Portsmouth area Senior News

Club updates

n PORTSMOUTH GOLDEN AGE CLUB: Meets second and fourth Thursdays of month, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Moose Club, 1163 Sagamore Ave. There is bingo. Call Betty Pennington, 436-0653.

n ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (ARA): Open to Seacoast residents 50 years and above. Annual membership $50. Continuing series include great decisions discussions on Monday mornings, physical fitness Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 7:30 to 8:30, writing group Tuesday afternoons and play reading Friday afternoons. Morning programs from 9:30 to 11, afternoon programs 1:30 to 3 unless noted. www.unh.edu/ara/ or call Carol at 343-1004.

n oLLI: (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College): offers a wide variety of short courses, classes and trips for New Hampshire residents age 50 and over. It is "Learning for the Fun of It!" with no tests, no grades and no requirements for prior classroom experience. Annual membership is $40. Spring classes are under way. For schedule of classes and other information, call 513-1377 or email: olli.office@granite.edu and visit the OLLI website at www.olli.granite.edu .

n YORK LIONS CLUB: Meets first and third Tuesdays each month at Grant House, Route 1, York, Maine, 7 p.m. (207) 363-7382.

n KIWANIS CLUB OF THE SEACOAST: Meets Wednesdays at 7 a.m. at Community Campus, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth. Kiwanis is a global service organization of volunteers dedicated to improving one child and one community at a time. (207) 439-9292, www.seacoastkiwanis.com , www.facebook.com .

n ROTARY CLUB OF KITTERY: Meets Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Kittery Estates, 220 State Road, Kittery. Rotary is an international service organization providing service to local and worldwide communities. Call (207) 439-4877 or visit www.kitteryrotary.org .

n Eliot senior citizens: Meet at Congregational Church Parish Hall, State Road, Eliot, Maine, most every second Wednesday of the month 11:30 a.m., lunch included, sometimes potluck. Learn of day trips, programs follow lunch. Julie, (207) 451-9334.

n The NORTHEAST PRIME TIME CLUB: is offering the upcomng trips for all seniors in the seacoast area. Call the Portsmouth office for reservations or information at 422-9869. Trips do filll quickly so don't delay.

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