A Special Fundraiser in Support of RSS Classes
Michelangelo & the Art of Abstraction
We all appreciate that the Department for the Aging helps support many of our RSS classes. But, to keep the level of robust programming that everyone would like we need help to raise additional funds. Please consider joining us at the special event below.
You can attend a lecture and art workshop or just the lecture alone. All led by very popular RSS instructor April Lombardi. Your support and gifts are deeply appreciated. Click here for a brief video all about the event.
Click here to join us for this very special event!
Important Messages
Covid-19 Vaccine Update
For Overall Information On the Vaccine
Vaccine Command Center - COVID-19: Vaccines - NYC Health
To Make An Appoint Online click below:
Covid-19 Vaccine Finder
You Can Also Register Directly at https://vaccinepod.nyc.gov/
Severa sites (like Walton HS) make their appointments through this portal. You can also subscribe with the vaccine pod and they will send you updates (for 2 weeks) as appointments open.
To Call and Make An Appointment
1-877-829-4692
Do You Need Technology Help?
RSS has a couple of resources to help you. If you need technical help email us at info@rssny.org and we will work to pair you up with someone.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO GET FOOD & ARE 60+
Call 311 or RSS at 718.884.5900 or email info@rssny.org
Missing Deliveries / Cancellations / Changes
• To cancel, change or submit a complaint about food or food deliveries call 311 and say "Get Food" or submit feedback online here - nyc.gov/seniorfoodresources.
Call Us at 718 884-5900
Focusing on Wellness In All Aspects of our Programs and Services
RSS - Riverdale Senior Services - is more than just a meeting place. RSS is a place for emotional, cultural and physical engagement. We're a multi-faceted center - an exercise studio, an arts studio, dance floor, lunch spot and social hub - all in one place!
RSS champions older adults and their friends and families by giving community members the opportunity to live better, happier and healthier lives.
All programs and services are free to any one 60+. We are located in the Bronx, New York.
Come join us! We are the Center for Ageless Living.
News & Events
Every Wednesday at 10 AM a dozen or so RSS members meet to read plays, sing together, and to socialize. I sat in on the RSS Drama Club, as an observer and an occasional participant, in order to understand the nuts and bolts of acting in a small theater ensemble. I was interested in the individual performers, and their motivations for participating in this particular group.The first time I came to observe, the club was preparing for an upcoming Holiday Show. They had only a few sessions to practice Christmas Carols and several traditional readings. They ran through everything at least once and I could not figure out how it would all come together in time for the performance. As I watched them from the back of the room, my impression was that they were having too good a time rehearsing for the show. Shouldn’t they be as anxious as I am about it turning out? Was I hearing way too much laughter here? How come they joke around so much? I expected a drama club to be so much more serious.
For over 20 years, the RSS/Reverend Tieck Adult Day Program has been devoted to those 60+ that are challenged by memory loss. Here, the Director of our Adult Day Program for Memory Loss talks about what dementia is, how family members can help those with dementia, and the stresses for caregivers.
RSS member Ernece Kelly talks about the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., with whom she worked for in Chicago, during a presentation at RSS-Riverdale Senior Services last week about the civil rights icon’s legacy.
