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The Board will meet on Wednesday, February 1, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm via zoom. The agenda includes discussion of a topic for the next general meeting – “Preparing for the Inevitable.” The agenda, outline of the program and zoom link will be sent to officers via email from Marilynne McKay (mmckay@emory.edu). If you have suggestions or would like to help coordinate any of the GA-HERO initiatives, contact Marilynne or Missy Cody (mmcody50@gmail.com).

Travel Magazine has named Cartersville, GA, one of the 15 best small towns to visit in the USA for its museum-rich resources, also recognizing it as a gateway to Atlanta and to the north Georgia mountains. This makes it an ideal spot for cultural, sports and outdoor enthusiasts. It is the smallest town in the USA with three Smithsonian Affiliate museums. Come to our meet-up and visit 1, 2 or 3 museums. This is a pay-on-your-own meet-up, but you’ll be with retiree friends and colleagues during your visit.

Current museum ticket prices (Senior rates):

            Booth Western Art Museum — $11

            Savoy Automobile Museum — $15

            Tellus Science Museum — $15

We will meet for lunch and a short program on the Georgia Highlands College (GHC) campus. We will be welcomed by the Cartersville Campus Dean, Dr. Leslie Johnson.

• The charge for the boxed lunch is $12/person. To reserve your box lunch, contact mmcody50@gmail.com by October 27.

• The meeting room is at the GHC address, 5441 Highway 20, NE, Cartersville, GA 30123. Signs will direct you to visitor parking and meeting rooms.

Proposed schedule for the GA-HERO meeting (Thursday, November 3):

[Note that museum attendance is on your own. To fully enjoy any of the museums is likely to take significantly more time than is allocated below.]

10:00 – 11:15: Tellus Science Museum  https://tellusmuseum.org

11:30 – 1:30: Lunch and program

1:45 – 2:45: Savoy Automobile Museum  https://savoymuseum.org

3:00 – 5:00: Booth Western Art Museum  https://boothmuseum.org/

5:00: Cartersville starts its holiday celebration. Restaurants and stores will have special events while people stroll in the historic town center.

Have a mini-vacation!

Come a day early or stay for the weekend to check out additional close-by entertainment and resources.

• The Hampton Inn-Cartersville is offering a block of rooms for $89/night + taxes and fees (total $107.35/night); breakfast is included. This rate is not available online: to reserve, call 678-956-9307 before 5pm or 770-382-8999 after 5pm and tell them that you are with GA-HERO. The deadline for reservations is October 19, 2022.
• November 3 is the kickoff for the holiday season in downtown Cartersville boutiques at the annual Holiday Open House shopping event. The event focuses on shopping deals, drinks, and desserts.
• November 4-5 is the Christmas Village Cartersville event. The event includes holiday shopping, bites and beverages, and door prizes. While entry is usually $5.00/person, we have free entry.
• Dean Johnson sent some restaurant recommendations:
  • Nicer – Maine Street Coastal, Appalachian Grill, Table 20
  • Historic Dinner or Meal/Three – Moore’s Market, Scott’s Walk-Up BBQ, Ross’s Diner
• A directory of chef-owned restaurants is at https://visitcartersvillega.org/connections/cat/dine/chef/

Downtown Cartersville is very walkable, and Cartersville offers several hiking/walking trails, including hiking options at Red Top Mountain State Park  http://redtopmountainstatepark.org/red-top-trails.html.

The Etowah Indian Mounds are a must-see! https://gastateparks.org/EtowahIndianMounds

More attractions here: https://visitcartersvillega.org/

Officers and directors will meet via Zoom on October 5 at 2:00 pm to discuss the upcoming outing on November 3 as well as other business. The zoom link and agenda will be sent to Board members.

To register for this meeting, CLICK HERE. To avoid intruders to our meeting, you must register. Those who register will receive further instructions about using Zoom.

GA-HERO Colleagues, we look forward to seeing you via Zoom on Friday, November 12, beginning at 10 am.

Our principal speaker is Helen O’Shea, RN, PhD, Professor of Nursing Emerita at Emory, who will speak to us about Emory’s Pre-retirement Mentoring Program, in which members of Emory University Emeritus College assist pre-retirees with the anticipated lifestyle, social, emotional, and psychological transition to a fulfilling life in retirement.   

Gray Crouse, Director of the Emeritus College at Emory, will host our Zoom meeting.  Please notify Gray (gcrouse@emory.edu) if you would like to make a brief presentation about an innovative best practice. 

Watch your email for more information, the agenda and the link to register for this meeting. You MUST register to participate. Contact Ted Wadley (twadley@gmail.com) if you do not receive the invitation email.

We will have our online meeting Friday, April 23, 10 am – 1 pm. 

To register click here or go to https://emory.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElfumhqDIiGdFAVzIu1ngdNhC8HaIoR_j3.
To avoid intruders to our meeting you must register.  Those who register will get further instructions about using Zoom. 

The featured speaker is Jeff Bird, a specialist in senior living who will talk about Aging in Place (the Senior Continuum) and the COVID-19 Impact – see attached bio. 

After the presentation and during our time for lunch, each of us will be assigned a breakout room where we can extend the discussion to help schools determine what aging-in-place (or other) activities to offer their members during the pandemic. 

Gray Crouse, Director of the Emeritus College at Emory, will host our Zoom meeting.  Also, please notify Gray (gcrouse@emory.edu) if you would like to make a brief presentation about an innovative best practice.

We look forward to seeing you on April 23rd!

To register click here.  To avoid intruders to our meeting you must register.

SCHEDULE
10:00    Welcome
10:15   Armchair Travel
11:15   Discussions of Travel Activities in small breakout rooms
11:30   Lunch in small breakout rooms
12:00   Presentations of current solutions for connecting and engaging
12:20   Discussions of ideas for solutions designed for your organization
1:00    Conclusion

Monday, November 16, 2020, 10:30am to 12:30pm via ZOOM.

This virtual meeting will feature George Brown who will present practical steps on how to be a successful Armchair Traveler when real travel is impossible as well as ideas for resuming travel when it is safe to do so. The presentation will be one hour followed by breakout rooms to discuss virtual travel ideas and ways that we can share these ideas with our groups.

At Senior University of Greater Atlanta (su-ga.org) George Brown is presenting a weekly Armchair Traveler via Zoom. You can get a preview of George by watching his Armchair Traveler presentations at 9:30 – 10:30 am on zoom every Tuesday through November 10. He is the past president and CEO of the Friendship Force. The link to his course is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81196966529?epwd=QUpEclZSMWpYS2NzODBSNmtURzZsZz09
Meeting ID: 811 9696 6529, Passcode: SUGA (all caps)

The Senior University of Greater Atlanta is offering courses for free this fall. Visit their website (su-ga.org) for a list of courses as well as their newsletter.