Activities and Events

Special Events

The Department of Senior Services offers numerous regular and special events. Our nutrition program is offered on a daily basis. Crafts and ceramics classes are held on Mondays through Wednesdays and exercise classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays. Other events include:

  • Meditation and Mindfulness
  • Bingo
  • Free health screenings
  • Free lectures on health and legal issues
  • Holiday parties
  • Intergenerational programs
  • Local trips to restaurants, shopping centers and malls, and theaters
  • Monthly birthday parties with entertainment

  • Billiards Tournaments
  • Multi-cultural events
  • Pokeno
  • Seminars on caregiving, dementia, Medicare, and other pertinent issues
  • T’ai Chi classes
  • Weekly food shopping
  • Aerobics and Chair Yoga

Meet and Treat Thursdays
On Thursdays, we have Meet and Treat days where we serve a special lunch that could be catered or will be a soup and salad combo. Before or during lunch, we will have a surprise event and some days will include special giveaways and treats. Examples include:

  • Subs
  • Fried Chicken
  • Pizza

  • Free Raffles
  • Mind Readers
  • Milk Shakes


We offer MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION as our schedule permits. If you have a need for transportation to a local physician or doctor, please call Rob, our Transportation Coordinator, at 732-938-4500, ext. 2551. We will do our best to accommodate your needs while still providing our existing services.


RUMMIKUB is played every Monday beginning at 10:00 AM. Bingo is played on Monday afternoons beginning at 1:00 PM. Pokeno games are held on Wednesdays at 1:15 PM. All games are offered at the Howell Senior Center. Registration is required. Call 732-938-4500, ext. 2550 for more information.

Aerobic type exercise classes are held at the Howell Senior Center from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM every Monday and Wednesday.

Chair yoga classes are held every Wednesday from 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM at the Center.

All classes are available to Howell residents age 60 and older who are registered members. Registration is free and may be done at the Senior Center Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. A waiver form needs to be signed before attending your first class.

Call 732-938-4500, ext. 2550, for further information on our classes, to sign up for the classes, and for information on other services and programs we offer.