March Happenings

Would You Like to Make a Difference in Someone’s Life This Year? Help us get the New Year off with a rousing start by giving a tiny amount of your time to help with the DMCC programs that mean so much to our seniors.
1. TGIF duty, or “Friday-lite”: Give two hours on a Friday to staff the lively DMCC office. Friendly personalities need apply.

2. Black-tie unnecessary: Serve as Bus Host for four hours the second Thursday of the month on the DMCC bus. Help seniors with shopping, assist bus driver. Cheerful, patient personalities need apply. We also need regular bus hosts to supervise special bus excursions; these hosts get into museums, plays and concerts for free!

3. Party-time, pre: Volunteers needed to set-up for Coffee and Conversation events, one hour the second Monday of each month. Punctual personalities need apply.

4. Party-time, post: Volunteers to help clean-up after the Coffee and Conversations events the second Monday of each month for one hour. Organized personalities need apply.
If any of these jobs pique your interest, please call Beth Levine at (858) 481-2749 for more information.

Friday, March 5, noon to 6 p.m. Bus trip to San Diego Harbor for Whale Watching Excursion: Celebrate whale watching with Scripps Institution of Oceanography naturalists as we venture out to locate gray whales on their migration from the Bering Sea to Baja’s breeding grounds. Detect and listen to whale and dolphin sounds in real time using state-of-the-art research equipment from Scripps. Search for other marine life such as seals, sea lions, migrating birds and more. Get a close-up look and learn about gray whale baleen, barnacles and prey items from aquarium naturalists during the cruise. Bring your lunch and eat on board (no coolers, alcohol or glass containers allowed.) Wear warm clothing and bring binoculars. $30 per person (includes cruise and bus donation) payable in advance by Monday, March 1.

March 8, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm: Coffee & Conversations – Keeping Fit as We Age. Learn techniques to appropriately challenge your body at any age, anywhere with Mitch McConnell. Refreshments immediately following. The Gym at Del Mar, 2010 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Suite 11.

Tuesday, March 16, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bus trip to The Classic Contemporary art of Lichtenstein, Warhol and Friends on exhibit at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. $10 includes admission and the DMCC bus donation. Call DMCC to reserve your spot. Check museum website for exhibition details.

Thursday, March 18, 6 to 8 p.m. Bus trip to Third Thursday Gallery Night on Cedros will feature the Ordover Gallery exhibition of “Hope and Tragedy: Contemporary Paintings by Saphire.” The artist’s work includes complex visual, spatial and emotional relationships between abstract forms. The viewer is invited to decipher and interpret these liaisons. $5 bus donation.

Monday, March 22, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Universal Design book talk; Powerhouse Community Center. Come and hear author Barbara Krueger, a local resident for more than 20 years, present a talk on her new book Universal Design: A Step-By-Step Guide to Modifying Your Home For Comfortable Accessible Living. The book is a pictorial how-to that addresses ways to modify your home to make everyday living easier as advancing age, or physically or mentally limiting diseases affect your agility, balance, vision and/or recall. Please RSVP by Thursday, March 18.

Tuesday, March 23, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. “In-Home Care 101 – Tips About Hiring Caregivers”; City Hall Annex. Whether it’s you or someone you love who needs extra assistance in the home, this presentation will provide you with the important questions you need to ask and everything you need to know about hiring caregivers. Scott Samuels, owner of ComForCare Senior Services North County San Diego, will share a wealth of experience on hiring and keeping the best. A similar talk will follow in April about Assisted Living Options. Please RSVP by Thursday, March 18.

Wednesday, March 24, 5 to 8 p.m. DMCC Guest Bartender Night at Sbicca’s! This was such great fun the first time around, we’re returning! Stop in for a tasty bite and refreshing cocktail poured by a DMCC board member. All proceeds will benefit DMCC programs.

Monday, March 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bus shopping trip to Target in Encinitas. Reservations required; call or email the DMCC office.

Tuesday, March 30, 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bus trip to the Patrician Retirement Community in University City for luncheon and tour. Reservations required; call or email the DMCC office.

UPCOMING EVENTS - Check www.dmcc.cc for details.
Saturday, May 22. Save the date for our second annual Jerry Finnell Memorial Walk! Enjoy a hearty pancake breakfast at the Firehouse to start and then a stimulating guided lagoon tour! We’ll be making memorial ribbons as remembrances for loved ones during the breakfast for a community wreath.

Coffee and Conversations:
April 12, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm: Staying Informed About Your Own Health Options. Jackie Davis, Health Librarian, Sharp Hospital, will teach us how to find information about conditions, symptoms, and the doctors you choose. Light refreshments served. City Hall Annex, 235 11th St

May 10, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm: Readings from Our Lives with Mai Lon Gittelsohn and her class. This is always a favorite with our participants! Light refreshments served. Del Mar TV Studio, 240 Tenth St.

Where Can You Get an H1N1 Flu Shot?

Because the senior population is not identified as an at-risk group, DMCC will not be offering an H1N1 Flu Shot Clinic. However, as of January 8, 2010, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency has a series of mass vaccination clinics for all individuals who want to receive H1N1 vaccine and have not yet gotten it. For location information and details, call 2-1-1 or visit online: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/Portal/flu/H1N1vaccine.html