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Since October, the newly designed Truxton Living Well senior center has been busily adding programs, gauging community needs, and offering a space where seniors can socialize, take part in activities, play games, do art, and spend some time with others. Beginning this month, the Center, which operates out of the Truxton Methodist Church, has changed hours to better accommodate the needs of seniors in the area. 

Instead of offering the center once a week for a full day program, the center is now catering to a late day and early morning schedule twice a week. The center is open 4pm to 7pm Tuesdays for a family style potluck style dinner and activities such as bingo, movin' and groovin' with Val fitness class, painting with Jill, pitch, games, and more. Thursdays the center is open for breakfast starting at 8 am with a $5 free will donation. 



“We are hoping with this change in days and times, that more people will be able to utilize the center and take part in activities,” said senior center director Jill Kraft.

“We are open to the idea of bringing in new programs, events, workshops and activities as well--we just have to find out what people would like to see happening at the center,” she said. The center has been open for several months but with the rise in COVID cases and the winter months being hard on everyone, Kraft says she is hoping with the warmer weather more people will come out. The center is open to anyone in Cortland County and it is free to attend (minus the free will breakfast donation). Kraft says also that she is hoping to have a fundraiser, senior trips and some other larger events this summer. “The center caters to the needs of seniors, we have guest speakers in to discuss topics such as healthy eating, computer scams, how to use social media, financial wellbeing and others. For more information about the center, call Jill Kraft at 607-244-1445 or 607-842-6200 (phone at the Center).

Jill Kraft

jill.theartistpalette@gmail.com