Upcoming Events at Fremont Senior Center

FREMONT, CA — The Fremont Senior Center is offering a variety of programs and activities over the next couple of months.

The Fremont Senior Center is a welcoming community for local seniors to gather, learn, and simply enjoy life through a full range of social and health services, leisure activities, and events. Throughout the year, the Fremont Senior Center offers numerous trips, workshops, classes, and support and interest groups.

Tax Help

AARP Tax Aide volunteers will be at the Fremont Senior Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Tuesday, February 7 through Thursday, April 14 to help seniors with their 2016 Federal and State Income Tax Returns. Call the Fremont Senior Center at 510-790-6600 to schedule your appointment.

Food Pantry

The Fremont Senior Center is excited to welcome Tri City Volunteer Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry. The Pantry will provide adults 55 and older with a selection of fresh produce and shelf stable items. Tri City Volunteer Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry will be at the senior center on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Birthday Party

Everyone is invited to the Fremont Senior Center birthday party as we celebrate our February birthday celebrants. Come by the second Friday of the month from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Join us for some live entertainment by various local entertainers. Cake, music, and special gift certificates will be provided. All this for free, so please come and enjoy and feel free to bring a friend.

Gay Straight Alliance Group

The Fremont Senior Center is breaking new ground by forming the first ever 55 and older Gay Straight Alliance. This group will be for adults 55 and older who identify as LGBT and anyone else who supports LGBT equality. The theme for this group is ‘Action for Happiness’. Each month we’ll chat about one of the keys to happier living and then plan ways to incorporate it into our lives. The ten keys are Giving, Relating, Exercising, Appreciating, Trying Out, Direction, Resilience, Emotion, Acceptance, and Meaning. Join us on the second Thursday of every month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Feel free to stay for lunch. This program is hosted by LIFE ElderCare.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Aerobics

Join us for an exciting and fun Rock ‘n’ Roll Aerobics class designed to get your heart pumping and your energy level up. The music includes hard rocking, 1950s and early 1960s Rock ‘n’ Roll, Rockabilly, Do Wop, and Surf toe tappers. Class will be held Mondays, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. by our instructor, Mike Quebec. Class starts January 30 through April 10. Come by the Fremont Senior Center at 40086 Paseo Padre Pkwy. to sign up for this fun class.

The Fremont Senior Center is proud to serve as a second home for all of the seniors in the surrounding community. To find out more about membership, benefits, and events, please stop by the Senior Center at 40086 Paseo Padre Pkwy. in Fremont, visitwww.Fremont.gov/SeniorCenter, or call at 510-790-6600.

-Announcement from City of Fremont; Image via Shutterstock