62 Providence Street, Mendon, MA

508-478-6175

Hours: Mon. – Thurs. 8:30-3:30

Fridays – 9-12 by appointment

Mendon Senior Walking Group

The Mendon Senior Walking Group meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 8:30 a.m. We walk weather permitting. Diane Howell, the group leader, requests email addresses and phone numbers to be sure all are aware of any walking changes/cancellations. If you are interested of have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Diane at [email protected] or call her at 508-473-3081. New Walkers are always welcome.

Bocce Anyone?

The Senior Center bocce court is available for use. Call the center at 508-478-6175 to reserve time. Bring your own balls or ask to borrow out. Special thank you to Warren Goodnow for maintaining the court.

New Players Welcome!

The Mendon Senior Center offers a variety of recreational activities including:

• Cribbage – Wed. 9:45 a.m.

• Hand, Knee and Foot Card game – Tues. 1 p.m.

• Brain Games – Thurs. 11 a.m.

• Mah-Jong (tile game) Wed. and Thurs. 1 p.m.

Please check our schedule regarding days, times, and availability. Not sure how to play? Our patient players are willing to teach you the games. Don’t see your favorite game listed, please let us know what you’d like to see offered. We’re looking for Scrabble enthusiasts for Tuesdays this fall!

Attention: Knitters and Crocheters

The Mendon Senior Center invites you to join our Yarn Works Group which meets Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m. at the Senior Center to chat, share patterns knit and crochet. There is also a fabulous inventory of yarn in the basement for your use at no charge. Call Julie at 508-478-6175 to let us know of your interest or simply drop in.

Tri-Valley Lunch Program & Menu

Come be our guest at the Mendon Senior Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon for an enjoyable dining experience. The cost of meals is $3 and reservation must be made 48 hours in advance. Transportation is available for Mendon senior residents. We appreciate the kind, dedicated, Tri-Valley certified nutrition volunteers for making these meals possible: Janet Ahearn, Betsy Edsall, Beverly Fior, Rosie Hare, Julie King, John Lauzon, Peg Nogueira, Dona Marie Son, Carolyn Wass and lunch coordinator Diane Howell.

Additional volunteers are needed once or twice during the summer months to cover for vacations. Please call director, Amy Wilson Kent if interested. Menus are subject to change.

Tuesday June 18

Chicken Cacciatore

Thursday June 20

Beef Stew

Tuesday June 25

Pasta & Meatballs, garlic bread and salad

Thursday June 27

Potato Crunch Fish

Laughter: The Best Medicine

Join us on Tuesday, June 25 at 11 a.m. when David Shikes—Brookline native and current New Hampshire resident— returns to the Mendon Senior Center to entertain us with a witty, conservative potpourri of New England humor. Please join us for a pasta and meatball luncheon afterwards including  garden salad, garlic bread and dessert. The comedy program is free; the cost of this meal is $3 per person in advance. Please sign up for one or both events at the Senior Center.

Summer Day Trip

Join the Mendon Seniors for a fun summer day trip on Wednesday, August 14 when we will all Escape to Margaritaville at the Ivoryton Playhouse, in Ivoryton, CT with lunch at the Scotch Pines Tavern with a choice one of four mouthwatering entries. “Don your Hawaiian shirts and kick off your flip flops at the Ivoryton Playhouse for a tour of a tropical paradise led by Tully, a part-time bartender, part-time singer, and full-time charmer who thinks he’s got life all figured out—until a beautiful tourist steals his heart and makes him question everything.” The cost is $149 per person includes everything: round trip transportation (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.), admission to Ivoryton Playhouse, and a delicious luncheon choice. Payment is due by July 18. Call Beverly Fior, 508-473-8382 for more information. Call 508-478-6175 or stop by the Mendon Senior Center to reserve your space.

Friends of Mendon Elders News:

The Friends of Mendon Elders would like to say thank you to all the folks that attended the Annual Town Meeting and voted YES to our next step forward in our quest for the new Mendon Senior Center/Community Center. We are obviously disappointed at the town election vote but we need to move forward towards a solution for the seniors of Mendon to have a building that serves their needs. A thousand thanks to the committee who worked so long and so hard in creating the planned new building.

Thank you also, to everyone who stopped by our booth on Sunday, April 28 at Galliford’s Give Back event celebrating local businesses and non-profits organizations. Congratulations to, Rene and Jeanne Demers, winners of the potted pansy plant offered by the Friends.

The Friends is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization raising funds for the benefit of the senior center and the seniors it serves. We have not raised the membership fee this year, but if you are able, we would welcome an additional donation.

Friends Dine Out— Carpool with friends from the senior center the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. or meet at the restaurant at 12 noon. The cost of lunch is your responsibility but the company is free!

Wednesday June 19 at Uno’s in Bellingham. (The Senior Center will be closed on June 19 in observation of Juneteeth.)

A note of gratitude from the COA: The Mendon Council on Aging would like to thank the Friends for the many ways they support the senior center and its patrons—by offering grant funding for exercise programs so we can keep prices affordable, supporting the landscaping efforts of our Beautification Committee volunteers, funding quality programming and entertainment and paying for the bulk mailing permit to keep expenses down. These are just a few examples of the many ways the Friends fundraising efforts are put to good use. Thank you, friend, for your continued support of the Friends!