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Join Poolesville Seniors on May 19th  @7pm for next Historic Ag Reserve Properties presentation with local historian Kenny Sholes. The lands around us have played an important part in American history over the last few centuries. The fields we pass through each day have spurred economic development, been the scene of battles, provided escape from the pace of daily life, and brought families together at the dinner table. Dotting this landscape is an array of impressive historic homes – standing as visual […]

Alison Gaylin, the award-winning author of What Remains of Me and the Shamus Award-winning Brenna Spector series, brings us April’s book selection, “If I Die Tonight”. This is an absorbing, addictive tale of psychological suspense, in which a seemingly open-and-shut police case with a clear-cut hero and villain turns out to be anything but simple. 

Join Poolesville Seniors on April 18, 2022 for the April Book Club meeting […]

Join the PS! Book Club on May 16th at 7:00 pm, for a thoughtful discussion of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson, a masterful work by an award winning and renowned author. 

In her most recent non-fiction book, Wilkerson presents the reader with a dark history of the scope of human violence. She looks at this history through the lens of caste systems as […]

Celebrate Earth Day on April 21st at 7:00 pm with Joyce Breiner, Executive Director of the

Special thanks to Bill “Bat Boy” Turner and Ed “Boy in the Scoreboard” Baruch who shared reminiscences of their teenage careers with the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium. Both men had a love of baseball and a work ethic that served them well later in life. Turner became an Associate Montgomery County Circuit Court judge and Baruch captained his own media and entertainment companies. 

The duo was with the Senators for the 1956 season […]

Many thanks to Jeff Teate, Deputy Grand Master of the Maryland Independent Order of Odd Fellows for his interesting presentation about the history, fellowship, and mission of the Odd Fellows. We also heard about the good works of the Odd Fellows in […]

Thank you to Jon Wolz for leading our group on a Saturday walk on the C&O towpath in search of Virginia Bluebells. The weather was perfect for a hike on the canal towpath to see the bluebells and other spring flowers in bloom. Jon met us at the parking lot of Whites Ferry, we made our way to the towpath and headed north. It wasn’t long before we spotted the first flowers, white […]

Let’s Celebrate Our April Birthdays!! 

• 4/6 William Hunter 
• 4/7 Norman Spencer 
• 4/8 Anne Beers 
• 4/16 Michelle Roche 
• 4/20 Leigh Platt 
• 4/21 Henrik Rossell 
• 4/24 Pam Hernandez 
• 4/27 Patrick McMahon 
• 4/30 Willy Malonado 
• 4/30 Jane Horvath

Congratulations! 

If you are searching for an activity for Earth Month or Earth Day 4/22, consider going “Plogging”. There are health benefits for you and the environment. You may already be a plogger and not know it! If you jog or walk after trash collection, you’ll know what this is about. 

The word plogging is portmanteau or word combination. It is formed by the Swedish words “ploka upp” (pick up) and “jogga” (jog). The […]

It is taking us quite a while, almost a year since we first started climbing that mountain to get 100 YouTube subscribers!   

With 100 YouTube subscribers, Poolesville Seniors qualifies for a dedicated, named channel making it easier for our patrons to access our YouTube channel and find our great programming as recorded live on Zoom.  

If you enjoy Poolesville Seniors’ presentations, please register as one of our first 100 subscribers and you’ll […]