Did you know Seniors from Berks Encore’s Strausstown Center Created Ornaments for the State Capital Christmas Tree?
Story from Reading Eagle: Friday, December 13, 2024
Members at the Berks Encore Strausstown Senior Community Center joined older adults from across Pennsylvania to create ornaments for the state capitol Christmas tree.
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging announced that visitors to the State Capitol Main Rotunda during the holiday season can check out hundreds of handmade ornaments hung on the Christmas tree. Older adults from 135 senior community centers in 46 counties submitted ornaments in response to an annual invitation from the Department of Aging.
The Christmas tree will remain in the State Capitol Main Rotunda until Jan. 8.
“The Department of Aging is pleased to once again see the tremendous response of ornaments submitted by the Senior Community Centers. These ornaments and the tree will help spread good cheer and unity to the hundreds of thousands of visitors to our State Capitol during this holiday season,” Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich said in the release. “We are proud to join the Area Agencies on Aging and the Senior Community Centers that submitted the ornaments to display the creativity of the older adults who hand made them. I thank all the older adults who contributed ornaments as part of this annual holiday tradition.”
Older adults who are looking for a senior community center in their community can either contact their local Area Agency on Aging at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/aging/local-resources/area-agencies-on-aging-.html or visit the Department of Aging’s website at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/aging/local-resources/senior-community-centers.html.
