Polson Seniors: Vaccinations available Monday
COVID-19 booster and/or RSV vaccinations are available from 10 a.m.-noon May 6 (Monday) at the Senior Center with on-site Safeway Pharmacy staff. Call or come in before Monday to sign up. Bring Medicare card and Safeway vaccine card. No charge for most.
Western Pleasure Tours, centered in Kalispell, will present a video about budget-minded modern bus tours to various travel destinations in the West at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, following the meatloaf lunch.
We provide ride services for elderly and disabled persons in the Polson area for a $5 charge ($1 for additional stops). Call in the day before or earlier for a ride to groceries, bank, doctor, haircut, doctor etc. Time slots from 8-10 a.m. or 12:30-3 p.m. Early reservations is highly recommended.
Wednesday is game day at 12:30 p.m. Some game boards are available or bring your own board game and a friend or teach someone new how to play!
Two positions are available with the Nutrition Program, either full or part time: nutrition director with food service skills and/or another full-time head cook.
Activities at the Polson center, open to all, include: wood carving for beginners, 1 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; self-guided, video-assisted exercise, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, sitting or standing; bingo, 6:30 p.m. Fridays ($100 blackout), with playing card bingo on the first and third Wednesdays; pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m. Thursdays.
The pool table is open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays. Inquire at the center about bridge.
A veteran’s representative visits the center on the first Friday and third Tuesday of each month. Memory Café, a dementia support group, meets from 1-3 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month for snacks and fun.
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, although it’s subject to change. Call before 10 a.m. for grab-n-go.
Upcoming main dishes include burger patties with mushroom gravy, May 2; blueberry strata and sausage links, May 3; tomato soup, May 6; meatloaf, May 7; hot turkey sandwiches, May 8; and hamburger stroganoff, May 9.
The center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays at 504 Third Ave. E. For more information, call 406-883-4735, email polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com or visit us on Facebook.