Welcome to the Newport Senior Center!

Read the latest Newsletter (January 2010)!

20 S.E. 2nd St.

Newport, OR 97365

(541) 265-9617 For general Information

Newport Senior Association Newport Senior Advisory

Any person age 60 or older is welcome to participate in activities at the Senior Activity Center. A variety of drop-in activities are available. Books and magazines, puzzles, card games and television are provided by the center. Coffee and snacks are available during the hours of operation. The Gift Shop has many handmade articles on sale. The Senior Activity Center is operated in cooperation with the Newport Senior Citizen Activity Association, which provides volunteer hostesses and hosts during open hours.

Our Staff & Volunteers

Staff:

Peggy O'Callaghan -- Newport Senior Activity Centers Coordinator. The Do it all Go to Gal.

Joyce Atchley -- Meals on Wheels Coordinator.

Shirley Fry -- Our wonderful chef. She and two of her dogs are active in Oregon Coast Therapy Animals.She also raises African cichlids, Amazon parrots; and mends fences in her spare time.

Becki Demaris -- Chefs Assistant.

Volunteers:

Denise Williams -- Our Trip Coordinator (locale & Overseas), She enjoys reading & taking leisurely trips in her spare time.

Ginger Tibbles -- Planning / Media Coordinator, she enjoys knitting, puzzles and community involvement in her spare time.

Jeannie Seurer -- Community Service Consortium Work Experience Program, she enjoys singing, dancing, and interacting with the public.

Edie Reed -- Experience Works Program, enjoys the Arts. enjoys attending plays and other Performing Arts events.

Vicki Crane -- Experience Works Program, enjoys music, games, and fun. AKA:

Gamer Gal.

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The Friends of the Newport Senior Activity Center

Providing support to the Newport Senior Activity Center and assisting with Senior needs, fostering and encouraging residents and visitors to participate in a variety of activities, while encouraging awareness of good health practices through activities, and to enlist support of other groups interested in advancing the above purposes: to assist in further construction and maintenance of the Newport Senior Center, and generally benefiting, supporting and promoting the activities of the City of Newport's Senior Center.

The friends meet the 3rd thursday of each month.

11:30 AM

Newport Senior Citizens Activity Association

This group was formed back in 1973 and runs our great gift shop with volunteers.

The Association meets every third Wednesday at 10:30 AM at the center.

Barb Miller & Marianne Weber

(Gift Shop Volunteers)

Come by the Gift shop and take a look around. With Unique Gifts and Items Handmade right in our own Front Room how can you go wrong when shopping for that special gift or treasure for that someone special.

Newport Senior Advisory Group

Appointed by the Mayor this group meets Monthly.

They have a variety of responsibilities. Some are to represent the public interest in making suggestions and recommendations for the development, use and expansion of the Senior Citizens Center; and to suggest and recommend rules and regulations necessary and desirable to carry out the mission of the center.

Newport Senior Center - (541)-265-9617