Senior Center Info
CURRENT CALENDAR
SENIOR CENTER REGISTRATION IS FREE!
NEW REGISTRATION (PDF) | RENEWAL (PDF)
Simply bring your new registration or renewal form with you on your next visit!
We Are Certified!
Good news! We are a nationally accredited Senior Center effective January 2010! Senior Center staff submitted a 3” binder filled with Senior Center reports, photos, certificates, checklists, agency agreements, etc. as required by the National Institute of Senior Centers. After that, a peer review team visited our Senior Center to evaluate our readiness for accreditation. Kudos to Senior Services Coordinator Cynthia Dean who spearheaded this two year project and brought it to fruition.
Senior Center Awards
MISSION STATEMENT
A. PROGRAMS and SERVICES designed to address needs of seniors – intellectual, physical and social – to foster independence, personal growth, and to enrich their lives. PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS – programs that delay disabilities, assist in maintaining independence, in general terms preventative care as their outcome:
Fitness Center, Blood Pressure Screening, Stretch Exercise, Yoga, Line Dancing, Tai Chi, Telephones for Hearing Impaired
Support Groups – Caregivers, Diabetes, Hearing Loss, Visually Impaired
Seminars on health and wellness issues
SHINE counseling
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS – offering mental stimulation:
Art Classes, Bridge Instruction, Computer Classes, Investment Club, Knitting, Quilters Club, Writers Club
Foreign Language classes – Italian and Spanish
Seminars – social services, housing, legal issues
B. COMMUNITY SERVICES – educate residents of Gulfport about services offered by the Senior Center
Food Pantry – serving low income Gulfport seniors age 50 & up
Reassurance Telephone Program
Community Law Program – pro bono legal services – participants must qualify (low income)
Harmonica Club and Big Band
GEMS - Gulfport Extended Minibus Service for residents 55 & up
C. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Seasonal and celebratory dinners, luncheons and socials
entertainment – instrumental & voice
flea markets
Neighborly Care Network Lunch program
Cards – Bridge, Canasta, Pinochle, Euchre, Mah-Jongg
Bingo
We can’t stress enough how important it is for all participants to support the Gulfport Multipurpose Senior Center Foundation that serves our participants so well. We are blessed indeed!
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