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Seniors

The Layden Senior Citizens Center of Forney welcomes you at 101 Main Street in City Hall, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

You may enter via entrances in the front or through Handicap accessible doors, located at the back of City Hall. Reserved parking for seniors is available 9:00-2:00. The center is a non-profit organization so we work on donations. If you or someone you know are looking for a good cause to donate, this is a really good one. All help is greatly appreciated.

Also, we have a Blessing Cabinet; if you have items to donate or you need items, do leave what you can or take what you need.

Many thanks to our 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. Please refer and frequent these terrific businesses whenever you can.

Special Thanks to our Sponsors for our picnic: Gateway Buick GMC, New Hope Funeral Home, David Brewster, Joyce Sturdivant, Cindy and Tom Rosmarich, Agape Home Health, and Ginny Parks Law Office. We are still looking for more sponsors. Please contact Dena Pope at 972-333-5925 for more details.

There are always wonderful activities going on at the Center, thanks to our darling Director, Dena. If you do not already have your May calendar, be sure and pick one up so you do not miss out on any upcoming fun activities.

If you are born in May, your flower is the Rosea Lily of the Valley and your birthstone is Emerald. Current regularly scheduled activities are as follows: Bingo Mondays, Fridays at 10:00 Bridge on Tuesday, Thursdays at 12:30 Noodle Ball on Tuesdays at 10:00 Line Dancing class with Vina, will return when she does (May 11) on Thursdays at 11:00 If you are 60 or older and would like to join us for lunch at noon, please either drop by or call 972-552-6690 to sign up by 10:30 a.m. You can also eat breakfast at the center, 8:30-10:30am. Thank you, Dena and Danielle, for preparing delicious meals, on wheels as well as for the center. Also, many thanks to volunteers for delivering meals on wheels!

For those days you are unable to join the Center for breakfast or lunch, check out this week’s recipe for a simple, tasty slow cooker barbecue beef: https://www. southernliving.com/recipes/slow-cooker-barbecuebeef- sandwiches-0 Friday, May 5, is Cinco de Mayo! Many associate the holiday with margaritas, tacos, and partying. However, the day has more meaningful origins in Mexican history. In the 1862 Battle of Puebla, the Mexican army secured victory over France during the Second Franco-Mexican war.

“Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.” –Joe Baca “When April steps aside for May, like diamonds all the raindrops glisten; fresh violets open every day, to some new bird each hour we listen.” –Lucy Larcom “Ah my heart is weary waiting, waiting for the month of May; waiting for the pleasant rambles where the fragrant hawthorn brambles, where the woodbine alternating, scent the dewy way. Ah my heart is weary, waiting, waiting for the month of May.” –Charlotte Smith