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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Video: Flash Mob at Glencoe Park District

The dancers "mobbed" the Past, Present, Future event at Glencoe's Takiff Center on Dec. 6

Teens "mobbed" Glencoe Park District's Past, Present, Future event at Takiff Center on Dec. 6

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Senior Fitness Start Up! Begins Wednesday

Organizers say exercise class fills a true need for programs designed specifically for seniors on the North Shore.

North Shore senior citizens are invited to take part in the Senior Fitness Start Up! at Glencoe Park District's Takiff Center starting Wednesday, July 11. The fitness class, sponsored by Family Service of Glencoe and the Glencoe Park District, will be taught by nationally certified fitness coach Mark Cibrario.  "When I was speaking to a group recently about aging well, the seniors I was with expressed a need for a class just like this, and Mark was strongly recommended due to his background working with senior fitness," said Joan Merlo, LCSW at Family Service of Glencoe.  The first session will be held Wednesday, July 11, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and the cost is $20 per session. Seniors are not required to live in Glencoe to take advantage of…

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

National Aging Organization Tweets it Up In Town

OASIS and the North Shore Senior Center are looking for your tweets.

Older adults in the northern suburbs have long enjoyed programs presented by OASIS, a national organization that promotes successful aging through lifelong learning, health programs and volunteer engagement. And now you can make a difference in 140 characters or less. On July 26, the Twitterverse will have a chance to vote for their favorite health-related charity through Sam's Club "Giving Made Simple" fundraiser. The North Shore Senior Center (NSSC) hopes to benefit through OASIS, this year’s charity for adults over 50. Each tweet will raise the organization $5. Earlier: Patch reports on the North Shore Senior Center “We’re really gearing up our volunteers and their networks and anyone that can open a twitter account to do it,” said Mary…

Mary G. Wilson

8:25 am on Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Thanks Emily for letting Winnetka-Glencoe know about our Twitter Day and participation in Sam's Club Giving Made Simple ... we hope everyone will tweet today for #adultwellness!   more ›

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