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Programs for Seniors - Burnsville Senior Center

- Chair Tai Chi - Daily card games - Eight hour defensive driving classes held monthly - Enrichment programs and educational classes, weekly painting classes, craft activities, community service groups, travel talks, woodcarvers group, men and women monthly breakfast, and educational coffee talks - Foot care clinic four days a month - Four hour driving refresher courses available three times a month - Health Programs: Blood pressure monitoring; vision and hearing testing; pharmacy clinics - Hearing aid cleaning by appointment basis each month - Medicare information/health insurance counseling - Senior fitness classes - Social and recreational activities - Strength and balance classes three times a week with two sessions - Sunrise Stretch exercise classes three times a week - Trips and tours including facility tours, garden tours, memorial tours, bus tours, day cruises, festivals, theater, casino, and extended - overnight trips

What's Here

Eye Screening
Retail Pharmacies
Exercise Classes/Groups
Facility/Industry Tours
T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Urban Tours
Painting Instruction
Hair and Nail Care
Older Adults
Field Trips/Excursions
Medicare Information/Counseling
Hearing Screening
Senior Centers
Garden Tours
Mature Driver Training

Community Engagement Enhancement Wellness Project - Community Stabilization Project

Partnering with others to utilize gardening to enhance the capacity of individuals and groups to make healthy, nutritious choices; and to help transform their choices into desired action and outcomes that build stronger, healthier families and communities. Offers residents: - Raised Bed Garden Box(es) - Access to Garden Plants & Garden Tools - Garden Education Workshops - Community Garden Tours - Gardening Conflict Resolution

What's Here

Garden Tours
Home Gardening Assistance/Supplies
Gardening/Landscaping Instruction

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Cowles Conservatory - Walker Art Center

- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden: Located on Vineland Place, across from the Walker Art Center. The 11-acre garden is a joint project of the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. There are more than 40 art objects on permanent view. - Cowles Conservatory: Contains permanent and seasonal displays of native, tropical, and exotic plants, including orchids, palms, and other plant species.

What's Here

Botanical Gardens/Arboreta
Visual Arts
Garden Tours
Museums

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