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​SENIOR PHARMASSIST,
​406 Rigsbee Ave, 2nd floor, 919-688-4772, seniorpharmassist.org:
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If you’re just now turning age 65, click here to watch Senior PharmAssist’s new Medicare Basics videos. Senior PharmAssist will host its regular Medicare Basics webinar on Thursday, December 17, noon–1pm. Click here to register and to attend this free Zoom event.

Senior PharmAssist also helps Durham County residents age 60 and up manage and get access to the medications they need. They’re able to find resources that make medicines available at low cost, and they help teach how to use medications safely and effectively. A staff pharmacist can take a good look at all of the medications being taken by a resident and can recommend which ones are inadvertently working against each other. (This sometimes happens when someone has multiple doctors who aren’t aware of what the others are prescribing.) Call to set an appointment.
Click on the button below to watch an informative video, “What’s Up with Medicare in 2021?”
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​​DURHAM CENTER FOR SENIOR LIFE,
406 Rigsbee Ave, 919-688-8247, dcslnc.org:
  • BINGO + exercise = BINGOcize! Join this 10-week program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11am. Call and ask for extension 110 to register, get the game materials, and also the Zoom link.​
  • Play Tele-BINGO on Wednesday, January 6 and 13, 11:30am–12:30pm, via phone. Call and ask for extension 110 to sign up.
  • Learn The Truth About Fats and develop a healthier diet on Tuesday, January 12, 1–2pm. Call Peggy Kernodle from the Cooperative Extension at 919-417-4125 to register and get the Zoom link.
  • Gather some good recipes during The Crock Pot Series: Quick Meals on Tuesdays, January 12, 19, and 26, from 2 to 2:20pm. Call and ask for extension 110 to register and get the Zoom link.​
  • Join the Virtual Vision Board Party on Thursday, January 21, 11am–noon, and help plan DCSL’s future events, including the reopening. Call and ask for extension 110 to register and get the Zoom link.​​
  • David Binanay will lead a 3-week series of workshops, Music & Creative Writing, on Fridays, January 22 and 29 and February 5 from noon to 1pm. Call and ask for extension 110 to sign up.
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DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION, 
Mature Adults office, Walltown Recreation Center, 1308 W Club Blvd, 919-560-4296 or 919-354-2710, website. The DPR Mature Adults office serves people age 55 and up.

Many of us who enjoy the outdoors and also Durham Parks and Recreation’s indoor and outdoor programs and features. While the pandemic has caused the closure of most DPR facilities since March, some programs are accepting participants while practicing social distancing and heightened cleanliness routines.
Here’s what’s open right now:
  • DPR parks 
  • Park restrooms
  • Trails and greenways
  • Tennis, pickleball, disc golf, futsal, and basketball courts
  • Athletic fields and Durham Central Park’s Skate Park
  • Dog parks (Piney Wood Dog Park will be closed August 6 for maintenance).
Outdoor events where people are ordinarily close to one another are limited to 25. Users of park facilities and features are required to maintain social distancing (6 feet) and to have face masks on hand in case they encounter other people in the same space.

And here’s what remains to be closed:
  • Playgrounds
  • DPR administration building
  • Most recreation centers
  • DPR indoor and outdoor pools and spraygrounds.

UPCOMING FUN ACTIVITIES AT DPR:
  • Historic Tour of West Point on the Eno Park (5150 N    Roxboro Rd)—Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 2–3pm. See the West Point Mill, McCown-Mangum House, and the Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography and learn about the people who lived, worked, and played in the area. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the group size will be limited and everyone will practice social distancing. Free admission; visit the Facebook event page for more info.
  • Historic Tour of Leigh Farm Park (370 Leigh Farm Rd)—Saturdays, 2–3pm. Visit this middle-class plantation, learn about the families’ lives—those of the farm owners and the enslaved people, and see the Leigh Family Cemetery. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the group size will be limited and everyone will practice social distancing. Free admission; visit the Facebook event page for more info.
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JEWISH FOR GOOD/THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF DURHAM–CHAPEL HILL, 
Levin Jewish Community Center (the J"), 
1937 W Cornwallis Rd, 919-354-4936, levinjcc.org
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Here are a few upcoming events; click here to see the entire calendar:
  • If you’re able to help the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry distribute food and household items for people in need, please drop off your donations at the curb on Fridays from 2:30 to 4:30pm (January 8, 15, 22, and 29, and February 5). Here’s what’s needed most: Nonperishable, unexpired shelf stable food, such as canned tuna, dried pasta, tomato sauce, peanut butter, canned beans, canned vegetables, canned soup, canned fruit, paper grocery bags; also unused, packaged hygiene products, such as bar soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, and travel-size shampoos, conditioners, and body soap.
  • ​The JCC Women’s Group and JCC Men’s Group (for retirees) will have a joint virtual meeting on Friday, January 15, 10:30am–noon. A book talk will be led by Arnie “Tokyo” Rosenthal. Click here to join on Zoom.
  • Jewish seniors are invited to participate in the virtual Chaverim/Friends event on Thursday, January 21, 1–2:30pm. Send an email message to Jordana Brown at jbrown@jewishforgood.org to register and to get the Zoom link.
  • The JCC Women’s Group and JCC Men’s Group (for retirees) will have a joint virtual meeting on Friday, February 2, 10:30am–noon. Yvonne Boxerman will lead a discussion on the book“Unexpected Encounters.” Click here to join on Zoom.