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We welcome back Mary Brummagyn from the Albany County Department of Health for our December Breakfast Club. As the weather turns colder, we start to worry about the flu and pneumonia. Ms. Brummagyn will update us on the latest immunizations. She will also discuss how to stay healthy during the cold and flu season including staying hydrated and protecting yourself in cold weather.  The program will be held on Wednesday, December 11 at 9:30 a.m. at the Albany JCC (340 Whitehall Rd, Albany). Please call NNORC to RSVP at 518-514-2023.
     Save the date for the first Breakfast Club of 2020!  We will welcome Lynda Shrager, OTR, MSW, CAPS, on Wednesday, January 15 to talk about how to modify, organize and declutter your home. Lynda was interviewed about her book in Jane Brody’s Personal Health column in the New York Times last year.

In this month’s Busy Hands craft group we’ll be painting terracotta clay pots. Using a variety of acrylic paint colors, we’ll transform a basic clay pot into a unique piece to showcase in your homes. Once painted, we’ll apply a glossy clear coat so your work of art will last!

Join NNORC’s Judi England and APL’s Bach Branch librarian Jen Ward in this painted pot art project on Thursday, November 14, from 1:30–3:00 p.m. at APL’s Bach Branch community room (455 New Scotland Ave, Albany). All supplies will be provided. 

Registration is required as there is limited seating.  Please call NNORC to RSVP at 518-514-2023. There is no fee for this program.

Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research

     At any age, there are lifestyle habits we can adopt to help maintain and even potentially improve our health. These habits may also help to keep our brains healthy as we age and possibly delay the onset of cognitive decline. In this Breakfast Club, Shannon Lawler, Director of Programs and Services at the Northeastern NY Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association® will present four areas of lifestyle habits that are associated with healthy aging: cognitive activity; physical health and exercise; diet and nutrition; and social engagement. In each area, we will discuss what we know, drawing on current research, as well as what we can do—steps to take now to improve or maintain overall health in each area. Come and get the latest information on ways to age as well as possible. The program will be held on Wednesday, November 13 at 9:30 a.m. at the Albany JCC (340 Whitehall Rd, Albany). Please call NNORC to RSVP at 518-514-2023.

     Please save the date for the last Breakfast Club of 2019.  Mary Brummagyn, Clinical Services and Immunization Coordinator at the Albany County Department of Health, will be joining us on December 11 to talk about winter health updates.

Jewish Family Services of NENY (JFS) received a generous gift from Donald Bray to help support students with college expenses.  The David and Rose Udelson Bray Scholarship Fund provides a one-time, $2,000 scholarship to one undergraduate student. 

If you know someone interested in applying, please share this announcement and have them complete our short online application. We ask for individual and family information, school attending*, and one to three paragraphs reflecting on the importance of Tikkun Olam and the work of JFS.

The deadline has been extended to Friday, October 25, 2019.

The Bray family wishes to award the scholarship to a Jewish student. The recipient will be selected from submissions and will be awarded his or her scholarship in mid-November. Please note we may choose to use the winning entry in our agency publicity and marketing communications.
*Application is for the 2019-2020 academic year. Student must provide proof of enrollment/admission prior to scholarship being issued.

APPLY ONLINE HERE

Thursday, June 25 at 1 p.m.  

We’re taking a virtual tour of the Albany Institute of History and Art!  There is a great online exhibit called New York’s Capital Region in 50 Objects.  We’ll look at the slideshow that the museum has curated and debate their choices.  Is there anything that you think should have been included?

The next Let’s Talk About Albany will be Thursday, July 30 at 1 p.m.  Topic to be announced in the July NNORC News.

Contact NNORC to sign up (518-514-2023 or nnorc@jfsneny.org). We will then email you a link to the program meeting or give you a phone number to call in. We are using a platform called Zoom. For video conferencing, you can use it from your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. If you need help getting familiar with Zoom, just call NNORC and we will help you get started.

On the Basis of Sex is a 2018 movie about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.

Join us on Thursday, November 7 at 12:00 p.m. at Congregation Beth Emeth (100 Academy Rd, Albany) for lunch by Cardona’s followed by the movie. Please choose chicken parmesan or eggplant parmesan. The cost is $13 for members and $15 for non-members and includes salad, pasta and dessert.

Please make your reservation with NNORC by Tuesday, November 5 at 518-514-2023.

Please join us on Thursday, October 10 at 1:00 p.m. at APL’s Bach Branch (455 New Scotland Avenue) for a presentation by James Arring-ton, Chief of Health Administration Services at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center. He will be discussing VA healthcare: who is eligible, what you may be eligible for, what needs to be paid, and where to go for VA healthcare. Mr. Arrington will also be able to answer questions that you may have. It is sure to be an informative presentation.

Please RSVP to NNORC at 518-514-2023.

Sparked by the phenomenal success of Hamilton: An American Musical, the Albany Institute of History & Art has organized the exhibition The Schuyler Sisters and Their Circle. The Schuylers were a prominent Dutch family in New York in the 18th and 19th centuries, who played a central role in the formation of our country.

This exhibition will use clothing, decorative arts, portraits, and manuscripts from the Revolutionary Period to the Federal Period to tell the stories of the Schuyler women. For the first time, objects associated with the Schuyler sisters will be brought together in their hometown and displayed in the museum.

Join us for a tour of this unique exhibit on Thursday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m. The Albany Institute of History and Art is located at 125 Washington Ave., Albany. There is a parking lot behind the museum on Elk Street (between Swan St. and Dove St.). For CDTA users, take bus #13 on the corner of Cardinal and New Scotland (across from APL’s Bach Branch). Tickets to the exhibit are $8.00 and can be purchased at the museum. Please call NNORC to register at 518-514-2023.

If you’ve ever sipped or chugged a New York City “egg cream,” or even if you haven’t, come join workshop leader and singer, Ruth Pelham, for a taste, talk, and song-filled program that will focus on memories of food experiences from childhood. For sure, each participant will make and drink “egg creams”— a delicious milk, flavored syrup, and seltzer beverage that was at the center of summer life for millions of hot and thirsty city dwellers from the big city and beyond.

Food memories are often about so much more than food. What feelings came alive the first time you tried a new food? What habits still live in you related to the family and friendship dynamics you associate with mealtime? What wisdom and rituals were seeded in you through your experiences with food and drink? Why does your mouth water and your yearnings rumble at the memory of certain foods and holiday favorites?

“Egg Creams and More!” will take place on Wednesday, October 16 at 1:00 p.m. at B’nai Sholom (420 Whitehall Rd, Albany).

Our guest workshop leader is acclaimed performer, educator, and community builder, Ruth Pelham, who is a NNORC resident and frequent presenter for the NNORC. About her upcoming visit to NNORC, Ruth says, “What fun it will be for everyone to join in singing the new song I’ll be composing for this workshop. There’s always abundant enthusiasm that fills the room when NNORC members sing together, and that’s truly a mark of the openness, depth of sharing, and genuine camaraderie that is the bedrock of NNORC.”

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