In April 1963 President John F Kennedy designated May as “Senior Citizen Month.” Then in 1980, President Jimmy Carter changed the name to “Older Americans Month.” This year’s theme is “Unleash the Power of Age”…and we say “amen!” to that! If you are 50 years or older today, you are already a senior adult. 15 [...]
Happy & Healthy at the 2013 Gwinnett Senior Golden Games!
… For the past 7 weeks, we have played with and photographed fellow seniors ages 50 to 98, competing in the daily events at the 2013 Gwinnett Senior Golden Games. FYI, the initial Games were held in 2000, with just 76 Seniors competing in 15 events. Fast forward to today, and the Games have grown to [...]
Healthy Aging With a ‘Spoonful of Sugar’
Over the past few weeks with guitar and keyboard in hand, we took our “Sheri and Bill Show” on the road. As part of our healthy aging path, “Side By Side” became our current theme song. We visited with folks at adult living communities, tennis team parties, and senior organizations, where we played music and sang, enjoyed [...]
Oasis Spring Fling
Today was a great day to be outside! We enjoyed our first picnic of the season at Ronald Regan Park with our new OASIS friends from Eastminster Presbyterian Church Stone Mountain.. It was appropriately named “Spring Fling”..we seemed to be tossing everything in sight! … … …
2013 Lifestyle Showcase – A “Booty-Full” Event!
It was Spring outside the Bethesda Park Senior Center this last Saturday morning, but the “booty-full” weather was found inside, as the Gwinnett Council For Seniors held its 2013 Lifestyle Showcase. This year’s event was sponsored by Coventry Health Care. A rainbow of smiles, hugs, businesses, organizations and prizes led the way to the pot of gold – a [...]
Spring Is Here – Let The Senior Games Begin!
It’s finally Spring and none too soon for us! We love warm weather and this year we have been teased way too long! This week the temperatures are rising just in time for the 2013 Gwinnett Senior Golden Games. This volunteer organization works hard year round to make the annual 6 week [...]
Healthy Aging – Music To Our Ears!
“Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, My oh my, what a wonderful day!” Ah…the power of music—doesn’t it just lift your spirits! Boomers have been known to clock events in their lives by what song was playing at the time–first car, first job, getting to first base, first speeding ticket, first love—you get the picture! We may be older [...]
Past Presidents Motivate Us Today!
Presidents Day was a holiday initially established to honor George Washington. Since the early 70′s it has become a day to honor all Presidents past and present. In line with this year’s Presidents Day, we thought it would be fun to share a few of our favorite motivational quotes from some of our past Presidents [...]
Valentines Day 2013 – Share the Love!
Valentine’s Day Event at Bethesda Senior Center gave us an opportunity this year to connect with others, an important element of our Active Positive Lifestyle and Healthy Aging philosophy. We visited with old and new friends, and shared our love of music…Love songs of course! We were happy to see lots of fruits and veggies being [...]
Come Try PickleBall!
We’ve added a fun new sport venue to the 2013 Golden Games…it’s Pickleball! You can try it at the 2 demo events comping up. Once your hooked, then go to the Gwinnett Senior Golden Games website and sign up to play Pickleball at the 2013 Games for Boomers and Seniors 50 and older! Here is [...]
