Crossword Puzzles for August

Like to do crossword puzzles in your spare time? Click on "Puzzles" and try your hand out at these. There is one for each day of the month.

Click here for the current issue of the CHEER News & Views below and your copy will come right to your desktop. The download will take a few minutes.

Did you miss an issue of the News & Views? You can now retrieve back issues and either read now or download them to your computer for later. Just click for the issue you want.

CHEER Activity Calendar

Click here for a monthly calendar of events. This is a year-long calendar that is constantly updated, so come back often.

Stay Safe
This is the season when you can expect the unexpected. For your safety, you should always follow some simple safety rules.

Get Ready for the Weather
Now is a good time to prepare your Family Disaster Supplies Kit. The hurricane season is here. You don't want to wait until things are going bad to try to put a plan together. Do it now while there is plenty of time. 

Patriot Day 2008

Coming Thursday, September 11 at the CHEER Community Center 20520 Sand Hill Road, Georgetown, DE.

Everyone is invited to participate in this ceremony honoring the memory of those who lost their lives September 11, 2001. The program starts 11 a.m. at the flagpole and moves inside to the main banquet room where there are booths representing all branches of the military and first responders.

Light refreshments will be available so mark your calendar and plan to attend this memorable event.

For more information call Sue Monath 302-856-5187 or Walter Koopman 302-945-7122. This program is FREE to all.

CHEER September Activities

September is right around the corner and that means the start of the Fall season of great CHEER activities starting with the Trap Pond Fall Festival in Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, DE.
The date is Friday, September 5 and the all-day event promises to be wonderful. Lots of fun and entertainment, not to mention great food are there for your pleasure.
Contact your local CHEER Activity Center for more information or call Florence Mason or Joey Sapienza at 302-856-5187.

Friday, September 19 will be the day everyone anticipates; Beach Day 2008.
Held in beautiful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, this all-day event allows the mature adults of the Delmarva region to usher out summer and welcome in Fall.
There is a 'Healthy Living Expo' with informational and health screening booths of health-related agencies throughout the area at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.
The CHEER Power Walk is a way for everyone to make a donation to CHEER and at the same time take a nice stroll through Henlopen Acres and the surrounding areas of Rehoboth Beach. The first 250 registered walkers receive a FREE t-shirt to commemorate the day. There is a 2.5 mile long walk that kicks off at 10 a.m. from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center parking lot. A shorter 1.8 mile walk kicks off at 10:30 from the same location. Download your registration form and sign up now to qualify for your FREE t-shirt..
Entertainment at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand at the Boardwalk will feature popular DJ Sky Brady as emcee and an assortment of talented acts for your pleasure all day.

Book Your Memories Now!

Getting married? Celebrating your 1st or your 50th wedding anniversary? Whatever the occasion, it is never too early, but it can be too late to find that one place that is going to give you memories that will last a lifetime.

The Banquet Room at the CHEER Community Center is just the place for you. Whether you need room for a small, intimate setting or a room large enough to host a seminar of hundreds, you will find everything here you need.

You will never have to worry about how to feed your guests. CHEER's Catering Service is there to help with virtually any menu you desire.

For more information, click here to download an event guide. Don't miss out on your day because you waited. Call 302-854-9500 now!

CHEER's 'Grocery Store On Wheels'

The CHEERmobile Mini-Market is a 'Grocery Store on Wheels' and is available to any mature and/or disabled Sussex County adult unable to shop on his or her own. The service is also available on a temporary basis to any adult recovering from medical treatment and unable to shop regularly. Click here for complete article.
 

• A CHEER Gift Certificate is a great way to help that special someone in your life. Use it for any of the 24 hours per day-7 days per week services offered by CHEER's Home Services Program. Call 302-854-9555 for more information.

• Need A Ride?
  Sussex County is the largest county east of the Mississippi River and has a population of more than 180,000 people. Three quarters of them are over 65 years old. If you are in need of transportation around Sussex County and points beyond, the Sussex Mobility Consortium is the answer. Call Thomas McClain at 302-856-5181.

• Medicare/Medicaid
  The Delaware Senior Medicare Patrol Program provides public information to encourage people who have Medicare to carefully read their Medicare summary notices and ask questions if they don't think it is correct. The program also trains retirees to help other Medicare beneficiaries get needed info when they suspect fraud, waste or abuse of the Medicare program.

• CHEER Publishes a Book
  Remember the Times is a collection of memoirs of the mature population of Sussex County, Delaware. Remember The Times reflects upon childhood memories of many S.C. residents.
  Get your copy now by calling Elizabeth Walls, 302-856-5187 or visit the Nutter Marvel Museum, 510 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, DE (302-855-9660).

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