The Senior Advisory Committee is excited about its newest endeavor, the Senior Café, although it is changing the name to Connection Café in the hopes it will attract more people.The café, located at the Community Center is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.At the committee’s meeting on August 16, Gloria Redlich reported that although the café continues to grow, “we can’t compete with the beaches” on summer days. “The café becomes an extension of what we’ve been doing all along,” added Redlich, which includes improving the quality of life of seniors, in part by combating isolation and loneliness. “We’ve had some really successful programs,” she said, including a sing-along with JaneEmsbo and a poetry session led by Nancy Greenaway. “There were 10 of us, and a golden retriever.”Other recent programs include one with Flip Porter on self-defense, which one member of the committee said was really more on avoidance, or how to get out of a potentially sticky situation.Co-chair Sandra Kelly said that Porter was willing to do more sessions, and more intensive ones.The Medical Center is also conducting monthly talks at the café. So far, one has been conducted by Dr. Thomas Warcup
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