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Senior Center

Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday at 813 Arizona St., 702-293-3320. Visit the center’s website at www.seniorcenterbouldercity.org.

Free computers/Internet to members: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Morning coffee, snacks, newspapers: 8-10 a.m.

Library/gift shop: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lunch hour: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Suggested donation $2 (60 and older), $5 fee (59 or younger). Meals-on-Wheels are delivered Monday through Friday to the homebound.*

This week’s lunch menu:

▶ Thursday: Loaded potato soup, turkey melt sandwich, green salad, fruit cup

▶ Friday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, Brussels sprouts, fruit, salad

▶ Monday: Chicken chili, cornbread, salad bar, fruit

▶ Tuesday: Oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas, fruit, coleslaw

▶ Wednesday: Cheese-stuffed shells in meat sauce, Italian green beans, Caesar salad, garlic bread

This week’s activities:

▶ Thursday

8 a.m. — Woodcarvers

9:30 a.m. — East Valley Family Services

10:30 a.m. —Medicare questions

1 p.m. — Scrabble/pinochle/poker

1 p.m. — Yoga

1 p.m. — Chatty Hatters

1 p.m. — Grief management

6 p.m. — Art class

▶ Friday

9 a.m. — Blood pressure testing

1 p.m. — Bingo/duplicate bridge/pinochle

▶ Monday

11:30 a.m. — Mahjong

1 p.m. — Bingo/Asian mahjong/Scrabble/party bridge

1 p.m. — Woodcarvers

▶ Tuesday

9 a.m. — Coin collecting

11 a.m. — Senior law

1 p.m. — Texas hold ’em/pinochle/RummiKub

1 p.m. — Karaoke

1 p.m. — Yoga

▶ Wednesday

9 a.m. — Computer class

10:30 a.m. — Cellphone clinic

9 a.m.-3 p.m. — Commodities and Senior Share (closed noon-1 p.m.)

11 a.m. — Veterans seminar

11:30 a.m. — Director’s lunch

1 p.m. — Bingo

1 p.m. — Open music jam

1 p.m. — Alzheimer’s caregivers support

* Call for appointment or information, 702-293-3320

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