The Scoop On Seniors

The Scoop

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 a non-profit organization, and we work on donations. Therefore, all are much appreciated. Muhammad Ali said, “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

The center is very thankful for our generous donors: Panera Bread, Smurfit Kappa, Walmart, The Flower Basket, Brookshires, Papa John’s Pizza, and our Bingo sponsors: Alinea Hospice, Cheyenne Medical Lodge, Empower, each of whom contributes weekly prizes. We invite you to frequent them whenever you can.

There are always meaningful activities happening at the Center, in addition to our regularly scheduled fun ones as follows: Bingo on Mondays, Fridays at 10:00 Bridge club on Tuesdays, Thursdays at 12:30 Noodle Ball on Tuesdays at 10:00 Movies on Thursdays at 9:30 You can often find other fun games going on too: Hand and Foot, Mah-jong, jigsaw puzzles, and 42 (dominos).

Coming up, on Tuesday, 5/6, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day with our 2nd annual Tea Party. Our table sponsors this year include: The Preserves at Gateway, Cheyenne Medical Lodge, Alinea Family Hospice Care, Optimal Foot Care, Angels Care Home Health, Suvida Healthcare, Pegasus Landing of Forney, Ridgecrest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Classic Life Home Healthcare, and Continue the Journey. Donations provided by Crumbl, What’s Poppin, and Nothing Bundt Cakes.

If there are activities you would like to have at the Center, please contact our Director, Danielle.

If you do not already have a copy of the current May calendar, be sure to pick up your copy next time you are at or nearby the center, so you do not miss out any of your favorite and/or new activities.

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 8:3010:30am.

It is super important if you plan to eat lunch each day, please sign up by 10:30 at the latest. A good idea is to look at each week’s menu and sign up early, so you don’t worry about forgetting and there is always enough food for everyone to eat. Life happens, so if you forget to sign up for lunch by 10:30, notify Danielle when you arrive, and go to the back of the line.

Happy May birthdays, and congrats on another year around the sun, to another year around the sun to Lanedia Smith, Barbara Bottoms, David Brewster, Mary Penny, Martha Daily, Doris Dobbs, Lawanda Cochran, Gail King, Johnny Murphy and Margie McGee!

If you were born in May, your birthstone is the Emerald and flower is Lily of the Valley. This pretty flower has a unique dainty, bell-shaped appearance.