good luck everyone!!
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Mark your Calendars
Monthly Commodity Pick Up
Thursday, April 15th, 2021
9:00am Till 12 NOON
“This institution is an equal opportunity provider”
Closed For Good Friday April
2nd, 2021!!
FundRaising
CANDY BARS ARE BACK! We will be having the Gertrude Hawk Candy Bars for sale
again! We Started in January 2021 selling candy bars for $1.00 Each. Milk Chocolate
Caramel, Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Raspberry, Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter,
Dark Chocolate Coconut Custard, and Milk Chocolate Almond, Solid Milk Chocolate, Milk
Chocolate Crispy, Milk Chocolate Toffee Almond, Dark Chocolate Mint, Milk Chocolate
Sea Salt Caramel, Dark Chocolate Lava Cake and Milk Chocolate Pretzel!!
We have some
specialty items that
have been donated to
us:
Supplies for a wound
vacuum (vac) machine
such as 2 different
canisters & Medium
Foam Kits. These are all
still in their original,
unexpired packaging. If
you think these would
be helpful to you, please
stop in!
Count the Objects in the newsletter!! In April they
are “Bunnies”! Write into Central County Senior
Center P.O. Box 252 Berrien Springs, MI 49103
with your answer, I will put the names of those
with the correct number in a basket and will draw
out 3 people who will win a prize!! I will name the
winners in a future newsletter. You have until April
30th to get your name & address to me!
Good luck everyone!!
Would you like to have a
pen pal? If you would
please write to us
(Central County Senior
Center P.O. Box 252
Berrien Springs, MI
49103) with your name
and address to become a
pen pal to a High School
student!!
This is a beautiful crochet throw blanket which is
59’ long & 51’ wide! We are
raffling this throw blanket as a
fundraiser for the senior center.
This throw blanket was made
by Lisa Walter. We will be
selling raffle tickets for two
months, April & May. You can
come in and buy tickets or you
can send a check made out to the Central County
Senior Center!! The price is $1.00 per ticket or
$5.00 for 6 tickets!! We will call you to let you know
you won!! You will see the winner in a future news-
letter!! Good luck everyone!!
CALL ONE OF THE SENIOR CENTERS LISTED BELOW, IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION, RIDES, ACTIVITIES AND
PROGRAMS. DON’T FORGET THE LOAN CLOSETS AT EACH SENIOR CENTER I F YOU NEED SOMETHING..
North Berrien Senior Center
PO Box 730
6648 Ryno Road
Coloma, MI 49038
Phone: 1-269-468-3366
Benton Harbor-Benton Township
Senior Center
225 Colfax
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Phone: 1-269-927-2497
Buchanan Area Senior Center
810 Rynearson
Buchanan, MI 49107
Phone: 1-269-695-7119
Central County Senior Center
4083 Shawnee Rd
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Phone: 1-269-471-2017
Greater Niles Senior Center
1109 Bell
Niles, MI 49120
Phone: 1-269-683-9380
River Valley Senior Center
13321 Red Arrow Highway
Harbert, MI 49115
Phone: 1-269-469-4556
St. Joseph-Lincoln Senior Center
3271 Lincoln Ave
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Phone: 1-269-429-7768
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Amy’s Project!!
I need your help on a project
that I’m doing here at the
Senior Center!! If you have any
OLD copies of town pictures of
Eau Claire, Baroda, Buchanan,
Bridgman, Benton Harbor,
Berrien Center, Niles,
St. Joseph, Stevensville,
Sodus, Dowagiac and
Watervliet! It will help me
greatly on this project.
Thanks ~ Amy
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!
All meals are Congregate meals!! You must have already been a client to
receive the to-go boxes, curbside. So for your lunches, please call by
10am the day before you want it! Please call and cancel your meal if you
will not be able to pick it up.
If you are new please call MEALS ON WHEELS OF SW MICHIGAN
SENIOR NUTRITION SERVICE at 269-925-0137.
Thanks ~ Vivienne-SNS
Monthly Income - Fair Share
$1,101 & up $3.75 and up
$801-1,100 $3.25 per Meal
$701-$800 $2.75 per Meal
$551-$700 $2.25 per Meal
$0 or $550 $1.75 per Meal
In February, we received a donation of
chocolates, a few balloons and a couple of
stuffed animals to be delivered to our
homebound seniors! A great big thanks goes
out to Family Dollar for this very generous
donation! Thank you
Are you in need of some extra attention for
your feet? Do you have trouble
reaching your feet or even seeing your feet??
Why not give the Foot Clinic a try!!
My name is Jane Sherwin and I am a
registered nurse who has been caring for feet
for over 11 years. I would be happy to meet
you and give your feet some loving care.
When you attend the foot clinic you receive a
tub for soaking, tools that I use only on you
and a soothing foot massage when the
clipping is 'nished. Initial cost is $30 and
every visit after that is $25. Why not sign up
today by calling the Senior Center. Our next
foot clinic will be Monday, April 12th, 2021.�
Pride scooter value is $1599.00 to $1999.00 asking $1000.00.
Comes apart for easy loading into car without that ugly rack
on the back of your car. Ridden less than 1 hour. Husband
became too ill to use. 269�325�8175�
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Caring Circle of Lakeland, offers a quality-of-life focused
continuum of care for the seriously ill, that includes
Transitions, HouseCalls, Palliative Care, Hanson Hospice
Center, Hospice Care, Bereavement Care, and Lory’s Place. As
a not-for-profit organization, we offer comprehensive
caregiving programs and support, as well as grief and
bereavement counseling, workshops and support groups at no
charge We work to create a world of meaningful moments by
focusing on quality-of-life, embracing aging, illness, dying,
death and grief healing as a part of living. 1-269-429-7100
Berrien County Self�Help Legal Resource Center�
Deann Kuelbs, Coordinator berriencounty.org/selfhelp
The Self-Help Legal Resource Center is designed to make information and forms more readily available to those who wish to
represent themselves in court proceedings. Although legal advice cannot be given, staff and volunteers are pleased to assist patrons
with the procedural steps involved in filing out court documents. While the assistance given at the Legal Resource Center is free of
charge, there is a small fee associated with some of the forms and copies.
Berrien County Courthouse 269-983-7111 Ext. 6202 or 6203
1205 N. Front St. Niles, MI Open Wednesday only 9:00-4:00 (closed 12:00-1:00)
We are happy to have the “Direct Your Labels” program back! With
this program, the Senior Center, can get money from Spartan brand
labels & from Our Family labels. Simply cut out the UPC bar code
with all the numbers on the bottom, or if you do not want to cut it out
you can just bring in the whole label. Once we collect 500 labels we
can send them in for $25.00! If you have any questions, please call
us!
Sons & Daughters United has graciously donated some bread
for us to hand out… Most of the bread will be outdated within
next couple days, it is overstock from Bimbo’s Bakery in South
Bend. If you are in need of bread, please let us know!! While no
payment is required, any and all donations are appreciated.
Thanks
Commodity note:
For the month of April, we would like to continue to hand out commodities from the front of the building. Here’s what you
do: Turn into the main parking lot, turn around so you are facing Shawnee Rd, then continue to the mini-storage sign.
Form a single line and park. Watch for staff/volunteers to signal you to drive to the front door of the building (under the
awning), while staying in your vehicle.
Monthly commodities Thursday, April 15th, 2021 @ 9am-12 noon!!! �
Are you missing a Visa-Chime card? We
have one that was found in our parking lot,
in the middle of December. Please call to
identify.
FOR ANY TRIPS OR EVENTS
THAT YOU SEE IN THE
NEWSLETTER YOU MUST
CALL IN AND SIGN UP FOR
THEM!! WE NEED TO KNOW
COUNTS ON ALL OF THESE
SO WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE
AND ENOUGH FOOD TO GO
AROUND!!!! Thanks
Are you, or someone
you care about,
legally blind? Please
don’t struggle to live
independently
without the free help
that is available to
you. Call the Bureau
of Services for the
Blind Persons at
269-337-3875 for
more information!!
Media Contact:
Kelly Rossman-McKinney
(o) 517-335-7666 (c) 517-512-9342
Courtney Covington
(o) 517-335-7666 (c) 517-290-1560
Ryan Jarvi
(o) 517-335-7666 (c) 517-599-2746
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020
Attorney General Nessel Warns Consumers of Deceptive “Bank Fraud” Alerts
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today warned Michigan residents to watch out for
fraudulent bank alerts following an uptick in increasingly sophisticated scams.
The deceitful scam usually starts with a phone text – coming from their bank – alerting the receiver to
what appears to be the fraudulent use of a his or her debit card. The alert appears to be real; for
example: “FREE TEXT from Fifth Third Bank #2579 To continue using your card, please verify this
transaction: 02/05 – Gucci Merchant $1632.00. Press Y for Yes or N for No.”
The text or email alert is then followed by a phone call – which appears to be coming from the bank’s
1-800 customer service number. When quizzed about whether the call is real, the caller even says:
“Check on the back of your card and you will see that I am calling from the customer service number
listed there.” That, in fact, is true because they have “spoofed” the customer service number, making it
appear as if that is the number from which they are calling. The caller is very professional, commits to
ensuring the fraudulent charges are dropped, then begins to ask questions that eventually lead to an
attempt to confirm the cardholder’s PIN number.
In another instance, the text message is a “ChaseBank notice” warning that “your debit card is
temporary locked” (misspelling temporarily), with instruction to call a stated number “for support.”
“Do NOT fall for these scams,” said Nessel. “These criminals are increasingly clever and conniving and
have found yet another way to cheat honest Michigan residents out of their hard-earned money.”
Nessel urges every Michigan resident who gets an email, text or call that is supposedly from their bank
to hang up and call the customer service number on the back of their debit card. That is the only way to
ensure the caller is who they claim to be. In at least some cases, email fraud alerts are easier to spot
because the sender’s email address doesn’t match up with the bank’s address. Most customers,
however, do not take the time to verify the sender’s address. “The bottom line is this: Don’t give a
single piece of personal information – your birth date, the last four digits of your Social Security
number, your PIN number – to anyone who calls,” Nessel said. “Hang up and call back on a number
you know you can verify.” For more information please read the following Consumer Alerts:
Caller ID Spoofing, Text Message Scams: Smishing, Hijacking Your Text, Email, and Instant
Messages: A New Angle on "Phishing" Scams
Consumers are encouraged to file consumer complaints online with the Michigan Department of
Attorney General or call 877-765-8388.
Latch Hook
Come and join the latch hook class! We will have
class Friday, April 9th, 2021 from 1:30pm-
3:00pm. Items needed for the class are: canvas (if
you are a beginner, you will need a canvas that is
printed on. If you know what you are doing, your
canvas doesn’ t need to be printed on.) pattern,
yarn & latch hook tool. If you need help locating
any of these items you can contact me, Lori, and
I’ll be happy to help you. Please call the Senior
Center to sign up!!
Remember we have a library full of
books to loan out! Also we have
created a library of movies! You can borrow
each movie for 2 weeks, but then we ask that you
return them so someone else can borrow them.
The return will be on the honor system. Some of
the movies are VHS tapes and some
are DVDs.
Please do your best to stay cheerful
during these hard times. You never know, you
could be someone’s ray of sunshine!
Loan Closet: We
have items in our
loan closet to loan
out to you! We
have canes,
walkers,
commodes,
wheelchairs, etc.
If you are in need
of something we
strongly suggest
to save some gas
and give us a call
first, to see if we
have your item.
If you have
something to
donate, please
give us a call,
make sure we are
accepting it.
Sometimes we get
overrun with items
and have to refuse
them. Please do
NOT leave
anything outside
our doors! Rest
assured that all
items have been
sanitized. �
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Professional Servicewith Personal Concern
Locally Owned and OperatedFunerals, Cremations,
Pre-arrangements
James K. Allred,James K. Allred,Funeral DirectorFuneral Director
212 South Main StreetBerrien Springs, MI 49103
269-471-3729www.allredfuneralhome.com
THIS SPACE IS
Golden Shore Assisted Living Ferny’s Home Golden Age Manor 1564 N M-63 7720 Wright Rd 4167 N. Roosevelt Rd Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Niles, MI 49120 Stevensville, MI 49127
Call Us Today: (269) 449-5400
The Starks family has been serving our Community for 3 generations.
We are located at the north end of Berrien Springs. Always Here for You.
269-471-2700www.heritage-chapel.com
When it comes to Veterans Benefits, many veterans and dependents don’t know what they don’t know. Nationwide, less than 10% of those eligible apply. Let us help to educate and navigate you thru the maze of what is available from discharge to death. Here are some of the many benefits: ★Disability Compensation benefits for prior conditions, diseases or injuries that occurred in service or many years later as a result of service (e.g. Agent Orange Exposure, Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – combat or personal trauma) to name a few. ★PTSD Counselors from the South Bend Vet Center who come to Berrien County twice a week.
★Non-Service Connected Veterans Pension and Survivors Pension benefits (House Bound as well as Aid and Attendance) for low income veterans over age 65 or prior to age 65 that are disabled and have at least one day of wartime service (additional means tested restrictions apply).
★Free transportation at designated stops for veterans enrolled in the VA Health Benefits Program to the VA Medical Center in Battle Creek and the VA Health Care Center in Mishawaka.
★Financial assistance thru the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund for wartime veterans or peacetime veterans who earned an expeditionary medal (additional means tested restrictions apply).
★Free financial coaching from an Accredited Financial Counselor and Financial Fitness Coach Counselor as well as ongoingDave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University Military Edition classes.
Berrien County Veterans Services701 Main Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085
(269) 983-7111 Ext. 8224www.berriencounty.org/veterans
Contact Patsy Sears to place an ad today! [email protected] or (800) 950-9952 x5901
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Meals on Wheels of SW Michigan Senior Nutrition
Service Congregate Menu�
April 2021�
Menu Is Subject To Change Without Notice
Along with Participant Contributions,
United Way Partners, Grant Awards and
Local Donations
Meals are Funded By�
Monday�
Tuesday�
Wednesday �
Thursday �
Friday�
Meals provide (average per week)
Carbs: 75 grams
Calories: 800 average
Sodium: 800 mgs. Average
Protein: 19 grams
Total Fat : 30%
2% milk, Sodium:800�
Your donation toward the cost
of the meal helps to make sure
that these meals can continue.
Please be as generous as you
can!
We thank you!
�
1 Easter Meal
Sliced ham with pineapple sauce
Roasted potsyord
Asparagus
Easter cookies
Fruit punch�
2�
5 Roast beef with gravy
Mashed potatoes
Stewed tomatoes
WW roll
Pears�
6 Chicken fillet sandwich with
lettuce & tomato
Broccoli�apple salad
Potato wedges
WW bun
Mixed fruit�
7 Beef fajita with onions &
peppers
Chopped tomatoes & shr lettuce
Black beans
Tortilla shell
Apple crisp�
8 Beef stew with celery, onions
potato & carrots
Side salad
Roll
Strawberry applesauce�
9 Baked cod w/ tartar suce
Rice
Mixed vegetabkes
Roll
Fruit yogurt�
12 Chicken, broccoli & rice
casserole
Peas
Marinated vegetables
Pineapple�
13 Cheese burger
Potatoes O’ Brien
Coleslaw
WW bun
Peaches�
�
14 Salisbury steak with gravy
Mashed potatoes
3 bean salad
Roll
Fruited jello�
15 Lemon Pollock
Rice
Roasted vegetables
Citrus cup�
�
16 BBQ beef sandwich
Green bean casserole
Cucumber salad
Bun
Pears�
19 Oven fried chicken
Mashed potatoes
Mixed vegetables
Biscuit
Craisins �
20 Sausage & shells
Steamed broccolini
Breadstick
Peach crumble �
21 Stuffed green pepper
Sliced carrots
Roll
Baked apples�
22 Chicken teriyaki over rice
Stir fried broccoli, carrots and
onions
Applesauce �
�
23 Meatloaf
Mashed potatoes with gravy
Side salad with dressing
Mandarin oranges +
birthday cake �
�
26 Sliced pork
Steamed collard greens
Mixed vegeables
Biscuit
Ambrosia fruit salad �
27 BBQ chicken
Mac & cheese
3 bean salad
Pineapple�
28 Sloppy joes
Coleslaw
Roasted potatoes
WW bun
Fruit yogurt �
29 Loaded baked potato with
chicken, cheese & vegetables
Green salad with ranch
Vanilla pudding with fruit�
30 Pulled pork sandwich
Mixed bean salad
Roast potato wedges
Applesauce
Bun�
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April 2021
Look throughout the newsletter and see
how many Bunnies you find! I will let you
know in next month’s newsletter how
many there were!!
Thanks ~ Amy
If you have anything to submit for the newsletter, I will need it by the first of every month,
NO EXCEPTIONS!! We are sending the newsletter to a printing company and I have a deadline I have to
keep! If you do not get your stuff to me in time, it won’t go in the newsletter! Thanks ~ Amy
Afternoon Movie:
We will be watching
“HOP” at 1:00pm Fri-
day, April 30th, 2021!!
Please call the Senior
Center to sign up!!
Coloring! Coloring is very calming and helps to relieve stress. We will be coloring on
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, from 1:30-3:00. Come on in and join the fun!! Call and sign up!
Advertising content is not necessarily endorsed by this
Senior Center but is the view of the advertiser.
A NOTE FROM AMY!!
You must sign up for programs, trips
and special events. We will need to
cancel if not enough interest is shown.
If you haven’t signed up, we can’t let
you know it is cancelled!!!
Thanks ~ Amy
We have started “Diamond
Painting by Numbers”!! Very easy
to do, I have four examples here at
the Senior Center if you want to
look at them and see what it’s
about!! The class will be on
Tuesday, April 13th, 20th & 27th,
2021 @ 1:30pm�3:00pm.
� Thanks ~ Amy
Afternoon Movie: We will
be watching “You’ve Got
Mail” at 1:00pm Friday, April
23rd, 2021!! Please call the
Senior Center to sign up!!
If you want to play Cash Bingo again please call the Senior
Center and sign up!! Right now we do not have enough
people right now to start it again!! 269-471-2017
E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son,
heads to Hollywood, determined to become
a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's
taken in by Fred after the out-of-work
slacker hits E.B. with his car.
Stars:
Russell Brand, James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins
Runtime:
95 min
Genres: Children, Comedy
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and
independent book shop owner, Kathleen
Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the
Internet both blissfully unaware that he's
trying to put her out of business.
Stars:
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Runtime:
119 min
February winners are:
Roberta Luttke
Judy Eichman
Donna Biddinger
There were 51 Balloon
Hearts!!
Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
1.
2. Closed
Good Friday
3.
4. 5. 1:00 Painting
Class
6.
Coloring 1:30-3
7. 8. 9. Latch Hook 1:30-3 10.
11. 12. Foot Clinic
1:00 Painting Class
13. Diamond
Painting 1:30-3
14. 15 9am Commodities 16. 17.
18. 19. 1:00 Painting
Class
20. Diamond
Painting 1:30-3
21.
22. 23. Afternoon Movie
1:00pm
24.
25.
26. 1:00 Painting
Class
27. 9am Board
MTG
Diamond
Painting 1:30-3
28.
29.
30. Afternoon Movie
1:00pm
Happy
Painting Class-Mondays @12:30pm-$5 each class!
As of March 2021 painting is back!!
Tai Chi–Mondays @ 10:00am $3.00 each class on hold!!
Second Ceramics Class-Fridays @ 1:00pm on hold!!
Quilting-Tuesdays @ 1:00pm
Ceramics- Wednesdays @ 1:00pm on hold!!
Knit/Crochet/Swedish Weaving/other needle work–
Tuesdays @ 10:00am.- on hold!!
Cardio Drum–Thursdays @ 11am $4.00 each class - on
hold!!
Nat’l. Pretzel Day!!
Nat’l. Pet Day!!
Nat’l. Grilled
Cheese Day!!
Nat’l. Beer Day!!
Nat’l. Walking Day!!
Tax Day (Taxes Due)
Nat’l. High Five Day!!
Arbor Day!!
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
PERMIT #17
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI 49103
Central County Senior Center
4083 E. Shawnee Rd
PO Box 252
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Phone: 1�269�471�2017
Hours of operation:
Monday�Friday 8am to 4:30pm
www.centralcountyseniorcenter.org�
MEET THE CENTER STAFF:
Heidi Abele: Executive Director
Amy Tefs: Assistant Director
Kathy Hathaway: Transpo. & Comm.
Svs. Coordinator
Lori Rennhack: Receptionist
Kari Root: Trip Hostess/
HouseKeeping
Dennis VanAntwerp: Chauffeur
Bill Schmidt: Chauffeur
Tim Krieger: Chauffeur
Tim Newman: Chauffeur
Vicky Rafter: MMAP Counselor
Vivienne Poluhanycz: Senior
Nutrition Site Manager
Board Members:�
Robert Moore: President
Barry Dahlberg: Vice President
Linda Lohraff: Secretary
Robert Palmer: Treasurer
Judy Larson: Board Member
Mary Vallieres: Board Member
George Rockey: Board Member
Leona Pitcher: Board Member
Winston Nwoke: Board Member
HELPFUL SERVICE NUMBERS:
SOCIAL SECURITY: 1-877-405-5457
MEDICARE QUESTIONS: 1-800-633-4227
MEDICAID HOTLINE: 1-800-642-3195
UNITED WAY’S ‘FIRST CALL FOR HELP’:
1-800-310-5454
LEGAL AID of WESTERN MICHIGAN:
1-888-783-8190 or 1-888-418-1311
Region IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING:
1-800-654-2810
VETERANS’ ASSISTANCE & INFO
1-800-827-1000
MICHIGAN OMBUDSMAN:
1-866-485-9393
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES:
1-269-934-2000
TO REPORT ABUSE/NEGLECT:
1-855-444-3911
TO REPORT A SCAM: 1-877-765-8388
Meals on Wheels of SW MI Senior Nutrition
Service: 1-269-925-0137 or 1-855-925-0137
Senior Employment Program:
1-269-381-5648
CENTRAL COUNTY SENIOR CENTER IS FUNDED BY: County Millage, Title III-B funding, Public &
Private Groups, Individual Donations, Grants, Fund Raising Activities & MANY Wonderful
VOLUNTEERS!!