Senior Events

Welcome to the Senior Center Events Page, here you will find all the outings, in-house parties, and seminars we have planned for the current and upcoming months. All outings and in-house parties require a pre-paid ticket for the event. Tickets will be sold starting on the first weekday of the month prior to the event (IE February events will be on sale January 1st). Tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis until the event is sold out. If purchasing tickets by check, please write individual checks for each separate event. No credit cards accepted. All seminars are held at the Township and are free of charge to anyone who would like to attend.

Outings

Sanfilippo Estate Tour
Wednesday - April 30
Departure - 8:30 am
Return - 4:15 pm

Our first stop will be at the beautiful Sanfilippo Estate, which is known world-wide for the largest collection of restored automatic musical instruments in the world, including: music boxes and phonographs, coin-operated pianos, violin machines, photoplayers, American and European orchestrations, dance organs, fairground and band organs, calliopes and the world’s largest indoor theatre pipe organ. We will also have a preview of the new Perfume Collection and enjoy a nut snack pack at the end of the tour.

Our next stop will be Chessie’s Restaurant where we will dine in a 1927 Illinois Railroad Dining Car. Lunch will be buffet style, including salad, chicken parmesan, pepper steak, mashed potatoes, green beans and an ice cream sundae for dessert. After lunch we will visit the Ice House Mall & Village Shops in downtown Barrington for some shopping fun! The Ice House Mall features a collection of boutique shops and services of casual and designer clothing, jewelry, gifts, home accessories, antiques and more.

Tickets at $105 include tour, lunch and transportation.

Broken Wagon Bison Tour
Tuesday - May 27
Departure - 8:30 am
Return - 3:00 pm

Join us for a luxury motorcoach ride to Broken Wagon Bison Ranch, located on 160 acres in Hobart, Indianna. This unique opportunity will give you your very own rare encounter with North America’s largest native land animal! From the safety of the Bison Tour Wagon you’ll experience being surrounded by the bison herd and get to watch new-born calves nurse and play. If we are lucky we may even experience the herd break into a run and feel the ground shake! The Ranch has grown from having 10 bison in their herd in 2003 to over 100 bison currently.

After the tour there will be time to shop at the Ranch store offering locally grown bison meat, bison leather and bison hides as well as

one-of-a-kind jewelry.

Before heading home we will stop for a tasty lunch at Suzie’s Café, an inviting and cozy restaurant with delicious meals made from scratch everyday. Lunch will include choice of a pulled pork sandwich with waffle fries, an open faced turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy, or a bison burger with waffle fries, a dinner salad and dessert.

Tickets at $80 include tour, lunch and transportation. Please let us know entrée choice at time of ticket purchase.

Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
Wednesday– June 25
Departure - 10:30 a.m.
Return - Game Over

Batter Up! Join us for an afternoon of food, fun, Bingo and baseball! You are guaranteed to have a great time on Senior Bingo Day at Guaranteed Rate Field where our White Sox square off against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The buffet features: Cajun chicken, fried chicken, hot dogs, barbeque ribs, hamburgers, salads, unlimited beer and wine and soft drinks.

Tickets at $88 include transportation, lunch, bingo and great seats to watch the game.