Masks Mandatory Garner Senior Center A-Z LIST OF ON-GOING ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION DAYS &TIMES A Step Up Intermediate Soul/Urban Line Dance Class for the more experienced Wednesday 12:15-1:15pm (extra fee) dancer. Instructor: Darice Class size limited and moved to new GRC (6 week sessions) (GRC Fitness Room) Basketball Shoot and rebound or play pickup games. Wednesday 3:00–5:45pm (GSC Gym) Bingo $1.00 for 2 cards. Occasional sponsored games for special prizes. Wednesday 1:30-2:30/3:00pm Limit 2 cards. (Dining Room) Blood Pressure Stay on top of your health by having your blood pressure checked 1st Wednesday 10:00am Screening weekly. Area agencies volunteer to provide this service. (Lounge) Bridge Bridge games are social and friendly. Random pick start and rotating Tuesday 12:30pm tables after games. Numbers are drawn at 12:30 pm. Friday 12:30pm On hold due to mask mandate (Lounge) Card Games-Open Play the card game of your choice. Only 2 tables for each game. Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday12:30pm On hold due to mask mandate (Game Room) Card & Board Games Enjoy canasta, pinochle…any card or board games you’d like to play! Thursday 12:30-8:00pm Only two tables for each game. On hold due to mask mandate (Game Room) Chair Fitness One hour of chair aerobics and strength training for all fitness levels. Monday 9:00-10:00am Video instruction is used for this class. Wednesday 9:00-10:00am Friday 9:00-10:00am (Multipurpose Room) Chess Meet in the GRP Shelter. Volunteer: Harold Johnson is available to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and teach beginners or work on your play. Thursday 12:00-2:00pm (GRP Shelter) Color Me Calm Coloring isn’t just for children. Coloring is meditative and calming. Tuesday 9:30-11:30am Reduces stress and anxiety. Bring your own: markers, gel pens or colored pencils. Dining Room Dominos Learn to play Mexican Train Dominoes. (Alternating Mondays with 2nd and 4th Monday 1:00pm Scrabble.) On hold due to mask mandate (Lounge) Extra Shuffle Intermediate Line Dance Class for the more experienced dancer. Class Monday 11:00 am-12:00pm (extra fee) size limited. Instructor: Renee (6 week sessions) (GSC Gym) Available for use by members only. We have treadmills, exercise bikes, Open during regular operational hours Fitness Room and a weight system. A scheduled orientation is required prior to $11 R/ $ 13 NR obtaining membership. (See Front Desk) Not part of the Fitness Pass. Line Dance To take the ongoing Line Dance classes, you need to know the basics. 1st and 3rd Monday 9:00-9:30am Workshop Each month the instructor offers these workshops as extra help for the newcomer. Instructor: Renee Hagan (GSC Gym) Line Dance Line Dancing isn't just country western anymore. It's modern, urban, Monday 9:45-10:45am swing, flowing waltz, nightclub rhythms and Latin flavor. It is recommended that beginners attend the Line Dance Workshops. Instructor: Renee Hagan (GSC Gym) Meditation Learn how to relax your mind and body. Guided meditation with Friday 10:00-11:00am volunteer: Phran Gacher. (Outside)

Needlework Social group that shares their knitting, crocheting, tatting, quilting and Friday 10:00am sewing projects and offers peer support to one another. Experienced and beginner needle workers are welcome. (Game Room) On The Mend Volunteer sewing, knitting, crochet group that makes projects for 5 Monday 10:00am-12pm hospitals, donating hundreds of items each month. Tuesday 10:00am-12pm (Craft Room) Painting with Acrylics Learn to paint for the first time or brush up on your skills as an Friday 9:30 am–11:30am accomplished artist. Supply list is available at the front desk. Room R- $10 NR-$13 Per Class available until 1:00 pm Instructor: Marcelle Hooks (Craft Room) Pickleball Intro for A mini- tennis game played by 2 or 4 people on a badminton court, using Monday 1:30-2:45pm Beginners a wooden paddle and a light weight “wiffle ball”. Practice hitting the ball and learning the very basics of the game. Volunteer led. (GSC Gym) Pickleball-non Learn technique and rules of the game before entering competitive play. Tuesday 12:30–2:15pm competitive Volunteer led. Thursday 11:00 am-1:00pm (GSC Gym) Pickleball-competitive Come and challenge yourself playing with this competitive group. Tuesday 2:30- 4:45pm Thursday 1:15–3:30pm Friday 2:30-4:45pm (GSC Gym) Pinochle A card game where players score points forming combinations of cards Monday 12:30pm into melds. Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, tricks, and On hold due to mask mandate melds. (Game Room) Scrabble Enjoy the word game Scrabble with others. Scrabble has made a 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday 1:00pm comeback with computer-based games, but nothing is like playing a live On hold due to mask mandate opponent. (Lounge) Senior Circuit A great way to tone and strengthen with 8-10 exercise stations working Mondays 12:15-1:00am different muscle groups with little to no rest between stations. Volunteer Thursday 10:00-10:45am led. (GSC Gym) Senior Fitness Fitness classes specifically designed for seniors - includes 30-40 Tuesday 9:30-10:30am minutes of low impact aerobics, followed by strength training and a Thursday 9:30-10:30am relaxing stretch. On hold due to mask mandate (GSC Gym) Simply Music Bring your musical instrument, your singing voice or just come and listen Thursday 10:00-11:00am and tap your toe. Volunteer led. On hold due to mask mandate (Multi Purpose Room ) Soul/Urban Line Dance A class of non-stop moving and grooving. Dances are broken down with Wednesday 11:00 am-12:00pm easy-to-follow instructions for beginners but will keep experienced Moved to new GRC dancers coming back for more. This class is geared toward the

beginner. Instructor: Darice McDougal (GRC Gym) Stretch & Flex A slow paced non-aerobic workout emphasizing flexibility, core strength, Friday 12:00-12:45pm balance and relaxation. Instructor: Oksana Harris (GSC Gym)

Table Tennis Learn the fundamentals of table tennis for recreational play. Friday 1:00-2:00pm (Beginners) (GSC Gym) Table Tennis- Come and challenge yourself playing with this competitive group. Friday 9:15-11:30am competitive (GSC Gym) Table Tennis-non Recreational play Monday 12:15-1:15pm competitive Wednesday 9:15-10:45am (GSC Gym) Tai Chi Enjoy a series of 19 movements and one post that make up a meditative Tuesday 11:00am- 12:00pm 6 week sessions form of movements to which practitioners attribute physical, personal, Limiting Class Size Extra Fee and spiritual health benefits. Instructor: Adrianne McKenzie (GSC Gym) Tennis Meet at Creech Road Tennis Courts. Doubles Play. Monday & Thursday 9:00am (Creech Road Tennis Courts) TOPS- “Take Off Non-profit international weight loss program teaches healthy lifestyle Friday 2:00-3:15pm Pounds Sensibly” changes that encourage weight loss. Small fee involved for membership. (Craft Room) If walking is your thing, 25 times around the gym makes a mile. Join Monday- Friday 8:00-9:00 am Walking (Indoor) many others that take advantage of our climate controlled comfortable Monday 3:00–4:00 pm environment. (GSC Gym) Updated 8.25.21-NH