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Dav i s S en i o r C en t e r
April 2021
646 A Street, Davis, CA 95616 www.cityofdavis.org/seniorservices
530-757-5696 email: seniorservices@cityofdavis.org
Office hours: Currently closed Transportation: 530-747-8240 Volume 47 No. 4
Fe at u r e d t h i s m o n t h
Due to the pandemic, our offices remain closed to the public. Contact the office at 530-757-5696 or email
seniorservices@cityofdavis.org for resources and information on classes. To register online visit
www.cityofdavis.org/seniorservices, and click the “Online Registration” button on the right side of your
screen. An online account will be created for you within two business days if you don’t already have one.
National Gardening Day Chat
National Gardening Day on Wednesday, April 14 encourages gardeners and would-be
gardeners to pick up a shovel and some seeds to kick off a beautiful year of homegrown
bounty. Send in photos of your own garden to seniorservices@cityofdavis.org and join
us on Zoom at 11:00 a.m. to celebrate and share your green thumb successes/tips with
friends and staff.
A Stable Pelvis Equals Pain-Free Movement
Whether you are a channel surfer, avid gardener, dedicated exerciser, grandkid sitter,
marathon reader, crossword solver or living room dancer, pelvic stability is important.
The pelvis is the foundation of the spine, and when it is stable we are balanced,
comfortable and powerful. Come explore basic exercises to develop the muscles needed
for a stable pelvis: the transverse abdominus, the multifidus and the muscles of the
pelvic floor. These muscles also help prevent lower back pain and pain in the hips, neck, shoulders, knees
and feet. Debbie Eernisse will be your guide for a 30-minute virtual workshop about the pelvis Wednesday,
April 21, at 4:30 p.m. It, along with the other three workshops in the series, Feet, Neck & Shoulders, and
Glutes, will be recorded and available to those who register ($16). To get the most benefit be prepared to lie
on your back either on a mat or on your bed. If possible have available a yoga strap or belt, tennis/lacrosse
ball, blanket and yoga block.
Thank You!
Donations to the Davis Senior Services Endowment and Improvement Funds support our programs and
services. We’ve recently purchased a new computer for virtual programming and cooling face masks for
participants which we’ll distribute in May to celebrate Older Americans Month.
I n f o r m at i o n & A c t i v i t i e s
Senior Citizen Commission Davis Community Transit
The Senior Commission will meet via Zoom on This month we have a few
Thursday, April 8 at 2:30 p.m. The agenda with helpful reminders for our
directions to log on will be posted by customers. When purchasing a
April 5 on https://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/ bus ticket from the bus driver all
commissions-and-committees/senior-citizen- checks must be made payable to
commission, or call 530-757-5696 for details. To “City of Davis.” If you are paying with cash when
contact or send comments to the Senior Citizen you board the bus, please have exact fare only. DCT
Commission, email SCC@cityofdavis.org. bus drivers do not make change. Please let the
dispatcher know in advance of your bus ride if you
Macular Degeneration will have an attendant or a companion traveling
Learn about the diagnosis and with you. In an effort to maintain physical distancing
treatment of macular we continue to allow no more than three
degeneration Wednesday, April passengers on the bus (not including the bus driver)
28, 11:00 a.m. - noon, in a Zoom at one time. This knowledge helps the dispatcher
presentation by Davis route buses efficiently in order to not exceed our
optometrist Julie Helmus. See the box at the three-person maximum. For more information you
bottom of the page for details on how to register. may call the DCT dispatch office at 530-747-8240.
Shred It! Resources
Destroying confidential
• Friendship Line
documents helps prevent
800-971-0016
identity theft. Recology has
Provides crisis intervention and check-ins.
scheduled a free shred event
Saturday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. - noon, at the Davis
Recycling Center, 2727 Second Street. The service • Information & Referral
is open to Davis residential customers only. Limit 211 or 833-544-2374
is four 11” x 14” boxes (or the equivalent). Face Provides health, social and mental health
masks must be worn when interacting with resources.
Recology staff at the event. You can watch your
materials being shredded while maintaining six • Meals on Wheels
feet of social distance from all employees. 530-747-5870
Provides meals to existing customers.
To register for a class or activity contact the Senior • Phone Friends for Seniors
Center at 530-757-5696 or register online by 530-757-5583
visiting www.cityofdavis.org/seniorservices, then Provides resources and check-ins.
click on the button labeled “Online Registration”
located on the right side of your screen. New
• Project Linus of Yolo County
online accounts are created 1-2 business days after
dmmyolo@gmail.com.
you enter your information on the website.
Makes/distributes blankets to local non-profit
organizations.
2 April 2021
Activities
Revised Spring Ukulele Dates Virtual Bingo
The spring Ukulele courses Join us using Zoom Friday, April 9 & 23
will run Monday, May 3 - 24 at 1:00 p.m. Register no later than
on Zoom. This four week April 8 & 22. Center staff will email you
series will include both the link and password to join. A dial-in
Beginning I and Advanced option will also be available for those
Beginning II levels. Pre-registration is now who do not have access to Zoom.
available online. In the meantime, keep your Family and friends of all ages are
fingers warm by playing your favorite songs from invited.
class or explore new lessons from Cynthia Lin and How to Play: Print a blank bingo card, which can be
Ukulenny on YouTube and Facebook. found at www.cityofdavis.org/seniorservices. Fill in
the spaces with your own set of numbers using the
Watch-Along Wednesday key below, and mark the center square as FREE. The
Hairspray (PG 1 hr 57 mins) first person to cover squares in the predetermined
Wednesday, April 21, 12:30 p.m. pattern wins! Small prizes will be awarded and
In 1960s Baltimore, dance-loving mailed to the winners.
teen Tracy Turnblad auditions for a B #1-15 I #16-30 N #31-45 G #46-60
spot on The Corny Collins Show and O #61-75 FREE SPACE Center square
wins. She becomes an overnight
celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, Genealogy Breakthroughs
fun and fashion. Is her new status as Join the Davis Genealogy Club for
a teen sensation enough to topple the show’s our next Zoom meeting Tuesday,
reigning dance queen and bring racial integration April 20, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
to the show? Join via Zoom to find out. Genealogist and entrepreneur
Thomas MacEntee will speak on
Virtual Fitness/Wellness Classes! Brick Wall Breakthroughs. Using actual research
The Senior Center offers classes for all interests problems MacEntee will walk participants through a
and abilities! See the bottom of Page 2 for step-by-step research methodology process to find
registration details. clues and possible solutions. Participants will have
access to research logs, digital images and more
• Bocce Ball: Coming soon! Details in May during and after the webinar. Also included is a
Scene. “habit recipe” to implement the same techniques
used in the webinar on your own genealogy
• Dynabands: Mondays & Wednesdays, 2:00 research. MacEntee, a genealogy professional, is also
p.m. April 5-28, $24. a blogger, educator, author, social media connector,
• Meditation for Stress Relief: Thursdays, 4:30 marketer, network builder and more. To request a
p.m. April 1-29, $20. guest pass, please email Lisa Henderson at
President@DavisGenealogy.org. Visit https://
• Tai Chi: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. April DavisGenealogy.org for more club information. The
1-29, $36. club's library is closed until further notice.
• Zumba: Fridays, 12:30 p.m. April 2-30, $20
April 2021 3
Dav i s Trav e l a i r e s
646 A Street, Davis, CA 95616 530-753-4159 Gary Boyce, Executive Director, gboyce_95758@yahoo.com
Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. www.davistravelaires.org Sue Barnes, President, suelbarnes@ucla.edu
As the vaccination rate speeds up we are optimistic We are also hopeful that we will be able to offer our
about starting up travel again as soon as it is safe to popular Duarte’s Nursery poinsettia trip in
do so. Our return will coincide with the Senior November 2021.
Center opening. While we cannot accept new Information can be found on our website, https://
registrations until we reopen the office, we still www.davistravelaires.org/. If you do not have access
hope to coordinate with our travel partners to offer to the internet, call us to get more information or
several longer excursions in 2021 and 2022: request trip flyers by mail. We are working remotely
• Sedona & the Grand Canyon (Friendly and can be reached by email at
Excursions), September 25 – October 1, 2021 DavisTravelaires@gmail.com or by phone at
• New Mexico (Friendly Excursions), October 530-753-4159.
2021 (dates TBD) We look forward to getting back on the road again.
• Mississippi River Cruise (American Cruise Lines),
rescheduled – departing October 16, 2021 Sincerely,
• Panama Canal Cruise (Alamo Travel),
rescheduled to February 25 – March 12, 2022 Davis Travelaires Board of Directors
• Oberammergau Passion Play (The Travel Store),
July 2022 (dates TBD)
646 A Street, Davis, CA 95616
530-757-5696
Office hours: M-F, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Davis Senior Center
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