Hong Kong Supermarket Trip

At our center we let people take pride in who they are. That's why we celebrate many traditions and cultures. Today for example we visited the Hong Kong Supermarket, the largest Chinese supermarket in Brooklyn. We've found some foods that we might have never even heard of before. I mean would anyone like some Lingchi Osmanthus Honey Beverage? Or how about some Sambal Oelek? Well when you do have a craving for some exotic foods join us on our celebration of many cultures that exist in our center, and the world.

High School Volunteers

Our center welcomes 3 high school community service volunteers this fall! Farah Reza, Jane Abeuova and Joe Santangelo are students at Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences. They are helping to decorate the center and designing arts and crafts projects for our seniors.

This summer we had 3 additional high school volunteers. Dawa Sherpa and Christine Altheim both served as computer instructors for our lab and also updated our databases. Tamar Davis worked with our members on arts & crafts projects. We are very appreciative of their help to our center!

AARP Bulletin

Dorchester Senior Center got a mention in the October 2009 issue of AARP Bulletin! The blurb talks about how Brooklyn senior centers have participated in a pilot program to use NYC school buses for food shopping trips. At Dorchester, we have used school buses to go to Trader Joe's, the Union Square Green Market, and food stores in areas such as Brighton Beach, Rego Park and Staten Island. Our next trip in November is to the Chinese Market area in Brooklyn!

95th Birthday at Dorchester

Dorchester Senior Center does it again! If you come to our center, you just might live a long life.

We had a birthday for one of our members today, Vincent Campo. He just turned 95. Another one of our seniors will soon be 98. A number of our seniors are in their 90's. We will keep you posted when someone turns 100.

Many of our seniors are babies in comparison to the 90 year olds. They are in their early 60's and raring to go. At Dorchester, there is something for everyone. Viva La Senior!

A Visitor at our Center: Brokelyn.com

Faye Penn, editor of brokelyn.com, came to visit our center with her young son. They enjoyed our air conditioning during the hot summer day, and they also ate lunch with us.

Brokelyn.com offers cheap solutions to living big in Brooklyn. The site gives tips on dining, shopping and events in Brooklyn, so that you can get the most out of your dollar! The writeup on Dorchester Senior Center following Faye's visit can be found here:
http://www.brokelyn.com/?s=dorchester&searchsubmit=Find

Knitting Club Donation

Solkem Gottingar, a neighbor of Dorchester, has kindly donated many skeins of yarn to our knitting club. We would like to thank her and other neighbors who help make our center a great place!

ESL Graduation!

Our Spring '09 Russian ESL class held a graduation celebration following many months of hard work! All graduates received a certificate for completion of the class. Rivkah Berman from ESL sponsor The Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island presented the certificates.

Following the awards ceremony was a big party, with lovely danish! Everyone was proud of their accomplishments.

Rivkah Berman of JCC with ESL instructor Fira Kalendareva.