Thanks a Bunch Brunch: Mark Your Calendar! 🎃

Join us for a complementary event open to all Seniors which will be held at Willow Brooke Restaurant on November 14th at 11:00am. 

📅 Friday, November 14th - Time: 11:00am 

📍 Willow Brooke Restaurant

There’ll be:

• 🥐🥞🥓Brunch 

• 🎆 Fellowship and Celebration 

The purpose of this event is to increase fellowship while taking this opportunity to celebrate our fund-raising efforts and the volunteers who work tirelessly to make these events a success.  Please plan to join us for this complementary luncheon.  To reserve your spot, you can either sign up at the Senior Center or call the Sr. Center at 508-478-6175.  We look forward to seeing you there!!

You're Invited: A Birthday Bash to Remember! 🎉

Get ready to light the candles and raise your glasses—because we’re throwing a birthday bash that promises fun, laughter, and unforgettable memories! Everyone is welcome whether you have a November Birthday or are just in the mood to celebrate someone who does.  

📅 Wednesday, November 19th - Time: 12:00am until 2:00pm

📍 Senior Center

There’ll be:

🍕 Calzones & Salad from Oliva’s Market

🍪 Cupcakes for dessert

🎼 Acoustic Guitarist Music spans from 1920s to 1960s - by P.E. James

Mark your calendars and bring your party spirit—join us for complementary lunch. We’ll enjoy calzones from Oliva’s Market, salad, and cupcakes for dessert — Entertainment will be provided by P.E. James, a talented acoustic guitarist whose music spans from the 1920s to the 1960s — a true walk down memory lane! Bring a friend and come celebrate with us. To reserve your spot, you can either sign up at the Senior Center or call the Sr. Center at 508-478-6175.  We look forward to seeing you there!   

Our December Birthday Bash is scheduled for December 19th.

Octoberfest Celebration: Mark Your Calendar! 🎃

Join us for a festive fall tradition at the Annual Octoberfest Celebration—a community favorite filled with cheer, treats, and treasures!

📅 Saturday, October 25th - Time: 9:00am until 2:00pm

📍 Senior Center

There’ll be:

• 🎁 Raffle baskets

• 🍪 Delicious baked goods

• 🧶 Handmade crafts

• 🎨 Thumbprint Art

This special fundraiser is made possible by the support of our community partners: Imperial Cars, Vandervalk Farm and Winery, Quissett Hill Farm, Mendon Girl Scouts, Mendon Boy Scouts, Thimble Pleasures, Counsel on Aging, Sr. Center Program and Activity Groups, our talented crafters, and our generous bakers. Your participation helps keep the spirit of Oktoberfest alive year after year and supports Senior Center Programs!

Octoberfest Celebration:   🎨 Thumbprint Art 🎨

Tiny Fingers, Big Smiles!
Bring your little ones to the Mendon Senior Center’s Octoberfest Raffle & Sale on Saturday, October 25th from 9 AM to 1 PM!
We’ll create adorable thumbprint art—a sweet keepsake and the perfect gift for grandparents.
… because memories are made one fingerprint at a time!

You're Invited: A Birthday Bash to Remember! 🎉

Get ready to light the candles and raise your glasses—because we’re throwing a birthday bash that promises fun, laughter, and unforgettable memories! Everyone is welcome whether you have an October Birthday or are just in the mood to celebrate someone who does.  

📅 Wednesday, October 22h - Time: 12:00am until 2:00pm

📍 Senior Center

There’ll be:

• 🍕 Lunch (pizza and salad)

• 🍪 Cupcakes

• 🎼 “A Musical Journey Through the Years" - Tom Rull

Mark your calendars and bring your party spirit—join us for complementary lunch of pizza, salad, birthday cupcakes.  Immediately following lunch, we will be entertained by Tom Rull who will take us on “A Musical Journey Through the Years”.  To reserve your spot, you can either sign up at the Senior Center or call the Sr. Center at 508-478-6175.  We look forward to seeing you there!   

Our November Birthday Bash is scheduled for November 19th.

25th Annual Mendon Town Boat Race

The competition was fierce, but in the final seconds the Douglas Battle Axes pulled ahead to claim first place! While we finished a close second, the event was still a tremendous success for the Mendon Senior Center.

Led by Phil Cieply and Peg Nogueira, our boat-building crew poured creativity, teamwork, and many hours into crafting a vessel that was both accessible and seaworthy enough to brave the “high seas” of Lake Nipmuc. Once construction was complete, our cracker-jack decorating team transformed it into a casino-themed steamship, painted in bold red and black—a real head-turner on race day.

On the big day, our team was cheered on by a lively crowd of Seniors and townspeople, whose encouragement made all the difference. While the scoreboard shows second place, in our hearts we know our team were the real winners.

A big thank-you to everyone who constructed, rowed, painted, cheered, and made this year’s race one for the history books. Here’s to smooth sailing—and maybe a rematch next year!

JOKES MY IRISH FATHER TOLD ME

The Senior Center and the Friends of Mendon Seniors are please to announce a comedy program presented by comedian Dave Kane on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:00AM.  Dave brings a laugh filled presentation of jokes, one liners and stories that celebrate the warmth and resilience of the Irish sense of humor.  At 12.00 noon, following the program the Sr. Center will be offering a Baked Potato Bar featuring a selection of toppings including chili, broccoli, cheese sauce, salsa, sour cream, chives and bacon.  The cost of lunch is $3.00 the laughs that accompany the free comedy show are priceless.  Please stop by or call the Senior Center to sign up for one or both of these events.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS

Learn How to Take Better Pictures -

This five-week photography class will begin Tuesday, April 22 at 1:30pm. Whether you want to perfect your Phone photography skills or have a Digital camera of your own, Steve McGrath, an accomplished, professional photographer with over thirty years experience, has something to offer. Learn how to create great images on your phone. Digital camera beginners, learn from an expert. Android and Apple Smart phones are welcome.  For information about our instructor, see his website. 

http://www.stevemcgrathphotography.com/classes

The cost for this grant subsidized program is $35 for five weeks. Please call 508-478-6175 or stop by the Mendon Senior Center to register.