There's more going on than I've listed, come visit.

Highlights Van Cortlandt Senior Center - February
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		Feb. 1 9:45 Exercise Jon Rigai	Feb. 2 10:00 Exercise with Sylvia	Feb 3 10:00 Yoga with Neem
Feb. 6 10:30 Aerobics with Doriana	Feb. 7 Exercise with Sylvia	Feb. 8 9:45 Exercise Jon Rigai	Feb. 9 9:45 Exercise with Sylvia	Feb 10 10:00 Yoga with Neem 1:15 Dance Movement with Caroline
Feb. 13 10:30 Aerobics with Doriana	Feb. 14 9:45 Exercise with Caroline Grant 10:30 Art with Alisha Saltzman	Feb 15 10:00 Exercise with Sylvia	Feb. 16 9:45 Exercise with Sylvia	Feb 17 10:00 Yoga with Neem
CLOSED	Feb. 21	Feb. 22 9:45 Exercise Jon Rigai 1:00 Jazz Pianist John Halsey	Feb. 23 10:00 Exercise with Sylvia	Feb 24 10:00 Yoga with Neem 1:00 Cancelled Creating Joy with Alisha Saltzman
Feb. 27 10:30 Aerobics with Doriana	Feb. 28 9:45 Exercise with Caroline

The Wednesday music program with John Halsey was great fun. He was accompanied by a singer, a bassist and a drummer.

Lunch served daily at noon

Chess

Yesterday, January 24, I went to Riverdale Senior Services. I had planned to attend a meeting of the Committee on Aging of Community Board 8, but when I got there I saw a chess game going on. I ended up playing chess, had a fun hour and never went to the meeting. I plan to go next Tuesday to play chess.

Picture from USATE 2004.

Robert Weber is Director of Group Services for JASA. He is directly in the chain of command of the senior centers run by JASA.

Neem was at the senior center today to lead yoga. She said she gave a tape Ageless Yoga to the people who administer the center, so on weeks when she isn't scheduled we could follow that tape. Next time that happens I'll try and remember to ask about the tape. Last week, she was on the schedule but the schedule was wrong, she had no contract to teach. Sylvia stepped in and led the class, an action I appreciate.

Reading the DFTA website I learned a few things. The budget analyst for the Bronx is Roy Garcia, 212 442 1237, rgarcia@aging.nyc.gov
PDS Provider Data System
SPP Senior Participant Profiles

Tonight I was the first speaker at the Community Board 8 meeting. Here is what I said: My name is Lora Frisch, I am a resident of the Amalgamated Co-op. My blog is http://lorasara.blogspot.com I hope that at some future date the Committee on Aging will choose the Van Cortlandt Senior Center for a meeting. In the few months I have belonged to the Van Cortlandt Senior Center I have seen the exercise programs cut in half, now some of the cuts are being restored. I have been unable to learn why the cuts were made in the first place. There is no transparency regarding the funding of senior centers. A large chunk of taxpayer dollars goes to senior services and far greater accountability should be shown. I have been able to learn the names of two of the people on the DFTA Senior Advisory Council from the Bronx, Edith Baldwin and Doris Colon, but have no means of contacting them. My understanding is that they are the link between the average senior citizen and DFTA. There should be a straightforward way to express concerns to them. I would like to ask who is on the Aging Committee of Community Board 8 and how does one contact them? The answer to this question was Karen Pesce, I met her and got her phone number.

I called Community Board 8 to sign up as a speaker at the January 10 meeting.