April will be a busy and exciting month for Springfield residents ages 55+! The Springfield Recreation Department's calendar includes: weekly poker, dominos, rummikub, and mahjong; computer lab; open-play pickleball and a coach-led beginner's lesson in the Chisholm Community Center's Lee Adler Memorial Gymnasium (free annual registration required); weekly bingo; "Shape Up" with Liz weekly exercise classes (free annual registration required); fitness room open on weekdays from 9:00 am-6:00 pm (free annual registration required); lunch bus trip to Miller's Ale House in Watchung (RSVP); Trinity Rehab Fall Risk Screening and Prevention Workshop with snacks (RSVP); Movie Day with hot dogs (RSVP); the Springfield Senior Citizens Club luncheon and reports by township officials (RSVP required by Friday, April 14); and Senior Citizens Health Day presented by the Springfield First Aid Squad's Cadets (RSVP).

Free weekday in-town bus service is available from 9:00 am-3:30 pm (with some exceptions). To schedule an advance reservation (highly encouraged), please call the Springfield Recreation Department at (973) 912-2227, on weekdays between 8:00 am-4:00 pm.

A detailed April calendar can be downloaded at www.springfield-nj.us/recreation or mailed upon request. If you know someone who may be interested and is not online, please share this announcement. Questions on senior citizens programs? Contact Ilene Wilkenfeld, Recreation Program Coordinator, at [email protected] or (973) 912-2227.