PLATTSBURGH — Seniors looking for new engagements may want to check out upcoming offerings at the Senior Citizens Council of Clinton County, 5139 N. Catherine St., Plattsburgh.
“We do have some new programming for September,” Patricia Cosgrove, program coordinator, said. “Cornell Cooperative Extension has something they call Golden Years Senior Enrichment Program. We get to have once a month Kari Lamkins from that program. She’s coming Mondays at one o’clock starting Sept. 14 to do the journaling class. Also, she is doing Paint & Sip, Wednesday, Sept. 9, and she’s going to do that for the next few months from 12:30 to 2. She’s doing sunflowers step-by-step. Materials are provided. Free to join. She’s going to come once a month to do those two wonderful programs.”
Regular programming include talks by the Clinton County Historical Association with director Helen Nerska, Nature Chats with Kristin Collins from NYS Parks, and Cornell Co-op SNAP-ed Nutrition presenter Alisha Thapa.
“We’re also starting Monday, Sept. 14 at 9:30 a.m., we’re opening a Fiber Arts Group. That is incorporated with our crochet-knitting on Thursdays, but now we have it on Mondays to open up to broader arts like embroidery, quilting, felting. Just to give people more opportunity to come if they can’t come on Thursdays,” she said.
The new Book Club is five-members strong.
“We are hoping to expand our Book Club membership, too. I’m very encouraged. It’s difficult to get the word out there. The Book Club meets every fourth Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. They are reading ‘Angel of Repose’ by Wallace Stegner. The next book is ‘Into the Wild’ by John Krakauer,” she said.
The council has received great feedback on the programs from seniors.
“It’s so important for seniors to offer them something different and unique. They are definitely going to love the Paint & Sip. The journaling is brand new. Something we haven’t offered. I think that will be really great. I think these different things interest different people, so the more varied stuff that we offer, the more people we can reach,” Cosgrove said.