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Texas Senior Activity Centers

Senior activity centers are open to anyone 50 years of age and older. Some have a small membership fee and others do not. For those that don't an annual donation is often requested by each center's advisory board.

Senior activity centers offer companionship and a way to meet new friends, but as importantly, they offer older adults the opportunity to remain independent, healthy and active.

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Organized group activities can include the following:

Dances - Whether you want to step back in time and move to the beat of the big bands, or tap your feet to a square dance call, many senior centers focus on keeping their members active by providing dances, often on a monthly basis.
Bingo and other games - Centers often organize game nights, with tables set up to host bingo, bridge, and other card games.
Bus trips - For many elderly, transportation is limited to catching rides from neighbors, family, and friends. Many senior citizen centers run shuttle buses to local shopping centers, community centers, and scheduled community events.

Many community centers offer organized activities. While some of these activities may charge a small fee, many of these are free. Centers often post a schedule of activities in local newspapers and senior citizen center lobbies. Activities might include the following:

• Arts and crafts - Local artists and craftsmen frequently volunteer their talents and time to teach crafts to the elderly. Fees often involve paying for supplies. These classes may last over a period of several weeks. Some centers feature the finished projects at art fairs as well.
• Exercise classes - Yoga, tai chi, stretching classes, chair exercises, and water exercises all offer low-impact physical fitness alternatives, and these are wonderful group activities.
• Field trips - Community centers often organize day and weekend trips to outlet malls, shopping malls, theater productions, festivals, and sporting events.
• Computer Classes

In Austin, as with many cities, their Parks and Recreations Department offers a huge variety of programs and services for people fifty years of age and older; instructed classes, health and wellness programs, educational seminars workshops, trips, dances, volunteer opportunities, support groups, special events, meeting space and private rental space.

Other senior centers, such as the Grapevine  Senior Activities Center, offer a variety of computer classes for beginners as well as advanced users.

The McKinney Senior Recreation Center has an expansive list of programs and activities for people of all ages for adults 50 and older including AARP Safe Driving course that enables you to build better and safer driving skills.

The Treasure of Hills Senior Center in Cedar Park, TX has been a place to gather for games, fellowship and even romance for almost 20 years now!

These are just a few of the MANY senior activity centers throughout the state of Texas and the enriched opportunities available. To find a senior center in your area, contact your area Parks and Recreation Department, or your local community center. Or, feel free to contact us and we'll try to help you locate a senior center in your Texas city.