SENIOR PROJECTS OF RAVENA  

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Senior Projects of Ravena is located at 9 Bruno Blvd. It offers nutritious meals and social activities to all senior citizens age 60 or older. Hot, nutritionally balanced noontime meals are served Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and evening meals are served on Mondays and Thursdays at 5:00 PM. These meals are planned by Albany County Office for the Aging and meet all state and county nutritional standards. Suggested contributions for these meals are $2.50 noontime and $3.00 evenings.

Recreational activities are numerous. A poolroom where billiards is played weekdays is available. Hours are 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 PM. and Thursdays from 2:00 PM. to 9:00 PM. All types of card games are played in the Senior Lounge. Recreational Bingo is played for the seniors on Monday and Thursday evenings. Wednesday mornings at 10:00 A.M. the ladies participate in arts and crafts. The Leisure Club which is the fund raising group, sponsors various bus trips to places of interest, fun and game nights, socials, etc.

Senior Projects has a passenger van available to seniors for transportation to and from the center for meals and activities, and medical appointments locally. Grocery shopping and errands are available every Wednesday after lunch. Suggested contribution for use of the van is $1.00 for meals and $2.00 for shopping or medical appointments.

In addition to the on-premises meals, the Center also has a Meals on Wheels program. Hot and cold meals are delivered Monday through Friday to homebound persons in southern Albany County. Suggested contributions for these meals are $3.00 for the hot meals and $4.50 for both hot and cold.

Public Bingo is held at the Center on Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM. and is open to the public, sponsored by the Leisure Club.

Through local efforts a CDTA bus transports seniors to shopping malls in Albany and Colonie every Tuesday, leaving the Center at 9:00 A.M. and returning at 2:30 PM.