Senior Coastsiders provides accommodations for people with disabilities. Please check with the office at least 24 hours in advance if you will need extra support. For further information on classes or upcoming events, call 650-726-9056. To see regularly scheduled weekly classes, be sure to scroll down. All listed classes and programs take place at Senior Coastsiders and are FREE unless otherwise indicated.

Register at: https://my.primary.health/r/senior-coastsiders-wellness-fair

Visit www.seniorcoastsiders.org to apply and for more information on volunteer opportunities.

Monday Matinee Movie

Cruella (2021) A live-action prequel film following a young Cruella de Vil. Before she becomes Cruella de Vil, teenage Estella has a dream. She wishes to become a fashion designer, having been gifted with talent, innovation, and ambition all in equal measures. But life seems intent on making sure her dreams never come true. Starring Emma Stone & Emma Thompson

Mystery Book Club This group meets the first Wednesday of each month at 12:00PM (October 4 this month). The group meets in person with Zoom option. To connect via Zoom, click HERE for the link (passcode BOOKS) or contact Vaughn Harrison at vaughnharrison@yahoo.com. Future books are listed below and can be picked up at the Senior Coastsiders office at 925 Main Street one month in advance of each meeting.

Who doesn't love a little live music!? We have live music in the dining room at least once a week during lunch! Come see who's playing!

Senior's Dinner Club at It's Italia

Enjoy the fun and community of a family style dinner served at It's Italia's "Grandfather Table" that seats 10 guests. The Seniors' Dinner Club meets the second Thursday of each month (October 12 this month) for a 5:00PM seating. Enjoy a three-course seasonal menu designed by Chef Maile del Fierro for a set price of $25 (Includes coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Alcoholic beverages and gratuity not included). Payment and reservation to be made with the Senior Coastsiders office. Space is limited to the first 10 people who sign up and pay each month. This is a great chance to meet new or old friends at one of our fine downtown establishments. Be sure to take advantage of this amazing deal!

Class topics/mediums change each week but class is sure to delight and educate! Join this free class on Fridays from 12:30-2:00PM. This class is capped at 12 so be sure to arrive early to ensure your spot.

To learn more about the Coastal Arts League and their volunteer instructors, visit coastside-artists.com/art-classes.html#/

Senior Coastsiders has KN95 masks available for older adults. Please stop by our office. Limit 2 per person.

Senior Coastsiders has home Covid tests available for older adults on a first come, first served basis. Please call or stop by for more information or to pick up a test.

Our community garden is growing and thriving! The garden is available for everyone to enjoy including members of the Senior Center and our local community. Please feel free to harvest whatever you like and remember...only take what you are able to eat. When harvesting, please be thoughtful and gentle and remove leaves from plants carefully so as not to "shock" or damage the plant. There is plenty to share. If you are interested in being part of the Garden group or would simply like to plant something of your own, please contact Rose, at rhernandez@seniorcoastsiders.org

This is a participant led discussion group for older men looking to connect with peers, chat about the challenges and opportunities of aging, or just find a new avenue for socializing. Group will meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30AM in the dining room over coffee. (October 3 this month)

Join computer tutors, Wanda, James and Gary, for a basics course on your Android, Windows, or iOS device. Course content will include: basic computer vocabulary, touch screen gestures, notifications and settings, wifi connection, dictation, basic internet, email, and more! Classes will be:

We have volunteer tech tutors three days a week. Come in and troubleshoot or learn how to better use your computer or smart phone!

Half Moon Bay Library at Senior Coastsiders Library staff will be in the Senior Coastsiders Dining Room the third Wednesday of each month (October 18) during our birthday celebration. Swing by the table to check out and return books and see what's new at the library!

Have you been curious about yoga, but have never taken a class? Have you enjoyed practicing yoga in the past, but have not taken a class in awhile because you are recovering from surgery, injury, illness or other life circumstance? If so, this opportunity is for you. LindaGrace offers a three or four class series to new or returning students to evaluate current strength, flexibility, balance, and familiarize you with the warm ups and basic poses before you enter the Gentle Yoga Class or the Wise Woman Yoga Class. These intro classes can be arranged directly with LindaGrace at lindagrace@wisewoman-yoga.com

Pre and post class time can be a bit hectic with busy schedules. Wouldn't it be nice to sit and chat over a meal with your class instructor? Pilates and Functional Movement instructor, Kerri Dorn, will be sticking around on the first Friday of each month to have lunch in the dining room and chat with students - without the stress of starting class late or missing an appointment! Come join Kerri for lunch and a chance to chat on Friday, October 6!

Grocery Bus Service 

Now Offered on Tuesdays & Fridays! Drop off available at both Safeway and New Leaf shopping centers. Bus will pick up behind the center at 12:45PM and return to campus at 2:00PM. If you would like to take advantage of this service, you must sign-up at the office or call Emma at 650-726-9056.

Free events will be offered Oct. 24 - Nov. 3, 2023, to further individual and community health and well-being, and creative excellence to serve the greater good in these unprecedented times. Contemplation By Design is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, campus-wide program cultivating resilience, well-being, wisdom, compassion, and sustainable, ethical, purposeful service. Summit participants will have the opportunity to cultivate perspective, meaningful purpose, and contemplative practices that refresh and renew the mind-body-spirit. To register visit: https://med.stanford.edu/contemplation/summit.html

Coastside Pride

Agin’ Well serves up social and fun monthly activities for our (mostly) 50+ community members. These activities are selected by the participants and are available in Pacifica and Half Moon Bay. This program is a partnership of CoastPride and Peninsula Family Services. For October, they'll have a meet-up on Wednesday, October 11 from 6-7pm at the Pacifica Community Center and on Saturday, October 21 from 1:30-3pm at the CoastPride Center. If you’d like to be added to the Agin’ Well newsletter distribution list, please email Elana at aginwellfacilitators@coastpride.org

VOTC Movie Night at the HMB Library featuring BELFAST 5:30-7:00PM on October 19. Join other Village members at the movies! BELFAST is a movie straight from Branagh's own experience. A nine-year-old boy must chart a path towards adulthood through a world that has suddenly turned upside down. His stable and loving community and everything he thought he understood about life is changed forever but joy, laughter, music and the formative magic of the movies remain. The film stars Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan.

Coastal Repertory Theater

The Girl on the Train,

Sept 29 - October 22. Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated. Spell-binding, perfect for this ghoulish season. More information can be found at www.coastalrep.com Coastal Repertory Theater 1167 Main Street.

Senior Gateway is a one-stop website intended to provide seniors, their families, and caregivers with the information they need to connect to helpful services and resources, to find answers, and solve problems. Find information on such topics as:

Check it out at https://seniors.insurance.ca.gov/

HIP Housing’s Mission is to invest in human potential by improving the housing and lives of people in our community. HIP Housing enables people with special needs, either from income or circumstance, to live independent, self-sufficient lives in decent, safe, low-cost homes. For more information on housing opportunities, please visit hiphousing.org or call (650) 348-6660.

Do you have an old car just taking up space? Wish you had a way of easily donating it? You’re in luck! Charitable Adult Rides and Services (CARS) makes donating your car easy. They take care of everything from the pick-up and sale to sending you the donation receipt and necessary tax documents. To make it even better, Senior Coastsiders receives a donation for every car you donate! To donate, click here: or call 855-500-7433. CARS is committed to treating every vehicle donor with gratitude and great service while delivering the highest possible returns to our partners. To date, CARS has returned more than $300 million to nonprofit partners like Senior Coastsiders because of vehicle donors like you. Thank you!

Senior Coastsiders Pet Buddy Program provides support services for seniors and their pets. Volunteers can help with temporary dog walking, in home cat care, medication assistance, transportation to the vet, and more! The program also provides pet food, cat litter, and limited financial assistance towards veterinary care.

We are offering many classes in one of three different formats: virtually over Zoom, in-person, or a hybrid model. We hope to have options for everyone and welcome your feedback. If it will be your first time coming to our center, please complete the My Senior Center registration HERE.

See below for the October menu, and our monthly activities calendar and class list. For a full list of class descriptions and instructors, click HERE. Please check our website for most current information on classes.

On September 10th Senior Coastsiders hosted the first Taste of the Coast event since 2018 and by all accounts it was a resounding success made possible by the tremendous support we received from the community. Taste of the Coast is an important fundraiser and community outreach activity for Senior Coastsiders.

Awe is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an “emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime”. Awe is a current trendy research topic with studies finding that experiencing awe improves well-being, induces greater joy and prosocial positive emotions, increases smile intensity, enhances multicultural experiences and connections with others, increases feelings of humility and generosity, improves critical thinking, and decreases materialism and daily distress. Lots of reasons to seek awe-inspiring experiences!

This September I was fortunate enough to experience awe because I visited the Grand Canyon and hiked in Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks with my brother and his partner who were visiting from the United Kingdom. The West Rim of the Grand Canyon is situated on the Hualapai (people of the tall pine) Reservation and features a skywalk with a glass floor suspended hundreds of feet above the canyon floor. Zion has massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red that soar into a brilliant blue sky. Bryce Canyon has the world’s largest concentration of irregularly eroded spires of rocks called hoodoos. It was truly spectacular!

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