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Wishing
you a happy
and healthy
new year!
LINE DANCING BEGINS JANUARY 18TH!
Tuesdays, 7-9 pm, TSC Auditorium Bring your dancing shoes and learn to Line Dance! An energetic class of beginner and intermediate level dances with moderate and fast music tempos, with music from country, pop, rock, rhythm and blues, etc. All levels and all ages are welcome!

Tuesdays, Jan. 18 – Mar. 8, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Learn how to create an art exhibition, including development, curating artwork, and using art-making and written reflections to create an engaging online exhibition. Group will be focused on older adult women.
Teacher: Jessie S. Rochford, art therapist and doctoral student at FSU.
For more info, email: j.rochford@fsu.edu
 
Mondays, Jan. 31 – Feb. 28, 4 - 5:30 pm, TSC Activity Room
Are you an artist or craftsperson? Downsizing and have items of value you would like to sell? This course can help you with selling on Etsy: costs, how to set up an Etsy shop, how to make your products sell. Bring your laptop or tablet. Cost $5.00 per class. Click HERE to register
For questions, email Kristy.Carter@talgov.com
NEW fitness classes starting soon + Senior Center Favorites!
EVENING YOGA, Wed., 5:30 p.m., starting January 12
Moderate practice for adults including poses, relaxation, and meditation. Taught by Pamela Hunter. $4 per class. 
Pre-registration recommended https://bit.ly/3FptPCG 
MONTHY HIKING, 3rd Wed. 10:00 am,
Guided hikes at a variety of local trails.
Call Ruth Nickens for more info 850-891-4042

AGELESS GRACE, 1st & 3rd Thur., 1:00 pm,
starting January 20
Now offered ongoing twice a month! Playful seated class that activates the five functions of the brain for a healthier mind and body. Taught by Amanda Cannon. Pre-registration recommended https://bit.ly/3yITxiX
A variety of fitness classes designed for seniors are on-line for you to watch at any time, as well as classes at the Senior Center and our neighborhood community centers.
Vitamin and Minerals for Grown-ups
Thu., Jan 6 @ 10:30 am ZOOM
Vitamins and minerals are two of the main types of nutrients that your body needs to stay healthy. Learn about the vitamins recommended for seniors and how to get the recommended amount within your diet. Bring your questions! 
FREE Presentation by Tallahassee Memorial Metabolic Health Center.
The Diabetes Empowerment Education Program™ (DEEP™)
DEEP is a program for people or families living with prediabetes or diabetes, teaching how to reduce the risk of complications, such as kidney failure, amputation, vision loss, heart failure, and stroke. Offered by Big Bend AHEC.
Thursdays, Jan 13 – Feb 17 @ 10:00 am – Noon, In-Person @TSC
For more info/registration, email twarnke@bigbendahec.org or call 850-224-1177
For information about Health, Wellness & Fitness Programs
View our on-line Health & Wellness Calendar
Contact Ruth Nickens, RN, Health + Wellness Coordinator:
Friends Connection
If you are looking for ways to continue being socially engaged, but also want to physically distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, or just prefer a virtual option, then please join us every Tuesday from 1:00-2:30 pm for Friends Connection on Zoom.
Friends Connection, part of the UPSLIDE program, is a great way to safely connect and interact with others. It is a welcoming community of supportive folks, a safe place to share ideas, make new friends and, perhaps most important, to have fun.
Contact Melanie Lachman, LCSW, UPSLIDE Program Coordinator
at 850-891-4066 or email melanie.lachman@talgov.com

Buddy Program - Seniors & Students
FSU College of Nursing, in partnership with UPSLIDE, has a Senior “Buddy “program. We are currently pairing adults age 50+ with nursing students for a companionship and intergenerational experience program. For registration and information: 850-556-5697 or email Judy.Shipman@talgov.com
Contact: Maureen Haberfeld, Lifelong Learning & L3X Coordinator
email Maureen.Haberfeld@talgov.com phone 850-891-4033
BE CREATIVE
This class helps you focus on your life experience, memories of events, and exploration of your emotions. 
In-class sketching develops your visual vocabulary, personal style, and ideas for creating artwork with personal meaning. 
Thursdays, January 6 – February 24
(8 weeks) $80
10 a.m. – 12 noon on ZOOM
ALL SKILL LEVELS
New Art Classes Starting Soon!
Learn about telling your life story, try your hand at Zentangle, try painting with watercolors, oils or acrylics, create a clay sculpture...all offered by the Senior Center!

View this exhibit
of artworks
by TSC Arts participants
on display
in the TSC auditorium
through February 3
and on-line
Contact: Heath Hilary McRae, Art Program Coordinator
email HeathHilary.McRae@talgov.com or call 850-891-4016 
SUPPORT PROGRAMMING
Our ability to bring diverse and engaging programs is greatly helped by your generous support. You make it possible to provide services the people need, want and love!

"Because of the Tallahassee Senior Center, these last twelve years have been some of the best in my life and, because of the Center, I had more friends than I can shake a stick at. I am happy and proud to make a donation to the Foundation so that some other senior woman or man can begin the journey to the best years of their life."

TSC provides programming for active living and healthy lifestyles, while reducing feelings of loneliness. With opportunities to stay fit, learn, and create, seniors tell us these programs have given them something to look forward to.

We thank you for joining us in supporting the
well-being of older adults in our community.
Checks can be mailed to:
TSC Foundation, 1400 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL, 32303

Click here to learn more ways to support the Senior Center
The TSC Foundation generates funding to support programs,
services and participants of Tallahassee Senior Services.
Donations and membership are tax deductible.
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Updated COVID Practices, as of January 3, 2022
 
Participants are strongly encouraged, but not required to wear a mask at the TSC or our neighborhood sites. Staff, volunteers, vendors and contractors are required to wear a mask at all times except in an office alone.
 
To be respectful of each other, please continue to follow these guidelines: 
a.  Do not attend an activity if you are sick or have symptoms which include a fever, cough and shortness of breath, or have a current positive test for COVID.
b.  Practice social distancing when possible.
c.  Wash your hands frequently and avoid touching your face.
 
If you test positive for COVID-19 and have attended a TSC activity within the past 14 days, please notify a TSC staff person ASAP. TSC staff will notify others in the class to the best of our ability. Thus, it is imperative that everyone scan or sign in for every session.
 
If you think you have been Exposed to COVID-19 which, according to the CDC, means being within 6 feet of someone for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.
o Fully vaccinated individuals (fully vaccinated two weeks after having received the last dose of a CDC-authorized COVID-19 vaccine and any subsequent CDC recommended booster shot):
- No quarantine requirement if asymptomatic.
- Strictly adhere to the city’s mask policy.
- Is recommended to get tested on day five (5) after exposure.
- Continue to monitor for symptoms.
 
o Unvaccinated individuals (Someone who has not received any dose of a CDC- authorized COVID-19 vaccine, or who has received fewer than the total number of recommended doses, including the booster shot, of a CDC- authorized COVID-19 vaccine (i.e., partially vaccinated) is unvaccinated. For individuals who were vaccinated but are more than six months out from their second mRNA dose (or more than 2 months out after the J&J vaccine) and not yet received the booster shot, the individual is considered unvaccinated):
- Quarantine for five (5) days after the last contact with the individual testing positive for COVID-19.
- Strictly adhere to the city’s mask policy.
- In order to return, receive a negative COVID-19 test result (test must occur on day 5 or later after the exposure).
- Continue to monitor for symptoms.
 
If you have symptoms – do not attend a class or activity.
 
Thank you for following these guidelines in the best interest of trying to keep everyone as safe as possible, and maintain a healthy environment at the TSC and our program sites.
 
Take care & stay safe,
Sheila Salyer
Senior Services Manager/Executive Director
The mission of Tallahassee Senior Services is to offer programs, activities, and opportunities designed to encourage active living, optimal aging, and social fitness for independent adults age 50+.
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF THE CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE OR WWW.FDACS.GOV/ConsumerServices. 
REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.” Registration #CH8035