle drawings. Please note, you do need to sign up ahead of time for vaccines-flu, COVID, etc. 

• Oct. 9-Race to Win Game: 9:30 Card game with game board set up like a horse race.

• Oct. 9-Nutrition Ed: “Nutrition Mysteries”: 10:00 Come listen to Megan, City Fare Dietitian, speak about common nutrition facts and myths, and feel confident making educational nutrition choices.

• Oct. 9, 27-Hula Hoop: Join us for a fun filled, hula hoop workout to boost your mood and energy. Only thing we don’t do is “hula hoop”! We provide the hoops for this low-key program.

• Oct. 14, 28-Bible Study: 1:00 Come sit in/share “Our Daily Bread” hosted by minister Toni Richardson.

• Oct. 15-One-on-One Help w/Cell Phones: 9:30 Judy Upshure returns to help you individually with your devices or cell phone needs. Sign up for your 30 minute session in the lobby.  Free!

• Oct. 15-Line Dancing: 10:00 Edie King-Lawrence will lead us in a variety of dances.

• Oct. 15-Presentation: Holistic Health Coaching: 11:00 Meet Nicolle Surratte, a Holistic Health Coach who will tell us what it means to be a Holistic Health Coach who focuses on decreasing stress, increasing self-care and helping you reach healthy goals. Interactive with Q&A.

• Oct. 16-BP Screenings: 10:00 Member Gina Koveleskie RN administers free Blood Pressure screening checks.

• Oct. 16-Free Depression Screenings: 10:00 Elizabeth Davis from the Mental Health Association in Delaware will be here to provide you with a free, confidential depression screening in support of mental health awareness.

• Oct. 16-Yardzee: 10:00 Yardzee is essentially the classic game of Yahtzee, but with enlarged dice. Come play!

• Oct. 16-Brain Fit: Mad Libs: 11:00 Group version of the word game, read aloud at the end by Cindy.

• Oct. 20-Presentation: Medicare Help: 10:00 Yolanda Mohammad, Licensed Sales Agent from YSM Insurance, returns to speak about Medicare at this important time of the year-Open Enrollment.

• Oct. 22-Trip to Milburn Orchards: 10:00 Wed is a senior citizen 10% discount day in the market.   No outside food allowed but you can purchase from the market and eat at their tables.  Cost for bus $5/mem; $10 non-mem. Sign up in Sandra’s office. $8 entrance fee to travel beyond the gates to explore the orchard (pay there).

• Oct. 23-Horse Race Game: 10:00 Join Cindy for this fun (seated) game!

• Oct. 23-Brain Fit: Halloween Hangman: 11:00 Group version of the word guessing game.

• Oct. 27-LRC Game: 10:00 Roll the dice and pass the buttons to the player on the left, right, or center.

• Oct. 27-Book Club: 10:30 The book is “Tangled Violets: A Novel of Redemption” by Denise-Marie Martin.

• Oct. 29-Brain Fit: Memory Game: 10:00 Players take turns picking 2 cards to flip to find matching pairs.

• Oct. 29-Presentation: “Changes of the Season”: 10:30 Whilst enjoying ginger snaps and warm cider, Dr. Jay Macklin will host an interactive talk about harvest time, life changes and lessons life teaches us.

• Oct. 30-Halloween Movie: “Hocus Pocus”: 10:00 A villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, MA on Halloween night. Come watch and enjoy with popcorn!

• Oct. 31-Halloween Dress up Contest: 12:00 Wear a Halloween costume; best costume wins a prize!