Volunteer of the Month
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August 2019
Marty Martinez

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This month we’d like to give thanks to a longtime volunteer and member, Marty Martinez is one of our Food Program volunteers. He comes in 3 times a week to help to get, load, unload, and pass over a thousand pounds of food per day. He has known Executive Director Penny Lilburn for a long time and he had known about the center. He’s started volunteering here just after joining the center back in 2005 and was our handyman and Jack of All Trades. He came to Penny looking for something to do. If anyone knows how to keep you busy, that would be her. She knew what to do with him. He’s been busy ever since. Originally from Fresno, CA, he spent 30 years in Air force. His last 17 were at Norton, where he retired from that job as a Loadmaster. He and wife Judith decided to stay in the area where they raised two kids, 5 grandkids, 5 great-grand kids. Thanks for lending us a not only a helping hand but a back as well.

Featured Class

Spanish
Date: October 3, 2019
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $8 members
      $8 non-members
Instructor: Louise Ayala
Location: Game Room
Description: Louise Ayala has 25 years of teaching experience, with a Kindergarten thru 12 teaching credential. She has mostly taught elementary and spent six years teaching Spanish. Louise learned Spanish as a child growing up in household with two fluent Spanish speaking parents. She also took Spanish in High School and spent her senior year as a tutor and teaching aid, helping to teach. Once in college she decided she only needed one year. As for our class, she will be focusing on conversational Spanish. The class will enable you to carry on limited conversation at first just to get you started. Then as you progress, so will the levels. As for what to bring, just bring a writing instrument and paper. Books might come later. We hope to see you there, or as you will soon be saying, Esperamos verte ahí.

Featured Activity

Line Dancing
Time: Tuesdays 10:15 am to 12:15 pm
Cost: Donation suggested members
      Donation suggested non-members
Location: Exercise Room
Description: This month wed like to shine a light on our Line Dancing class. The class is actually divided into two classes: a beginners and intermediate. The beginner class is taught by long time instructor, Saundra Binney. She has been line dancing since the early 90's, and has been teaching since 2005. She teaches the basic steps, such as the chase, grapevine, weave, triple step, shuffle step, two-step, and lock step. Everything else stems off from the basics. Intermediate is taught by Glenda Lane. Glenda is fairly new to the center but has taught TAP and ballet for 30 years. Glenda also teaches at other centers as well. Her instruction includes silver lining, and stripes. Don't worry if you don't have a partner. You don't need one. It's a group dance. Classes are held in the exercise room on Tuesdays with the beginning class taught from 10:15 am to 11:15 am, with the intermediate class following from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. The class is donation only. It's up to students as to whether they want to donate. So put on some comfy shoes and get ready to step in line.

Announcements Archive

MEGA THRIFT STORE SALE !! All week long from Monday, August 12 through Friday, August 16th from 9 AM til 12 NOON. It's all GOING and it's going cheap !

Enjoy a hot, nutritional lunch - every Monday through Friday from 11:30 - 12:30 for ONLY $3.00....YUMMY !!

Board of Directors - The Board of Directors meets on the 4th Thursday of each month at noon.

The Highland Senior Center is expanding our University Programs. We are looking for qualified individual(s) to provide German language instruction. In addition if you have a particular subject that you find interesting and believe others would be interested in as well, ie., history, science, astronomy, etc. let us know about that as well. Call Penny for details @ 862.8104

Our 9 passenger bus is available to transport Folks to our daily lunch, bingo and other special events. Call 862-8104 to get a ride to the HSC.... space IS limited and you MUST call at least 2 days prior to the ride.

HSC University Fall class registration is September 20th. 1st session begins the week of September 30th+. Late fee applies if you do not pre-register.


We're taking our 9 passenger bus on some shopping trips. We're going to places like Trader Joes's; Bed, Bath & Beyond; Target; Walmart. Call the Front Desk at 862.8104 for details as seating IS limited.

AARP Mature Driving Courses at the HSC. August 22-23 September 19 - refresher course November 21 - 22 Call the Front Desk to register or if questions.....862.8104.

MEGA THRIFT STORE SALE !! All week long from Monday, August 12 through Friday, August 16th from 9 AM til 12 NOON. It's all GOING and it's going cheap !

RSVP for our HUGE Community Open House on Saturday, October 5th from 11:00 AM til 2:00 PM. FREE flu shots; FREE BBQ lunch; FREE entertainment; GREAT Vendors.......don't miss this one.

Explore Tuscany. Special travel presentation for our trip taking place in March of 2020. Please RSVP for this presentation on Thursday, August 22nd at 1:00 PM.

BINGO Summer Special ! Every Monday in August - Buy 2 cards & get 1 card FREE - $3.00 buy-in. We begin promptly at 1:00 PM.