Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer’s Fresh Food for Seniors Program lets you order a mixed bag of fresh, locally grown fruit and vegetables from local farmers. The program is pay-as-you-go, cash-only.
1. Place your order for a pre-packed, $8 bag of fresh food at:
Roosevelt Island Senior Center from 11am-1pm.
2. Pick up your produce the following Wednesday from 1pm-5pm, at the same place, and enjoy the best seasonal fruits and vegetables!
Order Date: June 26th & 27th Pick up: July 5th
For additional information, contact Wendy Hersh at
(646) 361-6469.
Samantha Romero is the new Roosevelt Island Senior Center Carter Burden Program Outreach & Community Engagement Director. Ms Romero reports
Hello everyone!
I hope everyone has had a pleasant week! To those of you who have stopped by my office: thank you! It has been an absolute pleasure to meet you! However, I do want to take a second to formally introduce myself to everyone:
My name is Samantha Romero, & I have taken over as of June 12th as the new Director of Outreach & Community Engagement. I am newly married to an active-duty Marine who is stationed in Camp Lejeune (North Carolina), & am a graduate of East Carolina University (GO PIRATES!), where I obtained two Bachelor’s degrees: one in Criminal Justice & another in Family & Community Services. I am currently in ECU’s online Criminal Justice program to obtain my Master’s degree. I am a bit of a newcomer to New York City; I moved here in the summer of 2015 after growing up in a small community in south-eastern North Carolina. Previously, I have volunteered for other non-profit organizations in North Carolina, as well as worked for an Eviction Prevention Housing Subsidy unit in the Bronx. I am so excited for all that is to come with being the Outreach Director, & I am even more excited to get to know you all! I am eager to bring some new activities & events here to the center for you all to enjoy, so please feel free to drop by my office to say “Hello!” & offer any suggestions for things you would like to see here. Thank you again for a great first week, & I am looking forward to the weeks & months to come!
Open-Door Office Policy: My door will be open from 10:00am until 12:00pm Monday through Friday, or by appointment. You can also find me in the lunchroom until 12:30pm. I love to chat with you all! However, in order for me to ensure I can coordinate some awesome events/activities/field trips for you all, I have to allocate a certain amount time for planning & speaking on the phone with outside agencies. Thank you in advance for your understanding! Stay tuned for some new events coming your way…!
WEDNESDAY, 6/21:
Representatives from Senator Serrano’s office will be available from 11am-2pm in the lobby.
We will be having our June Birthday Celebration & Sing-Along Karaoke in the Cafeteria beginning at 12:30pm. Come enjoy some cake with us!
THURSDAY, 5/25:
Join us from 12:30-1:30pm for a special presentation by the Amalgamated Bank Financial Health Presentation.
UPCOMING / SAVE THE DATE:
Michael Sherman’s Art Class People, Places, & Things Exhibition will be held on Wednesday June 28th, 2017 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Make sure to stop by & indulge in some wine, cheese, & beautiful art!
The Alzheimer’s Foundation will be holding their “Exercise Your Mind: Brain-Healthy Living” Talk at 12:30pm on Thursday June 29th, 2017.
·Fresh Food for Seniors will begin sign-up on Monday June 26th & Tuesday June 27th. Sign-up will be held in the lobby. The pick-up will be Wednesday July 5th.
We are excited to announce an up-coming field trip to the Museum of the City of New York on Friday June 30th! We will be leaving the Senior Center at 12:00pm, & will be spending a couple of hours exploring & learning about the new exhibitions in the Museum. The van will have us back to the Senior Center by 4:00pm. If you are planning to enjoy lunch at the Senior Center prior to departure, please arrive by 11:20am. Sign-up with me in my office between 10:00am & 12:00pm Monday through Friday. Please note, sign-up is on a FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE basis beginning Monday June 19th.
Join us for Broadway Health Care Staffing Bingo on Thursday July 6th from 1:00pm until 2:00pm in the Cafeteria.
Much more to come!
REMINDER:
Membership and all of our programming are FREE. A voluntary contribution of $1.50 is suggested for lunch.
Thursday, October 20th - 2pm: Sukkot Celebration, on terrace
Friday, October 21st – 1:30-3:00pm: October Birthdays Celebration
Monday, October 24th – 12:30-3:00pm: Memory Screenings (by appointment)
Tuesday, October 25th – 1:00-2:00pm: “Balance 101” w/ NY Road Runners
Wednesday, October 26th – 11:30am: Nursing Student Presentation
Thursday, October 27th – 10:00-1:30pm: Flu Shots (by appointment, call or come into the center to sign up; walk-ins welcome if room)
Monday, October 31st – 1:30-3:30: Halloween Celebration (prizes for best costumes, refreshments)
Monday, October 31st & Tuesday, November 1st – 11:00am-1:00pm: Fresh Food for Seniors Sign Up, $8 per bag of fresh produce (bag pick up is Wednesday, November 9th – 3:00-5:00pm),
November 2, 1 PM Medicare Beneficiaries Info Seminar,
and our most recent Activities and Lunch schedule including:
we will have a healthcare representative here every Tuesday from 1-4pm. He will provide Medicare and health insurance related assistance.
We will be closed Monday, October 10th for Columbus Day.
We will be a pop-up site for ID NYC beginning Tuesday, October 11th.
There will be a press conference held here that morning at 10:00AM to kick off the event. Representatives from ID NYC will be available Tuesday the 11th – Friday the 14th from 9am-5pm to help people acquire an ID. Their last day here will be Monday, October 17th from 9am-noon.
Bingo & Bluecross – Thursday, October 13th from 1:00PM-3:00PM
Fresh Food for Seniors Sign Up, $8 per bag of fresh produce - Monday & Tuesday, October 17th & 18th, 11:00AM-1:00PM; bag pick is Wednesday, October 26th, 3:00PM-5:00PM
Below is the weekly Activity Calendar for October 2016 including:
Art Workshop Installation & Reception - Wednesday, September 28th, 2:30PM-4:00PM
Emergency Preparedness w/ Senator Serrano’s Office & The American Red Cross - Wednesday, September 28th, 11:00AM-2:00PM
Donation Drive for Children & Youth Foundation - Wednesday, September 28th, 9:00AM-5:00PM
American Disabilities Act (ADA) Celebration - Thursday, September 29th, 4:00PM-7:00PM
Fresh Food for Seniors Sign Up, $8 per bag of fresh produce - Monday & Tuesday, October 3rd & 4th, 11:00AM-1:00PM; bag pick is Wednesday, October 12th, 3:00PM-5:00PM
Every 2nd Monday, from 11:00AM-12:30PM, the MetroCard Van will be outside the Senior Center to help seniors sign up for reduced-fair MetroCards
Below is video from July 29 meeting of Carter Burden Center Executive Director Bill Dionne and Roosevelt Island program director Lisa Fernandez with Roosevelt Island seniors to review the Senior Center Survey of needs and wishes
Due to Labor Day ordering dates have changed for next week.
Wednesday 8/31, between 1 PM and 5 PM, all who paid for the Senior Fresh Food shopping bags will be able to pick them up at the senior center.
If you wish to participate in our next delivery date of 9/14, we will taking orders today. Otherwise a table will be set up in the senior center on Tuesday 9/6 and Wednesday 9/7 from 11 am to 1 pm in order for you to place your orders. All bags are $8.
Unfortunately we don't know what fruits and vegetables are in the bags ahead of time. Thanks again for your support. We only have (5) more deliveries before the end of the program for this year.
If we don't see you we would like to wish you a Happy Labor Day.
Wendy Hersh reports that you can order your Roosevelt Island Fresh Food For Seniors mixed bag of fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables today (July 25) and tomorrow (July 26) at the Senior Center (546 Main Street) from 11:30 AM to 1 PM and 6-7 PM. Price is $8. Pick up is August 3rd from 2pm-5pm.
Wendy Hersh reports that you can order your Roosevelt Island Fresh Food For Seniors mixed bag of fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables tomorrow (July 12) at the Senior Center (548 Main Street) from 11:30 AM to 1 PM and 6-7 PM. Price is $8.
Wendy Hersh reports that you can order your Fresh Food For Seniors mixed bag of fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables today and tomorrow (June 27 & 28) at the Senior Center (548 Main Street) from 11:30 AM to 1 PM and 6-7 PM. Price is $8.
returns to Roosevelt Island. Here's how to sign up.
According to Wendy Hersh:
Fresh Food For Seniors
Only $8.00 a Bag!!!!
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer’s Fresh Food for Seniors Program lets you order a mixed bag of fresh, locally grown fruit and vegetables from local farmers The program is pay-as-you-go, cash-only, on Monday or Tuesday, one week ahead of each Wednesday delivery date.
HERE’S HOW:
1. Place your order for a pre-packed, $8 bag of fresh food at:
Roosevelt Island Senior Center from 11 am-1 pm
2. Pick up your produce the following Wednesday from 3 pm-6 pm, at the same place, and enjoy the best seasonal fruits and vegetables!
First Order Date: June 27 & 28 Pick up: July 6
For additional information, contact Wendy Hersh at
(646) 361-6469.
All bags must be picked up on deliver date!!!!!
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Sponsored by Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
in Collaboration with RIDA (Roosevelt Island Disabled Association)
More on Roosevelt Island Fresh Food For Seniors program from previous post.
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer’s 2015 Senior Fresh Food Program lets you order a mixed bag of fresh, locally grown fruit and vegetables from local farmers for only $8! The program is pay-as-you-go, cash-only, on Monday or Tuesday one week ahead of each Wednesday delivery date.
HERE’S HOW:
1. Place your order for a pre-packed, $8 bag of fresh food at:
The Roosevelt Island Senior Center from 1pm-3pm
2. Pick up your produce the following Wednesday from 3pm-6pm at the same place, and enjoy the best seasonal fruits and vegetables!
The Roosevelt Island Seniors Center is at 546 Main Street.
Fresh Food for Seniors program made its first delivery to Roosevelt Island, dropping off more than 60 bags of fresh, locally-sourced produce for Roosevelt Island seniors.
The program, newly expanded to Roosevelt Island, makes pre-packed bags of produce available to seniors every two weeks in the West Village, Chelsea, Clinton, the Upper West Side, Upper Yorkville, East Harlem, and northern Manhattan for just $8 per bag on a pay-as-you-go basis.
“It’s amazing what we’ve been able to do with this program in just three short years,” said Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, who started the Fresh Food for Seniors program on the Upper West Side in 2012, when she served as that neighborhood’s councilmember. “For just $8 a bag, this program pays for itself while delivering healthy, fresh produce to seniors right in their own neighborhoods at a tremendous value.”
The Roosevelt Island Senior Association has partnered with the Borough President’s office to collect and distribute food bag orders at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center, located at 546 Main Street. The Roosevelt Island program has two more pairs of order and pickup dates in Fall 2015:
The produce for the Roosevelt Island program is purchased through Greenmarket Co., the wholesale division of GrowNYC, and is packed by volunteers at the Fulton Senior Center in Chelsea, before being transported to the Roosevelt Island Senior Center.
Image Of Information Sheet Attached To Fresh Food For Seniors Bag
Roosevelt Island resident Ron Davidson adds:
The Roosevelt Island Senior Center has a success.
The first bags of Fresh Food for Seniors were distributed October 21.
Nearly 70 households took advantage of this opportunity. The fruit and vegetables they took home included:
2 large white potatoes,
6 Cipollini red onions,
1 bunch kale,
1 bunch Italian parsley,
3 Macoun apples,
2 Shizuka apples,
1 Delicata quash.
Value. The $8 purchase price of each bag delivered to our Senior Center contained approximately $13 in value comparable to Fresh Direct.
Quality. I was impressed by the lush color, texture and size of the flat parsley and kale leaves.
Selection. Fancy Cipollini onions are only sometimes on sale at Whole Foods and Fairway -- never at Gristides; and Shizuka apples are a fancy variety which is not widely available.
Success. Can we all agree that the hard work of Wendy Hersh and others brought a success to our Senior Center?
Almost 70 bags of food were taken to 70 island homes; and there were also some who had to be turned away because they had not "invested" $8 last week.
It seems reasonable to predict that a similar number of island households are likely to participate next time. This is a good beginning.
You can place your Fresh Food For Seniors order today and tomorrow at the Seniors Center (546 Main Street) for pick up on November 4.
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer’s 2015 Senior Fresh Food Program lets you order a mixed bag of fresh, locally grown fruit and vegetables from local farmers for only $8! The program is pay-as-you-go, cash-only, on Monday or Tuesday one week ahead of each Wednesday delivery date.
HERE’S HOW:
1. Place your order for a pre-packed, $8 bag of fresh food at:
The Roosevelt Island Senior Center from 1pm-3pm
2. Pick up your produce the following Wednesday from 3pm-6pm at the same place, and enjoy the best seasonal fruits and vegetables!
... Enhanced Services at the Senior Center – There are a range of services that could be provided to the Senior Center by various NYC agencies. ISC will investigate what services are available to the Senior Center that can enhance its programs and activities....
If you are interested in RISA activities, check out their October 13 General Meeting at the Seniors Center (546) Main Street or contact them here.
In 2012, Borough President Brewer partnered with GrowNYC, the Department for the Aging, and more than a dozen senior centers to deliver fresh, locally-grown fruit and vegetables for just $8 a bag. This year, the Fresh Food for Seniors program has expanded to include neighborhoods stretching from the West Village to Northern Manhattan!
Seniors pay $8 for a bag containing five-to-six varieties of fresh fruit and vegetables – a retail value of $18 to $20. Orders are pay-as-you-go, one week ahead of each delivery date. Fresh Food for Seniors allows seniors to sign up for just one order at a time so that they can decide how much food they need, when they need it....
At the time of the August 5 Town Hall Meeting, the Fresh Food For Seniors Program was not available for Roosevelt Island but Ms. Brewer encouraged residents to ask for it.
At the conclusion of the Town Hall meeting, Roosevelt Island Seniors Association VP Wendy Hersh requested that Roosevelt Island be included in the Fresh Food For Seniors program.
During September 9 Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Common Council Public Session, Ron Davidson described the Fresh Food For Seniors Program and explained that the program was not yet available on Roosevelt Island but he accessed the program through NYC Council Member Corey Johnson's office.
Today, Borough President Gale A. Brewer announced her office’s Fresh Food for Seniors program is expanding to cover Roosevelt Island. The program currently makes pre-packed bags of fresh, locally-sourced produce available to seniors every two weeks in the West Village, Chelsea, Clinton, the Upper West Side, Upper Yorkville, East Harlem, and northern Manhattan for just $8 per bag on a pay-as-you-go basis.
“It’s amazing what we’ve been able to do with this program in just three short years,” said Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, who started the Fresh Food for Seniors program on the Upper West Side in 2012, when she served as that neighborhood’s Council Member. “For just $8 a bag, this program pays for itself while delivering healthy, fresh produce to seniors right in their neighborhoods at a tremendous value.”
The Roosevelt Island Senior Association will partner with the Borough President’s office, collecting and distributing orders at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center, located at 546 Main Street. The Fall 2015 order and pickup dates for the new Roosevelt Island program are as follows:
Place orders Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 12-13, 1pm-3pm
Pick-up Wednesday, Oct. 21, 3pm-6pm
Place orders Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 26-27, 1pm-3pm
Pick-up Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3pm-6pm
Place orders Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 9-10, 1pm-3pm
Pick-up Wednesday, Nov. 18, 3pm-6pm
The produce for the Roosevelt Island program will be purchased through Greenmarket Co., the wholesale division of GrowNYC, and will be packed by volunteers at the Fulton Senior Center in Chelsea, before being transported to the Roosevelt Island Senior Center.
Roosevelt Island is a mixed income, racially diverse waterfront community situated in the East River of New York City between Manhattan and Queens and is jurisdictionally part of Manhattan. The Roosevelt Island Tramway, which connects Roosevelt Island to the rest of Manhattan, has become the iconic symbol of Roosevelt Island to its residents.
The Purpose of this Blog is to provide accurate and timely information about Roosevelt Island as well as a forum for residents to express opinions and engage in a dialogue to improve our community.
