A NEW CRAFT GROUP: TO CREATE TABLE
DECORATIONS
9:30
am the Thursday before an event
If you enjoy crafts or
artistic design, then this group is for you! The focus of the
group will be to create and make table centerpieces to be used
at Senior Center parties.
Spend a fun
morning with other creative people working on a craft project.
There is no fee to join and the centerpieces will be prizes at
the event for which they are created.
Put on your
creative decorating cap for Cinco De
Mayo ideas. Call Amy to register. The group will meet at 9:30
a.m. the Thursday before an event.
Art Classes
Instructor Dawn Castellanos shares her artistic expertise and
skills in teaching one stoke painting classes
using terra cotta pots and a blank canvas. All you have to
add is a little imaginative effort and you can create your very
own work of art.
Classes are on Fridays from 10 a.m. to
noon. No experience necessary. Registration is required. All classes are at McHenry Township Senior Center.
Friday, April 23: One Stroke
Painting
Get ready for some warmer weather and
spring colors. Create a fun Spring Scene on wood using the One
Stroke Painting Technique. Includes all supplies. Bring your One
Stroke Brushes if you have them. $20 (one-2 hour class)
Fridays, May
21 & May 28: Gallery Glass
Love the look of Stained Glass? Then this
is the class for you. You will learn to use
a wonderful product
called “Gallery Glass”. This is a “faux” product with the look
of real glass! You will create an 8X10 piece of glass during this
class and will have many designs to choose from for your finished
project. Includes all supplies needed. $20 (two-2 hour
classes)
Cooking Demonstrations
The 2nd Thursday every month at 1:00 pm
Pam Patterson, Family Nutrition Program instructor, University of Illinois Extension, presents cooking tips, recipes, demonstrations and nutrition facts. Be sure to be there when she demonstrates how to prepare economical and healthy meals and snacks. Learn quick and easy recipes that are nutritious and fun!
Classes are free however registration is required.
April 8: “Think
Spring, Think Green” Pam will
demonstrate how to make healthy and economical spring salads that
can serve as a side dish or as a main course. Participants will
have the opportunity to create their own Green Salad.
May 13 and June 10 class
subjects TBA.
Mah Jong
Tuesdays at 10:00 am
Mah Jong is a Chinese game played with tiles, similar to
dominoes. McHenry Township and Senior Services recently purchased
five new Mah Jong sets for the Senior Center to accommodate more
players. Drop by the Senior Center and discover Maj Jong.
Volunteer Roberta Mayer teaches beginners how to play Mah Jong. There is a fee of $6.50 for the Official Hands & Rules Book
along with a 2007 membership card for the U.S. National Maj Jong
League. Join the fun!
Books-on- CD: Senior Center
Library
Open on Mondays from 9 am to 12 noon
Do you like to read but you are having trouble seeing? Not
enough time to get to the library? The new McHenry Township Senior
Center Library Collection has books-on-CD that can be checked out
while you’re at the McHenry Township Senior Center.
Funding for this grant was awarded by the Illinois State
Library (ISL), a Division of the Office of Secretary of State,
using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS), under the federal Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA). Project Director, Maria Zawacki of the Johnsburg
Public Library, applied for this grant to expand the library’s
services.
Beginning in January, 2006, seniors who frequent the Senior
Center have the availability of an enriching new service: a
CD-book collection with ten portable CD players. The Senior Center
collection consists of 150 books-on-CD which will be rotated with
the books-on-CD at the Johnsburg Library. New books-on-CD are
regularly rotated as the library buys for its own collection so
the rotation of titles will be able to continue indefinitely.
Additionally, the library donated 200 large print books which are
on-loan from the new Senior Center Library.
The Library Collection is handled by volunteer
librarians, who check out the books-on-CD and players.
Registration is necessary when borrowing library materials.
Enabling Garden
The focus of an Enabling Garden is
to design a garden especially for people with limited
physical abilities to enable everyone the enjoyment of
gardening.
There are many people who would love to
garden but have difficulty working on the ground. Whether
confined to a wheelchair or experiencing difficulty
bending, the construction of a raised bed garden makes it
all possible
Spring 2007, McHenry Township with the guidance of Kasey Murphy of the University of Illinois Extension of
McHenry County, planned and prepared an Enabling Garden.
Eagle Scout Bill Wiltse and his troop provided the
manpower by leveling the ground and constructing the
raised beds.
McHenry Township furnished the materials for the raised
planting beds including the soil, the mulch walkway
throughout the garden and an iron fence. The plants were a
contribution of the University of Illinois Extension.
The Garden is located behind the McHenry Township Senior Center. Amy Zavala, Senior Activities Director
at the Senior Center, organized the seniors to participate
in the daily tasks of: planting, weeding, watering and
harvesting.
The produce from the Garden is donated to the Salvation
Army Golden Diners Deli at the Senior Center for their
salad bar and the surplus is distributed to the seniors
who attend the many activities at McHenry Township Senior
Center.
For further information or
to make reservations please call Amy: 815.344.3555.