By Kristen Bodmer
The warmth of Spring is finally arrived. I am certainly enjoying the beauty of the trees and flowers starting to bloom. Stop into the Thurmont Senior Center for some fun and laughter and maybe a cup of coffee or tea. We look forward to seeing you. You will find we are a place to come have a great lunch and find laughter and friendship. You are never too old to make new friends and learn new things.
Hopefully everyone is enjoying the extra hour sunshine now. April is full of activities. Take the opportunity to come and enjoy the calendar of events we have scheduled. You can find our calendar on the website https://thurmontseniorcenter.org/ on Facebook or come into the center and ask for one. We will happily get you one.
I wanted to share with you about our monthly fundraiser at Roy Rogers. It is on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Carol Long and Nancy Rice head up this fantastic fundraiser for us. They use their magical baking skills to create delicious goodies for you to enjoy after or before your Roy Rogers meal. We also get 25% of the sales of that evening when you mention the Thurmont Senior Center. I wanted to highlight this fundraiser because these lovely ladies make all of their wonderful treats homemade and fresh. They use their own money to purchase all of the flour, sugar, eggs, brown sugar, Crisco sticks and more. They do this in order for the center to receive all of the proceeds. They have earned as much if not more than some of the grants we received. They do not do it for recognition they do it because they love the Thurmont Senior Center. They work hours in their kitchens to make items like; coconut cake, red velvet cake, apple dumplings, peach dumplings, cinnamon rolls, all kinds of cookies, pies and more. I hope you take a moment to stop by Roy Rogers to get some of their wonderful treats, you will not be disappointed. Make sure to come early because they are known to sell out. Thank you, Nancy and Carol, for your selflessness in order to bring extra money to the center. It does not go unnoticed! If you want to donate anything, bring it by the center and I will make sure they get it.
Now let me tell you about BINGO, we have such a great time each and every Bingo Day. It is a time to get together with friends for a fun day. You can start by ordering lunch and eating with us before Bingo starts. We get lunch that day from Mt. Gate. To play Bingo which is 20 games it is $5.00 we play 10 games and then have a halftime. Now this halftime is just absolutely amazing. We have so many goodies you would not believe it. Carol Long plans a big spread and lots of people bring even more goodies. All I can say is you will not go away hungry. It really is a great time and we would love to have you and your friends join us.
We would love for you to join us for a free balance and strength exercise session daily, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday beginning at 11:00-11:45. We play Pinochle on Tuesday at 1:00, I can’t forget to mention coffee we are told it is the best, so come in and have a cup with us. We also play Bingo every 1st 3rd and 5th Wednesday of the month. It is always a fun time full of laughter and special homemade treats for halftime. We have Bunko on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 1:00 and Farkle on the 4th Thursday at 1:00. Friday’s, we have Zumba we also have Poker.
Don’t forget the Thurmont Senior Center is available to rent for different activities such as a baby shower, a birthday party or a bridal shower.
As always if you have questions don’t hesitate to call us at 301-271-7911.
Just a reminder some activities may have a minimal cost but to join the center is absolutely free.