Senior Advocates team up with Towncrest Pharmacy for Flu Clinic A flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic was held Tuesday, October 15 as your Solon Senior Advocates partnered with Towncrest Pharmacy in the fellowship hall of the Solon Methodist Church.
Sandy Hansen, with the Senior Advocates, said the clinics began during the COVID pandemic in 2020. “As soon as the vaccine came out I contacted Towncrest in Iowa City and asked if we could collaborate and do a vaccination clinic here in Solon, and they agreed.” Hansen reached out to Solon’s seniors in the hope they would be able to get both initial inoculations in Solon rather than having to travel.
The response was overwhelming with doctors and nurses volunteering along with many others for the first clinic, which was held in the Solon Methodist Church’s Family Life Center. “1,100 people were vaccinated that day,” she recalled. “It was wonderful. And subsequently as the years passed by, I’ve scheduled with Towncrest to do the boosters with the seasonal flu vaccines, and I am glad they do this for us.”
Advocate Trips
The Advocates have been arranging day trips for seniors for almost 17 years and have visited many cities, theaters and other places of interest. In looking toward 2025 trips we are asking for your input into where you would like to go, what you would like to see or experience.
Our trips are taken within one day leaving the Solon Recreation and Nature Area (SRNA) in the morning hours and returning by 5:30-6:00 p.m. at the latest. We have been engaging Windstar Lines for many years, who provide competent drivers and well- appointed buses. Also, check out the proposed 2025 trips and mark your calendar so that you can join us on those dates! Watch
the monthly Senior Advocates News for date confirmation and details!
2025 Proposed Advocate Trips
All trips leave from Solon Rec Park, call 319-430-8655 for reservations Thursday, May 15 – Kalona, leave Rec Park at 11:00 a.m. Illa Miller’s homecooked meal, Golden Delight Bakery, String Town Community Store, South West Valley Greenhouse (Perry Bender’s). Wednesday, June 11 – Circa 21/ Rock Island, “Chicago,” The Musical. Thursday, July 10 – Newton Art Tour/Neil Smith Wildlife Area. Citywide bronze sculptures, wildlife museum, and buffalo sightings. Thursday, August 14 – Villages of Van Buren County Breakfast in Birmingham,
blowing demonstration and artisan market, Amish farm/horse drawn wagon rides, Amish lunch, Yoder’s Furniture, and Dutchman’s new improved store. Thursday, Sept. 18 – Breitbach’s, Gays Mills. Restaurant Runs
Thursday, Nov. 14 – Midtown
East, 200 Scott Court, Iowa City. 12:00 Noon, personal cars. Sign-up sheet Wednesdays at Senior Dining or call 319-430-8655. Solon Senior Transport – Provides volunteer transportation fors eniors to medical appointments. For information and to enroll please call Cindy Jensen at 319-360-3279. Senior Advocates Board Art Tellin 319-626-2816, John Lamantia 319-621-6887, Sandy Hanson 319-430-8655, Barry Byrne 319-354-8757, Larry Meister 319-624- 2516, Don Burch 319-624-4054, Cindy Jensen 319-360-3279, Larry Brecht (319-624-2925, Ivan Hasselbusch 319-670-9105, Phyllis Fiala 319- 331-7447, and Mark Hollinrake
319-551-2811.