Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Welcomes SilverSneakers® into Community

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SilverSneakers participants exercise in Saint Joseph's College of Maine dance studio (Photo: Evan Loignon).

by SJC Press Room

The Alfond Center at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is expanding its adult fitness classes to include the nationally recognized SilverSneakers® program. SilverSneakers–the nation’s leading community fitness program designed exclusively for older adults– offers a way to motivate older adults to increase their levels of physical activity and remain socially active. The College will celebrate a SilverSneakers Launch Week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 12, 14, and 15, 2019. On those three days during Launch Week, classes will be free and door prizes will be awarded.

President James Dlugos, Ph.D. said, “The College welcomes SilverSneakers participants into the College’s broader learning community. We see ourselves as an intergenerational community where a great deal of creativity and mutual learning occurs with integration. The College’s café, swimming pool, lakefront access, woodland trails, indoor and outdoor tracks, and other spaces offer the opportunity to gather and socialize in our community.”

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Associate Director of Health & Wellness Programming Jenna Chase said, “For over a decade, we have been welcoming older adults into aquatic classes in the SJC swimming pool. For the past few years, we have also been supporting the fitness of older adults in our dance studio. We are pleased to expand further and add SilverSneakers to our offerings.”

SilverSneakers helps older adults take greater control of their health through a variety of fitness offerings that engages participants in more frequent strength training, aerobic, and flexibility exercise and by providing access to a variety of venues and programming designed specifically for older adults. There are more than 14.5 million people eligible for the SilverSneakers benefit through the nation’s leading Medicare Advantage health plans, Medicare Supplement carriers and group retiree plans. For those members, the benefit is offered at no additional cost.

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SilverSneakers Instructor Chelsea Diamond teaches a fitness class for older adults in the Alfond Center at Saint Joseph's College of Maine (Photo: Evan Loignon).

About SilverSneakers

SilverSneakers, by Tivity Health, is the nation’s leading community fitness program for older Americans. The program was founded in 1992 and is available to more than 13 million Medicare beneficiaries through many Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare Supplement carriers and group retiree plans. For more information, to check eligibility or enroll, go to silversneakers.com.

About Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 countries. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu

Contact

Jenna Chase, Associate Director of Health & Wellness Programming
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, 278 Whites Bridge Road, Standish, Maine 04084
(207) 893-6627
jchase@sjcme.edu

February 22nd, 2019 | Categories: Press Room, Highlights | Tags: Health & Wellness

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