Showing posts with label Senior Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senior Center. Show all posts

Coming soon: Zoom exercise classes from the Senior Center

Saturday, May 23, 2020

Heidi Mair, Yoga instructor


The Shoreline LFP Senior Center will be offering exercise classes on Zoom, starting June 15, 2020.



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Dembowski delivers potatoes and onions to the Senior Center

Saturday, May 16, 2020

County Councilmember Rod Dembowski and Senior Center
Director Theresa LaCroix with potatoes and onions
Photo courtesy Senior Center


King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski delivered 600 lbs of potatoes and onions to the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center through the USDA Program coordinated with Frog Farmer in Woodinville.

Center Executive Director Theresa LaCroix says "This helps keep our Community Dining program going to feed seniors staying home and staying safe!" 

The Senior Center is currently preparing, packing, and delivering hot meals on a daily basis and weekly bags of groceries with breakfast meals and staples for shut-in seniors.



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Volunteers needed at the Senior Center

The Senior Center has need of volunteers for some specific and regular jobs. 

There are three positions:

  1. Cook's Assistant 9am - 11:30am Monday - Friday
  2. To Go Lunch Volunteer - 10:50am - 1pm Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
  3. Runner - 10am - 12noon - Monday, Wednesday, or Friday

Job requirements: Between the ages of 18 and 64, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to lift 30 pounds, and endless patience!

Descriptions are above. If you are interested in visiting the Center to see if you are a good match, call Theresa at 206-365-1536 after 1pm Monday - Friday.




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Volunteers help lighten the load at the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Jersey Mike's donated 100 sub sandwiches
to the Shoreline Senior Center


From the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center

We have a great big thank you to Jersey Mike's in Aurora Village for providing 100 sub sandwiches for our Wednesday meal deliveries to over 60 seniors staying home and for our volunteers doing the delivering. Thanks Jersey Mike's!

The Drummond family have volunteered for the Senior Center
for seven weeks. Here David, Annie, and Jack get ready to
delivery Mother's Day flowers and cards


Additionally, we'd like to thank one family who has been volunteering with us for the last seven weeks, the Drummonds! Annie, David and Jack pictured here are delivering mother's day flowers along with lunch and cards made by Nathaniel and Charlotte Philbrick.

Our efforts wouldn't be possible without communal support from individuals, businesses, and other organizations so we give our utmost thanks to these folks working to support our community seniors!



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How to watch an animal livestream at home

Wednesday, May 6, 2020



From the Weekly Wellness Tips of the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center 5-5-2020


How to watch an animal livestream at home

If there’s one group that seems to be thriving during this unfortunate time, it’s animals. Dogs and cats have never been happier that their owners are spending hours-on-hours at home.

But whether you have a pet or not, zoos, farms, and animal sanctuaries around the world are here to help by livestreaming their most adorable animals right into your living room. 

Might we suggest tossing one of these bad boys up on your TV and, well, never turning it off?



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The Seattle Times: Senior Centers find new models to get food to vulnerable seniors

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Typical meal at the Senior Center

The Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center was recognized in this article published in The Seattle Times in April: These helpers are fighting the coronavirus by delivering hot lunches and groceries to Seattle area seniors

The article reviews senior centers all around Seattle and talks about the creative ways that all have shifted from serving food in their centers, to an all delivery model.

They are all inventing it as they go.

Shoreline Senior Center is proud of the tasty and nutritious meals they provide.

Donnie Bland, chef at Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center, includes dessert with every lunch he cooks. Sound Generations, which manages the Shoreline program and other congregate meal sites, is delivering 1,800 hot meals weekly.

Shoreline serves the entire north end and gets more clients every day as social service agencies identify and refer more shut-in seniors for food deliveries.

Quotes from The Times article:

So many people are living close to the edge. In Shoreline, “people who aren’t even senior-center members are calling” for deliveries, program coordinator Donna Saltzberg said. Many clients “are waiting outside when we come,” said volunteer David Drummond, riding in a Hyde shuttle with grocery bags around his knees. 
Behind the wheel was longtime driver Thai Le. He and Drummond bantered about their kids while steering through Shoreline. 
“That’s Thai’s bus,” Margaret Thue said, delighted to recognize his shuttle through her living room window. The 94-year-old last ventured outside March 8. 
Born in Vietnam, Le lives in the Seattle area because strangers sponsored him years ago, as a refugee. Everyone needs help at some point, he said. 
“When the country really needs you, you have to stand up,” said Le, explaining why he wanted to deliver to seniors during the crisis. Nodding toward Drummond, he added, “Someday, we’re going to get old, too.”

The Senior Center is providing meals with a $50,000 grant from the City of Shoreline.

They still lack sufficient funding for operating costs and are currently running a fund drive through the GiveBIG program.



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GiveBIG to the Senior Center

Saturday, May 2, 2020



GiveBIG is an annual event in which nonprofits ask their community for support. 

This year, GiveBIG is running for two days on May 5th and 6th. To see nonprofits like the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center, search the hashtag #givingTuesdayNow. 



The Shoreline LFP Senior Center has provided essential services to our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. 




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Anonymous donor sends treats for Senior Center staff and volunteers

Wednesday, April 29, 2020


The staff and volunteers at the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center have turned their dining room into a staging area for their mobile food bank. They are working hours every day to feed all the elderly shut-ins who are being referred to them in increasing numbers.

They were surprised and delighted to receive a "care package".

Thank you!
To the wonderful anonymous donor who had Starbucks deliver
fresh brewed coffee & snacks, to our doorstep.  What a treat!


From the staff and volunteers of Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center
We aren’t going anywhere, we’re with you to the end!


                                          

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Senior Center members have opportunity to be screened for COVID-19

Monday, April 27, 2020

Swedish Community Response Clinic at the
Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Swedish Hospital recently contacted Sound Generations to offer COVID-19 testing to selected senior centers through its mobile "Community Response Clinic."

The Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center was selected for the project because of its large service area and number of members.

This is a one-time event. Members have been contacted to offer screening and testing as needed. Members were sent emails and those without emails on file are being contacted by phone.

If they are interested, they call the contact number or respond to the email. They will get a call back to be verbally screened for symptoms. If they do not have symptoms or have not been knowingly exposed, they are told what to watch for and to call back if they develop symptoms.

If they do have symptoms, they are given a 15 minute appointment time on Monday in the parking lot at the Senior Center where they will be given a test to see if they are positive for COVID-19.

The project is for members of the Senior Center only, and of those, for seniors who have symptoms.

Those who miss this opportunity can be screened and tested, as needed, at ICHS in Shoreline. (See article).

--Diane Hettrick



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Beautiful Island Somewhere

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Beautiful Island Somewhere
Painting by Eloise Mickleson


Eloise Mickleson, a beloved art instructor at Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center, painted this image in honor of the staff, instructors, volunteers and seniors at Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center.

The print is titled “Beautiful Island Somewhere,’ after the song by the same title. (Hear the song)

Eloise felt ‘spirited’ to paint for her friends and students, a landscape that would bring peace and comfort to their souls.

She also sent the following message:

"I encourage all you artists to continue painting at home and share your work with your friends and family and colleagues. Stay safe and may the mercy, grace and peace of God be with you all.”



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Op-Ed: A heartfelt thank you to the City of Shoreline from the Senior Center

Tuesday, April 7, 2020


City of Shoreline Emergency Community Response Fund 
Grants $50,000 to Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center


On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and Shoreline seniors, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the City of Shoreline for financial assistance in the sum of $50,000 through the City of Shoreline Emergency Community Response Fund.

Your generosity will allow us to continue the Essential Services that we have been providing during this challenging time. Seniors are being firmly guided to stay at home and have adhered to this guidance. In doing so, they’ve encountered serious challenges which we quickly recognized and chose to address. 

We’ve been able to continue to provide daily hot nutritious meals delivered to their homes, provide a week’s worth of frozen meals at a time, provide a bag of groceries weekly, as well as assist with errands such as pharmaceutical pickups.

Confining oneself to their home when living alone not only develops feelings of isolation, but can foster fear and anxiety.

Your funding will allow us to continue our Mental Health Services in which seniors can telecommunicate with a mental health counselor, resourcing tips on coping with isolation. Our staff and a select group of skilled volunteers, make hundreds of telephone calls per week, just to say hello and see if individuals have any needs.

During a crisis such as COVID-19, added costs rise, overhead expenses remain the same and revenue halts for a 501(c)3 non-profit organization such as Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center. 

The City of Shoreline foresaw the needs of our community, quickly creating an emergency fund to ensure that critical services such as ours would have some resources to continue the much needed work that each of us performs.

We are very grateful for a council and city administration that has been very proactive in all phases of Emergency Management. We deeply appreciate your support of our work and the welfare of the seniors of Shoreline.

Sincerely,

Theresa LaCroix, Director
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center



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Wellness Tips from the Senior Center

Saturday, April 4, 2020


Wellness Tips from the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center
4-4-2020



Yoga with Heidi


Notes from Heidi Mair on the benefits of Yoga

Yoga’s Unique Approach

Why is Yoga different from other forms of exercise and how does it facilitate healing? 

Why do students leave Yoga feeling energized yet calm? 

The goal of Yoga is beyond stretching hamstrings, losing weight or building muscle mass. The sister sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda function together as an integrated wellness system. The blending of asana, pranayama and meditation creates an efficacious practice, regardless of age or physical limitations. The ancient texts teach us the three main purposes of Hatha Yoga:
  1. To purify the body
  2. To balance physical, mental and energetic aspects
  3. To engage in physical practices that lead to higher consciousness


Asanas and their Effects

  • Seated meditation prepares the body for movement, balances breath and energy and focuses the mind inward and into the present moment.
  • Moving in and out of poses stretches the muscles, while staying in a pose is strengthening. Standing poses with longer holds build bone and muscle mass.
  • Spinal twists aid in release of toxins and create more flexibility in the spine.
  • Seated and standing forward bends and Apanasana, massage abdominal area and aid in digestion.
  • Back bends (chest openers) aid in respiration.
  • Grounding, restorative poses calm the sympathetic nervous system and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.

Stan's Joke Corner

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
 
A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
 
Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.


QUIZ of the WEEK  - NAME THAT SONG
(answers at the end - no peeking!)

Call up a friend or family member and share these questions.  Once one of you name the tune, see if either of you know at least 1 verse & the chorus, then sing it together.  

Question 1 
When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother what will I be

Question 2
You keep saying you've got something for me, something you call love but confess?

Question 3
She said I was high class but that was just a lie, she said I was high class but that was just a lie

Question 4
You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things?

Question 5
I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth. No one could look as good as you, Mercy

Question 6
I see trees of green red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you, and I think to myself

Question 7
I hear the train a comin' it's rolling round the bend and I’ve not seen the sunshine
since I don’t know when

Question 8
The old home town looks the same, as I step down from the train and there to meet me is my Mama and Papa Green

Question 9
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie

ANSWERS
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Answer 1: Que Sera Sera
Answer 2: These Boots are Made for Walking
Answer 3: Hound Dog
Answer 4: Hard Day’s Night
Answer 5: Pretty Woman
Answer 6: What a wonderful world
Answer 7: Folsom Prison Blues
Answer 8: Green Grass of Home
Answer 9: That’s Amore

TIME TO WRITE YOUR STORY
 
Each of you is affected differently during the Stay At Home restrictions. It’s time to write your thoughts on paper, as to how you are adjusting to remaining in your homes. You may not think that anyone is interested, but we are living in an historical moment and your thoughts and feelings are important. 

Be sure to place the date on your writing as well as sign your name. When our offspring either help us downsize our homes as we move into retirement living or we travel from this life, they will enjoy reading your little memoir of the 2019 COVID-19. 
 
This is also a time to add an additional paragraph or more, about the other important moments in your life, be it your military service, your wedding day, escapades during a vacation, it is your moment to share memories and history.  Grasp the moment, your family will love reading these in the years to come.

See our Covid-19 Relief Fund Drive



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Eagle Scout candidate initiates project to assist homebound seniors during COVID-19 crisis

Friday, April 3, 2020

Ballinger Thriftway allowed a donation bin in the store
for Andrew W to collect food for homebound senior citizens
Photo courtesy Troop 309
Eagle Scout Candidate Andrew W is leading an Eagle Scout Project to provide needed food resources for needy homebound seniors in Lake Forest Park and Shoreline.

The project, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lake Forest Park, will benefit seniors being served by the Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center. The senior center is now the primary lifeline to provide needed meals, food and supplies to homebound seniors.

Theresa La Croix, Senior Center Director, notes that this Eagle Scout Project comes at a critical time when the senior center had to cease in-person operations due to the COVID-19, leaving many seniors without the food and service support that the center offers every week. 

Funding and resources were never meant to provide for the unique and vast need required by the COVID-19 crisis. 

She notes that KC Public Health Directives severely limit the way staff and volunteers can even interact with seniors on a face to face basis when dropping off food.

The center cleans all the food donated, prepares some meals for delivery and prepares the weekly food boxes for delivery. Seniors cannot pick up food at the center as the center itself is closed to the public by health order.

Currently, Ballinger Thriftway on Ballinger Way has allowed a donation box in their store to collect donations.

Andrew is working with other grocery stores and retailers to either donate fresh food or place other collection boxes. The senior center also needs certain fresh items to supplement the food boxes. 

When Andrew found out that some of the seniors could not lift
the food boxes or bend down to get the food, he had tables
built for their front porches.
Photo courtesy Troop 309


In an unexpected twist to his project, Andrew was told that food was being left on the doorstep of elderly disabled seniors who could not lift the 20-pound box much less bend down to get the food.

He had volunteers build small 2’ X 2’ tables to place on the porch for the food box so these seniors could safely get their food. All the tables were built with donated wood and labor.

Andrew has a web page for more information about his project and information on how to donate food, supplies or make a cash donation.

The Lake Forest Park Rotary Charitable Foundation can receive tax deductible cash donations for this project. 

All funds received will go to benefit COVID-19 emergency senior services in Lake Forest Park and Shoreline - particularly homebound and needy seniors served by the Senior Center, which is in desperate need of resources.

Andrew is a member of Scouts BSA Troop 309 in Shoreline WA. Information about his project and how you can help can be found HERE

To contact Andrew or ask questions please contact his Scoutmaster (and Rotarian) Dwight Thompson at dthompson@reswa.org or 206-399-9477.



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Blakely Apartments does not need food donations

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Senior Center needs food donations

By Diane Hettrick

Yesterday we ran a story about the Blakely Senior Apartments needing donations for its tenant food bank.

Well, it turns out that wasn't the case.

A tenant who was formerly on the tenant board issued the statement without the knowledge or consent of the board.

The official statement from the tenants' association:
The residents of the Blakely Apartments appreciate the support that the Shoreline Community has shown during these difficult times, however, we as the residents feel that all donations should be sent to local food banks to help support those with a greater need.

The manager of the Blakely contacted me in the morning to explain the situation. I suggested that anyone bringing donations be referred to the Senior Center. It's an organization serving seniors, providing meals to dozens of shut-ins as well as those who have come to depend on the Monday - Friday community lunches.

So when readers saw the story and showed up at the Blakely with food donations, they were referred to the Senior Center. The Senior Center was surprised but delighted.

They are able to use perishables - they have a professional chef who works five days a week. He chops up the vegetables and freezes them for soups and stews. Canned goods and other shelf-stable foods are always welcome. They not only take prepared meals to their shut-ins, they take bags of food and supplies like paper towels and - yes - toilet paper.

Thanks to generous community members today and at an official food drive on Monday, the Senior Center now has their menu planned for the entire next week.

Obviously they will need more than one week of food. There are still (younger) volunteers at the Senior Center (although they can always use more) to take in your donations. Just call first to make sure someone is there. 206-365-1536.


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Senior Center makes the news with positive messages for members

KING5 did a nice segment on the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center and its approach to positive thinking during the current pandemic. With members isolated in their homes, the Senior Center is publishing twice weekly wellness tips on its Facebook page.

They are starting an email list for people who prefer to receive information that way.If you'd like to receive these twice weekly tips, email jarrodw@soundgenerations.org



And here's a Wellness Tip:


Keep Calm and Breathe
by Heidi Mair, Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Yoga Teacher


While we are practicing social distancing, don’t forget to breathe fresh air. I go on dog walks every day and am surprised how empty our 350 acre park is – even with the warmer weather. It is relatively easy to maintain a safe distance in a park. If that is not possible in your situation, open the door or window.

When you are inside, follow Lilias Folan’s Nine Tips For Healthy Breathing:

  1. During your day, take a breather…. it’s the pause that refreshes.
  2. Until we breathe out fully, it is not possible to breathe in correctly.
  3. Breathe through your nose, not your mouth (unless instructed otherwise).
  4. Relax your jaw, tongue, facial muscles and shoulders.
  5. Listen to the silence of your breath.
  6. If you hear yourself inhaling, you are probably trying too hard.
  7. Exhaling should be easy, effortless, silent and deep.
  8. Leather belts and underwire bras can hinder respiration.
  9. Relax…. And open the door to breathing.

Quiz time! 

1950s TV SHOWS

1. Can you guess the name of this very funny show which started in the 50s? A young couple lived in an apartment and had neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz. The wife was a very clumsy, accident prone woman. The show was _______________

2. This was a really popular show in the 50s. In 1951, an actor named George Reeves starred in this show. He worked at the Daily Planet as a reporter and had a girlfriend named Lois Lane. _______________

3. William Boyd starred in this TV show. It was a western and he was always dressed in black and rode a white horse named Topper. ________________

4. This was also a western TV show starring a woman named Gail Davis. Gail became a side kick to Roy Rogers later in the 50s. In the show, Gail was a rancher and her character’s first name was Annie. _________________

5. This show started in the 50s and still runs occasionally today. Allen Funt created and hosted the show which was a huge hit. He filmed unsuspecting citizens in the street wearing many disguises. His catchphrase was, Smile you're  ____________________________

6. This was also a popular western show. The star actor was Clayton Moore and the show always opened with Moore galloping along on his white stallion silver, to the music of The William Tell Overture. Then Silver would rear up and the star would shout “Hi-ho, Siver”. The show’s name was _________________________

7. A German Shepherd was the star of this show and it was based around Fort Apache. A young orphaned boy named Rusty were adopted by the Cavalry soldiers at the fort in Arizona. What was the name of the dog? ________________________

8. This western starred Michael Ansara as the Indian Cochise, Chief of the Apaches. It showed the American Indians in a positive light, fighting the renegades at the Chiricahua Reservation and dishonest white eyes who prayed on the Indians. The show was called ________________________.

9. This show was a great success with the star playing a successful criminal lawyer who always secured an in court confession from the real culprits. His secretary was Barbara Hale.
What was Barbara’s stage name? _____________________________
What was the name of the show? _____________________________

10. This long running show was on TV from 1948 – 1971. It hosted a variety of entertainers and is the longest running variety show in history. Anyone who was ‘who’s who’ of entertainment in the world would appear on this American Show.
The show was called? ________________________________

11. What was the name of the mouse puppet that visited periodically and always ended his visit with saying “Kiss me goodnight!” __________________________________


Stan’s Joke Corner
When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of algebra. 
--Will Rogers

So far, this is the oldest I’ve been. 
--George Carlin





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Shoreline - LFP Senior Center issues an appeal for community support

Monday, March 23, 2020


Shoreline - LFP Senior Center Covid-19 Relief Fund Drive


Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our Center is closed in compliance with government guidelines.

Despite being closed, our operational expenses are ongoing and with no revenue generated, we find our finances depleting at an alarming rate.

To date, we have not found any funding sources to replenish our expenditures. At this time we are soliciting financial donations via our Covid-19 Donation Relief Fund Drive.

During this challenging time we are running the following services:

Foot Care
  • Call for appointments at 206-365-1536, leave message with name and phone number.

Meals on Wheels
  • Call 206-365-1536 to place orders on Tuesdays 9:00am-12:00pm

Meals delivered Thursdays per usual
  • Not accepting new clients at this time, however, “To-Go” Hot Meal via Community Dining is available

Mental Health Consultant
  • Call for appointments at 206-365-1536

Neighbor Wellness Check Program

Members will receive phone calls from volunteers to inquire about needs during quarantine, including grocery runs, prescription pick ups, and further support as situations change.


“To-Go” Hot Meal via Community Dining
  • Available for pick up or delivered Monday through Friday
  • Call 206-365-1536 from 9:00am-9:30am to request meal delivery or pick up.
  • Meal pick up is at the Senior Center front door from 11:00am-12:00pm.
  • Meal delivery is between 11:00am and 12:00pm.
  • Normal suggested donation of $4.00 still applies.

There are 7 Easy Ways to Donate Without Physical Contact
  1. Make an online donation via MobileCause
  2. Call in to donate via credit or debit card, reference our Covid-19 Donation Relief Fund Drive
  3. Call in to set up direct deposit from your bank account and ask for Director Theresa LaCroix
  4. Mail in checks to our mailbox at 18560 1st Ave N, Shoreline WA 98155
  5. Consider legacy giving here.
  6. Shop and Donate via Fred Meyer and Amazon, click here.
  7. Check with your employer about donation matching.

We value any and all support our community can provide in these trying times. A sincere and heartfelt thank you to anyone who can contribute.

Theresa LaCroix, Director
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center

18560 1st Ave NE, Ste 1
Shoreline, WA 98155
206-365-1536



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News from Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center

Friday, March 13, 2020

We would like to thank everyone for their compliance and support this week during our closure period. 

In reviewing the needs of our senior population, we recognize that essential services are very important to their welfare.

With this in mind, we will move forward with offering the following essential services beginning Monday, March 16th:

  • Bastyr Naturopathic Medical Services
  • Foot Care
  • Mental Health Counseling

Pre-scheduled appointments will be honored. Anyone needing to schedule an appointment for one of these services, may call the center, Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30am - 12 noon. Please do NOT drop by as we are limiting admittance to the center to the pre-scheduled appointments. 

The Community Dining Program will be managed as a 'to go' hot lunch service with two options available for meal service:

Pick-up the meal at our front entrance to the center or delivery; meals must be scheduled through the center by calling 206-365-1536; normal donation fees apply
In-house dining has been cancelled

This past week has taught us that each day we are susceptible to changes in our ability to provide these services. Please check our Facebook and in particular, our website at www.shorelinelfpseniorcenter.org for day to day information. 

Shoreline-Lake Forest Park senior center will continue to adhere to all directives from King County Health Department, City of Shoreline Emergency Preparedness team, Sound Generations and the governor's office.

Emotions run high at this time and we encourage each of you to invest your energy and attention to either an existing hobby or a new interest, that you can engage in while remaining close to home. 

This is not a time to allow fear to control your waking hours but find an activity that brings you pleasure where you can direct your attention and energy. Such things as reading, organizing family photos, writing down your memories.

We will update senior center information as our circumstances change. The best to each of you.

Warm regards,

Theresa LaCroix, Director
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center



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Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center to close from March 6 - 16

Friday, March 6, 2020

Shoreline Lake Forest Park Senior Center
Photo courtesy Senior Center
On March 5, 2020 the City of Shoreline issued a Local Declaration of Public Health Emergency for our city.

Do not be alarmed by this declaration. It is a formal step in a process that facilitates coordination with other agencies including Seattle and King County, the State Department of Health and Public Health and grants the city access to additional resources if needed. (City of Shoreline)

With the declaration, the city chose to close Spartan Recreation Center, Richmond Highlands Recreation Center and Shoreline pool.

The closure of facilities emphasizes ‘social distancing’, reducing opportunities for the virus to spread. NO one has tested positive for the COVID-19 Corona Virus at Shoreline-LFP Senior Center nor in our city.

We are choosing to support the city’s efforts to reduce large group gatherings and have chosen to close the senior center from Friday, March 6 to Monday, March 16, 2020. This time will provide us the opportunity to complete deep cleaning throughout the center.

All appointments for services such as Bastyr Naturopathic Medicine, Mental Health Counseling and Social Work Counseling will be rescheduled.

We ask that you not flood our telephone system with daily phone calls to inquire as to whether or not we are open and please, do not drive to the center to verify if we have opened.

Staff will be very busy performing the assigned tasks to prepare for the re-opening and need to remain focused.

Classes in the Wellness Studio are cancelled as well until the 16th. On March 14th, we will begin posting on our website , our Facebook page and in Shoreline Area News, if there is a change to our opening date, March 16th.

Our telephone answering service will also provide any date changes. Once we reopen, all services will return to normal, including the Community Dining Program.

We ask that you observe your elderly neighbors and take a moment to check to see if they need groceries or prescriptions picked up at the local stores or if they need a ride to a pre-virus, scheduled medical appointment. They may also need a ride to dialysis or cancer treatments.

Thank you for your cooperation in these matters. We look forward to seeing each of you soon!

Theresa LaCroix, Director
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center




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Grand Opening of Wellness Center Saturday 10am - noon

Friday, February 28, 2020

Tai chi is one of a dozen classes to be offered
in the Wellness Center
Join us this Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 10am – 12 noon for our Grand Opening of The Wellness Studio.

Meet the instructors who will share a brief insight into their classes, answer your questions and guide you to which class meets your needs.

Enjoy some healthy snacks and learn a step or two as our very own Line Dance instructor, Denise Hunsaker will lead us in a free line dance class.

This is an exciting time at the center and we invite you to share in the moment!

The Wellness Studio is part of the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, facing NE 185th.



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Cancelled: Friday Afternoon at the Movies coming up: Friday, March 6

Update: This event has been Cancelled


Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center and Scarecrow Video’s Silver Cinema Project partner to show some of the most beloved classics for all to enjoy again and again.

This month Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Gather in the Bridge Room at 1pm. There is a suggested donation of $2.

The highest grossing New Zealand film, making over NZ$12 million, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a 2016 New Zealand adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi.

Taika Waititi has recently won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for Jojo Rabbit) making him the first person of Maori/indigenous descent to win an Academy Award.

He appears in the Wilderpeople film as “the minister.”

The film centers around a young boy and a grumpy man on the run in the forest and is based on the book Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump.

Sam Neill and Julian Dennison play "Uncle" Hector and Ricky Baker, a father figure and son who become the targets of a manhunt after fleeing into the New Zealand bush.

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center is in the southernmost building of the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE #1, 206-365-1536, 1 - 3pm.

This is a well loved and very popular film in New Zealand!
Come watch it with some friends.

The movie runs from 1 - 3pm

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