Calhoun County Committee on Aging had a particularly eventful week last week, with the opening of a new craft room and a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. With the Federal Government’s expected end of the U.S. Covid-19 Health Emergency on May 11th, many increased activities are planned and expected in the coming months, and last week’s events provided a small forecast of that.
The new craft room will allow 18 to 24 people to work together on crafts of their choosing. Seana Evans from “Miller’s Steals and Deals” generously donated a Cricut cutting machine for the room, which, coupled with a computer, produces professional creations and designs for shirts, cups, mugs, jewelry, etc. Adjoining the craft room will be a quilting room and a reading nook. Several bins of craft supplies and materials are within arm’s reach on shelves lining one side of the room.
Also, a new media room is opening on the main floor near the dining hall, featuring two public computers for internet browsing along with shelves for books and DVDs. Books will periodically be rotated and refreshed, courtesy of the Calhoun Library, and seniors can borrow books and share and exchange DVDs and CDs as they wish.
Although the fitness and activities room is already well-supplied with three Bowflex stations, a pool table, and an array of stationary bikes, climbing machines, ellipticals, and treadmills, plans are underway to pursue and utilize grants to update equipment at the West Fork site as well as in the Grantsville center.
The expected lifting of the U.S. Covid-19 Health Emergency on May 11th will also bring the resumption of many pre-Covid activities, such as community evening Bingo (3rd Thursday of each month), day-trips to West Virginia and eastern Ohio attractions, shopping trips, games, crafting, movie days, birthday-dinners, holiday celebrations and sponsored trips, as well as a reopening of CCCOA’s Minnora site. And, keep watching for features to be included in CCCOA’s huge 50th Anniversary Celebration planned for June 19th, including live music, crafting, bingo, games, and an array of food and refreshments.
The St. Patrick’s Day Celebration featured games, a best-Irish-dressed contest, bingo, lunch, and a concert by the Johnny Staats Project. It was a great way to end the week!
