MOT Jean Birch Senior Center
Our Facility
Maintaining the active, healthy, and productive lives of the seniors in our community.
The MOT Senior Center is a non-profit, non-residential community center located in the heart of Middletown, DE. Adults age 50 and over can join for only $20.00 a year and participate in programs, trips & social activities tailored to adults and seniors. Those striving to maintain an independent lifestyle can make new friends, share in a meal, play a game, exercise, take a class or learn a new skill. The social interaction provided at the Center is essential to physical and mental health.
Services
Activities, education, and wellness opportunities are provided through a variety of programs in a caring, friendly, and active atmosphere.
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Arts & Crafts
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Bible Study & Hymn Sing
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Bingo
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Bowling
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Ceramics
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Day & Extended Trips
Facility Rental
Are you looking for a location for your special event or meeting?
Available spaces include:
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Dining Room (with seating for over 100)
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Commercial Kitchen
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Art Room
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Business/Exercise Room
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Community Room
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
M.O.T. Senior Center
Click on the link below for more information about
Anti-Discrimination policies
Anti-Discrimination Policy for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We work to create an environment that is non-discriminatory, inclusive and promotes equity and diversity among those we serve and for whom we advocate. We pledge to be open to discussions with strategic partners to eliminate racism and other forms of discrimination where it might exist in our service area and within our organization, understanding that it is a process of both education and movement.
With regard to employment: It is the policy of this corporation to employ the best qualified applicants available to fill staff vacancies. Gender, race, color, national origin or ancestry, age religion, political affiliation, physical or mental handicap, sexual orientation and marital status should not be considered cause for rejection or approval of an applicant. This includes termination, promotion, disciplinary action, benefits, pay or any other employment practices. The M.O.T. Senior Center adheres to equal opportunity principals and discrimination will not be tolerated.
Service population: This policy is extended to non-discrimination for the people we serve. This policy extends to membership at the center and therefore, no senior will be discriminated against as they require services.
Our board of directors: We intend to be reflective of the people we serve within the scope of our by-laws (must live in or work in the M.O.T. area) and have those on our board advocate for the entire population we serve and mange the manner in which we serve them. Again, we strive to fill vacancies on the board as they arise with skill sets needed to enhance the overall implementation of the business of the center.
COFFEE WITH A VET
Thursday, April 8, 2024 10:00
No need to talk about anything special, just to connect with people who have similar experiences. We hope the coffee will be good, because the comradery will be a great experience. Hope to see you there.
Motortown Soul Celebration
Tropicana In Atlantic City
Monday, June 17, 2024
Cost: $95.00
$25.00 in bonus slot dollars
Bus will leave the senior center at 8:45. Please be at the center by 8:15
Please call bookkeeping at 302-378-4758 to sign up.
M.O.T. Senior Center
Click the link below to learn more about EEO
M.O.T. Senior Center, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
The executive director maintains responsibility and accountability for compliance with Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO). Complaints can be filed as a grievance by seeing the Administrative Assistant
RENTALS
If you are looking to rent our facility, please call Scott Lawrence in bookkeeping at 302-378-4758 to make an appointment. His hours are 9:00am-3:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (Off Wed). You MUST have an appointment if you wish to come in and speak with him about a rental and please be prompt. Please stop at the reception desk to let them know you’re here for your appointment. Thank you for understanding
Mystery Lunch
Where will we go?
Thursday, April 25, 2023
Earliest sign up date will be Monday, April 1st. Sign up early! Seats go fast!
See Lynda Giambra for sign up and payment. Payment is due at sign up.
Do not sign up or pay bookkeeping.
The cost: $15.00. This does not include the price of lunch.
16 SEATS AVAILABLE
First come, first served.
SIGHT & SOUND
Daniel
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Cost: $180.00
Bus will leave the M.O.T Senior Center at 10:00. Please be at the senior center by 9:30.
Lunch will be at Hershey Farms before the show
Please call bookkeeping at 302-378-4758 to sign up.
Beautiful
The Carole King Musical
Performing at the Walnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Price: $209.00/Person
Payment is required by March 15th
to confirm your reservation.
12:00p.m. Depart M.O.T. Senior Center via deluxe motor coach (arrive by 11:40 please)
1:30p.m. Approximate arrival at the Walnut Street Theatre - Philadelphia
2:00p.m. - Show begins - Enjoy!
5:00p.m. A delicious dinner at Spasso Italian Grill - Front St. Philadelphia
6:45p.m. (Approx.) Departure
8:15p.m. (Approx.) Return to the senior center
Please call Scott Lawrence at 302-378-4758 to sign up
My Two Cents
June 13, 2024
9:00 a. m. - 2:00 p. m.
Recently I received another flyer for a "bargain"! A "2015 $100 High relief American Gold Liberty Proof" coin. Well first technically it is NOT a coin(it carries no true face value).Now the sales pitch DOES say copy, but the company name, WILL confuse many people into thinking this is a United States Mint product (it is NOT). Also, the description says layered in 24k gold. Well layering is plating, which can wear off, just like a gold plated ring or watch. And the coating is so thin, that it carries NO gold value on the secondary market. So at a regular price of $99.995 (discounted) to JUST $19.95(!) a bargain....nope I buy these for $5 usually and GLAD to sell at $10.. So BUYERS Beware and please do your research or call me.
Scott Vogel(professional Numismatist)
302-584-2930
Please call the reception desk at 302-378-4758 to sign up.
Dining With Friends
Don’t eat alone! Come join us for lunch! Good company, good conversation and good food and a lot of laughs!
April 5, 2024 - 12:00 P.M.
Tom Foolery’s Restaurant
714 Ash Blvd,
Middletown, DE 19709
April 19, 2024 - 12;00 P.M.
Crooked Hammock
316 Auto Park Dr.
Middletown, DE 19709
Please call the reception desk at 302-378-4758 to sign up for either or both days so we know how many are coming.
AARP
$20.00 AARP Member
$25.00 non AARP Member
A 4 hour Basic AARP Defensive Driving Course will be on April 22, 2024 from 9-1:00pm Please call the reception desk at 302-378-4758 to sign up
You must have completed the 6 hour course before signing up for the 4 hour refresher course.
AARP
$20.00 AARP member
$25.00 Non AARP member
A 6 hour Basic AARP Defensive Driving Course will be on April 29, 2024 from 9-3:00pm Please call the reception desk at 302-378-4758 to sign up
You must complete this 6 hour course before signing up for the 4 hour refresher course.
Please give the kitchen 1 week notice if you are going to stay for lunch. Starting April 1, 2024, the suggested donation price of $3.00 is for seniors over 60, the suggested donation price of $4.00 is for the Special Lunch and a required price of $7.00 is for seniors under 60.
The world's narrowest street is only a foot wide.
The world's narrowest street is only a foot wide.
If you suffer from claustrophobia, you might want to avoid the world’s narrowest street. Spreuerhofstrasse — located in Reutlingen, Germany — measures 1 foot, 0.2 inches at its tightest, and a meager 1 foot, 7.68 inches at its widest, at least when last evaluated for Guinness World Records in 2006. The 65-foot-long street is also limited vertically; those over 5 feet, 10 inches have to duck at the exit, and many who pass through are pelted with drips from overhead gutters. Despite those inconveniences, tourists flock to the record-holding passageway.
Sandwiched between two buildings in Reutlingen’s oldest area, Spreuerhofstrasse was initially created not as a tourist attraction, but by a 300-year-old construction faux pas. In 1726, much of the city was destroyed by a fire, and residents rebuilding the area disregarded regulations for wider spaces between buildings that were meant to prevent future devastating blazes. For its first 100 years, Spreuerhofstrasse’s status as a street was debatable, but local lore suggests that in 1820 it received its official designation as a municipal street thanks to a slender town official who could easily squeeze down the alleyway.
However, no one is sure how long Spreuerhofstrasse will be able to hold on to its record. Within the last decade, area officials have become concerned about the adjacent buildings, as their walls slowly close in on the street’s space. If Spreuerhofstrasse becomes too narrow to pass — or widens, in the case of demolitions — the street would lose its world record, possibly to another competing lane, like England’s 14th-century Parliament Street, which measures just 25 inches wide.
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