Members of the Tracey Towers Seniors on the Move group gathered with some 50 guests on the second floor of 40 W. Mosholu Pkwy S. on Nov. 30 to open a new activity room for the building’s over-50 residents.
The Seniors on the Move group has been pushing for a meeting room where they could hold events and activities. Now, thanks to renovations to a former storage room by Tracey management, they have their own room.
“Everyone likes it,” said Dorothy Vitalis, the president of Move. “Now we can meet every day and play different games like pinochle and have different activities like our daily exercise classes.”
Many community leaders were also present at the event to assist in the ribbon cutting, including Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera (who is providing funding for operating costs), Mosholu Montefiore Community Center Executive Director Don Bluestone (whose organization has long helped seniors at Tracey), property manager Jeffrey Horn and Seniors on the Move member Rosemary Brown. Seniors on the Move will operate the room and provide programming there.
The room is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays. It is closed on weekends.
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