Activities
The Fergus Falls Senior Citizens Program is a great place to socialize with
friends and watch your social network grow. We offer a variety of programs to fit
the needs of all senior citizens from 55 years of age and older. Some activities offered are: quilting, pinochle, bridge, whist, hand & foot, Red Hat group, entertainment,
special events, bingo, greeting card recycling, "Golden
Page", Kitchen Band, bunco, trips, discussion groups, foot care, blood pressure checks, library,
pool and snooker, darts, classes, seminars, and volunteer opportunities.
Exercise
Our Exercise Programs are Top Notch! We have added the Life Fitness
Circuit Series for strength
training and two NuStep TRS 4000s, a TechnoGym Excite Jog treadmill, and a
TechnoGym Crossover 700 (coming June 30, 2010) for cardiovascular fitness.
Schwinn Airdyne bikes are also available. Orientation classes to use the
equipment are held with a certified exercise instructor prior to using the
equipment. After an
orientation session to the equipment, members are welcome to use the equipment
anytime during Senior Center hours. Participants must fill out a liability form
which is available from the instructor or the office. We encourage participants
starting a new exercise routine to have a discussion with their physician prior
to using the equipment, and provide a Physicians Release listing the equipment
available. This form may be kept by the participants.
Exercise
Program Brochure (pdf)
Physician Release Form
Click the link at the right to download the Physician Release Form:
Exercise/physician release.pdf
Senior
Center is a Silver&Fit Facility
The
Fergus Falls Senior Center is now a Silver&Fit participating fitness
facility! Silver&Fit is a fitness program designed specifically to help
seniors achieve better health through regular exercise and health education.
Silver&Fit provides eligible members with no-cost fitness memberships
through arrangements with certain health plans. Silver&Fit is a product of
Healthyroads, Inc., and American Specialty Health Networks, Inc. If your health
plan offers Silver&Fit and you would like more information about the Fergus
Falls Senior Center please contact the Fergus Falls Senior Center at 115 Lincoln
Avenue West in Fergus Falls, or call 218-736-6842. You may also visit
Silver&Fit at www.SilverandFit.com.
Silver&Fit is a federally registered trademark of American Specialty Health
Incorporated.
Stay fit and grow stronger
so you can live independently longer!
Our
Senior Center Without Walls
We provide services beyond the walls
of our Senior Center through the Fergus
Chore Corps and Senior Companion
services. Follow the links highlighted in green to learn more about them.
The program is funded by
the City of Fergus Falls, membership fees and fund raising efforts.
Monday Arthritis Exercise is a cooperative venture of the Fergus Falls YMCA and
Independent School District #544 Community Education.
Nutrition
Nutrition Services, Inc. operates a congregate nutrition program at the
Senior Center Monday through Friday at 12:00 noon. Nutritionally balanced meals
consist of such entrees as barbecued ribs, pork chops, chicken, roast beef, beef
stew, casseroles, plus all the trimmings. Frozen meals are also available.
Special events like birthday parties and entertainment are planned on a monthly
basis. Suggested price of a meal is $3.50 for people who are 60 and older.
People under 60 years of age are welcome to attend for a suggested price of $6.50. Please register in advance if you plan to attend. This program is funded by the
Older Americans Act and administered by the Land
of the Dancing Sky Area Agency on
Aging.
For information on other senior services in the
area log onto the Otter
Tail County Resource Directory.
