If you’ve always wanted to make better food choices, incorporate regular physical activity into your life, positively manage stress and communicate effectively with your healthcare team, have we got a program for you!
We are once again pleased to offer Living Healthy, the outstanding, evidence-based wellness program created by Stanford University. With important information and lively group discussion, Living Healthy will give you important tools to build a healthier life—day after day!
This workshop series is offered FREE OF CHARGE and is open to anyone with a chronic health condition (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, depression) and to caregivers of those with chronic health conditions. Participants receive a valuable reference book and relaxation CD. Sessions include a healthy snack break as well.
This series is led by NNORC staff members Judi England (Senior Health Education Coordinator) and Michelle Dannenhoffer-Cau (Outreach and Community Care Coordinator). Come and join the ranks of over 60 NNORC Living Healthy “alumni” who continue to make positive changes in their lives every day.
DATES: Six Wednesdays: January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2015
TIME: 1:00–3:30 p.m.
PLACE: Temple Israel, 600 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY
RSVP: Registration is required 514-2023
Be Our Guest to Welcome in the Holidays
The holidays are rapidly approaching. Before the days get too hectic, let’s take a few minutes to get together and welcome in the holidays. We’ll greet friends in a relaxing setting, share a treat and toast to a great holiday season.
Please join the NNORC Living Healthy Alumni and your NNORC neighbors for an afternoon of holiday cheer, cookies and celebration.
There will be entertainment, hot and cold beverages, sweets, and fun! In the spirit of the holidays, if you enjoy baking, we invite you to bring some of your favorite cookies along with the recipe. You don’t have to bring sweet treats to attend. Just bring yourself and a smile. We ask you to please call to RSVP so we can plan best. Looking forward to seeing you there.
DATE Monday, December 8, 2014
TIME 1:00–3:00 p.m.
PLACE B’Nai Shalom Reform Congregation, 420 Whitehall Road, Albany, NY
RSVP 518-514-2023
FEE Free
Food and Flicks: The 100 Foot Journey
Who says we only have to have Dinner and a Movie? What about a movie over the lunch hour? What if we called it Food and Flicks?
Join us for lunch at followed by the American comedy drama The Hundred Foot Journey. The film stars Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal and Charlotte Le Bon and tells the story of a feud between two adjacent restaurants (100 feet apart)—one operated by an Indian family who was recently exiled from Mumbai and the other managed by a Michelin-starred French chef (Mirren). This is a stimulating story about triumph over exile and a collision with marjoram and madras that ends in a magical, culinary delight. The film was produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey for DreamWorks Pictures.
Lunch is soup and your choice of pasta primavera or chicken cacciatore.
DATES:Wednesday, December 3, 2014
TIME: 12:00 p.m
PLACE:St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church, 440 Whitehall Road, Albany
COST:$10 for members and $12 for non-members
RSVP: Advance payment is required. RSVP NNORC: 514-2023.
NNORC Breakfast Club
The December program promises to be as informative and interesting. The probate process is complex and often misunderstood. The results can interfere with how you want to distribute your assets after death. This Breakfast Club presentation will demystify probate, explaining the probate process: how it works and when to avoid it. The presenter will explain the many different ways your assets can be transferred to your beneficiaries after your death.
Stephen G. Levy, JD, CELA, is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is an expert in Elder Law, Estate Planning and Administration and Long Term Care Planning. Mr. Levy is a member of the Elder Law and Trusts and Estate sections of the New York State Bar Association. He is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He serves as President for the Ohav Shalom Senior Apartments and is a past Board of Directors member of Jewish Family Services.
DATE: Wednesday, December 10, 2014
TIME: 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
PLACE: Albany Jewish Community Center at 340 Whitehall Road, Albany, NY
FEE: Free
RSVP: Reservations are required. Please call 514-2023
Time for Holiday Shopping at the Shaker Christmas Craft Fair
Find perfect holiday gifts for everyone on your list at the annual Shaker Christmas Craft Fair. This fair features over fifty regional crafters, offering thousands of items for your perusal. Jewelry, apparel, ornaments, household goods, toys and gourmet jams are among the most popular items. This is a great opportunity to buy from local vendors, while helping to preserve an important historic site!
Join your NNORC neighbors as we visit the fair and shop. There is limited transportation available. Please call to reserve your space and to let us know if you need a ride or if you will meet the group there.
DATE Thursday, December 11, 2014
TIME 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
PLACE The Shaker Heritage Site, 25 Meeting House Road, Albany, NY
RSVP 518-514-2023
Join Us for the Classic Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life
Join us for Frank Capra’s sentimental fantasy as a small town businessman (Jimmy Stewart) follows him as he tries to do the right thing, thinks he has failed, tries to commit suicide, but is saved by a guardian angel who lets him see what life would be like without him. This is a great afternoon for family and friends. If you are interested in lunch before the film please meet at the Olde English Pub and Pantry, Quackenbush Square. They offer a variety of salads, sandwiches and traditional English fare.
Please call NNORC to reserve your ticket, and let us know if we can expect you for lunch.
DATES: Friday, December 19, 2014
TIME: 3:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. for lunch)
PLACE: Palace Theater (lunch at Olde English Pub and Pantry, Quackenbush Square, 683 Broadway in downtown Albany)
FEE: Tickets are $5.00 each
RSVP: 518-514-2023
NNORC Night at the JCC
Join us for NNORC Night at the JCC on Monday, December 1st at 4:45 p.m. The Center will be serving up Honey Chicken, along with lots of fun and chatter.
NNORC night is always a great way to have some table fellowship and s ee friends you haven’t see in a while!
Should you need transportation, we can arrange for the van to transport you.
Hope to see you there!
DATE Monday, December 1, 2014
TIME 4:45 p.m.
PLACE Albany JCC, 340 Whitehall Rd., Albany, NY
RSVP Call Claire Sigal at 438-6651. Last call by 9:00 a.m. on December
FEE Suggested donation for dinner is $5.00
NNORC Travelers: A Fall Visit to Columbia County
Fall is beautiful in upstate New York, and NNORC travelers will be heading to Columbia County for an afternoon of food, wine, and history.
Join us for lunch at LaBella’s in Valatie, where you can choose from four pasta dishes, salad and dessert. After lunch, we will head to Kinderhook for a guided tour of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. Van Buren was the first president from New York State and has a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers. You’ll be able to feel the history of the 1840’s and be transported back in time as we visit his house.
After the tour, we will relax with a wine and cider tasting at the beautiful Brookview Station Winery at Goold Orchard in Castleton. We will return to Albany well-fed and well-educated. Space is limited so sign up quickly.
Please note that the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site requires some light walking, but the facility has golf carts available for those who need it.
DATES: Tuesday, October 21, 2014
TIME: 11:15 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
PLACE: Bus departs from St. Sophia’s, 440 Whitehall Rd., Albany, NY
RSVP: Reservations required. Call 514-2023
FEE: $55 (members) and $58 (non-members)
PLACE: Bus departs from St. Sophia’s, 440 Whitehall Rd., Albany, NY
RSVP: Reservations required. Call 514-2023
FEE: $55 (members) and $58 (non-members)
Announcing the NNORC Breakfast Club
Join us at the first meeting of the NNORC Breakfast Club, a monthly opportunity to come together to nosh on a bagel, socialize and learn useful information on a range of subjects.
“Tax Issues of Particular Concern to Seniors” is the topic of this first meeting. Our guest speaker Michelle Duchowny will discuss strategies for taking advantage of favorable tax provisions such as pension exclusions, long term care credits, senior property tax benefits and more. Bring your questions and your friends and become part of the NNORC Breakfast Club.
Michelle Duchowny is an Outreach Specialist from the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance. She works in the Office of the Taxpayer Rights Advocate, so she definitely has the inside track on these tax provisions.
Save the date for next month’s Breakfast Club: November 19, 2014. We will host Kim Verner, Esq., an expert in elder law from the Herzog Law Firm. She will discuss “Legal Documents Every Senior Needs to Have.”
DATE Wednesday, October 22 and November 19
TIME 9:30-11:00 a.m.
PLACE Albany Jewish Community Center at 340 Whitehall Rd., Albany, NY
RSVP 518-514-2023 Reservations are required
FEE $3.00 (members) and $5.00 (non-members)
November Dinner and a Movie – Jersey Boys
This is the story of four kids from New Jersey who become rock and roll legends as The Four Seasons, one of the most memorable music groups of the 1960s. Surely you remember some of their famous hits: “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Sherry,” and “Rag Doll.”
This wonderful movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, features many of their hits, but most importantly, explores the relationships among the boys as they experience incredible triumphs as well as difficult struggles. Yet, while they quickly rise to the top of the charts, they never forget their origins as youths in New Jersey, and that bond sustains them throughout their whole lives. Laugh, cry and sing along!
Join us for dinner following the movie, which include delicious entrees provided by Sam’s. Choose chicken parmesan or manicotti.
DATE November 13, 2014
TIME 3:00 p.m. with dinner immediately following
PLACE St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church, 440 Whitehall Rd., Albany, NY
RSVP 518-514-2023, Advance payment is required.
FEE $10 for members and $12 for non-members.