Senior Center: Funding for another year. Maybe a Deli, Definitely Zumba
The Margate Northwest Focal Point Senior Center Board last week accepted roughly $322,000 in Northwest Focal Point (NWFP) Senior Center funding through 2012.
Funds include federal monies provided by the Older Americans Act (OAA), along with matching Title IIIB funds from Broward’s Areawide Council on Aging. The money is used to support the Center’s recreational activities, health and wellness programs, counseling, information, referral, and outreach to Senior Center members 60 years of age and older.
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FREE Flu Shot Thursday at the Margate Senior Center
If you’re so inclined to get a flu shot this year, the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center in Margate will have CVS Pharmacy on hand between 9 am and Noon Thursday providing flu shots FREE to Medicaid and Medicare patients and to City of Margate employees participating in the city’s CIGNA Health Plan. Shots will be free for residents whose insurance covers the flu shot as well.
Center Director, Kelly Diaz, said she already has 19 people pre-registered for the Thursday event and expects around 30 to turn out.
“Back when pharmacies didn’t offer the shots we would have around a hundred,” Diaz told MargateNews.net. “Now you can get a shot just about anywhere. Offering the service here is an added convenience for our seniors and the community.”
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Senior Center Services to Mark your Calendar
Margate’s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center has services in coming weeks that may be of interest to Margate residents.
On Monday September 12, the Broward Property Appraisers Office will have experts on hand at the Center to answer questions residents may have regarding potential discrepancies on their TRIM notice, a property owner’s initial tax statement. After November, said Denise Steele from the center, it will be too late to do anything about it.
Flu Shots at the Center October 6th will cost nothing for those with Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance that covers flu shots and Margate employees enrolled in the Cigna Health Plan. CVS pharmacy will be providing the shots. Waivers must be signed holding harmless the city, CVS pharmacy and the Senior Center.
For more information call Denise at 954-973-0300
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Wii Bowling Tournament comes to Margate Senior Center
Margate’s Northwest Focal Point (NWSP) Senior Center is calling on all citizens ages 60 and older to join the Center’s Wii bowling team in preparation for the August 23, 2011 South Florida Wii Senior Tournament sponsored by Aetna Insurance. Practice times are 9:30 am Monday and Friday and 1 pm Wednesdays at the center, 6009 NW 10th Street Margate.
Not only is Wii Bowling fun, invigorating and social, said NWSP Recreation Director Denise Steele, the game is recognized by health experts to help seniors with mobility, balance, reflexes and general fitness. It’s also very competitive, she said.
“We want to win that trophy,” Steele told MargateNews.net
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Margate’s Focal Point Senior Center now on the Internet
The Margate Focal Point Senior Center finally has a website. Now with a click of a mouse, Margate seniors and their families looking for information on senior center activities, transportation and adult day care in Margate can now find it from the comfort of their desktop PCs and handheld mobile devices without having to call or visit the center.
Serving nearly 150 seniors a day, Margate’s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center is a crown jewel of the city. Five days a week, publicly funded transportation takes seniors shopping and to doctors appointments, and social activities such as card and board games, music, exercise and dance keep seniors mobile on their toes and thinking cognitively. The center offers Thai Chi, counseling, trips to shows, casinos and more.
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New Programs* for Seniors in the City
Margate’s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center is rolling out new programs for seniors in the area looking to enhance quality of life.
Starting this month, Tai Chi (Tai chi chuan), an ancient Chinese system of exercise and martial arts meditation ideally suited to the senior lifestyle. Help with tax returns starts in February and Adult Day Care is available immediately for seniors 60 and over. Click here for details.
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Deputy Broward Appraisers to assist Margate residents with Homestead, Senior and other property tax exemptions January 3
From 10:30 am to noon on Monday January 3, 2011, Deputy Appraisers will be available to help Margate residents with property tax exemptions in person at Margate’s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center, 6009 NW 10 St. Margate 954-973-0300.
Qualified residents 65 years of age or older may also apply for the additional Senior Exemption at this time. Eligible seniors must have a total household adjusted gross income not to exceed $25,780 to qualify.
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Florida Governor visits 10-13 Club in Margate
Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, visited with Broward’s 10-13 Club at the Margate Senior Center last week in a very informal, non-partisan way, said 10-13 Executive Director, Frank Tooley.
The Governor arrived on short notice and was well received by a group of about 120 retired New York cops, their families, friends and guests.
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Margate Senior Center paying electric bills of those in need
Margate’s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center has received $26,000 from the federal Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program (EHEAP) to pay the seasonal electric bills of seniors 60 and older whose electricity FPL has threatened to shut off.
This is the second year in a row that the center’s annual amount from EHEAP has increased significantly.
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