Guilderland Senior News for Thursday, April 19, 2018

The Guilderland Senior Services is offering the following activities the week of April 23. Call the senior office at 518-280-7607 with any questions or for information. The location for senior services is 141 Bavarian Way, Altamont, NY 12009. Transportation’s phone number is 518-356-2920.

— Monday: Scheduled shopping, aerobics at 9 a.m., senior fitness at 10:30 a.m., MVP Tai Chi at 1:15 p.m. Town hall classes Strong Bones Plus at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.;

— Tuesday: Luncheon of BLT bow tie pasta or cold plate at 11:30 a.m., bingo/Rummikub at 12:30 p.m., and town hall class of Strong Bones Plus at 9 a.m.;

— Wednesday: Scheduled shopping, senior strength and balance at 9 a.m., senior fitness at 10:30 a.m., needlecraft at 1 p.m., and Strong Bones Plus at 10:30 and 1:30 p.m. at Town Hall; 

— Thursday: Scheduled shopping, scheduled legal appointments, Silver Sneakers at 9 a.m., Silver Sneakers Yoga Stretch at 10 a.m., Mahjong and Pinochle at 12:30 p.m., and Strong Bones Plus at 9 a.m. at Town Hall; and

— Friday: Scheduled shopping, painting at 10:30 a.m., intermediate bridge at 12:30 p.m., and quilting at 1 p.m.

Transportation’s new phone number

You may begin using transportation’s new number now. It is 518-631-9589. The old number, 518-356-2920, stopped working on April 18.

We ordered new business cards for everyone and will distribute them. Feel free to ask for them, too. They will be on all buses.

CDPHP class

Join us on May 23 join us for “Grapefruit! Food and Drug Interactions,”

The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates once said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” But what happens when your food and medicine don’t agree?

Learn why it’s important to carefully read a prescription label and how diet may affect certain health conditions. Hippocrates would be pleased!

Please call to sign up for this class by calling 518-280-7607 by May 15.