SENIOR SIDELIGHTS

Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God and senior spinning at 9, Piloxing, bingo, painting class, quilting and beginner computer class at 10, lunch and advanced computer class at noon and Red Hatters at 12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, active exercise at 8 a.m., video class: Ancient Technology and Pilates/yoga at 9, S.O.S. at 9:30, Young Women’s Connection, bingo, quilting and crocheting at 10, line dancing at 10:30, chair yoga at 11:30, iPad computer class and lunch at noon and car cruise at 5 p.m.; Wednesday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God, blood pressure checks and trip to Aurora Farms Outlet at 9, bingo, quilting and BP Express at 10, senior spinning at 10:30, $3 pizza party at noon and TOPS at 1 p.m.; Thursday, active exercise at 8 a.m., video class: inventions that changed the world at 8:50, wood carving and aerobics at 9, S.O.S. at 9:30, chair yoga, vets helping vets, quilting and crocheting at 10, video class: natural healing at 10:30, knitting at 11, and lunch and bingo at noon; and Friday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God and video class: Skeptics American History at 9, trip to North Jackson garage sales, bingo, quilting and senior spinning 1 at 10, senior spinning E at 10:30 and yoga at 11. For information call 330-953-1416 or visit www.austintownseniorcenter.webs.com.

Girard Multi-Generational Center is presenting a program titled “A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about Falls” at the Liberty Administration Building, 1315 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown. The classes will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Aug. 18 and continuing Aug. 20, 25 and 27 and Sept. 1, 3, 8 and 10. Many older adults experience concerns about falling and restrict their activities. A Matter of Balance is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels. Participants will learn fall prevention strategies along with specific exercises designed to increase their strength, endurance, flexibility and balance. The program is right for you if you are concerned about falls, interested in improving balance, flexibility, and strength, and if you have fallen in the past. The program is free. Call the center at 330-545-6596 to register.