PRESCOTT – Happy New Year! Join us in 2026 for camaraderie with other seniors, interesting speakers, a monthly potluck lunch, card games, crafts and book club. Bring your ideas for activities and join us this next year. The Gathering Place is open to all seniors age 55 and older. No membership dues, just fun and friendship!

Coming activities:

Wednesday, Jan. 7: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Card games with Euchre at 12:30 p.m. and Bridge at 1 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 8: Pickleball players meet for play at 8:30 a.m. at the Prescott Intermediate School gym (125 N. Elm St.) At 12:30 p.m., card game Canasta is played with Art 101 Watercolor meeting at 1 p.m.  

Tuesday, Jan. 13: Pickleball players meet for play at 8:30 a.m. at the Prescott Intermediate School gym. Join us at noon for a delicious potluck lunch and a speaker after lunch at 1 p.m. Prescott Nursing and Rehabilitation will join us to talk about elder law.  

Wednesday, Jan. 14: From 12:30-3:30 p.m., the card game Euchre will be played.

Thursday, Jan. 15: Pickleball players meet for play at 8:30 a.m. at the Prescott Intermediate School gym. Join members for a movie and popcorn at 1 p.m. Showing today is "We Bought a Zoo," a movie about a father buying a zoo for his children.

Friday, Jan. 16: Memory Cafe meets from 10-11:30 a.m. at the lower-level community room at the First National Bank Prescott. Handicap entrance and plenty of parking.

Gathering Place is located at 1220 St. Croix St., Prescott; use Door 5 of the Prescott Middle School. All seniors age 55 years and older are welcome. Regular hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30-3:30 p.m.  

Submitted by Janet Cleary