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Polson Seniors: Pitch in for membership drive

by Pete Mangels
| September 14, 2023 12:00 AM

Our annual membership drive kicks off the second week in September. A membership is just $15 for an organization that serves the senior community in Polson every day of the year.

Flu and/or pneumonia shots are free to those with a Medicare card and available from 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 28 at the center.

Activities at the Polson center, open to all, include: low-impact exercise, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; pinochle, noon-3 p.m. Thursdays (new players are welcome); bingo, 7 p.m. Fridays ($100 payout on blackouts), with playing card bingo on the first and third Wednesdays. The pool table is open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays.

A veteran’s representative visits the center from 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 19.

Meals are available for sit-down, take-out or delivery from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. weekdays; a suggested donation of $5 helps support the nutrition program. The menu is posted each week at the center; call before 10 a.m. for deliveries.

Upcoming main dishes include meatloaf, Sept. 14; pizza, Sept. 15; vegetable soup, Sept. 18; BBQ chicken, Sept. 19; meat pot pie, Sept. 20; chili dogs, Sept. 21; and Birthday Dinner for Lunch, featuring roast beef and all the trimmings, Sept. 22.

The center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays at 504 3rd Ave. E. For more information, call 406-883-4735 or email polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com.