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      • About Us
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      • Testimonials
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      • Programs
      • Fall 2022 Programs
    • Events & Dates
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(516) 334-5886


  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Meet The Team
    • Sponsors
    • Annual Membership Dues
    • Member Services
    • Donate
    • Testimonials
  • Programs
    • Programs
    • Fall 2022 Programs
  • Events & Dates
  • Contact

Our Programs

PLEASE NOTE: THE CATEGORIES AND SPECIFIC CLASSES AND PROGRAMS HERE ARE NEITHER EXHAUSTIVE NOR PERMANENT.  OFFERINGS AND INSTRUCTORS CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, AS WELL AS VENUE (ON SITE/THE CENTER AND VIRTUAL/ZOOM).  CLASSES AND OFFERINGS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (*) ARE PAID FOR BY SPONSORS AND AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO YOU. 

Mind and Body Wellness

Wise Workouts

Silver Sneakers

Wise Workouts

Contemporary music provides the backdrop to this fun class. Exercises are easy on the joints and improve circulation, flexibility, strength, balance and endurance.  Use balls, bands and weights while doing seated exercises. *

Yoga Over 50

Silver Sneakers

Wise Workouts

Stretch, extend and flex the spine, keeping it healthy and strong through yoga postures and practice.  Use chairs and walls and other props to assist with balance and support.  Enhance your health and peace of mind. * 

Silver Sneakers

Silver Sneakers

Move With Balance

Get ready to improve your physical and mental health. Increase strength, flexibility and endurance. Maintain progressive bone and muscle strength. Better balance, stability and range of motion. Improve posture, cardiovascular endurance and circulation. Minimize the risk and fear of falling. Increase socialization and maintain lifestyle. You can sit or stand while using your weights, bands and balls. (This class is sponsored by Andrew Campbell owner of Heightened Security.)

Move With Balance

Move With Balance

Move With Balance

Join in the fun of gentle movement that will help improve your strength and balance, plus your cognitive (thinking/memory) capacity.  Exercise gently in comfortable clothing and sneakers, while you move about, both standing and seated. *

Meditation

Move With Balance

Meditation

Learn/practice techniques for resting the mind and attaining a state of consciousness that is totally different from your usual waking state.  Experience clarity, relaxation and focus.  Achieve an inner state of stillness and oneness while fully awake and alert, and ease daily stress and anxiety with the power of breath and mind. *

Tai Chi

Move With Balance

Meditation

Enjoy gently physical exercises and stretches through continuous postures that flow, one into the other, without pause – your body and mind in a state of meditative motion.  Learn to achieve serenity through this beautiful and artful exercise, connecting mind and body. *

Qi Gong

Expert Presentation, Seminar and Workshop Series

Qi Gong

Come and join us for Ancient Chinese exercise that includes teaching your body how to heal, breathe, gently move and meditate. Please wear comfortable clothing and rubber sole shoes.

Bocce

Expert Presentation, Seminar and Workshop Series

Qi Gong

Why not play some Bocce! Bocce takes place in two teams of two players. Each player has two large balls called bocce. A small ball called the Pallino is the target. The balls get rolled on a Bocce court and the game begins. This class is held outside on the Bocce court behind the center. There will not be a fee for this class.

Expert Presentation, Seminar and Workshop Series

Expert Presentation, Seminar and Workshop Series

Expert Presentation, Seminar and Workshop Series

Include: Nutrition, Diabetes, OTC and RX Drugs, COVID-19, Heart Health, Fall Prevention, Back Safety, Bone Health, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, and more. 

Social Activities, Fun and Games

Walking Club

Walking Club

Walking Club

Rain or shine let's have some fun! Walking can be done anywhere. Get your sneakers ready and come exercise. In nice weather this class will be held outdoors. In inclement weather class will be held in the center.

Line Dancing

Walking Club

Walking Club

With or without a partner, you will have a great time dancing while keeping physically fit!  Learn ballroom, Latin, disco and country western line dances.  Cowboy boots not required, and anyway, they’ll scratch up our new floors!!  Beginners and intermediate dancers are welcome!  

Harmonaires

Walking Club

Sit, Knit & Shoot the... Breeze!

Attention Divas, Divos and Shower Singers!!!  Join other members who love to sing, in this fun group that gets together weekly to learn, rehearse and perform oldies, Broadway tunes and classics, and then take the show on the road!  (Performances in May and December) No prior experience or theatre credits required!!! 

Sit, Knit & Shoot the... Breeze!

Sit, Knit & Shoot the... Breeze!

Sit, Knit & Shoot the... Breeze!

Join other members who meet weekly to create beautiful, handcrafted, unique items from yarn.  Crocheters also welcome!  Make things for yourself, friends and family, and to raise funds for The Center.  Bring your own supplies for personal projects.  We supply materials for Center benefit items and have a huge array of needles. We see and hear some pretty good yarns coming out of that group!!  

(Donations of quality yarn skeins welcome.) 

And More...

Sit, Knit & Shoot the... Breeze!

And More...

Many of our members have joined as friends, and many others have made lifelong friendships.  Most love getting together here to play:  Mah Jongg, Canasta, Pinochle, Ten Pennies, Phase 10, Dominoes, Bridge, Bingo Left-Right-Center, and to do mind-bending puzzles.  The competition can only be described as “fiercely friendly!” 

Creative Expression, Arts and Culture

Painting

Book Club

Book Club

Relax and enjoy this rewarding art form. Learn basic techniques and skills or build upon your previous experience. Painting is said to be a stress reliever and relaxant, so why not try it? This class is held in the basement of the Center and is handicapped accessible. * (You will need to purchase your own supplies and materials for this class.) 

Book Club

Book Club

Book Club

Enjoyable, intellectual, facilitated discussion about diverse, culturally and socially relevant short stories.  Converse with peers and share opinions in a stimulating and respectful environment.  Reading materials are chosen and provided by the Westbury Library. 

Sculpture

Book Club

Seniors Speaking Spanish!

Let your creative side shine!  Enjoy designing your own pottery using clay or plaster, and our instructor will help you take it from “green,” to “fired,” to finished!  Beginner and intermediate sculptors welcome!  Some classes are held in the Center’s basement, which is handicapped accessible.  (There is a nominal fee to cover the cost of materials.)

Seniors Speaking Spanish!

Working With Your Computer

Seniors Speaking Spanish!

Spanish is the 4th most widely spoken language worldwide! Whether you have studied it before, or not at all, it's never to late to brush up your conversational skills or learn anew, while having fun with friends in this relaxed class.  Learn useful phrases and vocabulary and conversation basics that will have you chatting  in no time! 

 No fee for Center members.

Working With Your Computer

Working With Your Computer

Working With Your Computer

Have you ever thought "I wish i knew how to do that". Now you can! Make your computer work for you using your availability apps. Use Excel to build a spreadsheet, create labels using your spreadsheet, to use Word to create a mail merge, address letters and cards and you will learn to upload and download documents.

One Way Or The Other

Working With Your Computer

Working With Your Computer

Come and explore ethical decision making. In this class you will be given different real- life scenarios. With no judgement, you will be asked how you would handle these different situations, Every opinion matters. Come and join the fun!

Mad Hatter Scattergories

Mad Hatter Scattergories

Mad Hatter Scattergories

Come and join us for a zany word game. If you are competitive, but good natured about whether or not you win or lose, Mad Hatter Scattergories might be for you. Based on the popular word game Scattergories where you try to come up with words that no one else has thought of, this often involves lots of good-natures arguing as people challenge the Mad Hatter's decisions. In addition, because this is Madhatter Scattergories, like the Madhatter in Alice in Wonderland, the rules can change whenever the Mad Hatter gets tired of them!

Trips and Travel

Casino Day Trips – NY, NJ, PA (bus service provided) 


Off-Broadway Theatre with Lunch 


Museums 


Scenic Train and Trolley Rides, Local Shopping Excursions 


Riverboat Cruises 


Local Restaurants, Eateries and Catering Venues (celebrating various holidays) 


Historical Philadelphia Sightseeing Tour and Shopping 

Culinary Delights

We provide delicious and nutritious grab-and-go and on-site lunches throughout the year, either hot or cold, depending on the amount and type of programming taking place at The Center, and the season.  Regular daily meals are subsidized by the Nassau County Office for the Aging, and participants are asked to contribute a minimum suggested donation of $3/meal/day.  


In addition to regular meals that provide many of our members with substantial nutrition (and save them from some cooking!), most of our activities include tasty, healthy, seasonal snacks, and of course our special events command special meals, desserts and treats!  We love to make things festive and delicious!

Special Events

Summertime Smoothie Class 


Game and Game Show Theme Days (Family Feud, Let’s Make a Deal, Headbands) 


Holiday Celebrations  


Monthly Celebration & Achievement Days 


Outdoor Picnics and Horse Racing 


Fresh Produce and Food Distribution Days 


...and we get very creative, so the list goes on!!! 

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