Community and adult education and senior citizen programs including ESL classes, GED classes, and programs for adults living with a disability. - Adult education programs to advance academic skills such as reading, writing, and math. - GED preparation - English classes for adults - Distance learning/online study platforms for enrolled students

Provides opportunities for older adults to stay involved in their community and a place to meet and socialize. Services include: - Arts and crafts instruction including quilting - Recreational activities including bowling, cards, and intergenerational programs - Coffee Talks: Casual group discussion with community members - Recreational activities including bingo, bridge, and book clubs - Educational opportunities including fall prevention, oil painting, technology classes, and cooking classes - Fitness programs including aerobics - Vision loss support group Services are part of Community Thread's THRIVE program.

- Educational: Defensive driving and Great Decisions discussion group - Exercise/Fitness: Gentle Stretch, Happy Hikers, Nordic Walking, and yoga - Health insurance counseling - Memory enhancement programming - Recreational/leisure activities - Travel/Trips: Day trips - Help with legal and medical forms - Information and Referral: Nutrition, senior outreach, and elder abuse counseling - Support groups

Club for senior citizens

- Aerobics classes - Aqua fitness held at Paynesville Inn and Suites - Bridge - Dances - Defensive driver classes throughout the year - Fishing and boating opportunities through Let's Go Fishing in Summer months - Friday and Friends - group respite - Numerous card playing opportunities ???? - Tai Chi

- Whist - Pinochle - Bridge - Smear - Bingo - Dominoes - foot clinic twice a month - weekly blood pressure check - Bone Builders - Line Dancing - Monthly evening meal and a live dance band - Additional events are always being planned

Provides programs for adults age 50+ and all adults with a disability, including: Arts and Crafts: Crafts and quilting group, leatherworking classes, needleworkers group, rock shop (Lapidary) (cut and polish rocks and gemstones), wood shop Cards: Club 500, Social Bridge, Euchre, Hand and Foot Canasta, Hearts, Pinochle - offering tournaments and lessons Education: AARP Smart Driver Program, Byte Syte Advanced Computer User Group (ACUG), Coffee Talks informal sessions on a variety of topics; Library, Open Computer Lab answering technology questions, Writers Club Leadership: 50+ Leaders for individuals interested in planning, developing and implementing the 50+ Program Mind and Body: Chair Yoga, Dakim BrainFitness System is a computerized program to maintain brain fitness, Gentle Mat Yoga, Low Impact Exercise Class, Walking Club group Music Groups: The Bloomingtones mixed choral group, Classic Country Music Jam musicians, Creekside Crickets band Recreation: Bocce Babes women's social group, Bocce Ball league, Born Again Jocks men's sports league, Bowling league, Garden Club, Golf co-ed league, Informal Games and Equipment available in the library and sport equipment to check out and use at Creekside Community Center, Nintendo Wii League, Pool (Billards)

Offers a variety of activities, classes, and events specifically designed for adults with disabilities including: - Arts and crafts - Cooking classes - Community dances - Events around the twin cities: Includes sporting events, river boat cruises, theater outings, and more - Health and wellness - Music and sing-alongs - Recreational sports: Includes bowling, fishing, swimming, and more - Socializing opportunities

- Educational and health programs as well as speaker presentations - Social and recreational activities as well as luncheons - Blood pressure testing - Trips and tours including facility/industry tours, bus tours, and field trips/excursions - Driver Safety Program - Book club

Provide diversified programs including: - Senior citizen Forever Fifty club - Social services, youth programs including teen recreation center with pool, foosball, air hockey, table games, homework time, etc.; musical programs, and volunteer opportunities such as hospital and nursing home visitation - Spiritual counseling

?Offers a variety of social opportunities for people living with a disability. Each month a variety of activities is held at our office and in the community. NOTE: Calendar of these activities is available on the website under the social opportunities tab

The senior center provides a variety of activities including: - Arts and crafts - Book club ? - Bridge - Cards - Chair yoga - Coffee ?- Cribbage - Dancing ?- Foot care clinic - Games ?- Mahjong - Painting - Pickleball - Social time - Walking - Wellness classes - Quilting

Game room, billiards and cards, and special events including dances, trips, exercise, education and health lectures, and ice cream socials - AA meetings - Crafts, painting, ceramics, and computer lab - Mobile market and commodities pick-up - Senior dining every day - Treasure Chest thrift shop

- Counseling and support for new immigrants - Employment referral and assistance - English as a Second Language and citizenship classes - Forms and applications assistance for Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare; securing public housing; child care assistance; WIC; Head Start programs - Health counseling and education - Home care services contracted with Medica; provides homemaking and PCA services to seniors and disabled - Parenting skills counseling - Senior program offering socialization and activities as well as seminars on health, immigration, and social services every other month - Translation services - Transportation assistance for health appointments, benefits appointments, and school - Youth programs

Provides multiple programs to help reduce isolation and create culturally inclusive spaces for elders. Conversations and Coffee: A cross generational weekly event for elders to connect with one another and get in tune with what's going on in their neighborhoods. Program includes: - Elder Tablet Program: Provides the elder members tablets and training on technology and having meaningful conversations together. Program offers home visits to drop off the tablet and teach them how to get connected. Tech support is provided while they have the tablet. - Elders Advocacy Program: Offers a comprehensive advocacy service tailored to the unique needs of the elder members. Support ranges from groceries to travel and medical assistance, and providing a helping hand in various areas.

Connects and provides older adults and their caregivers with services in their community to allow them to live long, healthy, and independent lives in their own homes. Services include: - Food Assistance: Congregate dining locations offering low-cost meals, low-cost frozen meals, home-delivered meals, NAPS, and SNAP - Healthy Living: Blood pressure checks, fall prevention screenings, telehealth conferences, Tai Chi and yoga sessions, and stretching/balance education - Information Services: Offers memory loss education and Dementia Friends, Medicare counseling and assistance, fraud/scam identification and prevention, assistance with internet search, assistance with Healthcare Directives and Power of Attorney forms, and classes to older adults - Mobile Community Center: Brings services and socialization to the door or community. The vehicle is equipped with high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, applications for programs, and meeting space for coffee and conversation. - Social: Offers card parties, coffee and conversation time, caregiver respite, karaoke parties, video calls and chats with friends, and social media assistance

Advocacy Services: - The center advocates in areas of civil and human rights, employment/disability benefits, housing, transportation, and on the state, local, and federal levels Equipment Loaner Closet: - Loans a range of home medical equipment including wheelchairs, walkers, power chairs, canes, transfer benches, raised toilet seats, and more. Equipment are available on a first come first served basis and will hold equipment for a 24-hour period. - Swap Shop: A self-directed equipment listing available for persons shopping/looking for used equipment. Information and Referral: - Up-to-date disability information and referrals to various agencies and individuals within the region - Other Services: Includes disability benefits application assistance, housing assistance, emergency disaster preparedness plan, and more Nursing Facility Transition: - Assist individuals living with a disability to identify in transition from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings with the goal of preventing institutionalization Peer Support: - Assists individuals living with a disability to identify goals and work to create a unique plan to achieve those goals - Match interested consumers with a peer mentor who provides support, problem-solving, social skills, and more Personal Assistance: - Offer skills instruction curriculum for individuals living with a disability the fundamentals of managing their personal attendant care including how to hire, manage, and more Recreational Groups: - Holds various events for individuals with a disability or a health condition to meet and socialize with others through dances, parties, picnics, and outings Staying and Aging in Place/Accessibility Assistance: - Offers accessible modification assistance and accessibility assessments for homes and businesses for safe access and increased independence in people's homes and businesses Support Groups: - Various support groups are available to individuals who want learn more about their particular disability, wanting peer support, or first-hand information on how to manage their disability. Some support groups are directly coordinated by Options and others are independent. Youth Transition Services: - Assist youth ages 14 - 22 years who are transitioning from high school into the next phase of their life with learning the skills necessary and acquiring the resources needed to be successful

Bingo and card club, weekly activities, as well as other organized events throughout the year

Provides integrated recreation, education, and leisure opportunities with scheduled activities six days a week.

A wide variety of low cost day, evening, and weekend activities including: - Competitive sports such as bowling, softball, and basketball - Cultural events - Fitness programs - Game Night, Bingo, Arts & Crafts, etc. - Movies - Skills classes ?- Sporting events - Wilderness camping

Provide diversified programs including: - Senior citizen Forever Fifty club - Social services, youth programs including teen recreation center with pool, foosball, air hockey, table games, homework time, etc.; musical programs, and volunteer opportunities such as hospital and nursing home visitation - Spiritual counseling

Events: Provides social, recreational, and cultural events that are fully accessible to people with vision loss Peer Mentors: Volunteers with vision loss who have undergone extensive training to provide support to people who are new to vision loss. They meet to work on specific goals for a defined period of time. Peer mentors help participants understand and address feelings of depression and isolation. Support Groups: Low vision support groups

Special health programs and services designed to enhance overall well-being - Blood pressure checks - Caregivers support group - Defensive driving - Exercise classes - Health promotion classes and events - Hearing aid clinic - Seasonal immunizations - Silver Sneakers fitness program - Social events

Club for senior citizens

Provides dedicated support to seniors in the community to allow them to remain in their own homes. Using volunteer support from the community and throughout the Twin Cities, East Side Elders provides a variety of programming including: Chores and Housekeeping: Visitors can help with everyday chores such as laundry, vacuuming, writing checks, doing the dishes, or simply reading a book. This service allows a friendly visitor to make sure that the house is secure and there are no safety issues. Elder Cafe: Quarterly social event with a meal and entertainment. This event also offers a blood pressure clinic and an annual flu vaccination clinic. Friendly Visiting/Callers: Volunteers can be arranged to visit with seniors who may not have someone else to check in with them from time to time to ensure they have everything they need. Volunteers can be matched with a specific senior or can be on-call on an as-needed basis. Information and Referral: Program staff know other resources in the area and can help arrange for someone to help Residential Snow Removal: Assists elders in need of snow removal services. This service is on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be available throughout the entire winter if the client list is full. Rides: Volunteer drivers take seniors to doctor appointments, grocery stores, and other destinations for special events. Note: Volunteers are limited and rides are not guaranteed. Wellness Clinics: Located at The Salvation Army on Payne Avenue open to the community for those ages 60 and above. Parkway Gardens Apartments and the Elders Lodge is currently limited to residents only.