37 Pleasant Street
PO Box 1263
New London, New Hampshire 03257
603-526-6368
April 2016 Programs and Activities
Tom & Tom’s Men’s Discussion Group
Mondays 8:45am
We want to hear your stories and we’ll share a few of our own.
Come visit over an endless cup of coffee!
French Discussion Group
First and Third Mondays at 4:15pm
Join this casual, friendly group to practice your language skills and have fun.
Participants at all skill levels are welcome!
Chair Exercises
Mondays and Fridays 10:15am
This low impact exercise program is perfect for those looking for an
easy, effective exercise routine.
Walking at Proctor Academy Gym
Monday – Friday 8:30-10:00am
Please call COA at 526-6368 for more information.
Spanish Discussion Group
Second and Fourth Mondays at 4:00pm
Interested in practicing your Spanish? Join our Spanish Discussion group! For all conversation levels. For more information call COA at 526-6368.
Walk-In Painting Group
Tuesdays 1:00pm
Bring your current painting project to work on. This is an informal group and
we’d love to have you join us.
RSVP Bone Builders Exercise Program
Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00-11:00am
This senior exercise program helps strengthen bone, build muscle and improve balance. You can exercise while seated or standing using small hand weights. Classes are held in the Newbury Heights Community Room, 52 Newbury Heights Road, Newbury.
Tai Chi
Wednesdays 2:30pm
Class will be held on April 6.
There will be no classes on April 13, 20, and 27.
Kearsarge Community Presbyterian Church, New London, New Hampshire
Needlework Craft Group
Wednesdays 1:00-3:00pm
Love to cross stitch, do needlework, quilt, knit or crochet? We do, too! We’d love to chat, laugh, and get to know the folks who enjoy the same hobbies we enjoy. We’d love to have you join us!
Women’s Discussion Group
Fridays 9:00am
Get to know your neighbors over a casual cup of coffee.
Join friends to visit, chat and share!
Bingo!
Fridays 2:00pm
Ten games for $5. Ten bingo sheets with 6 cards on each sheet.
Please call COA at 526-6368 to register.
Bridge
Duplicate Bridge – Mondays at 12:45pm and Wednesdays at 9:15am
Contract Bridge – Thursdays at 9:30am
Games!
Poker – Tuesdays at 2:00pm
Hand and Foot – Wednesdays at 1:00pm
Dominoes – Thursdays at 4:00pm
Mahjong – Fridays at 12:30pm
Blood Pressure Clinic
Friday, April 1 10:30am
VNA Foot Care Clinic at COA
Friday, April 1 12:30-3:00pm
$25 (doctor’s order required for diabetics)
Please call COA at 526-6368 to schedule an appointment.
Computer Class with Laura Thompson
Saturday, April 2 9:00am – 11:00am
(1/2 hour appointments beginning at 9:00am)
Are you looking for answers to questions about basic computer and iPad skills? Sign up for a one-on-one half hour session by calling 526-6368.
Computer Tutoring with Nick Ourusoff
Tuesday, April 5, April 12 and April 19 9:00am-11:00am
Wednesday, April 6 and April 13 2:00-4:00pm
Nick will be available for ½ hour one-on-one tutoring sessions for the beginning computer user to the knowledgeable user who needs collaboration or advice.
Learn to use your laptop, tablet or android device for a variety of tasks.
Receive help with spreadsheets, e-mail or designing a Web site.
Nick has an extensive background in computers from teaching to programming.
Please bring your laptop, tablet or android device with you.
Please call COA at 526-6368 for an appointment.
Parkinsons Support Group
Tuesday, April 5 1pm
You are invited to join this lively, welcoming and supportive group!
“Adding Excitement and Memories to Your Retirement Years”
Friday, April 8 at 12:30pm
Lynn Trainor, Sunapee resident and author of five books about adventure trips with his grandchildren, will give a thirty-minute presentation on how to enjoy retirement through travel with your grandchildren and how to write memorable books about these adventures. Lynn began his adventure trips six years ago, loves the one-on-one time he has with each grandchild, and he would like to share how you can learn to enjoy a similar hobby. Lynn will present recommendations on how to plan your trips, how to write books about your trips, and offer his lessons learned from the five trips he has taken with his grandchildren. Please join us for his presentation and discussion on how to add to the excitement of your retirement years.
Please call COA at 526-6368 to register.
Long-Term Care Planning
Friday, April 8 10:30am
Learn more about your options for long-term care with Wayne Blanchard from ServiceLink.
Please call COA at 526-6368 to sign up for this program.
Meditation Class
Saturday, April 9 and Saturday, April 30 10:00am
Meditation is a process of transforming the mind. It enhances clarity, concentration, relaxation and positive mind states while alleviating stress, anxiety, depression and other medical conditions. This is done by focusing the mind, staying present and being aware of thoughts. We will be sitting in chairs and will be doing some silent/guided meditation sessions along with contemplations. No prior meditation experience is necessary. These on-going classes will meet every other Saturday and will be guided by Ilene Venizelos. For questions or to register, please call COA at 526-6368.
Morning Book Group
Tuesday, April 12 9:30am
Please contact the Tracy Library at 526-4656 for April’s book selection.
Questions About Medicare?
Tuesday, April 12 1:30-3:30pm
Anita Oelfke, Medicare Coordinator for Merrimack County Service Link,
will be available to answer your Medicare questions.
Please call COA at 526-6368 to sign up for this program.
How is Your Hand Health?
Friday, April 15 at 12:30pm
Cindy Weinberger with Valley Regional Hospital will address common hand conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger and thumb arthritis. Learn how to identify the symptoms of these conditions and what treatments and therapies are available. Cindy is an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist. She specializes in the non-operative treatment of hand, wrist and elbow issues.Please call COA at 526-6368 to register.
Movie & Pizza Night
Friday, April 15 5:00pm
“The Intern”
In “The Intern,” Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).
Please call COA at 526-6368 to register.
Zentangle 101
Tuesday, April 19 1:00-3:00pm
Zentangles are miniature pieces of unplanned, abstract, black and white art created through a very specific method from a collection of simple, structured patterns called tangles. Zentangles are not only beautiful, they are fun and relaxing to create. The process of creating a Zentangle is a form of artistic meditation as one becomes completely engrossed in making each pattern, deliberately focusing on one stroke at a time. The creativity options and pattern combinations are boundless. Anyone can do it! Please call COA at 526-6368 to register.
Humanist & Agnostic Discussion Group
Thursday, April 21 1:30pm
The group met in February and discussed the moral significance and meaning of three important words – faith, belief, and trust. We found that the dictionary definitions were lacking and that there is indeed a significant difference among these concepts. We all believe things because we can show that these are correct, but many people also have faith in things even though the veracity cannot be proven. In fact, proof that something is false will seldom change our faith, but such proof should change our belief (as long as we are rational beings).
By the time you read this, our groups would have, at our March meeting, discussed the issue of religion and the environment. All religions, such as Christianity, that place humans in the center of the universe have great difficulty in accepting the wisdom of the global ecosystem where humans are but one species. Do other species deserve moral consideration? If so, how do we make environmental decisions where moral values conflict? Are religions beneficial or harmful to the environment?
The April meeting of our discussion group is scheduled for Thursday, 21 April, at 1:30 in the afternoon. We will either continue the discussion of religion and the environment, or move to our next topic, spirituality. Can people be spiritual without a faith in a supreme being? What form does such spirituality take and how can it be expressed? More to the point, is it good for anything? Come join us. Please call COA at 526 – 6368 to sign up.