Seniors

Achievments, activities

WESTMINSTER

Volunteers Sought

If you could spare an afternoon to read to a child, or teach how to paint, sew or crochet, Project S.H.U.E. needs you as a volunteer.

The program, now on its third year, will open again this September to provide after-school activities for children, ages 6 to 9, who live in apartments across the street from the Senior Center.

Senior Center Supervisor Betty Goyne said that about 50 children are expected to participate in the program this year. In the past two years, about 60 students had enrolled in the program, which is funded by a grant from the Hitachi Foundation and community development block grants.

Paid positions are also available. Paid employees work five days a week, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nine seniors and four college students have worked as paid employees in the past two years, she said.

A majority of the students have limited English skills, and some live in homes, where there may be drug abuse or gang activities, Goyne said.

To volunteer, call Goyne or program director Judy Bruland at (714) 895-2878.

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NEWPORT BEACH

Class Offered

Oasis Senior Center has a new take on the aging process. The center will offer an eight-week course in “Golden Secrets”--Eastern methods of eliminating and/or coping with the aches and pains of aging or just life in general.

The course will present tradition-steeped techniques from China, India and Japan for addressing concerns about nutrition, sleep, body conditioning and mental focus.

Course is offered from 8 to 9 a.m. starting Sept. 14. Cost is $40. For more information, call (714) 644-3244.

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CYPRESS

Hot lunches are available at noon Mondays through Fridays at the Cypress Senior Center, 9031 Grindlay St., for seniors who are 60 or older.

The suggested donation is $1.75, and reservations two to three days in advance of each luncheon are requested.

Seniors wishing to make a luncheon reservation may call (714) 229-6779 between 10 a.m. and noon each weekday.

Many free activities are available at the center, either in the mornings, prior to lunch, or in the afternoons, after the meal.

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NEWPORT BEACH

Here’s a chance to transport yourself to the South Pacific without ever leaving Orange County.

Oasis Senior Center will offer a class in the hula and other Polynesian dances starting Sept. 14.

Dances from Hawaii, Tahiti and New Zealand will also be featured for fun and fitness.

The cost is $37 for a 10-week class that meets from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. Wednesdays. For information call 644-3244.