File/Members of the Martin Bloom Pavilion, Senior Citizens Center play card games and are excited to receive a free ‘Bag It Forward’ bag from the Margate Business Association.

MARGATE – Celebrating its 15th year in operation, the Martin Bloom Pavilion will be holding a post-pandemic open house for senior citizens 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 8.

 Seniors are welcome to attend to meet Pavilion staff and instructors, make new friends with common interests, and learn about the programs offered at the center.

The Pavilion experience includes playing board games, such as canasta, mahjongg, pinochle, a Knitters Club, charter bus trips to interesting and fun places, cornhole and bocce leagues and more.

The open house includes chair yoga/tai chi at 11:30 a.m., chair exercises at 11:45 a.m. and soul line dancing at noon.

Seniors can also learn how to access the Margate shuttle bus that picks seniors up at home and takes them food shopping and to medical appointments.

The Martin Bloom Pavilion, which offers beautiful views of the beach and ocean, is located at 101 S. Huntington Ave.

For more information, contact Maryann Christian at 609-822-2285.

City worker Rocco Tabasso sanitizes areas of the Martin Bloom Pavilion in Margate during the pandemic.

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Nanette LoBiondo Galloway

Award winning journalist covering news, events and people of Atlantic County for more than 20 years.