Community Corner

Rec Department Sponsors Trips For Senior Residents

A wine tasting, garden stroll and a Frank Sinatra tribute concert.

The Recreation Department will sponsor the following trips for seniors who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City during the upcoming months. These trips were set up with the guidance of the Garden City Senior Advisory Committee.

  • Wednesday, June 5 – Trip to Brotherhood Winery for tastings and lunch.  We will travel upstate by coach bus to the Brotherhood Winery where we will take a tour of the winery, do a wine tasting and have a wonderful lunch. The bus will leave St. Paul’s Senior Center around 8 a.m. and return around 5 p.m. The cost of this trip will be $36, payable by check only to Brotherhood Winery at the time of registration.  
  • Thursday, June 20 – Trip to Clark Botanical Gardens (raindate: Friday, June 21). We will take the Recreation bus to the Gardens for a presentation by the head horticulturist, a light tea and a garden stroll. We will then return home. The Gardens will be beautiful this time of year! The cost of this trip will be $10, payable in cash, at the time of registration.
  • Wednesday, Aug. 14 – Trip to Westbury Manor for lunch and a showing of “My Way,” a Frank Sinatra tribute. The bus will leave the St. Paul’s Senior Center at 11:15 a.m. and return to the senior center when the concert is over. The cost of a ticket is $25, payable by check only to Plaza Theatrical Productions, at the time of registration. This trip is subsidized by the Recreation Department.
To register for any of these trips, visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave.  Please note, once the fees are sent to the venues, they are not refundable so make your selections carefully. All trips are open senior residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City only.

Submitted by the Garden City Recreation Department


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