Posted on: November 13th, 2018

Mountain Peak Life

Newsletter – November, 2018

UPDATE 11/12

Announcements:

LAST CALL!  Sign up NOW for Dinner & Strangebyrds THIS Friday 11/16! Details in Events Calendar below.

 

Please Volunteer – Holiday Mountain Market:  Our Holiday Mountain Market on December 1 & 2 is our biggest event of the year, hosting 60 vendors, dozens of performers, a Café, Santa Photos & Storytimes, and a big Silent Auction. We need the help of those who enjoy our many services year-round to support this big event with a few hours of volunteer assistance to host it in service to our community. Please see what positions are needed (highlighted in yellow) at our Website’s Holiday Mountain Market page (the last attachment PDF at the bottom) and call or email regarding which slots you can fill – including ways to help before and after the event. We especially need help in all positions on Sunday, 12/2 and for post-auction calls and pick-ups in the days/weeks following.

 

Thank you, NAS Board Candidates: We will present in our December newsletter the statements of candidates who are stepping up for election to the Nederland Area Seniors Board, our nonprofit governing body. Members will vote for their board in just a few weeks at our December 12 Annual Meeting & Election during lunch. Thank you, Elektra Greer and Lois Ott for offering to serve!

 

Beware of Frauds & Scams: The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning that scammers are spoofing the Social Security toll-free number to call folks and request that they verify personal information to receive a benefits increase:https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/10/hang-spoofed-ssa-calls. If you receive such a call, hang up immediately and report it to SSA’s Office of Inspector General at 1-800-269-0271 or https://oig.ssa.gov/report.

 

NAS Offers Home-Delivered Meals: Our Monday and Wednesday lunch program offers home-delivered hot meals to those age 60+ who are recovering from hospitalizations, ill, injured, or unable to join us at meals. Our current volunteers deliver within a few miles of downtown Nederland; for those further afield, your volunteer efforts or creative solutions to help carry meals are appreciated. Volunteers deliver meals after 1pm.

 

Many ways to help:

* Volunteer at Holiday Mountain Market or the Silent Auction follow-up

* Donate via credit card on Tuesday, December 4, through www.ColoradoGives.org

* Donate in our annual Membership Drive and Donor Campaign this week

* Shop the internet giant through their charity portal – no cost to you -at www.smile.Amazon.com and name Nederland Area Seniors as the recipient of their charitable gift of a half a percent of your purchase amount.

* Sign up at Cultivate to volunteer medical rides for mountain residents – insurance and mileage paid 303-443-1933.

 

Sunday Matinee Open Caption Movies:  The Backdoor Theatre at the Nederland Community Center features all regularly scheduled Friday & Saturday night first run feature films on Sunday afternoons at 2pm with open captions, especially helpful for those of us who have trouble hearing the mumbled dialogue or understanding accents. For more information: info@nullthebackdoortheatre.org.

 

EVENTS CALENDAR – Mark Your Calendar Now!

 

 

FRI 11/16   Nederland Middle School Harvest Feast Invitation

 

Nederland Middle School parents of students prepare potluck dishes on Friday, November 16. Please arrive by 10:45am – runs only for one hour. Call 303-258-0799 to sign up.

 

FRI, 11/16   Featured Event!  Social Dinner & Strangebyrds 

 

Friday, November 16, social dinner followed by the popular mountain duo Strangebyrds – rare opportunity to truly listen in our quiet after-dinner “Listening Room” environment. Menu: Chicken/Lentil Curry, Broccoli w Red Pepper, Brown Rice, and Mango Dessert. 5:00pm doors open, 5:30pm meal served. $10 Adults under age 60 or $5 requested contribution age 60+. RSVP NOW 303-258-0799.

 

SAT, 11/17   VNB Chili Cook-Off

 

Benefits the fire department. Enter a crock pot of chili for the competition between Noon and 2:45pm on Saturday, November 17, by delivering it to the Very Nice Brewing Company (registration form required, no fee to enter). Public access to consuming chili starts at 3:00 pm for the low price of $2=1 tasting ticket, $5=3 tasting tickets. Volunteer servers eat for free – call Susan at VNB to volunteer: 303-258-3770.

 

MON/TUE, 11/19-20   Foot Care

 

 Local Registered Nurse Debbie Neal serves mountain older adults with toenail and skin care, review of foot concerns – Monday, November 19 and Tuesday, November 20. By appointment, downtown Nederland, $30, sign up at 303-258-0799.

 

WED, 11/21   Nutcracker Ballet Dress Rehearsal 

 

 All tickets have already been purchased for this event.

 

WED, 11/28   Medicare Considerations

 

The Medicare educational arm of our Area Agency on Aging offers us unbiased information about why we need Medigap insurance for what Medicare does not cover and what is the difference between Advantage plans and others. Learn from this brief presentation at lunch Wednesday, November 28. RSVP by the Monday night prior to join us for the meal at Noon; or swing by for the presentation around 12:30pm.

 

SAT/SUN, 12/1&2   Holiday Mountain Market 

 

Gift Shoppers and Music Lovers converge at the event that hosts 60 crafters/artisans, dozens of instrumental/vocal/dance performers, a Café, Santa Photos, and a big Silent Auction. If everyone on this mail distribution shows up and brings a friend or two, we could double the amount of support we show our local micro-business artisans and keep our sales taxes local.

 

It is our biggest outreach and gift to the community all year and we appreciate the volunteer help of those who enjoy our many services year-round. If you can offer a few hours of volunteer assistance to host it in service to our community, please see what positions are needed at our Website’s Holiday Mountain Market page and call or email regarding which slots you can fill – including ways to help before and after the event.

 

WED, 12/5  Acupuncture

 

Experience acupuncture geared to the needs of older adults with Norah Charles, MSOM, L.Ac., offering acupuncture treatments in Nederland at a discount on the first Wednesdays of each month. Wednesday, December 5, beginning at 1:00pm, we schedule overlapping sessions at a rate of only $25 per treatment. Please note the increased time slots now available for the same low price. Each individual receives 30 minutes to discuss with her the specific issues they would like to treat and have her place the strategic needles. Please call 303-258-0799 to sign up for a time slot and to learn the location.

 

WED, 12/12   Holiday Luncheon, Annual Meeting/Elections 

 

Our annual salmon feast celebrates the holidays in style. NAS Members vote at the Annual Meeting (we try to keep it down to 10 minutes) for new board members to begin their service in January.

 

THU, 12/13   Book Group

 

The Book Group meets at a private home on second Thursdays; the next meeting is Thursday, December 13, 6:30pm, and the format is pot luck. Check our Meetup site or call us at 303-258-0799 for info and location.

 

FRI, 12/14   Featured Event!  Holiday Dinner & Sing-a-long

 

Join us on Friday, December 14, for a social dinner followed by singing holiday tunes together – mostly popular songs about the season. Our menu is TBD and will be announced soon. 5:00pm doors open for social, 5:30pm meal served. Please reserve by replying to this email, at Meetup, or by phone at 303-258-0799. $10 Adults under age 60 or $5 requested contribution age 60+.

 

WEEKLY CALENDAR at our Website

 

NOVEMBER MENU – at our Website

 

DECEMBER MENU – TBD – will post at our Website

 

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

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

 

We look forward to seeing you at an event soon!

 

Serene Karplus, Director

Mountain Peak Life (Nederland Area Seniors & Mountain MidLife)

NederlandAreaSeniors@nullgmail.com

www.NederlandAreaSeniors.org

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

303-258-0799