Posted on: March 30th, 2018

March 29, 2018

Mountain MidLife and NAS Friends:                                                             

 

Wine Tasters (and other beverages) gather on Saturday, April 7! See details below.

Celebrate the end of Tax Season! It’s not too early to sign up for our Mountain MidLife Brunch and (Optional) Hike on Sunday, April 15. See details below.

 

Please help us find the right people to fill these positions: 

 

We seek a paid Sous Chef to assist the Head Chef with the preparation of our Mountain MidLife meals – at least six hours the afternoon of the Mountain MidLife Dinners (possible additional hours the evening prior) and two hours for breakfasts and brunches. This individual should be reliable, have food handling and preparation experience, and be available to work one Friday afternoon per month on the date of the dinner, as well as one Saturday or Sunday morning per month on the date of breakfast or brunch. Being available on short notice if a chef is sick on a Monday or Wednesday morning is a plus. Call 303-258-0799 or email NederlandAreaSeniors@nullgmail.org with resume and inquiries.

 

We seek a paid Assistant Clean-Up person to assist the House Manager/Dishwasher (or substitute in their absence) with meal site set-up and clean-up. Monthly Mountain MidLife Dinners require 2-3 hours on one Friday evening per month on the dinner night. Being available on short notice if our regular staff is sick on a Monday or Wednesday to set up the dining/beverage areas prior to the meal and clearing the dining/beverage areas, washing dishes, cleaning the kitchen, and mopping floors afterwards, in a shift that lasts 4-5 hours. URGENT: We need to train an individual for this position no later than May so we can cover the absence of our current staff for a ten-day period June 4-14 (four lunches), including the June 10 Sunday Brunch. Call 303-258-0799 or email NederlandAreaSeniors@nullgmail.org with resume and inquiries.

 

We seek multiple Food Preparation Volunteers to assist during the afternoon of Mountain MidLife Dinners under the direction of the Head Chef. Positions available are typically two hour shifts 12-2pm, 2-4pm, or 4-5:30pm. Many hands make light work. Those who have volunteered so far indicate that it is a lot of fun working together!

 

We are so Lucky! Please inform your friends (email, Facebook), especially those in Boulder, to please contribute to our nonprofit Nederland Area Seniors (host of Mountain MidLife) with their “wooden nickels” (10 cent bag credits, when they bring their own bag) at the checkout counter at Lucky’s Market NORTH at Broadway and Quince. We are eligible for this donation program until May 16, so we need to get the word out NOW asking Lucky’s shoppers for their help. We do not wish to divert any shoppers from our locally owned B&F Mountain Market, but if you tend to shop down below anyway, please take a moment to visit Lucky’s and donate your bag credit to us. Thank you!

 

Invite a friend to a meal (lunches every Monday and Wednesday or monthly dinners or breakfasts/brunches) and offer to pick them up and drop them home afterwards. With a “requested contribution” of $5 over age 60, we offer a fun and affordable get-together with friends. We need and appreciate your anonymous meal contributions, but please ensure people know that we welcome anyone over age 60 regardless of ability to pay. Those under age 60 pay $8 breakfast/brunch, $8.25 lunch, $10 dinner.

 

All ages of adults are welcome at all events, attended mostly by folks over age 50.

Sign up for all Mountain MidLife events at 303-258-0799 or Meetup.com/Mountain-MidLife-Social-Group or by email atNederlandAreaSeniors@nullgmail.com.

 

 

EVENTS

 

Boulder Arts Week

 

Boulder Arts Week, Friday, March 30 through Saturday, April 7 hosts hundreds of events. Find one that inspires you on the boulderartsweek.org calendar.

 

National Caregiver Training Program

 

Acquire the practical skills needed for safe, confident home care of a frail elder older loved one. Taught by a nurse. Learn to provide personal care, take vitals, manage medications, lift and transfer, use a wheelchair safely, and more. Book and resource info included. Tuesdays, April 3 – May 8, 1:30-4:30 in North Boulder.

303-678-6116 or InfoCaregiver@nullbouldercounty.org. Open to Boulder County residents providing care for a relative, partner, or friend who is age 60 or over or of any age if the person has dementia. No charge; donations appreciated. Respite care assistance offered.

Luncheon Program – Tax Breaks

 

Join us on Wednesday, April 4, for a presentation by the Boulder County Assessor’s office about the Senior Tax Exemption and the Senior Tax Work-Off program for property owners. Please invite friends who could use some tax relief opportunities. Lunch is served at Noon (please RSVP by Monday, April 2, to 303-258-0799) with a menu of Orange Chicken, Snap Peas/Carrots, Brown Rice, and Pear. Requested contribution for the meal for those over age 60 is $5. The presentation begins after dessert is served, around 12:30pm.

 

Fitness Author & Movement Class at NCL

 

Bust the myths of the aging process with a lively discussion followed by gentle movement lessons designed to improve posture, core strength, flexibility, and balance. Cheryl Ilov, Physical Therapist and author of Forever Fit & Flexible…Feeling Fabulous at Fifty and Beyond, offers a special class at Nederland Community Library on Wednesday, April 4, 1:30pm-3:00pm. This fun, interactive, and informative class shows us how we can remain fit, flexible, vibrant, and active in our 50s, 60, 70s, and beyond. Please arrive by 1:15pm for check-in, dress in layers, and bring a yoga mat or blanket and a pillow or towel.

 

Medicare Basics Class

 

Turning 65 soon? Or over 65 and still mystified by Medicare? Attend the FREE Medicare Basics class offered each month in Boulder. The next one is Thursday, April 5, 2pm-4pm at the East Boulder Senior Center, 5660 Sioux Drive. Please register in advance so they will print enough materials: 303-441-1546. Info at: www.bouldercountyMedicarehelp.org

Featured Event!  Wine Tasters! (or any beverage)

 

Our quarterly tradition of social gatherings in private homes thrives. This potluck appetizer party includes sampling the many varieties of wines that arrive with guests, but is not a formal wine education event. Soft beverages and those avoiding alcohol are welcome.

Bring an appetizer, a beverage to share, and your own glass. Enjoy meeting friends new and old on Saturday, April 7, 6:30pm, at a residence about three miles north of Nederland. We will share the address with everyone who signs up, either on Meetup or at 303-258-0799.

 

 Luncheon Program – Whole Grains

 

Join us on Monday, April 9, for a presentation by Nutritionist Patti Murphy about the benefits of whole grains in our diet. RSVP for lunch at Noon to 303-258-0799. Menu is WW Spaghetti & Meatballs, WW Garlic Bread, Romaine Salad, Banana. Or just swing by after 12:30 for the presentation that ends by 1:00pm.

Conference on World Affairs

 

Hundreds of free educational speakers and panels attract thousands of eager minds to learn and discuss urgent topics and experience world class performances. Right here in our backyard at CU-Boulder, Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13, we meet many of our mountain friends attending the conference. Why not plan ahead to meet there? Visit the schedule at https://www.colorado.edu/cwa/attend/schedule. Post your comments on Meetup.com with any programs you plan to attend to see if like-minded friends might join you!

 

Luncheon Programs – School Interviews

 

Join us at lunch Wednesdays, April 11, 18, 25 and May 9 to meet our Nederland Elementary 2^nd and 3^rd Grade class students as they interview us to learn more about local history – of both the community and the older adults they meet. Please RSVP two days prior for the meal – 303-258-0799.

 

Book Group

 

The Book Group meets at a private home on second Thursdays; the next meeting is Thursday, April 12, 6:30pm, and the format is pot luck. Call us at 303-258-0799 for the location or other info.

April’s book is The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.

 

Featured Event!  Social Sunday Brunch & Hike

 

Come join us for a relaxed social brunch and optional hike at the Nederland Community Center on Sunday, April 15 – Note Later Date!Doors open at 11:00am, with the meal served at 11:30am. Menu is Turkey/Cheese Frittata, Black Bean Quinoa Croquettes, Hash Browns, Mini-Cinnamon Roll, Melon Medley. All ages of adults are welcome. Cost is only $8 under age 60 and $5 requested contribution from those over age 60. Please RSVP to 303-258-0799 or reply to this email or www.Meetup.com/Mountain-MidLife-Social-Group. An optional hike follows at 12:45pm.

 

*  Please VOLUNTEER to help at these events. If you enjoy cooking and would like to assist our friendly new chef Cher Rainbolt the evening prior or in the morning, please let us know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. If you can help at the door with greeting/check-in and welcoming/orienting our newest guests, we really appreciate it. We need 2-3 people to handle this each time and need to know several days in advance that we have these positions covered.

Food Waste Awareness Week

 

The average American tosses nearly 300 lbs. of food each year. Boulder County has joined forces with a variety of local organizations to address the food waste issues in our county. Their first annual Food Waste Awareness week Monday, April 16 – Friday, April 22, offers several events and daily informational emails. On Monday, April 16, at 6:30pm, Nederland’s Backdoor Theatre at Nederland Community Center will screen “Just Eat It”, an investigation of food waste from farm to fridge. The movie is free. The film will show in Boulder at the Bohemian Biergarten at the same time, so mountain folks who commute and can’t get up here in time can visit there. Other events include a tour of, and opportunities to volunteer at, Community Food Share. Sign up at www.bouldercounty.org/food-waste to receive waste reduction tips, food reuse recipes from area chefs and other food waste messages on social media or through their email newsletter.

Katy Butler & Slow Medicine

 

Best-selling author Katy Butler writes with a reporter’s skill, a poet’s eye, and a daughter’s love in her book Knocking on Heaven’s Door. Her story about advanced medicine’s single-minded pursuit of maximum longevity explores how it sometimes creates more suffering than it prevents. She advocates for the growing movement called Slow Medicine which promotes care over cure. Katy presents a talk on Wednesday, April 18, 7pm, at Har Hashem, 3950 Baseline, Boulder, followed by 8pm-9:30pm refreshments and book signing. $15 in advance ($25 at the door), register at www.TheConversationProjectinBoulder.org or call 303-442-0436 X133.

 

BIGfoot Snowshoe / Hike

 

The BIGfoot Snowshoe hike tradition continues with our volunteer leader Gunda Starkey. These hikes meet on third Fridays at 10:00am at the lower east entrance of the Nederland Community Center to carpool to a nearby trailhead. Our next snowshoe hike will be on Friday, April 20. If you have no snowshoes but would like to learn and participate, let us know. When we have too little snow, we can hike with YakTrax (or equivalent). Please call Gunda at 303-459-0412 with questions/reservations.

 

Swing Dance to Live Big Band Music

 

Swing Dance to a live dance band at the Avalon Ballroom at 63^rd and Arapahoe in Boulder on Saturday, April 21. Dance lesson 7pm-8pm included with the price of admission. Dancing 8-11pm. DJ dance music during intermissions. Light snacks provided. All ages welcome. No partner or dance experience required. Please wear non-marking shoes. Dress to express yourself. Casual is fine. Admission: $15 per person general; $10 students; $5 children accompanied by adult; volunteers free. Cash or check.

 

Foot Care

 

 Local Registered Nurse Debbie Neal serves mountain older adults with toenail and skin care, review of foot concerns – Monday, April 23. By appointment, downtown Nederland, $30, sign up early at 303-258-0799.

 

Featured Event!  Explore Portugal at Mountain MidLife Dinner

 

Explore Portugal with world travelers John Leventhal and Andre Mallinger. Last September, they visited for a month in two different regions of the country:  the first a 12-day, 300 mile bicycle tour along quiet roads through the cork fields, vineyards and olive plantations of the Alentejo, and the second by car through the Estremadura and Serra de Lousa areas north and east of Lisbon through rolling hills and mountains, visiting some of the oldest monasteries and walled cities of the country.  

 

Join us for an evening of Portuguese food and a slide show of their adventures. Meet old and new friends at the Mountain MidLife Dinner on Friday, April 27, 5:00pm doors open for social, 5:30pm meal served. This month’s menu includes our interpretation of Portugese foods: Bacalhau (Fish), Feijoada (Vegetable/Bean), Broa (Cornbread), and Custard w/Fruits/Nuts. Please reserve as far in advance as possible at Meetup.com/Mountain-MidLife-Social-Group, by replying to this email, or by phone at 303-258-0799. If you have special dietary needs not already registered with us, please inform us several days in advance. $10 Adults under age 60 or $5 requested contribution over age 60.

 

Chef Cher needs two volunteers to prep vegetables/fruits – one from Noon until 2pm and another to join her and her sous chef from 2pm until 4pm. If you enjoy cooking and would like to assist in the afternoon, please let us know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. If you can help at the door with greeting/check-in and welcoming/orienting our newest guests, we really appreciate it. We need 3-4 people to handle this each time and need to know several days in advance that we have these positions covered. Please VOLUNTEER to help at these events.

 

Luncheon Program – Central City History

 

Join us at our luncheon on Wednesday, May 2. Deborah Morrow shares insights into the history of Central City and the origins of its famous opera.

 

Medicare Basics Class

 

Turning 65 soon? Or over 65 and still mystified by Medicare? Attend the FREE Medicare Basics class offered each month in Boulder. Sign up for Thursday, May 3, 2pm-4pm at the East Boulder Senior Center, 5660 Sioux Drive. Please register in advance so they will print enough materials: 303-441-1546. Info at: www.bouldercountyMedicarehelp.org

 

Luncheon Program – Food Handling Safety

 

After our luncheon on Monday, May 7, learn about food sanitation, storage, and safety at this free presentation by Nutritionist Patti Murphy. Join us for lunch (RSVP to 303-258-0799, menu TBD) at Noon or swing by after 12:30 for just the presentation, which may run a little past 1:00pm. All staff are required to attend and all volunteers who prepare or serve food and beverage at our meals and community events are encouraged to attend.

 

Caregiving Symposium

 

Workshops, Resource Fair, Materials, and a Free Lunch are available at this free educational event for families and friends of older adults on Thursday, May 17, 8:30am-4:30pm (come for all or any portion you can) at the Plaza Convention Center, 1850 Industrial Circle, Longmont. Register by May 9 (if you want the free lunch) at www.2018CaregivingSymposium.eventbrite.com (schedule shown there) or 303-441-1685. Walk-ins (no lunch) welcome. For respite care assistance so current caregivers may attend the event call 303-678-6284.

 

Open-Caption Films at Monday Matinees

 

Our friendly Backdoor Theatre crew at the Nederland Community Center has added a special matinee showing every Monday at 1:30pm of the prior weekend’s film. Please help spread the word to friends whose jobs or busy schedules prevents them from attending movies on Friday and Saturday evenings. The matinee includes “open captioning”, which shows the words at the bottom of the screen. This is most helpful to those of us who stopped attending movies because we have trouble understanding what the actors are saying. Enjoy this new, enhanced feature and show your support to the BDT so they can continue to offer this new service!

 

  WEEKLY CALENDAR

 

Lunch at Nederland Community Center — RSVP 2 days ahead

   Every Monday & Wednesday, Noon

 

Mtn MidLife Breakfast/Brunch, Nederland Community Center —RSVP one week ahead if possible

   Second Sat Most Odd # Mos, 8:30am/9:00am; Second Sun Most Even # Months, 11:00am/11:30am

    

Mtn MidLife Dinner at Nederland Community Center —RSVP one week ahead if possible

   Fourth Fridays, 5:00pm/5:30pm (Third Fridays in 4^th Quarter)

 

Exercise at St. Rita’s Catholic Church; free

   Every Monday & Wednesday, 10:30am

 

Pickleball at Nederland Community Center; Ned CC fees

   Every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, 10:00am

 

Writing Skills at Ned Community Library; free

   Every 1st and 3rd Monday, 1:00pm

 

Writing Life Stories at Ned Community Library; free

   Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1:00pm

 

NedKnits at Ned Community Library; free

   Second Thursdays, 1:00-3:00pm, Ned Comm Library

 

BIGfoot Memorial Snowshoe/Hike Meet at Nederland Community Center; free

   Every 3rd Friday, 10:00am, Call NAS to Confirm

APRIL MENU

 

Please RSVP two days ahead for lunches, several days ahead for breakfasts/brunches and dinners.

303-258-0799

 

Day	Date	Entrée	Vegetable	Carbohydrate	Salad	Fruit
Mon	4/2	Vegetable Chili		Cornbread	Broccoli Cheddar Salad	Pineapple
Wed	4/4	Orange Chicken	SnapPea/Carrot	Brown Rice		Pear
Mon	4/9	Spaghetti & Meatballs		WW Garlic Bread	Romaine Salad	Banana
Wed	4/11	Mustard Balsamic Pork		WW Roll	Greek Salad	Orange
Sun	4/15	Cheese & Turkey Frittata w Arugula & Tomato	Black Bean/Corn Quinoa Croquette	Hash Browns /  WW Mini-Cinnamon Roll		Melon Medley
Mon	4/16	Half Turkey Sandwich on Whole Wheat	White Bean Soup		Mixed Greens Salad	Peaches
Wed	4/18	Crab Bisque		Corn Bread	Spinach / Collard Greens	Mixed Berries
Mon	4/23	Chicken Enchilada Pie		Spanish Rice	Lettuce / Tomato	Orange
Wed	4/25	Vegetable Pot Pie		Biscuit	Spinach Salad	Melon Mix
Fri	4/27	Bacalhau (Cod w Tomato/Cilantro)	Feijoada Vegetables: Cabbage/Onion/Squash/Eggplant/Kidney Beans/Peppers)	Broa (Cornbread)		Custard w Fruit & Nut Toppings
Mon	4/30	Citrus Fish	Glazed Carrots	Rice Pilaf /                       WW Roll		Peach

 

 

We look forward to seeing you at an event soon!

 

Serene Karplus, Director

Nederland Area Seniors & Mountain MidLife

NederlandAreaSeniors@nullgmail.com

www.NederlandAreaSeniors.org

www.Meetup.com/Mountain-MidLife-Social-Group

303-258-0799