Brittany Gordon helping out at the Pomeroy Senior Center

Pomeroy Senior Center
	My name is Brittany Ann Gordon and I want to tell you about one of the places I like to volunteer. For the last several years, I have enjoyed spending time at the Pomeroy Senior Center. Actually, I have been going there since I was five, it is across the street from where I live. Many of the people who eat lunch there are my friends and so are the people who cook the meals for the meals-on-wheels. I like to help them by decorating the take-out meals and the tables for lunch.

	Since I was six, I have shared my love of music at the Center. Often I will go there and play the piano while they eat their lunch. They are glad to have music and it gives me a chance to practice in front of a group. Sometimes I sing for them. They like it when I sing something patriotic. Last year at Thanksgiving, I was the only entertainer at the Thanksgiving dinner they had. There were 150 people there and I played for over 45 minutes.

	I enjoy other activities there too! I really like to work puzzles with some of the regulars -- it is addictive. Sometimes,. I just visit with them. Some of the older people are very lonely. The Pomeroy Senior Center is one of my favorite places.