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The Beltsville Young at Heart Club is a senior citizen organization whose purpose is to meet the needs of older adults for friendship, growth, and usefulness to their communities; to help older adults remain self-sufficient and alert members of the community, and to keep older adults well informed on matters of personal and community welfare. We are open to anyone over 55 years of age in any Maryland county, although we attract most of our members from this area. After a person has attended 3 meetings, they are accepted as a member. Dues are $5.00 a year. You must attend at least 8 meetings a year to be considered active. We meet presently at the Beltsville Recreational Center on Sellman Road in the Connie Romanello room on the first and third Thursday of each month at noon, (although to get a good parking space, come earlier). Once you reach 80 years old and have been active 5 years, you can become a lifetime member, paying no annual dues. We now have 40 lifetime members. Our oldest members are now in their 90”s. We were chartered in February of 1966. We have 168 members in our roster with 90-110 active members, and about 80 at each meeting. We have 8 elected officers and about 14 appointed officers. Our first meeting of the month covers any business to be handled by the membership, while the second meeting may have a little business to be handled, but then contains a speaker or musical entertainment. We socialize at both meetings and of course have some refreshments. We support any member that may need a card or visit, and memorialize any member who has died. We have many trips that member and friends can go on. Some are day trips and some 5-10 day trips. You do not have to be a member to travel with us. We are also involved in our community. We are in attendance at the annual Beltsville Craft Shows and Beltsville Days manning bake table and kitchen meals among other duties. We help the Beltsville Ladies Club with baskets and donations. We have beautified the areas around the Beltsville Community Center and the nature trail and park that surround it with plants. We plant bulbs each fall along the path through the woods. We also contribute to the Laurel Regional Hospital and their annual Christmas tree lighting. Many of our members are also volunteers at the hospital. We always participate with the Laurel Main Street Festival, and are working with other local clubs to create the new Atlas Center, which is the new senior Center to serve the tri-county area. We also have about 12 other annual donations that we make to show our support for area charities. |
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