Name(s):              
                          

Contact information for you or one person in your party:
Contact Person:
​Address:
Cell #:   
Email:  

Vegetarian _______
Vegan ________
Gluten Free ____________
Other Dietary Restrictions 
______________________________
Will everyone in your party be fully vaccinated by August 7, 2021?


My/Our check(s) in the amount of $ ____________ included (Checks made to YSSC)
___No, I/We cannot attend, but wish to make a donation of $ _______________.

Reservations are due by July 15, 2021. Mail to, or drop off at 227 Xenia Ave, Yellow Springs
In the interest of COVID safety, no large group reception will be held.

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Please help the YSSCenter design the new car wrap!

The Senior Center has a grant for a wrap for the newest Transportation car and asks you for help with the design! The wrap must include the YSSC logo and cannot cover the windows, wheels, hubcaps, or headlights. The car to be wrapped is the RED one.
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Entries are due to the Senior Center, 227 Xenia Ave., by September 13, and the winning entry will receive a $20 gift certificate to Current Cuisine.
All ages are eligible to enter. Winner(s) will be determined at the sole
discretion of the Senior Center. Artwork becomes the property of the YSSC.

Click on the image to download a printable page.

The importance of the Yellow Springs Senior Center (YSSC) to the Yellow Springs community has never been more evident. Because Yellow Springs has a large demographic of older adults who are the most vulnerable to COVID-19, many in our town have been, and remain, at risk for this deadly virus. Yet local older adults have stayed healthy and safe, at least partly due to the efforts of the YSSC.
 
While the Center shut its doors to the public in March in response to Governor DeWine’s mandate, the Center itself did not shut down. Rather, because of the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19, Executive Director and the staff stepped up. The community’s most obvious need was food for older adults, who had been advised to stay home to avoid getting the virus. In response, the Center created and implemented, in collaboration with Tom’s Market, a grocery delivery system, taking orders and coordinating Center volunteers to shop and deliver food to older adults at no charge. At the start of the pandemic, the Center was making 60-65 deliveries a week, expanding its reach to whomever requested grocery delivery. Six months into the pandemic, about 30-35 weekly deliveries are still being made.
 
The Center stepped up to meet other needs as well. To help lessen fear and anxiety, YSSC made weekly phone calls to the membership, providing critical information. A new email system was launched that added another avenue for dispensing news. During the first weeks of the virus, older adults deemed most vulnerable received personal calls; later, volunteers made calls to all local older adults, just to check on how they were doing.
 
This pandemic requires new and quick thinking for not only keeping our community safe, but for meeting future needs as well. The YSSC is doing just that. While the Center is in the process of looking at a time to re-open with all safety precautions, Center leaders are also employing technology to provide YSSC classes online. Some classes have been meeting online for months, while others are being reconfigured to do so. Center staff and leaders continue to explore new and safe ways of providing services.
 
Even as the YSSC met these new challenges, its funding sources have diminished. The YSSC Homemaker Program, a source of annual funding, was suspended for months in the spring, cutting off that source of revenue. Likewise, the Center’s main fundraiser, the Garden Dinner Party in August, was cancelled due to the virus, as was a new fundraiser, the Spring Dance Marathon!
 
As YSSC board members, we are asking you in this critical time to step up, just as the Center has stepped up to respond to the virus. For this year’s Annual Appeal Campaign, we thank those of you who are regular contributors and ask, in the face of the Center’s rising challenges and declining revenue that you consider giving more this year. And for those who have not contributed yet, we want to emphasize that now is the time. 
 
We thank you for your support.
 
Sincerely,         
Macy Reynolds, President

February 16: Due to inclement weather, the Senior Center will be closed today, February 16. If you had a ride scheduled today you will be contacted personally about it. If you need to place an order for groceries please send an email to info@ysseniors.org or use this form instead of calling.