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Many Seniors are acting on the use-it-or lose-it theory and taking advantage of local opportunities to strengthen mental capacity and build social connections. Participating in activities that stimulate the mind has shown to decrease dementia in aging adults. The goal is to continue challenging your mind after retirement to maintain full mental capacity. Just as lifting weights builds muscle, mental exercise builds brainpower. Modern seniors no longer have to spend days confined to the house and instead can continue to remain vital parts of the local community.

The Historic Triangle Senior Center, which is part of the James City-Williamsburg Community Center, offers trips, computer classes, sewing classes, dances, and luncheons to people over 55. There is no cost for most activities. The Senior Center leaders say that building social connections helps to ward off depression and declining health in senior populations.

The Senior Center of York County offers the AARP Driver Safety Program. Seniors can also participate in the Computer Club, which helps them become more familiar with computer programs and navigating the internet. They have programs to help educate seniors on public issues, such as health care, crime prevention, and advice on planning for the future. There's a monthly Cultural Day that informs seniors on programs of art, entertainment, or special educational interest.

Make Tin Can Thanksgiving Turkeys!

Save a tin can and after cleaning it out well, cover the entire tin can with brown construction paper. Cut out the turkey's features - feet, eyes, goggler and beak from different colors of construction paper and attach with glue. Don't forget the turkey's tail feathers. Glue them on the back of the tin can. You can also use markers for highlights. Tin Can Turkeys are great to use as place markers at your Thanksgiving dinner table.

Wishing you all a joyous and thankful Thanksgiving from Colonial Williamsburg!

Courtesy of Yvette Smith, SRES® REALTOR®
WILLIAMSBURG REAL ESTATE
757-753-7472
Long and Foster Realtors®
6610-J Mooretown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188
YvetteSmith@AtHomeInWilliamsburg.com

1. A new lighter fare menu priced at $10.00

2. New local pricing for the complete menu that is comparable to chain restaurant pricing. Prices remain consistent all year round.

3. 99% of the complete menu is made from scratch; no prepackaged and proportioned soups, sauces, steaks, seafood, pasta or desserts.

You can never have too many home safety tips. So, here's a really cool tool! You can take a safety tour through a virtual home. On the tour, you'll go to each room and learn about leading home dangers and how to keep your family safe. MySafeHome.org features state-of-the-art digital motion graphics animation, bringing home safety to life.

I've listed the TOP 10 Home Safety Tips:

1. Install smoke alarms on every level of your home and outside every sleeping area. Test them monthly. If your smoke alarms are 10 years old or more, replace them. If you build or remodel your home, install fire sprinklers.

2. Develop a fire escape plan for your family: Point out two exits from each room, pick a meeting spot outside, and hold a fire drill at least twice a year.

3. Always stay in the kitchen while food is cooking on the stove.

4. Keep all stairways, paths and walkways well lit. Use railing.

5. Install grab bars in bath and shower stalls, and use a non-slip mat or adhesive safety strips inside bathtubs and showers.

6. Post the National Poison Control Hotline Number (1-800-222-1222) and other emergency numbers next to every phone in your home.

7. Install child locks on all cabinets used to store dangerous items such as poisons, matches and lighters. Install carbon monoxide alarms.

8. Keep your water heater setting at 120 degrees Fahrenheit or less.

9. Install four-sided pool fencing with self-locking and self-closing gates. Fencing should completely isolate the pool from the home and be at least 5 feet high.

10. Constantly supervise children in or near bodies of water such as pools, ponds, bathtubs, toilets and buckets.

Stay Alert, Stay Alive!

Courtsy of Yvette Smith, SRES® REALTOR®
WILLIASMBURG REAL ESTATE
757-753-7472
Long & Foster Realtors
6610-J Mooretown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188
YvetteSmith@AtHomeInWilliamsburg.com