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1 MAY 2018 Office Hours 11-3 M-F Monday: 28th Office Closed Memorial Day 9:30 & 11:30 Games & Potluck 11:30 Safeway Monopoly Game Piece and Coupon Exchange Tuesday: Wednesday: SSC Board of Directors Meeting Cancelled 16th Birthday Luncheon Meeting 11:00AM(Reservations Only) Reminder Luncheon is at the N.P. Lord of Life Lutheran Church Thursday: 10th FNSB Senior Recognition Carlson Center 10am-1pm (Reservation Only) Office Closed 17th Office Closed Friday: 11th No P&R 10:45am 9:30 & 11:30 Games & Potluck One-time Events at SSC: Supporting Our Community: Looking Ahead: Thursday May 10th Senior Recognition Day Our Mission is to create inviting enjoyable programs that encourage older adults to use their skills, develop their potential, and continue involvement in the community. Santa s Senior Center Corporation Inc. 101 E 5th Avenue North Pole, Alaska Birthday Luncheon Reservation Announcement! Reservations for the birthday luncheon need to be submitted to us no later than 11:00am the Monday before the luncheon. We need this time to be able to prepare for the number of members that signed up. We apologize for having to change this again but Tuesday is just to late to get everything ready.

2 SANTA S SENIORS WITH MAY BIRTHDAYS Marked with * 80 Years or Older (907) NEWS santaseniors@alaska.net MAY 2018 VOLUME IV Dear Senior Friends, 101 E. 5th Avenue North Pole, Alaska By the time you read this I will be well on my way to Slovenia, and Croatia for three weeks with my Grand Daughter, Morgen. This is in honor of her graduating from the University of Alaska. I am so proud of her! Can I ask for your help in furnishing the Café Room of our newly remodeled Center? We would like to buy new round tables and chairs, hopefully doing this solely by donations. We are looking for the best deals while still having comfortable chairs. So the total price is still unknown. If you would like to help, just contact Jana or any of the Board Members. Any amount will help. Above and beyond the price of the new Café tables and chairs the money could be used for other furnishings and equipment still needed for our new Center. Thanks in advance for your generosity. SSC President, Goldie Southwood 1 Nora Ross 2 David Hastings 2 June Siegrist* 8 Jim Hunter 9 Barbara Schmidt 15 Chuck Holt* 15 Bobby Groff* 16 Terry Huisman 17 Alma Rider* 18 Louise Smith 22 Beverley Million* 24 Gary Tyndall 25 Bill Moberly* 26 Barbara Thoma 29 Linda Thorne 30 Mary Jane Vickery* MAY ANNIVERSARIES Norm & Fae Grantham 05/23/1980 Larry & Sharon White 05/28/1960 Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to all of the above!!! We hope that you will be able to join us for the Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 Birthday Luncheon at 11:00AM! Thank you to members and guests for remembering to call in a reservation for the birthday luncheon by 11am on the Monday before. It helps us with food purchasing and planning.

3 MELANOMA AWARENESS MONTH MAY May is Melanoma Awareness Month. With longer days in the sun, it is a good time to remind everyone to wear sun protection and to get cancer screenings. Taking precautions and early detection can be key to stopping this skin cancer. For more information visit ******************************** Our Senior Center Renovation is nearing its end and we are so excited. Along with our newly remodeled building we would like to have new furnishings for the Café area. We are taking up a fund to be able to purchase 4 tables and 24 chairs. We kicked off this effort at April s Birthday Luncheon raising $ We also had two members commit to purchase 2 of the 4 tables we need. If you would like to make a donation toward this cause please stop by the Moose or you can send it in the mail to 101 E. 5th Ave. North Pole, AK Santa s Senior Center Corporation, Inc Officers and Board of Directors President Goldie Southwood Vice-Pres. Pat Arthur Secretary Jennie Palazzo Treasurer Peggie Gurley Agnes Beavers J.N. Hunter Patrick Yates Parliamentarian William Sanderson SSC Board of Directors meeting for May is cancelled. The June Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June at 10AM at the Moose Lodge. Members are encouraged to attend and give their input during the comment time. Check out to review the Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. *********************************************** APRIL BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS -Board Meeting for May is Cancelled -Board of Directors will tour the center Thursday, April 26th at 11:00am Santa s Senior Center Welcomes: Marta Gillispie, Wendy Fair, Barbara Avery

4 APRIL BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS We had a wonderful time at the April Birthday Luncheon. We had Art Nash with the Cooperative Extension Service come talk to us about emergency preparedness. Art shared that their mission is to cooperate with people. He really enjoys hearing stories and gaining knowledge from Alaska Homesteaders. Art provided us with a emergency preparedness checklist, and also some information on what to do before, during, and after a natural disaster in Alaska. This booklet written by Art Nash also includes a section on preparedness specifically for elderly persons and people with disabilities. I have a copy of these at the Moose if you are interested. Pictured below is Volunteer of the Month Sharron Hunter. Sharron is such a blessing to our center. Sharron can always be found helping out in some way, most always behind the scene. Sharron your efforts do not go un-noticed, we see you. Congratulations Sharron and Thank you for your selfless contributions to our center! April Birthday members pictured below, Pictured Left to right Agnes Beavers, Eleanor Smith, Ellie Herrera, Sharron Hunter Luncheon Ticket =William Sanderson 50/50 $60.00 = Pat Goble Door Prize, Pat Arthur Congratulations to all our winners! Thank You to the kitchen volunteers for serving an amazing lunch. REMINDER: Please make a reservation for the Birthday Luncheon next month.

5 Senior Recognition Day Thursday, May 10th :00am-1:00pm At the Carlson Center in Fairbanks Stop by, call the center, or to sign up. (This event is by Reservation ONLY.) *********************************************** Help support Santa s Senior Center with something you re doing anyway. There is a small amount of effort on your end to set it up, but after that you are supporting your senior center just by doing your normal shopping at Fred Meyer and Amazon. If you need any help please contact Jana, she would love to help you set these up. CENTER NEEDS Thank you for your continued support of our Center! ************************************** Please join us every Monday thru the end of May at 11:30am for a Safeway Monopoly Game piece and Coupon Exchange. We are filling out a board for the center and exchanging with each other. ************************************** Fairbanks Concert Association Pink Martini Friday, May 11th at 7:30pm Hering Auditorium 1st five members on the list get the tickets. If you went to the concert the previous month you will be placed on a waiting list for the tickets, at the end of the allotted time if there are still tickets available the center will call and offer you the tickets.

6 May 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday No Lunch :30 Monopoly Game piece exchange 8 9 Board of Directors Meeting Cancelled 10 Office Closed Senior Recognition Day 11 No P&R Exercise Happy Mother s Day 14 11:30 Monopoly Game piece exchange SSC Birthday Lunch 11:00am Lord of Life Lutheran Church 17 Office Closed :45Exercise 11:30 Monopoly Game piece exchange Office Closed Happy Memorial Day!