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Programs

  • Project and Team Consultants:  Positions available to those 50+ who want to use their professional skills and life experiences meaningfully.  Positions include Speakers Bureau Coordinator, Public Relations/Marketing Team members, and Essay Contest Administrator, among others.  Expenses and honorariums negotiated; applications, position description and interviews available at 267-2344.  
  • Computer Classes: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Word Processing, Internet & E-mail, Spreadsheets, Database.
  • Dancing Classes: Ballroom, Round and Tango..
  • Other Classes: Basketry, Calligraphy, Creative Writing, Cooking, Harmonica,  Guitar, Various Painting, and Science.
  • Support Groups: AA, Latino Support Group, TOPS.
  • Health/Wellness Activities: Blood Pressure Screening, Flu Shots, Gentle Exercise, Tai Chi, Yoga, Toe Nail Clinic.
  • Special Programs: Absolutely Antiques, An Artful Affair, A Photo Affair, Book Bites, Black History Month, Congressional Listening Sessions, Candidate Forums, Wisconsin Senior Games, Junior/Senior Prom, Senior Center Week, Thrift Sale.
  • Services: Service Manager, AARP Tax Assistance, Health and Wellness Lectures and Screenings, Food Fair.
  • Volunteer Leadership Opportunities:  Lead programs and activities, serve as Front Desk receptionist, Serve on Board and committees, work with youth in a variety of programs, mentor a nursing or medical student and more.
  • Meals: Nutrition Site on Weekdays, Sunday Meals, Special Event Meals, Christmas Day Dinner.
  • Ongoing Activities: Bridge, Canasta, Movies, Birthday Party, Piano Music, Thursday Dances, Attitude Adjustment Group, Come Sew With Us.
  • Intergenerational Programs: School Friends, Edgewood Nursing Mentor Program, Literacy for Life language tutoring, Senior Partners Program with U-W Madison medical students, Preschool Craft Program, Globe Talkers with U-W Madison International students, Computer Buddies, Memory Makers Storytelling, and Dialogue Across the Ages discussion group with high school students.

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