What are the centers most popular activities?
We have a wide variety of activities available at the center. Some of our more popular fitness programs include Tai Chi, Weights and Chair Exercise, Zumba, Line Dancing, Tap Dancing, Table Tennis, Wii Bowling, and Yoga. We also have many popular crafts, card games, and board games such as Watercolor, Oil painting, Doll Making, Knitting, Pinochle, Bridge, Canasta, Scrabble, Mah Jongg, and Bingo.
For more information on our programs click here.
Our Center does not serve daily lunches. However, we do host two to three Monday Luncheons and a monthly social every third Friday.
Our monthly socials are one of our most popular events to attend. Each social we have a catered meal and live entertainment. In the past we have hosted entertainment such as The Zembo Shrine Band, The Mohler Tappers, Country singer Carol Kline, Milton Hershey's Glee Club the New Horizons, Lower Dauphin's String Quintet, and many more.
Our Monday Luncheons are what we like to call our "Lunch and Learns," where we serve a homemade lunch and then host a speaker to educate us on their topic. Some past subject matters have included health topics, identify theft discussions, historic topics such as World War Two or Pearl Harbor, Edgar Allen Poe animated storytelling, Zoo America's Scales, Tales, Paws, and Claws program, caroling music groups from local schools, and much more.
Do you offer any transportation to your center?
Unfortunately, we do not have personal transportation set up with our center. However there are local options available.
If you live in Derry Township a transportation group called People Movers is available to contact at (717) 533-3642.
If you live outside of Derry Township some other options are...
Lebanon County, Annville, Palmyra, Hershey - COLT (http://www.coltbus.org/)
Harrisburg, Dauphin and Cumberland Counties - CAT (http://www.cattransit.com/)
What other senior outreach services do we offer?
We offer a wide variety of extra programs and services on a regular basis.
- Free Tax Help: One of our most popular services is our tax help that takes place from February to April. Volunteers are available throughout the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays during these months to help seniors file taxes for free.
- Specialty Programs: Often we host special programs to help further educate our members. In the past we have hosted programs such as AARP Safe Driver's Classes, Senior Crime University Program, Healthy Steps: Fall Prevention Program, Maintain Your Brain, Adopt a Senior, and many more.
- Human Services: We also host events or provide information on many human services. Some example services we have participated in are free seasonal flu shots (Courtesy of Dauphin County and the Visiting Nurse Association), heating assistance forms, Medicare Part D Open Enrollment information sessions, free blood pressure screenings (Courtesy of Country Meadows), Be a Santa to a Senior, and many others.
- If we cannot help, we normally refer our members to the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging at (717)255-2790 or online at http://www.dauphincounty.org/human-services/area-agency-on-aging/. (Lebanon AAA: (717)273-9262 , Lancaster AAA: (717)299-7979 , Cumberland AAA: (717)240-6108)
