Geer Village Activities May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training:
Hollenbeck Room
1:15 Reminiscing Discus-
sion Group “The History
of May Day” Pub
3:00 Scrabble: Pub
7:00 Word Scramble: Ac-
tivity Room
2 9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 What’s On Your Mind? Chapel 10:30 Brain Gym 1 :15 Wi i Bow l in g—Penthouse 2:00 “Words and Conversa-tion” 2nd Floor Conference Room 3:00 Concert Practice with Josh Stone:Hollenbeck Room 4:00 Understanding Medi-care– Chapel
3
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Northwest CT Historical Forum: “Spanish Influenza” Hollenbeck Room 1:30 Resident Associa-tion: Hollenbeck Room 3:00 Ice Cream Sundae Social: Pub
7:00 Boggle: Pub
4
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Out Trip to The Norman Rockwell Mu-seum 1:00 SVNA Matter of Balance: Penthouse 1:30 Chapel with Debra Tyler 3:00 Adult Coloring– Art Studio 4:30 Canine Link Dog Training Classes: Chapel
7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
5
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training: Hol-
lenbeck Room
1:15 Knit or Knot Knitting
Club: Media Room
2:30 Margarita Party to Cele-
brate the 14th Anniversary of
Geer Village –Courtyard
7:00 Happy Hour: Pub
6
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Bridge Club: Media Room 10:30 Morning Stretch: HR 1:15 Tea & Chat in the Pub 2:30 Memorial Day Clay Pot Painting (Part 1) AR 7:00 Saturday Eve-ning Movie
7
10:30 Catholic
Services with
Communion:
Chapel
1:15 Trivia Quiz:
Activity Room
3:00 Memorial
Day : Flower Ar-
ranging (Part 2)
Activity Room
7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
8
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training:
Chapel
1:15 Activities Feedback
Committee: Activity Room
2:30 Jeffrey Engle Presents
“Keep on Dancing” Part 1
Chapel
7:00 Checkers: Pub
9
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:00 What’s On Your
Mind? Chapel
10:30 Brain Gym Media Room
1:15 Out Trip to perform at
NCES with Josh Stone
2:00 Movie Matinee “Lion”
Penthouse
7:00 Dime Bingo: Activity
10
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Strength Training: Hollenbeck Room 1:15 Gardening Club: Planting Window Boxes in the Courtyard 3:00 Music Appreciation “Big Band” Courtyard
7:00 Salisbury Hand Bell Choir—Hollenbeck Room
11
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Swim Club: Meet in the YMCA 1:00 SVNA Matter of Balance: Penthouse 1:30 Chapel with Heidi Truax: Chapel 2:30 Country Cook “Chocolate Macaroons Squares” CK 4:30 Canine Link Dog Training Classes: Chapel
7:00 Dime Bingo:
12
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training: Hol-
lenbeck Room
1:15 New Word Game
“Joe Name It” AR
3:00 Crafters Guild
“Paper Birds” Activity
Room
13
9:15 World
Events: Pub
10:00 Bridge
Club:
Media Room
10:30 Outing to
The Time Out
Foundation
3:00 Cross Word
Puzzle Challenge
Activity Room
7:00 Saturday Eve-
ning Movie
14
10:30 Catholic
Services : Chapel
1:15 History of
Mothers Day and
Fun Facts : AR
3:00 Wine and
Cheese Social in
the Courtyard
7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
Happy
Mothers Day
15
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Train-
ing:Chapel
1:30 Beth Miller “Bell
Wind Chimes” Art Studio
3:00 Corn Hole in the
courtyard with Jane
16
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 What’s On Your Mind? Chapel 10:30 Brain Gym Media Room 1:15 Computers Made Easy: Media Room 2:00 “Words and Conversa-tion” 2nd Floor Conference Room
3:00 Wii Bowling:
Penthouse
7:00 Dime Bingo: Activity
Activity Room
17
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training :
Hollenbeck Room
11:00 Bea Smith Cloth-
ing Sale: Great Hall
1:15 Bocce : Courtyard
2:00 & 7:00 Managing
Dignity with End of Life
Decisions– HR
3:00 Flower Arranging
with Gail– Activity Room
7:00 Word Games:
Activity Room
18
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Swim Club:
Meet in YMCA
1:00 SVNA Matter of
Balance: Penthouse
2:30 Music Appreciation
“Jazz” Activity Room
4:30 Canine Link Dog
Training Classes:
Chapel
7:00 Dime Bingo:
19
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training:
Hollenbeck Room
1:15 Mary Sullivan plays the
piano in the Great Hall
2:00 Adult Coloring : Art Stu-
dio
7:00 Happy Hour: Pub
20
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Bridge Club: Media Room 10:30 Morning Stretch: HR 1:15 Tea & Chat in the Pub 2:30 Crafters Guild : Self Hard-ening Clay AR
7:00 Saturday Eve-
ning Movie
21
10:30 Catholic
Services with
Communion:
Chapel
1:15 Crafters
Guild: Oil Diffus-
ers Activity Room
2:30 Country
Cookers : Fruit
Smoothies Pub
7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
22
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training:
Chapel
1:15 Left, Right,
Center Dice Game: Activity
Room
2:30 Jeffrey Engle Presents
“Keep on Dancing” Part 2
Chapel
7:00 Scrabble: Pub
23
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:00 What’s On Your
Mind? Chapel
10:30 Brain Gym
Media Room
1:15 Computers Made Easy:
Media Room
3:00 Wii Bowling:
Penthouse
7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
24
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Strength Training: Hollenbeck Room 1:15 Antiques & Collecti-bles Discussion: Media Room 2:30 Richard Dagenais in Concert– Chapel 4:00 Dr Mike Mangini will present a lecture on “Lower Back Pain”- Hol-lenbeck Room
7:00 Yahtzee: Pub
25
9:30 Intergenerational with NCES: Hollenbeck Room 1:00 SVNA Matter of Balance: Penthouse 1:15 Rite Aid Bingo: Activity Room 2:30 Gardening Club “Planting upside down tomatoes and herbs”-Courtyard 4:30 Canine Link Dog Training Classes: Chapel 7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
26
9:15 World Events : Pub
10:30 Strength Training:
Hollenbeck Room
2:00 Movie Matinee “ Patriots
Day” -Penthouse
7:00 Happy Hour: Pub
27
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Bridge Club: Media Room 10:30 Morning Stretch: HR 1:15 Tea & Chat in the Pub 2:30 Jewelry Mak-ing Activity Room
7:00 Saturday
Evening Movie
28
10:30 Catholic
Services w/ Com-
munion: Chapel
1:15 Scrabble :
Pub
3:00 Ice Cream
Social : Pub
7:00 Dime Bingo:
Activity Room
29
30
9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 What’s On Your Mind? Chapel 10:30 Brain Gym Media Room 1:15 Computers Made Easy: Media Room 2:00 “Words and Conversa-tion” 2nd Floor Conference Room 3:00 Wii Bowling: Penthouse
7:00 Dime Bingo: Activity
Activity Room
31
9:15 World Events: Pub
10:30 Strength Training:
Hollenbeck Room
1:15 Dishing with
Dawn– Pub
2:30 May Wine and
Cheese Birthday Social :
Pub
7:00 Boggle: Pub
“What’s on Your
Mind?”
With Dr. Corey Kalser
Every Tuesday
Morning at 10:00am
Geer Village Chapel
Activities and
Program
Locations
Subject to Change
The Douglas
Library
Presents
“Words
&
Conversations”
Hosted by Norma Haight
Colman
Every Other Tuesday @
2:00PM in the 2nd Floor
Conference Room
WEEKLY
SHOPPING
TRIPS TO
SUPER STOP &
SHOP
EVERY TUES-
DAY @ 1:15
(Bus Departs from
the Great Hall)
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE
GEER VILLAGE CAMPUS
Phone: (8
60) 8
24-8133
Fax: (8
60) 8
24-7024
E-m
ail: www.geercares.o
rg
77 So. C
anaan
Rd.
Can
aan, C
T
06018
GEER M
ATTERS
The Newsletter of th
e Geer Villa
ge Campus
A Senior Living Community
Jeffre
y Engel presents “
Keep on Dancing”
May 2
01
7
Special Points o
f Interest
• W
este
rn C
T A
gency o
n
Agin
g. “U
ndersta
ndin
g
Medica
re 2
017” W
ednes-
day, M
ay 2
nd 4
-5:3
0pm
What’s O
n Y
our M
ind?
Every T
uesd
ay @
10:0
0am
•The D
ouglas L
ibra
ry Pre
sents “W
ord
s & C
on-
versa
tions” h
oste
d b
y Norm
a H
aight C
olm
an:
5/2, 5
/16 &
5/30
•W
ednesd
ay, M
ay 2
4 at
4pm
: Dr. M
ike M
angin
i will p
rese
nt a
lectu
re o
n
lower b
ack
pain
.
•SVNA M
atte
r of
Balance
: Every T
hursd
ay
1-2pm
• “Dignity o
f Life
; M
anagin
g E
nd o
f Life
Decisio
ns”
Wednesd
ay, M
ay 1
7th
@
2pm
& 7
pm
.
Special Events fo
r May
N.W
. CT H
istorical F
oru
m
“Span
ish In
fluen
za” w/
Cath
y Bougfh
ton
5/03
“Keep
on dan
cing” w
/
Jeffrey Engel
5/08
&
5/22
Rich
ard D
agenais in
concert: C
hap
el
5/24
Salisb
ury H
and B
ell
Choir: H
ollen
beck
Rm.
5/10
Pe
rmit #
62
Fa
lls Villa
ge
, CT
06
03
1
No
n P
rofit
Pau
line M
iller is a Licen
sed C
linical S
ocial W
ork
er who w
ill pro
-
vide co
unselin
g services to th
e residen
ts of G
eer Village, o
n T
ues-
days, b
eginnin
g May 2
, 20017.
As a L
icensed
Clin
ical Social W
ork
er in th
e Litch
field C
ounty,
Pau
line h
as over 2
5 years o
f experien
ce work
ing in
the field
of
Geriatrics, in
cludin
g long term
care, hosp
ital and home h
ealth
care.
Pau
line o
ffers a wide variety o
f skills to
enhan
ce quality o
f life,
decrease stress, im
pro
ve copin
g, empowerin
g clients to
take an
active role in
their d
aily life, resultin
g in positive o
utco
mes. M
eet-
ing w
ith clien
ts in th
eir homes ad
ds co
nven
ience, w
hich
enhan
ces
comfort.
Pau
line is also
a Med
icare pro
vider. F
or q
uestio
ns an
d ap
poin
t-
men
ts, please call 8
60-605-4855.
For More In
formation Contact
Jill Simmons
Directo
r of Recreatio
n
& Programming
Phone: (8
60)824-3831
Email: jasim
rg
Western
CT
Agency o
n Aging
“Understan
ding M
edicare 2
017”
This in
formational presen
tation will co
ver the following:
• Transitio
n to Medicare-W
hat yo
u need know.
• Medicare E
nrollment Perio
ds
• Traditional M
edicare (P
arts A and B)
• Medicare P
art C (Medicare A
dvantage)
• Medicare P
art D (Prescrip
tion Drugs)
• Medicare S
upplemental In
surance (a.k
.a. Medigap
)
• How Medicare W
orks with Other H
ealth Ins.
• Availab
le State P
rogram
s to Help Pay fo
r Medicare C
osts
• Protectin
g Yourself fro
m Medicare F
raud
Wednesday, May 2
nd 4-5:30pm
Geer V
illage Chapel
RSVP to Deb Pelletier at 8
60-824-2625 or
dpelletier@
geercares.org
Northwest C
onnecticu
t
Historical F
orum
“Spanish Influenza”
Wednesday, May. 3
rd
10:00am
Sponsored in Part b
y the Canaan
History C
enter
Educatio
nal Event!
Free an
d open to the public
“Dignity o
f Life; M
anagin
g Your
End of Life D
ecisions”
This w
ill be a p
rofessio
nal p
anel d
iscus-
sion an
d is b
eing o
ffered at 2
differen
t
times to
accommodate o
ur au
dien
ce.
Wed
nesd
ay, May 1
7th
at 2pm &
7pm in
the
Hollen
beck
Room
Seatin
g is Lim
ited, R
SVP
to D
eb Pelletier at
860-824-2625 or
dpelletier@
geercares.org
Recen
tly, Jeffrey Engel w
as selected by L
itchfield
Magazin
e as one o
f the fifty m
ost in
fluen
tial peo
ple in
Litch
field C
ounty. F
or fifteen
years he h
as been
giving lectu
res devo
ted to
music h
istory in
libraries,
colleges an
d retirem
ent co
mmunities th
rough
out C
onnecticu
t. His p
reference is fo
r 19th
and 20th
centu
ry music ran
ging fro
m th
e wonderfu
l to th
e wack
y in operatic, sym
phonic an
d ch
amber w
ork
s.
Subjects are alw
ays placed
in a h
istorical co
ntext, sh
ow casin
g how non-m
usical d
evelopmen
ts impacted
the lives an
d creativity o
f composers. M
r. Engel b
elieves that m
usic lectu
res should be en
tertaining as
well as in
form
ative. To th
at end, h
is explan
ations are n
ever too tech
nical an
d he in
fuses h
is material
with
amusin
g anecd
otes an
d m
usical illu
strations. M
r. Engel h
as had
an unusu
al back
ground. A
fter
graduatin
g college w
ith a B
achelo
r of A
rts degree (m
ajor in
music), h
e settled in
Paris w
here h
e resided
for fo
urteen
years. There h
e studied
cello, art h
istory (at th
e Sorb
onne) an
d earn
ed diplomas in
the
Fren
ch lan
guage. A
s a cellist, he tau
ght in
municip
al conservato
ries, played
all over F
rance w
ith oper-
atic, symphonic an
d ballet o
rchestras, as w
ell as with
cham
ber m
usic en
sembles. S
ince 2
004, M
r. Engel
has tau
ght classes an
d given
lectures at N
orth
western
Connecticu
t Community C
ollege in
Winsted
,
CT. H
e was a co
ntrib
utor to
the 2
001 ed
ition of T
he N
ew G
rove D
ictionary o
f Music an
d M
usician
s.
On th
e Mondays o
f May 8
th, an
d 22nd, Jeffrey w
ill presen
t “Keep
on D
ancin
g”. The D
ance is th
e
most an
cient an
d an
imated
of all th
e arts. Man
kin
d has b
een dan
cing sin
ce the earliest civiliza-
tions o
f Egyp
t and G
reece. Durin
g the R
enaissan
ce, dan
ces becam
e more fo
rmalized
and began
to
have an
impact o
n th
e oth
er arts. Jeffrey Engel w
ill discu
ss the o
rigins o
f several dan
ces like th
e
polka an
d sh
ow how th
ey transitio
ned
successfu
lly from in
doors an
d outd
oors to
the co
ncert stage.
The p
rogram
s begin
at 2:30pm an
d w
ill be h
eld in
the ch
apel.
Wellness at H
ome with Pauline M
iller