Both the senior center staff and guest instructors from the community lead the class in creating a craft for the home or a gift using a variety of popular designs and mediums.

Available Friday mornings 10-12:00. Nurse Louise Palma will take your pressure and answer questions you may have.

On a regular basis throughout the year, workshops and seminars are scheduled for both staff and senior center participants.

Members visit local gardens as well as sites throughout the tri-state region. Occasionally, speakers are invited to lecture on gardening topics.

Throughout the year programs are planned that will involve both seniors and young people.

Painting Wednesday morning 10:00 am Teaches beginning watercolor and acrylic techniques including the blending and mixing of colors, the use and handling of brushes, brush strokes, and choosing the appropriate paper. Drawing - Thursday mornings 10:00 am Instructor: Dominick Tomanelli

First Tuesday of the month at 8:30 a.m. Enjoy a hearty breakfast and conversation with frequent guest speakers.

Improved stress reduction, balance, agility for all is the focus of Tai Chi.

The benefits extend far beyond any ordinary workout routine and allow a view of one’s life in a more peaceful and proactive state.

Certified Zumba Instructor Coleen Krempel is running weekly classes in this fun exercise program.

Bodies in Motion: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings Easy-to-follow class with up-beat music. The class can be done seated or standing and at your own comfort, skill, and safety level. It will focus on the upper, core, and lower body with a variety of exercises and movements. This new class is offered twice a week in order to maximize carry-over and functional progression. Join this social exercise group and make some new friends. You will find it fun also focusing on your breathing and improving your balance to reduce your risk of a fall

Tuesdays and/or Thursdays 9:30am Instructor: Coleen Krempel Popular aerobics class is held in six week sessions at the Senior Center. Movers and Shapers is a fun way to move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement, and activity for daily living skills.

Wednesdays at 12:45 pm A full hour of non-strenuous exercise employing all the different muscle groups in the body. The routine is designed to help the participants maintain agility, develop muscle tone, and promote their own physical well being.

Members combine their shared steps and miles to reach an agreed upon virtual destination. Upon their arrival, they celebrate with a luncheon paid for by their dues. Walking tips are also shared at monthly meetings and plans are made to visit enjoyable walking location in the area.

Fridays at 1:00 pm, popular movies are shown on a large screen with surround sound.

Red Hat Luncheons (click here for photos) TheSunshine Rambling Roses is the New Fairfield Red Hat Society. MUST wear a red hat and something purple to each gathering. We are holding out our red-gloved hands and inviting you to join us at our next monthly luncheon, signup required.

This 4-hour course is for those 60 and over. The students learn how to compensate for slower reaction times, refine existing skills, and develop safe defensive driving techniques.

Tax-Aide is offered free of charge under a cooperative agreement between AARP and the Internal Revenue Service.

Information and application assistance is available for a number of programs including the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), the State Appropriated Fuel Assistance Program (SAFA), Private Fuel Banks, and Utility Arrearage Forgiveness Programs to help households of limited incomes pay for primary heating bills. Information is also available on energy conservation, weatherization assistance, and the energy conservation loan program.

Our senior center is a site for the CW Resources Senior Nutrition Services. A hot meal is served five days a week at noon.

Senior Center staff has been trained by the state's C.H.O.I.C.E.S. program to answer individual's questions related to Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare HMOs, and Supplemental Insurance.

The Director of Social Services/Municipal Agent to the Elderly is available to provide information and to make referrals in the following areas: health insurance and home care, employment and volunteer opportunities, food and nutrition programs, income assistance, housing, elder rights, energy assistance, adult day care, legal aid, special needs, transportation, prescription assistance programs, education and leisure, and more.

The Meals Home Delivery program is also administered by CW Resources and New Opportunities is designed for people 60+ who are homebound and unable to travel to local meal sites.

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