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the busy months, they might make eight trips and the<br />
slower months might be as many as five trips.<br />
When Walters came to the Center eight years ago, the<br />
Senior Center was not nearly as active. “When I first got<br />
here 8 years ago we didn’t do a lot of outings. We started<br />
with a simple outing, and we went to the Cracker Barrel<br />
and the Dollar Tree. From there we grew,” she said with a<br />
laugh. And grow they have. One recent trip was full with<br />
paid deposits and a waiting list of over 15 within two<br />
hours. “The seniors just love it and they want more,” she<br />
exclaimed. “I am always open and always asking for new<br />
ideas. And a lot of the seniors will send me trip ideas.”<br />
Walters has taken many of their suggestions and added<br />
them to the schedule.<br />
“I do hear very positive comments on outings we do,”<br />
Walters humbly shared. “What I hear is these trips give<br />
them a vehicle to do things they might not normally do.<br />
So I think it does open a door to see something they<br />
might never see, or do something they might never have<br />
done.” This thankfulness comes from the seniors’ families<br />
as well. “I do think the seniors’ families are very thankful<br />
for the trips we take their loved ones on,” she said.<br />
Judy Pinson, one of the many seniors who have taken<br />
advantage of these trips, is thrilled that she has gotten<br />
the chance to travel with her friends. “We just laughed,<br />
cut up, and carried on. It is like another family. Someone<br />
was always carrying on some sort of foolishness to make<br />
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the time pass,” she shared about her most recent trip.<br />
When asked why she went on the trip, her answer sounded<br />
like one a college student might give: “One thing is<br />
you are laughing, you are out doing something you won’t<br />
do sitting at home.” She added, “My kids have their own<br />
life they don’t need to be worrying about me. I want to<br />
keep active.”<br />
Pinson pointed to the ease of the travel as another perk<br />
“It is planned from the beginning to the end. Oh yes,<br />
and they have a paramedic that comes. Nothing serious,<br />
but he is there to help us if we need it. We feel safe, it is<br />
like you take a family trip. I envision it as a family trip,”<br />
Pinson remarked.<br />
Pinson also had praise for Alicia Walters. “She always<br />
does us good by food. She always makes an effort to find<br />
neat spots on the way. Even something different just to<br />
try,” shared Pinson. “We don’t have any worries. If something<br />
goes wrong, it is Alicia’s problem,” she added with<br />
a laugh.<br />
For Walters this is not just part of her job description,<br />
it is what drives her. “I want to provide activities, outings,<br />
and trips that make the seniors happy. That is my<br />
job but that is where my heart is as well,” she thoughtfully<br />
remarked.<br />
To find out more about the <strong>Alabaster</strong> Senior Center<br />
visit www.cityofalabaster.com or call 205.663.1307 Fees<br />
do apply to trips and space is limited.<br />
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