Polson Seniors: Birthday dinner to feature turkey

Our transportation department offers round-trip rides for $8 to places within a five-mile radius of the Polson Senior Center on weekdays only; make reservations on the day before (or earlier). A ride to and/or from the Senior Center is available at a discounted rate.

Our Birthday Dinner for Lunch will be served Friday, Nov. 20, and includes a traditional roast turkey feast starting at noon. We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, as well.

Lunch is served from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday ($5 donation; $10 without a completed MASTS form). Milk is available with all meals.

Delivered meals are only available to those who qualify according to our guidelines and recipients must pre-register 24 hours in advance for delivery.

The menu (subject to substitutions) includes chicken enchiladas, Nov. 12; oven omelets with sausage links, Nov. 13; vegetable soup, Nov. 16; pork loin with scalloped potatoes, Nov. 17; tacos and Frito salad, Nov. 18; Carolina hot dogs and tots, Nov. 19; and turkey with all the trimmings, Nov. 20.

Activities at the center are growing in participants with this late fall and winter weather. There are plenty of opportunities to join in and socialize and laugh a lot.

We also have a library and communal jig saw puzzle. Organize a board game group for your friends! It’s a long winter.

Activities at the center include bingo at 6 p.m. Fridays and card bingo, 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays; pinochle, 12:30 p.m. Monday, no pass, and Thursdays, pass four (new and old players welcome); pool table available 8 a.m.-3 p.m. daily; mahjong and bridge, noon Wednesdays (looking for substitutes and regular players); and exercise class (low impact and video-assisted), 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The Spinning Wheelers meet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays (call 208-520-1013); and the veterans service officer visits the center from 10 a.m.-noon on the first Friday and third Tuesday of each month (walk-ins welcome).

Our Polson Senior Citizens community center provides space for individuals and groups to meet for physical and mental health, social and educational purposes, and may be reserved for special events on weekends and evenings. We are open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays, or later by appointment.

Contact us at 406-883-4735, drop by 504 3rd Avenue East, email [email protected] or follow us on Facebook.