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#AGEWELL DAY IS SEPTEMBER 27 AT PASADENA SENIOR CENTER

Pasadena Senior Center will continue its year-long celebration of 65 years in the community with their annual ‘#AgeWell Day 2025,’ a special day devoted to offering older adults the opportunity to learn how to grow older healthily by engage in workshops, hear from expert speakers on financial matters, wellness and sexuality, and participate in fitness classes, as well as special mini-classes in yoga, Tai Chi, photography and writing.

#AgeWell day is free for all older adults, aged 50+, and participants do not need to be Pasadena Senior Center members to attend. Registration is advised and can be made by visiting pasadenseniorcenter.org and clicking on Special Events, and then #AgeWell Day 2025.

“For older adults, this is the time of life when new doors open and new experiences beckon. Staying active as you age can work wonders for your physical and mental health and lead to a longer, more fulfilling life with greater independence,” said Pasadena Senior Center’s Executive Director Akila Gibbs.

Gibbs will also serve as the keynote speaker for this year’s event, with her presentation titled, “Getting Better with Age — 65 years of PSC at the forefront of Healthy Aging.” A complimentary continental breakfast will be served, and lunch is available for purchase at 11:30 a.m.

The schedule for #AgeWell Day 2025 begins at 9 a.m. with Ms. Gibb’s opening remarks and will conclude at 1:15 p.m. with a special closing performance of the always popular ‘Tap Chicks’ in the Scott Pavilion.

• 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Coffee and breakfast breads will be available on the patio.
• 9–9:45 a.m. — PSC Executive Director Akila Gibbs will share her thoughts on ‘Getting Better with Age — 65 Years of PSC at the forefront of Healthy Aging.’
• 10–10:45 a.m. — Join Crystal Yen, PSC’s own physical therapist for a wellness talk; Join an introductory yoga class; Attend a mini-class on iPhone photography taught by Peter Matus.
• 11-11:45 a.m. — The Foundation for Senior Services Age Well Academy will speak on financial health; Join a Tai Chi fitness session with Chris Tucker.
• 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. — Wellness talk will feature ‘Sex and Intimacy for Older Adults;’ PSC instructor Michaela Neisen will get you moving with a chair aerobics session; Writing Workshop.

In addition, #AgeWell 2025 attendees will have the opportunity of visiting PSC’s tech lab for one-on-one cell phone tutoring, visit with PSC’s personal trainer in the fitness center, learn about PSC’s organized sports activities for older adults such as basketball, softball and the Pasadena Senior Games, and visit with medical professionals for free blood pressure and glucose testing, and to ask any questions they may have about growing older.

For 65 years, Pasadena Senior Center’s mission has been to improve the lives of older adults through caring service with opportunities for social interaction, fitness programs, basic support and needs services, education, volunteerism and community activism. With 10,000 Americans per day becoming older adults, the center is a leader in addressing issues of aging and provides innovative, cutting-edge, nationally recognized programs for this population group.

As a donor-supported nonprofit, the center operates without any local, state or federal funding and provides more services to older adults than any other organization in the San Gabriel Valley. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. To learn more visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call 626-795-4331.