Upcoming Events
PRE-COVID ACTIVITIES HAVE RESUMED
PRE-COVID ACTIVITIES HAVE RESUMED
PRE-COVID ACTIVITIES HAVE RESUMED
Our meetings and activities follow the guidance provided by the CDC with respect to COVID and other respiratory diseases. That guidance is provided here: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/respiratory-virus-guidance.html
We will attempt to call attention to significant changes in this guidance both in our e-newsletter and on this website. We encourage anyone not feeling well to stay home.
Games
PRE-COVID ACTIVITIES HAVE RESUMED
PRE-COVID ACTIVITIES HAVE RESUMED
Bridge
Experienced and new bridge players are welcomed! Come and learn how to play, or build your skills while meeting your neighbors.
Dates and Times:
Usually every Wednesday and Thursday at 10:00 a.m. (exceptions are announced in our e-newsletter).
Mah Jongg
Come and play Mah Jongg with your neighbors.
Date and Time:
Usually Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.
and Fridays at 1:00 p.m.
Cards and Board Games
Open time for cards and board games.
Date and Time:
Usually every Friday at 10:30 a.m.
Location: Park Avenue Community Center, 129 Park Avenue, Swarthmore.
SSCA Travels
PRE-COVID ACTIVITIES HAVE RESUMED
Friday Friends
We are in the planning stages for upcoming day trips. As each one is ready to be announced, the announcements will appear in our weekly e-newsletter and on this "Upcoming Events" page.
Friday Friends
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES
Friday Friends
At the Co-op
Every Friday we get together and share conversation. There's no agenda and no program. Come as you are for an hour or so of social time!
Date: Every Friday.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Swarthmore Co-op, 341 Dartmouth Avenue, on the patio or at the indoor seating.
Crafts
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES
Needle Crafts and Others...
Crafts activities have been temporarily suspended
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES
Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter to receive announcements of special events and changes in schedule of our regularly-recurring events (such as games and Friday Friends). Our schedule of regularly-recurring events is shown above, on this page, and when we have events that require registration, they appear on this page
Weekly Lunch Programs
Past Lunch and Learn
Lunch and Learn programs are every Wednesday during the academic year, starting at noon and running until 1:30pm at the Park Avenue Community Center, 129 Park Avenue, Swarthmore
Past programs:
School Days Memories
Lifelong Learning & Teaching
Seasonal Gardens
Food as Medicine
Soup Sample & Recipe Exchange
Armistice Day at 100
Give Peace a Chance
A New School in Haiti
Holiday Music!
A Flood of Books!
Chair Yoga
Making a Difference in Chester
African American History
Recycle Better
Building a Better College
Downsizing
Aging-in-Place Progress Report
Long Term Care
Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
Restaurant Menus of Old
Swarthmore College Today
Andrew Wyeth’s World
An Introduction to Tai Chi
Trolleys and the Development of the American City
World War II on the Home Front
Summer Gatherings happen every Wednesday afternoon at the Swarthmore Co-op, 341 Dartmouth Ave., from June through August. These are informal, unprogrammed get-togethers to chat and have a good time.
Day Trips
A Sampling of Past Day Trips
Winterthur Museum and Gardens
Brandywine River Museum of Art
Lincoln Financial Field
Herr's Snack Factory
American Museum of the Helicopter
Grounds for Sculpture - Princeton, NJ
Phillies Baseball Game
Pennsylvania State Capitol & State Museum