December2021 Menu

 

Thank you: Prairie Street Rod Association!

Ted Tripp is seen here handing Linda Johnson ,from our Senior Center, a check for $500. Ted is the president of the Prairie Street Rod Association. The club donates to the Senior Center every year.

The club will have a rally here in Rainier this coming year as they have moved from Yelm to our wonderful community.

A Special "Thank You" to the Prairie Street Rod Association! We appreciate your donation more than words can express!

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 Left:  Ted Tripp, Right:  Linda Johnson

Christmas Stockings for Kids Work Parties

 Dear Seniors & Friends,

Sue Watson is setting up a work group to help make another 100 Christmas Stockings for the kids.  Everyone will meet on November 11th & 13th at the Senior Center of Rainier at 10 AM with sewing machines.   You can attend on either day or both days.  

Everyone's help will be greatly appreciated!

Tammy Meyers is putting kits together for everyone and giving us a class on how to sew them.  
Then Tammy will finish them for us.
 
If you know anyone who wants to join us, please invite them to join us. 

Sincerely,

Linda Johnson

PS.  Snacks and beverages will be provided by the Senior Center.

Vendor Sale November 6, 2021

 There will a sale at the Senior Center on November 6, 2021!  

The Senior Center will be serving Quarter Pound Angus burgers 

with chips & a beverage for $5.00..  Chili & a beverage $2.00. 

 Chili with a meal will be $6.00.

November 2021 Menu

 

Apple Sale Orders will be delivered in November.

Clothing Drive for the Kids

Tiffany Crop and Rachele Stephenson are heading up a clothing drive for the kids.  

You can drop off clothing at the Senior Center of Rainier this week and next week.  They will earn $0.25 per pound for used clothing.  Any clothing that's not wearable will go to be shredded for insulation.  Please feel free to bring your bags and boxes of clothing to the Senior Center of Rainier Monday & Wednesday between 10 - 2 PM.  If you're attending a function at the senior center during off hours, please feel free to bring your clothing and leave it in the front room.

Thank you for supporting our kids.

"Kids may be 30 % of our population, but they're 100% of our future!" Gary Edwards

October 2021 Lunch Menu

 Note:  There is a change in the October lunch Menu.  We will have Chicken Enchiladas instead of Chicken Fried Steak on October 6th.  Thank you for understanding.

September 2021 Lunch Menu

 Note:  There are changes in the September menu.  Victoria Pierce-Cooper will be making her Tuna Casserole instead of Spaghetti on September 27th.

Cooling Shelter in HOT Weather!

Dear Seniors & Friends,

The forecast for the next few days is for HOT weather.  It's projected to be over 90 degrees for the next four days, starting Wednesday.  The Senior Center will be open Wednesday - Saturday from 10 AM - 9 PM during this heat wave.

Please feel free to bring your crocheting, knitting, sewing, or any other craft you choose to occupy your time while you're at the Senior Center.  We have many board games and cards you can play or puzzles to put together.  

Please feel free to join us for snacks, beverages and light meals during these days.  If you want to bring something to share, please feel free to do so.  We'll pick up soda and ice cream for floats.  Let's make this a fun, memorable time at the Senior Center of Rainier!  

We love Rainier!  We love you, too!

Linda & George Johnson

Rainier Round-up Days Parade Application 2021

Let's Celebrate Rainier 2021!!!

 Everyone is invited to be in the Rainier Round-up Days Parade.  

There is no charge to be in the parade unless you're a politician and are campaining.

Application is below:

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic August 16, 2021

 

Dear Seniors & Friends,

Judie Wang contacted us and asked if we'd provide a safe place to host a free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic.  We met with her today and scheduled a clinic for

August 16th at 1:00 PM in the front room of the Senior Center of Rainier.

They will administer the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine.  The second shot will be administered 3 weeks from the 16th.  Everyone who needs a vaccination is free to come to the Senior Center to get their "poke".

If you have any questions, please let me know.  Arrangements were made with 

Judie Wang , COVID-19 Special Populations Outreach Coordinator,

Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at:  seniorcenterofrainier@gmail.com.

Please feel free to share with your friends and other community members.

Sincerely,

Linda J. Johnson

August 2021 Menu

 

Mike's Electric is installing Air Conditioning at the Senior Center

 Dear Seniors & Friends,

Mike's Electric Crew is installing 3 mini-splits in our dining room today and tomorrow.  (Thursday & Friday).  These units will provide the Senior Center with air conditioning during hot weather and heat during cold weather.

If you need to come to the Senior Center to cool off during this heat wave, please call George at:  (360) 292-5363 or Linda at:  (360) 292-5364.  Several people have keys to our building if you need shelter from the heat, please come to the Senior Center.  Everyone is welcome.

The weather forecast for  Saturday is 98°, Sunday is 107° & Monday is 104°.  We want to make sure everyone is comfortable and safe during this unusual weather.

Let others know they are welcome to join us at the Senior Center.  Remember, we are a heating and cooling shelter.  Stay Safe!  

Linda & George Johnson

P.S.  Remember to thank Mike and his crew at Mike's Electric for installing these mini-splits.

July 2021 Lunch Menu

 

Astronaut Ice Cream Monday!

Monday we will serve bites of "Astronaut Ice Cream" when we open for BINGO!

They will be vanilla ice cream with vanilla cookie dough on the outside.  If you've never tried Astronaut Ice Cream, please feel free to join us for some.  One of our members made this in their freeze dryer.  It's interesting to eat ice cream that's dry and at room temperature.  It's crunchy, too.  If you leave it in your mouth, it will rehydrate and melt.  So it really "melts in your mouth and not in your hands".

June 2021 Lunch Menu

 Dear Seniors & Friends,

We will be serving meatloaf on the last Wednesday of May and a picnic at the Senior Center on the last Monday in May.  The picnic will have:  1/4 pound angus burgers & hot dogs with all of the trimmings.  Soup, salad, potato salad, chips & baked beans - along with soup, beverages and dessert.  Our special dessert will be a summer cake that Victoria Cooper is making to share.  Thank you, Victoria!

Rainier Easter Egg Hunt 2021

              The Rainier Easter Bunny in action!

Easter came early to Rainier when the Easter Bunny (EB) & friends hid about 2,000 Easter Eggs for the kids to find in Wilkowski Park Saturday.  Parents and kids came early to see the Easter Bunny.  EB entertained people of all ages.  

Parents and grandparents smiled as children looked for eggs.  The eggs were filled with treats.  Candy, trinkets and prizes.  Glenda's Espresso Stand, Main Streeet Cookie Store and Sonja's Cafe gift almost 100 certificates for the kids. Other businesses and private citizens donated dozens of gifts for children.  The certificates for businesses and gifts were hidden in the eggs.

 

The kids were organized by age group into four different group:  3 & under, 4-7, 8-10, 11 & up.

Once the kids were lined up and ready to go, Everyone patiently waited until George Johnson got on the "We Love Rainier WA" megaphone and let them know the hunt was on.  

Parents & grandparents smiled as kids hunted for eggs.  Everyone was smiling.  Not one person complained about anything! 

                      Oh, no!   Easter Bunny DOWN!  

                 Our Easter Bunny is plum tuckered out.

         Our Easter Bunny is still napping...

                          The Easter Bunny wakes up!

                           George Johnson & Arnold Tiffany.

                        My Easter Bunny:  George Johnson

A special "Thank You" to everyone who donated gifts & eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt this year.  We also want to thank all of the people from the Senior Center of Rainier & We Love Rainier WA for their help filling the Easter Eggs!  It took days and days to fill all of those eggs.  Some eggs were easier to close than others.  

Rachel Stephenson, Tiffany Crop, Bill & Kathy Willette, Arnold Tiffany, George & Linda Johnson, Terri & Bill Rendahl, Dawn, Amber, Matthew & John Kenney, Mike Emmons and many others helped put the Rainier Easter Egg Hunt together for the kids.  

Thank you to Kevin & Diane Pettit for moving the Rainier Saturday Market outdoors.  We appreciate all of the vendors who joined in our Easter Celebration this year.  

Finally, "Thank you" to everyone who joined in our Easter Egg Hunt Saturday.  Shhh...the  adults were smiling as much as the kids!