Gahanna seniors golfing at the Senior Golf League midsummer cookout

Senior Newsletter

Hello and happy Friday! We hope you all have a great week and enjoyed fun activities at the Senior Center. It was so fun seeing so many people come out to celebrate the start of the OSU Football season at our tailgate. Coming up is our 2024 Gahanna Senior Expo on September 12. As a reminder we will be CLOSED Monday, September 2 for Labor Day. We hope you all have a great weekend – we will see you next week.   
Gahanna seniors having fun in Columbus

Day Trips

Registration for the Amish Country trip in October will open Tuesday, September 3. A full list of the rest of our 2024 Day Trips can be found here.
Senior citizens in zumba class

September Birthday Bash 

Monday, September 9   12 p.m.

Celebrate your September birthday! People turning a year older in September will receive a full meal. Other attendees will receive a birthday treat.  

   
Senior citizen birthday celebration

Armchair Travel

Tuesday, September 10   11 a.m.

Travel the world without leaving your seat! Join sponsor Marlee from My Medicare Network for a presentation and light snack.  

 
Senior citizens enjoying some snacks

Lunch and Learn

Tuesday, September 10   12 p.m.

Enjoy lunch and learn something new. Representatives from Sage Park will provide lunch and present on a senior-related topic.  
meet the mayor

Meet the Mayor 

Tuesday, September 10  2 p.m.

Meet with Mayor Laurie Jadwin to learn more about what is happening around Gahanna.  
medical

OSU Talk with Docs

Wednesday, September 11  9:30 a.m.

Meet with professionals from OSU as they discuss supporting friends and loved ones recovering from stroke.  
lunch bunch

Wednesday Lunch

Wednesday, September 11   12 p.m.

Enjoy lunch with friends at the Senior Center. Sponsored by Interim Healthcare and Debbie McNichols with ReMAX Connection.
Mayor Jadwin having a discussion

2024 Gahanna Senior Expo

Thursday, September 12   11 a.m. – 2 p.m.  

Join us at the Gahanna Sanctuary for a day filled with all things senior! Meet with a variety of vendors and learn how they can help you. Visit with Senior Center instructors, meet with other seniors, and discover the variety of programs offered at the Gahanna Senior Center. This event is open to the public, so make sure to bring a friend or two!
Gahanna Public Library

From the Gahanna Library

Join us at the Gahanna Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library for these upcoming programs: 

Saturday Music Series - Nacho Saxadillas

Saturday, August 31  2:00pm - 3:00pm
Gahanna - School Help Center

Enjoy Nacho Saxadillas performing fun music on four different types of saxophones.

 

Learn to Crochet with Creativebug

Wednesday, September 4  6:30pm - 7:30pm

Gahanna - Meeting Room 3

Do you want to learn to crochet? Join us! Library staff and a video tutorial from Creativebug will guide you along the way. Each month, we will practice new stitches.  Bring a light color worsted weight yarn and a size H crochet hook.

 

Saturday Music Series - West African Kora - with Sean Gaskell

Saturday, September 7   2:00pm - 3:00pm

Gahanna - Meeting Room 1 + 2 + 3

Join us for a performance by Sean Gaskell. Sean plays the West African Kora, a 21-22 string harp, and gives information about the instrument and training.

Book List - Labor Day

  • Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States - J. Albert Mann
  • Murder in the Garment District: The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Labor in the United States - David Scott Witwer
  • Re-union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunited the United States - David Madland
  • From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend - A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States
  • Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century - Jessica Bruder
  • Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net - Jessica Calarco
  • Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class - Blair Murphy Kelley
  • Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America - Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Making It in America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (and How It Got That Way) - Rachel Slade
  • American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis - Adam Hochschild
  • The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience - Kirstin Downey
  • Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America - Mark A. Bradley
  • On the Clock: What Low-wage Work Did to Me and How it Drives American Insane - Emily Guendelsberger
  • The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography - Miriam Pawel
  • Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It - Les Leopold
  • Men Without Work: Post-pandemic Edition - Nick Eberstadt
  • Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History of American Work in a Time of Social and Economic Transformation - Mark Larson
  • Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor - Kim Kelly
  • Worked Over: How Round-the-clock Work Is Killing the American Dream    - Jamie K. McCallum 
  • Dog Day Afternoon - David Rosenfelt
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