The Senior Center is open. 

Interested in renting a pavilion at our beautiful Shannen Park?  Our office can help you with that, for details please review our Rental Agreement and check with our office for available dates.  To reserve a pavilion in the Park or to rent the common room at The Senior Center, contact Barbara Young at the Highway Department, 845-355-5700 ext. 6, Monday through Friday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.  You must be a resident of the Town of Wawayanda.

In 1974, The Shannen’s, Benjamin and Doris, donated 52 acres to the Town to preserve the land as a park and wildlife area for the citizens to be able to walk through instead of sitting on their front porches. The park was named Shannen Park in their honor. The Townspeople have been grateful for their contribution. After a very slow beginning, the park has become a center of activity, a showplace for our community.   The park boasts picnic benches, and pavilions with charcoal grills, a playground designed to enhance a child’s imaginative play, with sections that are handicap accessible for handicapped children as well.  There are two ball fields, basketball hoops, bathrooms and about a mile of paved roads that invite joggers and walkers. 

In the winter the park has an ice skating rink available to the Wawayanda residents (Weather Permitting).

The Town of Wawayanda Recreational / Senior Center building which is located in Shannen Park, Is home to the Slate Hill Pacers. The Slate Hill Pacers senior citizens group was formed to help all senior citizens in the Town of Wawayanda age 55 and older with socialization and recreational activities. It is a not- for- profit organization which is subsidized by the Town of Wawayanda..

Bryce “Buzz” Flynn, a former town supervisor ran the park from 1985 until his death in 2012. He built the park to what it is today; neat, clean, and beautiful with covered picnic areas, playgrounds, and walkways.   

For more information on Shannen Park or the Slate Hill Pacers,  you can "like" and follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SlatehillNY/

 Below is a photo of the common room at The Senior Center located in Shannen Park which is now available to rent for your special function.

To reserve a pavilion in the Park or to rent the common room at The Senior Center, contact Barbara Young at the Highway Department, 845-355-5700 ext. 6, Monday through Friday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.  You must be a resident of the town of Wawayanda.

  pdf  Rental  Application (152 KB)

We continue to do improvements at Shannen Park.  Our most recent project is was to pave the inner circle by the pavilions and the soccer filed.

Need directions to the Shannen Park?  http://www.mapquest.com    

The Slate Hill Pacers senior citizens group was formed to help all senior citizens in the Town of Wawayanda age 55 and older with socialization and recreational activities. It is a not-for- profit organization which is subsidized by the Town of Wawayanda.

Business meetings are held on the first (1^st) and third (3^rd)  Mondays of each month at 1:00pm. Lunches, when scheduled, begin at 12:00pm to noon. Social days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon. These activities take place at the Town of Wawayanda Recreational/ Senior Center building which is located in Shannen Park, 1906 State Route 284, Slate Hill, New York.

The Slate Hill Pacers has a knitting group that meets every other Thursday From 10am - 12pm at the Shannen Park Senior Center. 1906 Route 284, Slate Hill, NY 10973.

The Slate Hill Pacers also a quilting club. The quilting club meets every Wednesday from 9 am to 2 pm (sometimes 3pm). They meet at the Wawayanda Senior Center, 1906 Route 284, Slate Hill, NY 10973.

Slate Hill Pacers on Facebook: Slate Hill Pacers Facebook Group

For questions or further information, please contact the follow:

              Quilts for Veterans 

The quilting group that meets at the Senior Center weekly, made over 60 patriotic lap quilts to be presented to the veterans at the Valley View Nursing Home, as well as the Honor Guard.

GROUP KNITS FOR CANCER PATIENTS

Pictured above is a group of women from the Slate Hill Pacers who meet every other week to knit. Over the past few months, their project has been to knit hats to donate to cancer patients; they have donated nearly 200 hats.

 PLEASE NOTE:  The contact person for all Casino Trips will be Al or Teresa Telephone # (845) 355-6916

Day Trips: If a name and telephone number are listed, call that person with any questions.

FOR ALL OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, CALL AL OR TERESA PIERCE AT (845) 355-6916.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF $5 FOR ANY NON-PACER OR NON-TOWN RESIDENT FOR TRIPS MARKED WITH AN ASTERICK (*) BEFORE THE TRIP PRICE.

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO CASINO OR MULTI-DAY TRIPS.