Serving our Seniors Magazine January - March 2025

Many people think socialization is fluff…. Nice, but not really necessary or important. This belief is 100% incorrect. Sure, you may be able to point to oodles of folks who live into their 80’s in front of their TV, but what is their quality of life? Is it filled with new experiences and meeting new and different people? Are they exploring their creativity or discovering new and interesting ways to apply themselves in retirement? Later life is not the time to throw-in-the towel. It is the time to re-design your life. This means putting yourself “out there.” Do the things you have never imagined trying before. Mingle and inter-act with people who “aren’t your type.” Explore ways to interact with young people, creative people, people who know things you do not. Serving Our Seniors can help you put yourself out there. Consider Ageless Harmony . It is an intergenerational choir at the Sandusky High School. Practice starts January 22, 2025, 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. If you are age 60 or better, join the choir. They are preparing to perform at Serving Our Seniors Spring Show, Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Sandusky High School. For more information call Nancy Dellisanti (419-624-1856). Perkins High School Intergenerational Variety Show. The students asked Shana DeRose-Smith, Drama teacher, when she was going to start working on the PHS Intergenerational Variety Show for 2025. (She hadn’t planned on it.) The kids enjoyed working with their fellow-novice actors they convinced Mrs. DeRose-Smith to do it again. Serving Our Seniors is seeking “wanna-be thespians,” age 60 or better. No experience required. For more information call Nancy Dellisanti (419-624-1856). Senior Fest 2025. If you are fun and light hearted – or want to become someone who is – we are starting our brainstorming meetings in January 2025, thinking of funny, entertaining things to do. If you are fun, a creative-thinker… Or want to become a fun and creative thinker, join our group. You will be glad you did. For more information call Nancy Dellisanti (419-624-1856). Volunteer one day per week or one day per month. You pick the day! If you drive, help those who need the time and kindness of others by delivering food boxes, meals on wheels or rural home delivered meals. Call the Erie County Senior Center (419-626-2560) for more information. Or, consider volunteering as driver for Serving Our Seniors Out of Town Transportation Program. (See page 11 for more information) Reinvent Your Later Life…Put Yourself Out There Ageless Harmony choir 21