C.I.D.E.R.

An invitation to seniors living in Alburgh, Isle La Motte and North Hero. Join your “southern” neighbors for a hot, tasty, nutritious, homemade lunch. Good food and friendly conversation. Door to door transportation on a safe and comfortable C.I.D.E.R. mini-bus. All this for a donation of $3.00. Upcoming meals where northern island transportation will be available include:

• Friday, February 4^th – Chicken Stew
• Friday, February 11^th – Breakfast for Lunch
• Monday, February 14^th – Valentines Day Lunch
  • Pot Roast
  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Squash
  • Red Velvet Cake
• Friday, February 18^th – Baked Haddock
• Friday, February 25^th – Macaroni & Cheese

Lunches are served at Noon at the C.I.D.E.R. community meals program “The Neighbors”, located at the South Hero Congregational Church. For more information or to make reservations for lunch and a ride call C.I.D.E.R. at 372-6425

C.I.D.E.R. presents yet another opportunity for older adults to prevent falls and stay fit.  Offered this winter/spring is a late afternoon T’ai Chi class.  The class will start on February 7th and run through March 30th and will be held at the South Hero Congregational Church on South Street.  The classes will be one hour in length, Mondays and Wednesdays starting at 4:00.

The classes will be lead by Heather Bell, an Americorps Volunteer with the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA).  The exercises in this class are based upon the Arthritis Foundation T’ai Chi Program.  This class may improve relaxation, concentration, memory, balance, muscle stamina and more.  If you are interested in this program call the C.I.D.E.R. office at 372-6425 for more information or to sign up.  The suggested donation for this program is $2.00 per class – making the total cost, if you attend every session, $32.00.

The other offerings C.I.D.E.R. provides include Living Strong in the Islands: a strength and balance training program at St. Rose of Lima Church, Keeler Bay, South Hero and the morning T’ai Chi program on Mondays an Wednesdays at the South Hero Congregational Church.