Senior Action

Please share this with seniors you know. Tomorrow is a makeup day for anyone who didn’t get a voucher at our 4 events this year. Location: 3715 E North St, Greenville. Remember must be a Greenville county resident, over 60, and meet income guidelines.

This will be a fun class at The Market!

We are excited to kick off workshops at The Market!! We are calling it “Making It at the Market”. One week to go until this fun workshop to learn how to make these beautiful cards. Sign up at the store or over the phone at 864-335-5020. Space is limited, sign up soon!

Senior Action audiences loved meeting Chautauqua’s History Comes Alive! Festival’s scholar performers this week. The last 3 days highlighted Charles Dickens, Maria von Trapp, and “Stagecoach Mary” Fields (sponsored in part by the Urban League of the Upstate) and their adventurous lives!

Chautauqua History Comes Alive! 2024 Festival’s scholar performer playing El Vaquero, one of America’s most famous historical cowboys asks, “Who gets to tell their story?” as he discusses the importance of telling hidden or forgotten stories. Tomorrow @ Senior Action: Charles Dickens.

Chautauqua’s History Comes Alive! 2024 Festival brings their Morning Conversations with their scholar performers to Senior Action this week! Today featured the scholar who is performing Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas! Join us tomorrow at 10am for El Vaquero!

Berea Senior Action had a busy week, starting with Roper Mountain Science on Wheels coastal critters, and ending with a group song creation, where each member spoke a few words that will be compiled by Eric into a single song. 

Chautauqua History Comes Alive Festival returns to Senior Action next week! Meet the scholar performers in these non-costumed discussions about how they researched and rehearsed this year's famous historical figures. All discussions at 10am. Free/No registration required.
Mon 6/10: Cass Elliot
Tue 6/11: El Vaquero
Wed 6/12: Charles Dickens
Thurs 6/13: Maria von Trapp
Fri 6/14: “Stagecoach Mary” Fields

We have 2 more scheduled voucher distribution days. First come, First Served. Come take advantage of this great program. More farmers are accepting them in our area this year.

Good times at the Farmers Market Voucher Distribution!!! It’s barely sprinkling!! 🤪

Not just meal delivery services, but all services for seniors are facing this financial crisis. Daily lunch programs at senior centers, transportation services, home care, all are suffering as demand has exploded, costs have skyrocketed, and funding has decreased for all of these services (not just government funding but also local philanthropy).

Senior meal-delivery nonprofits face lack of funding and growing waitlists across SC South Carolina nonprofits tasked with delivering senior citizens meals have too much of a need and not enough money to help growing amount of older adults.

Had an awesome crowd at Senior Action today for part B of my 225 years of Greenville History talk!

Bittersweet day as we said Happy Retirement to these two amazing women who have been with Senior Action for many many years! Agnes Young is a legend and first led our program in Greer and then moved to lead the program at Pleasant Valley Connection. She served over 30 years (fun fact: she was also our Executive Director’s PE teacher in high school). Dorothy Taylor came to Senior Action as a faithful volunteer and then was hired to manage the lunch program at Orchard Park and then E North St. over 10 years ago. We will miss both of them terribly but they have earned it and now they can just relax and be members of Senior Action!

It’s a yucky rainy day…perfect for BINGO! Come play tonight and win $$$$. Doors open at 5:30, play starts at 6pm. $5 entrance, $15 program pack. 3715 E North St, Greenville.

Jaidra DuRant, Senior Action’s Bellydance Basics instructor, gave a pop-up performance of folkloric Middle Eastern dance yesterday. Bellydance is great form of rhythmic exercise for core strength and spinal alignment. Check out her class on Tuesdays in June!

The Carolinians Senior Jazz Band gives a Patriot Concert, in honor of Memorial Day, on May 16! (Sign up by Monday, May 13!)

Mark your calendars for Farmers Market Voucher distribution days and times. We are distributing at the markets this year so that it will hopefully be easier to use them.