A PLACE (SETTING) FOR EVERYTHING; TABLE DESIGN EXPO WILL BENEFIT SENIORS.Byline: Annette Burget Bailey Staff Writer The Oaks mall is one of the sponsors helping make sure there will always be a table for seniors to sit down at. ``Setting a Place for Seniors,'' a tabletop design competition to benefit Senior Concerns, is slated from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, featuring the creative handiwork of local tabletop experts. ``Party planners, interior designers and merchants from throughout the area will present the most creatively themed and decorated tabletops imaginable i·mag·i·na·ble adj. Conceivable in the imagination: imaginable exploits. i·mag ,'' said Diane Brandes, marketing director of The Oaks. The three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. is jointly sponsored by The Oaks, California Homes Magazine and radio station KMLT-FM (92.7). Senior Concerns, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. in its 24th year, provides a host of local programs and activities for the elderly including Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. , the Fitzgerald Day Center and Senior Concerns Thrift Shop thrift shop n. A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. . ``We have developed programs designed to improve the quality of life for the frail elderly frail elderly, n.pl older persons (usually over the age of 75 years) who are afflicted with physical or mental disabilities that may interfere with the ability to independently perform activities of daily living. and to make the later years in one's life among the fullest and happiest,'' said Francis Prince, executive director of Senior Concerns. The first table setting event is scheduled to include a wide array of tabletops, and a rare opportunity for mall shoppers to learn a few important entertaining tips and techniques from Ava Carroll of Brown/Brownstone Place, a featured designer, and King of Tabletops Kurt Cyr. Winners for each display will be drawn at random at 4 p.m.. Sunday. For more information, call The Oaks at (805) 495-4628, or Senior Concerns at (805) 497-0189. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Tabletop design experts will share their techniques at a competition sponsored in part by The Oaks mall. |
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