Events & Workshops

Whether you're interested in short courses led by expert faculty or engaging social and recreational activities, there鈥檚 something for everyone.

Please note: All guests driving to the Galloway or Atlantic City campus must register their car for each visit. 

Upcoming Events:

Easter Basket
Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Swan Bay Folk Art Center, 300 Sooys Landing Road, Port Republic
Weave an 8鈥欌赌heirloom Easter basket. Choose from Easter colored reed for an accent on your basket and learn a handle wrapping technique. Class fee $30. 
To register, Call Niki 609-652-0366 
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | 12 - 1 p.m.
Location:  IN PERSON or ZOOM
Choice of IN PERSON or ZOOM 老司机福利社 Parkway Building. Each session will include education and support with SCOSA's experts on caregiving and mental health.

老司机福利社 Parkway Building
10 West Jimmie Leeds Road
Galloway, NJ 08205
 
The building is located next to Clayton's Self Storage. Please note parking is in the back of the building, and you must buzz in at the back entrance where parking is located. Meetings are held in the conference room. Please do not arrive prior to 11:45 a.m.


Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Join Peppy and Gina to delve into happiness. Happiness is something we all search for. Everyone wants to be happy. Happiness is an active process. Happiness is not something we can buy or acquire. How do we know what happiness is? Have we experienced it? How can we identify it and make it part of our lives?  To answer these questions, we will use Dan Buettner鈥檚 book, The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World鈥檚 Happiest People, (2017), author Dan Buettner explores how personal choices, culture, good health, and geographical location help promote happiness. We will also use Gretchen Rubin鈥檚 10th Anniversary Edition of The Happiness Project (2018); 鈥淥ne of the most thoughtful and engaging works on happiness to have emerged from the recent explosion of interest in the subject.鈥
Click on the title to register.
April 19 - December 20, 2025 | 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: John F Scarpa Academic Center, Room 316
Players and Playwrights (P&P) is a collective of playwrights and readers (aka players) who meet monthly to read original plays. Performances are organized several times a year. Interested players and playwrights are invited to attend a meeting once before committing to join.   
Click on the event title to register for FREE. 
Monday, May 5, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
During this program, Peppy will introduce us to her family鈥檚 life, while also intertwining important historical facts on the Holocaust. Some of the topics discussed will be: International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Death March, immigrating to America, finding family, the importance of teachers, Molly鈥檚 Pilgrim video, The Second Generation- Ripples From The Holocaust video, returning to Germany to find Hans Loeffler, 笔别辫辫测鈥檚 response to October 7th, hearing  Arnold Schwarzenegger speak about his family history (a father who was a Nazi), Journey of German Jewish Dialogue since 1994, and My Ethical Will -  Having a will and its importance. This course will take place on the first Monday of every month in 2025.
Click on the event title to register.
Friday, May 9, 2025
Location: Galloway Campus Center

Workshops/Lectures:

  • Chair Yoga
  • Telemedicine
  • Make a Pine Needle Basket
  • Blue Zones Sessions
  • Pinelands Discovery
  • Nature Photography Walk
  • Understanding Social Security Income and Long-Term Care Funding Alternatives
  • Puppy Raising with The Seeing Eye (will have puppies!)

Performances & Displays:

  • Miss Lois & the Silver Dancers
  • Saving Claire: The Story of Denying Gravity film & discussion
  • 'Flip the Script on Aging' Contest Winners
Tour of Poetry
2nd Saturday Monthly Program (subject to change)
May 10 - December 13, 2025 | 12 - 2 p.m.
Location: Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield
During each session of this monthly program, an established poet will read original work, present an engaging lecture, and encourage participants to write & share something of their own. Participants will have an opportunity to have their poetry included in the Tour of Poetry Anthology.
No Registration Necessary. 
For those that can't attend in person, you can | Passcode: 080608
Monday, May 12, 2025 | 9 - 11 a.m.
Location: 老司机福利社 at Manahawkin
Join Lois Allen for this eight-week class teaches you to knit and/ or crochet like you are a pro! Supply list: Two balls of light-colored yarn, Weight 4 Knitting Needles size 10 OR Crochet Hook size H.
Click on the title to register. $60 for 8 lessons.
Monday, May 12, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: 老司机福利社 at Manahawkin
Join Lois Allen for One Stroke, a multi-loading style of acrylic decorative painting that is very friendly to novice painters. Supplies needed: apron, set of multicolor acrylic paints, wax paper, paper plate, container for water, book of watercolor paper, and a set of Donna Dewberry brushes.
Click on the title to register. $60 for 8 lessons.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 9 - 10 a.m.
Location: 老司机福利社 at Manahawkin
Join Lois Allen for Chair Yoga with modified poses that can be done while seated, which makes the poses accessible to more people.
Click on the title to register. $60 for 8 lessons.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 10 - 11 a.m.
Location: 老司机福利社 at Manahawkin
Join us with Lois Allen's School of Dance to learn adult tap dancing, an exciting and social activity.
Click on the title to register. $60 for 8 lessons.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: 老司机福利社 at Manahawkin
Join Lois Allen with Lois Allen's School of Dance to learn belly dancing!
Click on the title to register. $60 for 8 lessons.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 6 - 9 p.m.
Location: See options below

In this course you鈥檒l learn how to: manage investment risks, use new tax laws to your advantage, make informed decisions about your company's retirement plan, and adjust your estate plan to function properly under the new laws.

However, money is only one aspect of retirement planning. This course blends financial education with life planning to help you build wealth, align your money with your values, and achieve your retirement lifestyle goals.

This comprehensive course on preparing for a comfortable retirement will be taught by Louis T. Barberio, III.

The course includes a complimentary one-hour, personalized follow-up meeting for each registrant.

Location: Atlantic City (Room 211)
Dates: May 13 and May 20, 2025
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm 

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Location: Galloway (F-Wing Room 118)
Dates: May 14 and May 21, 2025
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Click on the title to register! Course fee is $59. 
Included: You may bring one guest. One workbook per paid registration will be provided. Light refreshments will be served.

Friday, July 18, 2025 | 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Kramer Hall, Hammonton

A day-long event featuring outdoor adventures and indoor lectures that explore the unique history, ecology, and culture of the Pinelands. The event also includes an exhibit gallery. The participant cost for attending the Pinelands Short Course is $60.00. Educators can earn 4 Professional Development Credits.
Click on the title for more information. Registration coming soon!