Coming soon: Zoom exercise classes from the Senior Center
Saturday, May 23, 2020
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| Heidi Mair, Yoga instructor |
The Shoreline LFP Senior Center will be offering exercise classes on Zoom, starting June 15, 2020.
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| Heidi Mair, Yoga instructor |
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| County Councilmember Rod Dembowski and Senior Center Director Theresa LaCroix with potatoes and onions Photo courtesy Senior Center |
Center Executive Director Theresa LaCroix says "This helps keep our Community Dining program going to feed seniors staying home and staying safe!"
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| Jersey Mike's donated 100 sub sandwiches to the Shoreline Senior Center |
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| 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 |
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| Typical meal at the Senior Center |
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.
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.”
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| Swedish Community Response Clinic at the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center Photo by Steven H. Robinson |
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| Beautiful Island Somewhere Painting by Eloise Mickleson |
"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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| Ballinger Thriftway allowed a donation bin in the store for Andrew W to collect food for homebound senior citizens Photo courtesy Troop 309 |
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| 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 |
| Senior Center needs food donations |
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.
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.
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
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.
| Shoreline Lake Forest Park Senior Center Photo courtesy Senior Center |
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 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.
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.
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| Tai chi is one of a dozen classes to be offered in the Wellness Center |
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