News Release

Contact: Joan Noe
VP of Mission & Professional Services
(563) 244-3529

Mercy Silver Advantage Announces Activities

CLINTON, IA - Mercy Medical Center's Silver Advantage has announced its schedule of upcoming activities open to all members. Silver Advantage is a health, wellness, and support program designed to meet the needs of the plus 50 population. Membership is free and the public is invited to join. For more information on becoming a Silver Advantage member or to register for any of the programs listed below, please contact the Mercy Community Services Department at (563) 244-3539.

Thursday, January 13 - Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Support Group, 1:30 p.m. at the Alverno. This support group is co-sponsored by Mercy and The Alverno

Tuesday, January 18 - Health Screening, 7:30 - 9 a.m. Mercy North Conference Center. Tests include blood pressure checks, blood work for cholesterol and glucose, pulmonary function, and health information resources. Please call for an appointment, instructions, and cost information.

Tuesday, January 18 - Silver Advantage Supper Club, 5 p.m. South Auditorium. Program: Leonard Potter, Clinton county Sheriff's Dept. “Identity Theft - Protect Yourself.” Reservations are required.

Sunday, January 30 - Senior Dinner 12:30 p.m. Mercy South Auditorium. Doors open at 12:15 and the cost is $5 per person payable at door. Reservations are required.

TRIPS:

Tuesday, March 1
We will travel to Davenport's Putnam Museum and IMAX Theater. We will see the “World of Music” exhibit and then catch the IMAX movie Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure. This is a true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's now legendary 1914-1916 British Imperial transantarctic expedition. Twenty-eight men survived nearly two years in the barren, frigid Antarctic when their ship, Endurance, was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed. We will have lunch at the Old Country Buffet and a mystery stop on the way home. Cost is $37 per person, which covers the museum/Imax, lunch and bus. Reservations are due by Jan 25.

Tuesday, April 12
We will travel to the Field Museum in Chicago to see “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years” exhibit. This presents more than 70 garments worn by one of history's great fashion icons. Combined with photographs, documents and film clips, these fashions reveal how the former first lady carefully shaped her image to reflect the vigor, ideals and internationalism of her husband's administration. Cost is $45 per person, which covers bus and museum. We will stop for lunch before the museum tour. Lunch is at your own expense. Reservations due by March 1.

Thursday, May 5
We will travel to White Pines State Park Dinner Theater to see Piano Pizazz Meets Sizzlin' Fiddle! The extraordinary musical artistry, comedy and showmanship of Brian Gurl and Lenny Ski - as Jack Benny and Liberace - is a hilarious reunion. This incredible duo will dazzle you with a smorgasbord of melodies from Chopsticks to Chopin - plus comedy and showstoppers galore! Cost is $48 per person, which covers the bus, lunch and the show. Reservations are due by March 31.