Senior Center

It's December 3rd. Officially three days since UI REACH beards have been shaved. I want to see Mr. Derek and Mr. Adam's beards finally gone.

The week before Thanksgiving Break we got a tour at Iowa City's Senior Center. It was built in 1904 and it was a Post Office. In 1981 the Senior Center opened. You need to be 50 years or older to go there but anyone can work or volunteer there. Members don't live there but you can go there to work out or go to art, yoga, computer, music, and choir classes. They have a pool hall too. A cool thing about this room was people decorated old pool sticks and put them on the walls. It also has a video production room. We went to the where the cat walk for the old Post Office was and watched the band play in the main room. They were playing Christmas music. Our favorite part of the tour was going on the walkway to the parking garage. People don't have to worry about going outside in the cold. Also from the walkway we saw the chunk of the building from when they put the walkway in on the lawn.

Pictures of the building from when it was older.

Art made by one of the members.

Art made by one of the members.

The band people. 

This is the weight room.

The handles add weight using air.

This is the pool table where people play pool.

The decorated old pool sticks.

We learned how to become a volunteer. You need to fill out an application. You can volunteer at the pool table room, Wii room, art room and during special events. They also are making a quilt for Christmas right now. Volunteers help make these quilts. They sell these quilts at HyVee and the money goes to the Senior Center.

I would like to volunteer at the Senior Center's pool hall because I like playing pool and they had awesome tables shaped like cars. We hope you enjoy this blog! We enjoyed our tour at the Senior Center. It seems like a great place to meet friends and have fun.