The Rock Port Senior Center will have a drawing for two handmade rustic coat racks, made and donated by James Howard Thompson and Roy Wayne Esser. (Submitted photos)

By Administrator Maria Reed

Fall is almost here. You can look forward to a new menu cycle starting in October that will feature several different menu items including different soups. To start off the fall season, Rock Port Senior Center will have its annual bake sale at Old Fashioned Saturday night on September 20. If you wish to donate baked goodies, please bring them to the center by 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 19. All the proceeds from fundraisers help us continue to serve the senior citizens in and around Rock Port as well as fund various activities held for them.

Raffle tickets are still being sold for two rustic coat racks made and donated by Roy Wayne Esser and James Howard Thompson. All proceeds go back to the center’s activities for the senior citizens. One ticket costs $3 and two tickets are $5. Come to the center, reach out to a board member, or stop into King’s Auto Supply for tickets. We appreciate Roy and James for their time and craftsmanship and donation of these items. Winners for both items will be drawn at Old Fashioned Saturday Night September 20 (need not be present to win). Look for flyers around town.

Extra! Extra! This year the Rock Port Senior Center will be hosting a fish fry! The tentative date is set for October 26. The center will be looking for volunteers to help serve and also encourage monetary donations to purchase the food for the fish fry. If you wish to donate, please mail your donation to the center, 505 S. Country Club Drive, Rock Port, MO 64482. (Write “Fish Fry” in the memo.)

The center will be having an Alzheimer’s Support Group again on September 4 at 10:00 a.m. Pastor David from the Methodist Church heads this up and he brings treats. Please come check it out. If you know someone who cares for someone with dementia, come on in. Stay for lunch afterward.

The bingo time has changed. It will now start at 9:45 a.m. and play until 10:45 a.m. This is to eliminate the cross over and noise while the caller is still calling bingo. It will still be held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The plan is to keep bingo going through the winter. It just may be less often and subject to weather and temperatures.

Home delivery clients, look for your shelf stable meal letters in your cold bag. The shelf stable meals will be sent out at the end of September.

Thank you to all of the center’s volunteers for all you do to keep it going! It couldn’t be done without you!