Support our senior center
September is National Senior Centers Month with the theme “Strengthening Community Bonds”. Do you realize that the Wabash Activity Center has been serving the elderly in our community for 60 years? The Center strives to provide programs to enrich the quality of life for adults throughout the Wabash Valley. As a non-profit agency, the Wabash Activity Center depends on membership fees, donations, sponsorships, grants and gifts for funding.
The Wabash Activity Center is an asset to the community and to seniors. It offers a place of social development. Senior centers offer a diverse group of peers or like-minded people to share, socialize and spend time with. The Center is the favorite place for seniors to have fun.
Research shows that seniors who participate in senior center programs can learn to manage and delay the onset of chronic conditions and see measurable improvements in their physical, social, spiritual, emotional, mental and health well-being. economic. Participating in Center programs gives a renewed sense of independence! It’s a place where friends hang out, and seniors feel like they’re “doing their own thing”.
You may be wondering how can I help WAC strengthen community ties? Here are the actions you can take.
1. Become a member. Purchase an annual subscription for $60.
2. Attend classes, programs, events offered at WAC.
3. Volunteer! Bingo help. Teach a class. Present a program. Help with painting, planting and other projects.
4. Donate. Monetary donations are always welcome, but also donations of products such as tissues, trash bags, toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, dish soap, paper plates, napkins tables, etc.
Strengthen community ties – stop by 300 S. 5th St. or call 812-232-3245 to find out what the Wabash Activity Center has to offer. #SupportOurSeniors.
— Karen Long, Board Member, Wabash Activity Center
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