The Scoop On Senior

The Scoop

Seniors

The Layden Senior Citizens Center of Forney would like to welcome you at 101 Main Street in City Hall, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please enter the front or through Handicap accessible doors located at the back of City Hall, where reserved parking for seniors is also available.

The center is extremely grateful for the following generous donors: Panera Bread, Papa John’s Pizza, Smurfit Kappa, and our Bingo sponsors: Alinea Hospice, Cheyenne Medical Lodge, Empower, Rely On Credit Union, and Oak Street Health, each of whom contribute much appreciated weekly prizes. We invite you to frequent these whenever you can.

We are so thankful to our sponsors for this year’s senior picnic. Thank you Gateway Buick GMC and David Brewster. We are looking for more sponsors and vendors. Please consider partnering with us to make this year’s picnic one for the books. Call Dena Pope at 972333-5925 for more info.

There is always something for everyone usually happening at the Center, thanks to our dynamic Director, Dena. If you do not already have your copy of the upcoming May calendar, be sure to pick up your copy, so you do not miss out on any fun activities. The following are current regularly scheduled activities: Bingo on Mondays, Fridays at 10:00 Bridge club on Tuesday, Thursdays at 12:30 Noodle Ball on Tuesdays at 10:00 Line dancing on Thursdays at 11:00 will resume on May 11. If you are 60 or older and want to join us for lunch at noon, please either drop by or call 972-552-6690 to sign up by 10:30 a.m. In addition, breakfast at the center is 8:30-10:30am.

On weekend and/or days you can’t make it to the Center for Dena and Danielle’s delicious meals and you need something healthy in a hurry, check out this lemony tuna recipe: https://www.eatingbirdfood.com/ simple-lemony-tuna-salad/ Did you know tuna is a great protein option, containing beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and low in fat overall? With a couple of chopped boiled eggs, celery, onion, and perhaps some dairy-free avocado oil mayo, you’ve got yourself a healthy, quick lunch alternative.

Last week was Earth Day, and this week on Friday, April 28, is Arbor Day. Did you know the first American Arbor Day was originated by J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City, Nebraska, at an annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture held in Lincoln? In 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted in Nebraska.

Other upcoming National Days include: National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, National Raisin Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, and National Hair Stylist Appreciation Day, all on Saturday, April 29.

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” –Thomas Carlyle “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” –Robert Louis Stevenson “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” –Oliver Wilde “If you cannot do anything about it, let it go. Do not be a prisoner to things you cannot change.” –Tony Gaskins “Do just once what others say you cannot do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.” –James R. Cook Love, laugh, live each day as if it were your last.