MAILED FREE TO EVERY HOME RAHWAY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER AND BUSINESS IN RAHWAY Published by Renna Media Issue 123 • October 2020 NATIONAL SENIOR HEALTH & FITNESS DAY® - OCT. 28 The Gateway Family YMCA and Shaping Eastern Union County will JILL GUZMAN join an estimated 1,000 local groups nationwide to celebrate the 27th Anniversary of National Senior Health & Fitness Day (NSHFD) on REALTY INC. Wednesday, October 28, 2020. The YMCA is offering free virtual Good Old Fashioned Service programs with registration available at tgfymca.org/events. Rahway Resident & In addition to National Senior Health and Fitness Day events, The Former Rahway Teacher Gateway Family YMCA has been providing virtual chronic disease self- List with your neighbor! management programs free to the local community throughout the global pandemic. Interested participants can also register for the Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program (BPSM) and the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) at tgfymca.org. Throughout the day, the community is invited to visit The Gateway Family YMCA’s Facebook page for helpful resources, information and kind, is organized by the Mature Market updates and discussions at facebook.com/GatewayFamilyY Resource CenterSM, a national clearinghouse 2020 ng for professionals who work with older adults. lebrati According to Krystal R. Canady, CEO, The Gateway Family YMCA, Ce rs The Gateway Family YMCA is a 501(c)(3) 32 Yea “National Senior Health & Fitness Day is the perfect opportunity for seniors to make, renew, and revitalize their commitment to lead healthier non-profit, health and community service lives through wellness, nutrition and programs designed specifically to organization of caring staff and volunteers 908-353-6611 dedicated to strengthening the foundations of CELL: 908-377-4140 meet their needs. This is even more important today while we are community and stands For Youth Development, JillGuzmanRealty.com practicing social distancing and may not be as active as usual.” During National Senior Health and Fitness Day, participants will join For Healthy Living and For Social with an estimated 100,000 older adults across the country participating in Responsibility. The Gateway Family YMCA local virtual activities to help promote active, healthy lifestyles through impacts the community by providing quality services to people of all ages, races, faith or T physical activity, good nutrition and preventative care. Although 0 E C 9 incomes. D 3 G previously scheduled in May, the national event proposed an additional T . T S A Shaping Eastern Union County is committed R O date to accommodate everyone. T S S D O N S I to improving the health and well-being of county T W P “With the onset of social distancing and safety practices in early March, A O T R R I E P residents and creating strategies to support P C S our YMCA pivoted and began offering virtual programming to our M G . E R improved health, nutrition and physical activity R D S members and the community,” stated Melynda A. Mileski, EVP/COO. I . P E R for all. Shaping Elizabeth, Shaping Rahway and U P “What we have found is that our active older adults are participating B consistently from home, and enjoy the socialization as well as the wellness Shaping Union are also sponsoring this event. benefits our live group exercise programs provide.” For more information on National Senior National Senior Health & Fitness Day is typically held on the last Health and Fitness Day at The Gateway Family Wednesday in May. The program, the largest senior wellness event of its YMCA visit tgfymca.org or email [email protected]. 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