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Register at the front desk or call 385-468-3140 for all or any of the below programs.
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Program Highlights!
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Mediterranean Meal and Live Music: Thursday, April 27, 11:30 am.
Menu: Moroccan Chicken Tangine, Lemon Potatoes, Yogurt Tahini with Med Rice with Tomatoes and Peppers, and Baklava in Orange Honey Sauce. Entertainment: Chris Dokos performing Mediterranean music.
Living Well With Diabetes: Wednesday, May 3- June 7, 9:00-11:30 am.
Participants will learn to manage living with Type 2 Diabetes.
This program has been proven effective with caregivers.
Topics include:
¨ Techniques to deal with the symptoms of diabetes, fatigue, pain, hyper/hypoglycemia, stress, and emotional problems such as depression, anger, fear, and frustration.
¨ Appropriate exercise for improving strength and endurance.
¨ Healthy eating and appropriate use of medication.
¨ Working more effectively with health care providers.
Stepping Up Your Nutrition: Monday, May 8, 9:30–11:30 am.
This is an interactive workshop that focuses on:
¨ How nutrition lowers your risk of falling.
¨ The importance of muscles for strength.
¨ Key nutrients for older adults, particularly protein and fluid.
¨ How to determine personal nutrition risk and handgrip strength.
¨ How to create an action plan to improve nutritional health.
Register for all programs at the front desk or call 385-468-3140.
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SLCO Aging & Adult Services is accepting donations for our Senior Center lunch program. Suggested donation is $4 per meal. Pay online: https://salt-lake-county-aging-adult-services.square.site/
The Tenth East Senior Center is a Salt Lake County (SLCo) owned and operated facility. SLCo Aging & Adult Services provides the operating staff. The numerous activities supported by this center are staffed by countless volunteers.
History of the Tenth East Senior Center:
The first planned program of recreation for Salt Lake County Aging was initiated on October 11, 1955, at an open house in Salt Lake City Elk’s Boys and Girls Club. The original group of thirty seniors grew to seventy five. In June of 1956, Salt Lake City Commissioner, L.C. Romney, turned over the building at the Victory Tennis Club, then called the Jaycee Boys and Girls Club at 245 South 1000 East in Salt Lake City, for the exclusive use of older citizens.
Realizing the need for a larger facility, the Salt Lake Community Welfare Council, the Council on Aging, the Salt Lake County Commission and the Salt Lake City Parks Department worked together to make possible the opening of the now present Tenth East Senior Center on July 11, 1963.