(Headline Photo and Photos Below Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Department of Aging announced today that visitors to the State Capitol Main Rotunda in Harrisburg during the holiday season can check out hundreds of handmade ornaments hung on the Christmas tree that were created by older adults from across Pennsylvania. As part of an annual invitation from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, older adults from 93 Senior Community Centers in 36 Pennsylvania counties submitted ornaments for the Christmas tree, which will remain in the State Capitol Main Rotunda until January 8th, 2026. According to a release in Harrisburg today from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Senior Community Centers that submitted holiday ornaments include:
Allegheny County – AgeWell at the JCC, Caring Heights Community Care and Rehab, Mt. Washington Healthy Active Living Community Center, Sheraden Healthy Active Living Community Center
Beaver County – Circle of Friends Conway, Circle of Friends New Brighton
Blair County – Williamsburg Senior Center
Bucks County – Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center, Middletown Senior Citizens Association
Butler County Area Agency on Aging on behalf of the seven Senior Community Centers
Cambria County – Cresson Senior Center, Ebensburg Senior Center, Forest Hills Senior Activities Center, Johnstown Senior Center, Northern Cambria Senior Center
Carbon County – Jim Thorpe/Penn Kidder Senior Center, Lehighton Senior Center, Panther Valley Senior Center, Palmerton Senior Center
Chester County – Surrey Services Devon
Clearfield County – Clearfield Center for Active Living, Coalport Center for Active Living, Mahaffey Center for Active Living
Cumberland County – Carlisle Senior Action Center
Delaware County – Good Neighbor Senior Center
Elk County – Bennetts Valley Senior Center, Senior Junction of Ridgway
Fayette County – Smithfield Community Center
Franklin County Area Agency on Aging on behalf of the eight Senior Community Centers
Greene County – Waynesburg Community Center
Indiana County – Chestnut Hills Social Center, Two Lick Valley Senior Center
Jefferson County – Brockwayville Depot, Brookville Heritage House, Punxsutawney Senior Center
Lancaster County – Elizabethtown Area Senior Center
Lawrence County – Challenges – Options in Aging
Lebanon County – Myerstown Senior Community Center
Lehigh County – Cedar View Senior Center, Coopersburg Senior Center, Fountain Hill Senior Center, Gross Towers Senior Center, Ridge Manor Senior Center, Slatington Senior Center
Luzerne County – Kingston Active Adult Center, Mountaintop Active Adult Center
McKean County – Greater Bradford Senior Activity Center
Monroe County – Chestnuthill Community Center, Loder Senior Center, Mountain Senior Center
Montgomery County – ACLAMO Senior Community Center, The Center at the Open Link, Jaisohn Wellness Center, Montco SAAC Norristown, SPARK Senior Center of Harleysville, TriCounty Active Adult Center
Northampton County – Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley, Park Plaza Senior Community Center
Northumberland County – Herndon Adult Community Center, Mount Carmel Adult Community Center, Sunbury Adult Community Center
Perry County – Central Perry Senior Citizens’ Center, Duncannon Senior Citizens’ Center
Philadelphia County – Center in the Park, Firehouse Active Adult Center, KleinLife, Martin Luther King Older Adult Center, The Senior Center at Lutheran Settlement House
Snyder County – Penns Creek Adult Resource Center, Selinsgrove Senior Center
Sullivan County – Mildred Active Living Center
Washington County – Beth Center Senior Citizen Center
Wayne County – Hamlin Senior Center
Westmoreland County – Alle-Kiski Center for Active Adults, McKenna Center for Active Adults, New Alexandria Center for Active Adults, New Florence Center for Active Adults, Valley Center for Active Adults
Wyoming County – Wyoming County Active Adult Center
York County – South Central York County Senior Center
