SPRING INTO IT: Morristown’s Senior Center debuts new fundraiser

Senior Center Executive Director Valerie Farmer said that the vendors who sell items in the Holiday Craft Bazaar were wanting the center to host a spring event.

“Vendors from our Holiday Bazaar were so pleased with their success of that event, they requested for us to have a similar event in the spring to share their merchandise,” Farmer said.

“This will be an opportunity to get Easter, spring, patriotic and summer items from craft vendors from all around the Lakeway Area.”

Cost of space is $35 for a table or two tables for $50.

Like the Holiday Bazaar, there will be goodies prepared by Senior Center members in the bake sale area, Farmer said.

If you missed getting your Sweetwater Valley Cheese, pecans, walnuts and mixed nuts from December, the remaining inventory of these items will be available for sale at the spring fair. Sweetwater Valley Cheese is available for $7 a block, pecans for $12 a bag and walnuts, cashews and mixed nuts are $10 per bag.

For lunch, barbecue sliders from Buddy’s, along with chips and drink will be available.

While Farmer doesn’t know how many vendors she will have yet, she believes that the event will be worth their while.

“We have quite a few vendors coming,” she said. “It should be another good event.”

The Senior Center has various activities for its members. Recent activities included a movie trip to the AMC College Square 12 to see “80 for Brady,” a movie about four women who attended one of the Super Bowl games when quarterback Tom Brady was playing for the New England Patriots.

There are groups who also travel to various shopping and dining activities. Recent trips included Circle S Butcher Block in Morristown, The Farmer’s Daughter and the Mountain View Foods Mennonite Store, both in Chuckey.

The center also organizes trips to tourist attractions, such as the Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge.

The center also hosts bingo games weekly and has “Lunch and Learn” activities. There was also a “Valentine Social,” which included treats and singing by Paul Indelicato.

Jim Perdue recently began a “Beginners Tai Chi” class on Thursday mornings. The slow precise movements of Tai Chi helps with fall prevention, increasing circulation and wellness, fighting arthritis and calms and relaxes by using the mind within movement.

For more information, call 423-581-5166.