55+ Connections: Week of 12/29/24
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There is now a paper version of this newsletter available at the library!
THE NORTH LIBERTY COMMUNITY CENTER (Rec Center and Library) WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 31 AS WELL AS JANUARY 1. Trash that is collected on Tuesdays will still be collected on the 31st, but trash that is normally collected on Wednesdays will instead be collected on the and 2nd.
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, January 3
Happy New Year! For our first Friday in 2025, we’ll be having Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and veggies from Hy-Vee. After lunch we’ll play BINGO!
Registration for lunch is $5 and required for all who attend lunch. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, January 2nd. Call the Rec Center to register (319)626-5716 or go online to your RecDesk Account and register yourself.
Iowa Fraud Fighters
Friday, January 3
1 – 2 PM
Online via Zoom
Presenter: Heather Kriener, Iowa Department of Insurance and Financial Services Iowa Fraud Fighters are Iowans who have pledged to be informed and careful investors. Iowa Fraud Fighters shield their savings from scammers and fraudulent investment, consumer, and Medicare insurance offers. The Iowa Department of Insurance and Financial Services is here to share expert fraud prevention tips and teach you to avoid scams. Become an Iowa Fraud Fighter–empower yourself to fight and report fraud! You can register online here or by calling the Senior Center at 319-356-5220.
Film Fridays & Free Popcorn
Friday, January 3
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 302
Come to the Senior Center to watch a movie and eat popcorn!
January 3rd movie: The Big Sick (2017)
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family’s expectations, and his true feelings.
Walk with Ease
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, January 7 – February 21
1 – 2 PM
North Liberty Rec Center – Upper Aerobics Room
The Arthritis Foundation’s Walk With Ease Program is a community-based physical activity and self-management education program. While walking is the central activity, Walk With Ease also includes health education, stretching and strengthening exercises, and motivational strategies. The program includes a guidebook and a walking schedule to get you safely moving toward better health. This group will meet three times a week for six weeks, walking on the indoor track and potentially outdoors if the weather is inviting. This is an evidence-based program that has been proven to improve the quality of life of people with arthritis, but anyone who wants to add regular activity into their lives can benefit.
Registration can be done online here or by calling the Senior Center at 319-356-5220.
Live Storytelling
Wednesday, January 8
7 – 8 PM
Coralville Center of Performing Arts – 1301 5th St, Coralville
Prepare a five-minute story to share or sit back and enjoy the show! Our theme is comfort food.
Join us for a free evening of Live Storytelling hosted by the Coralville Public Library and Nick Westergaard, director of the University of Iowa Story Lab.
This free Library event will be held in the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts’ Lobby. Refreshments, including alcoholic beverages, will be available for purchase.
Qigong Movement for Wellbeing
Wednesdays, January 8 – April 16
11:15 AM – 12 PM
North Liberty Rec Center – Upper Aerobics Room
Qigong, sometimes called the grandmother of tai chi, is the basic exercise system within Chinese medicine. It focuses on opening the places in your body where your circulating energy is blocked, allowing your life force, known as qi, to flow freely. As a slow-moving, peaceful, meditative form of exercise, qigong can be practiced by people of all ages and abilities. We will use a mix of videos from the Great Courses to lead our routines. The movements in this course are slow and simple, and always carefully modeled and explained. The practice of qigong, time-tested over thousands of years, has the potential to improve your physical fitness, free your mind, and energize your life with renewed vitality. Registration can be done online here or by calling the Senior Center at 319-356-5220.
