Borer Marks National Senior Center Month At ‘Mixtape Match Bingo’ In West Haven

WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured): Mayor Dorinda Borer, right, reads a proclamation to West Haven Senior Center members and staff declaring the city’s commemoration of National Senior Center Month on Tuesday. With Borer is Elderly Services Director Alyssa Maddern, who oversees the center at 201 Noble St.

Borer presented the proclamation to kick off the celebration of “Mixtape Match Bingo,” hosted by DJ Anthony Apuzzo of Digital Tracks Entertainment.

Bingo winners received official WHSC promotional items.

Along with acknowledging all seniors centers and the benefits they bring to older adults, Borer recognized West Haven’s older residents, calling them “important” members of the community who have invested “their wisdom and experience to help enrich and strengthen our great city of West Haven.”

“What I love about the older population is that they have the ability to put things into perspective because they typically have lived a life of ups and downs and know what’s important and what’s not and to just enjoy life,” Borer said.

Borer also recognized the center’s staff members for working “every day to enhance the well-being of our city’s older adults.”

“The West Haven Senior Center has been a community partner in ensuring that our city’s older residents are able to stay connected, safe and healthy,” according to the proclamation, which was given on behalf of the city.

National Senior Center Month was established in 2007 when the National Institute of Senior Centers expanded the celebration from a single Senior Center Week, first proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, to cover the entire month of September.

The annual observance highlights the critical role that senior centers play in providing resources and activities for older adults and challenging negative stereotypes about aging.