Fall 2024

DESIGNING A CHRISTMAS LETTER USING PAGES ON IPAD | 50+ YRS Gregg Montgomery, TechKnowledge This class uses the Pages app made by Apple to design a letter for the holiday (or any occasion), combing text, pictures and clipart to make your letter beautiful. This class is taught on an iPad, but Mac users are welcome, the skills translate over. 553235 A 1-3 pm M 11/25 Senior Center Bldg 3, Rm 301 $22

JOIN THE CROWD SOURCE-VOLUNTEERING ONLINE | 50+ YRS UA Library Representative The digital world has opened new opportunities for volunteering on exciting projects in far-flung places. You can set your own schedule, share specialized skills and choose from a wide variety of organizations that need your help. Here are a few recent opportunities: Counting cells on images of modern and fossil leaves to track climate change for the National Museum of Natural History Transcribing diaries and personal accounts of the Civil War for a Penn State Libraries project Classifying the sounds babies make for a Psycholinguistics project being conducted through the Max Planck Institute, Paris Sciences and Letters Institute, and Babylab This program gives you an orientation to virtual volunteering. If you have computer skills, you can get started on a project right away. Don’t have computer skills? Come anyway! We can talk about the possibility of pairing with other volunteers to collaborate. 553290 A 2-3 pm W 12/4 Senior Center Bldg 3, Rm 301 Free, registration required CHESS | 50+ YRS Enjoy playing chess with others and maybe learn some new moves. You must already know the basics of the game, including the correct movement of each piece. Free for current UA Senior Association Members. Must pre-register for the 2024 year prior to attending. Chess meets in the Bldg 2 Lobby on 9/16, 10/14, 11/18 & 11/25. 551812 A 1-3:30 pm M Ongoing (skip 9/2, 11/11) Senior Center Bldg 1, Rm 105 Free, registration required BOARD GAME DAY | 50+ YRS Enjoy a variety of board games with friends in a relaxed setting at the Café UA Lounge of the Senior Center. Board games include Scrabble, Mahjong, Sorry, Monopoly, Checkers, Trivia, among others board games. Participants self-organize among themselves to ensure adequate players for each game. Free for current UA Senior Association Members. Must pre-register for the 2024 year prior to attending. 552757 A 12:30-3 pm M Ongoing (skip 9/2, 11/11) Senior Center Bldg 2, Café UA Free, registration required

Games BRIDGE 50+ | 50+ YRS Volunteer Led

Play Social Contract Bridge with experienced players weekly. Free for current UA Senior Association Members. Must pre register for the 2024 year prior to attending. 551498 A 12:30-3:30 pm M Ongoing (skip 9/2, 11/11) Senior Center Bldg 2, Rm 205 Free, registration required 500 - FIVE HUNDRED | 50+ YRS Five Hundred, or 500, trick-taking card game. Free for current UA Senior Association Members. Must pre-register for the 2024 year prior to attending. Location varies between Rm 204 and Rm 205; see receipt for full room schedule. 500 meets in the Bldg 2 Lobby on 10/4. 551499 A 11:30 am-2:30 pm F Ongoing Senior Center Bldg 2, Rm 204 Enjoy the fun and fast trick-taking card game, Euchre, a favorite of people of all ages in many countries. Activity volunteer Tom Persinger helps you get acquainted to the group and local conventions of the game. Free for current UA Senior Association Members. Must pre-register for the 2024 year prior to attending. 551506 A 12:15-3:15 pm W Ongoing (skip 12/25) Senior Center Bldg 2, Rm 204 Free, registration required Free, registration required EUCHRE | 50+ YRS Volunteer Led

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