Older Americans Month Walk 2016
posted 2/29/2016 in
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May is Older Americans Month – to celebrate the strength and vitality of older Americans and to encourage healthy lifestyles Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging (NEI3A) is hosting the 7th annual one mile walk in over 30 locations throughout the 18 counties served by NEI3A. Last year the walk attracted over 1,500 walkers!
The walks will take place on Thursday, May 26. Check-in begins at 9:00 a.m. followed by a short program at 9:45 a.m. with the walk will starting at 10:00 a.m. The one mile walk is FREE and open to all ages. Walk locations are listed below. In the event that it is raining, walks/activities will be held inside. Rain locations are in parenthesis.
- Ackley – Grand JiVante (AGWSR High School Gym)
- Aurora – Comet Center (Comet Center)
- Bellevue – Felderman Park (Horizon Hall)
- Cedar Falls – Cedar Falls Community Center (Community Center)
- Cresco – Cresco Fitness Center (Cresco Fitness Center)
- Decorah – Winneshiek County Fairgrounds - Danan Lansing Building (Danan Lansing Building)
- Denver – Athletic Complex Walking Trail (American Legion Building)
- Dunkerton – Gazebo (Community Center)
- Dubuque – Clarke College (Clarke University Gym)
- Dyersville -Westside Park (Social Center)
- Eldora – Dorothy’s Senior Center (Center)
- Elkader – Founder's Park Shelter House (Senior Center)
- Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg Community Center (Community Center)
- Gladbrook - Westbrook Acres (City Centre)
- Greene – Perrin Park (Greene Community Center)
- Grinnell – Ahrens Park (Grinnell Athletic Rec Center)
- Grundy Center – Grundy Center High School Track (Community Center)
- Independence – Buchanan County Health Center – Therapy and Wellness Connection (Health Center)
- Iowa Falls – Estes Park (Dale Howard Activity Center)
- La Porte City – Union High School Track (High School Gym)
- Manchester–Delaware County Senior Center (Delaware County Senior Center)
- Maquoketa – YMCA (YMCA)
- Marshalltown – Riverview Park (Marshalltown Senior Center)
- New Hampton – Chickasaw Wellness Complex (inside Wellness Complex)
- Parkersburg – Ed Thomas Field Track (Parker Place)
- State Center - East Marshall High School Track (State Center Nursing Home)
- Tama – Elementary School (Elementary School)
- Waterloo – Young Arena (Young Arena)
- Waukon – Waukon Wellness Center (Wellness Center)
- Waverly – Waverly Senior Center (Waverly Senior Center)**Note Location Change**
- West Union – West Union Rec Center (Senior Center)
Register today! Click here to register online.
Registrations must be received by May 2 to guarantee a T-shirt! If you have questions call 319-874-6850 or toll free at 1-866-468-7887.
Special Thank You to our 2016 sponsors!
Level 1
AmeriHealth Caritas Iowa
NuCara Home Medical/NuCara Pharmacy
Oak Park Place
Office Concepts Ltd.
Philips Lifeline
Ravenwood Specialty Care
Scott Pharmacy
Strategic Imaging
Valley Services, Inc.
Western Home Communities
Level 2
Aase Haugen Senior Services
Above & Beyond Home Health & Hospice
Bell Tower, River Bend and Windsor Park
Care Initiatives, Dubuque Specialty Care
Clover Ridge Place Assisted Living & Memory Care
Comfort Care Medicare, Inc.
Covenant Clinic
Home Instead Senior Care
Jackson County Regional Health Center
New Hampton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Kensington Place Assisted Living
Newel Post Adult Day & Respite Services
Osterhaus Pharmacy
Paramount Ambulance
Parker Place Retirement Community
Prairie Hills Assisted Living & Memory Care
Scenic Living Communities
Tama Caraustar
The Accel Group
Valley View Specialty Care & Eldora Specialty Care
Level 3
Butler County Council on Aging
Cedar Valley Hospice
Culligan
Day Spring Spa
Fidelity Bank & Trust
Good Samaritan Society- West Union
Grand JiVanté
Greene Senior Citizens
Gundersen Health Systems- Decorah
Horizon Management Services- Applewood and Woodlands
La Porte City Specialty Care
Mallard Point
Maquoketa State Bank
No Place Like Home Senior Care
Palmer Lutheran Health Center- Gundersen Health System
Paradigm Benefits LLC
Restore Hearing
Shell Rock Senior Living and The Meadows Assisted Living
Stoney Brook Village
Tama County Council on Aging
The VGM Group, Inc.
Victoria International
Waverly Health Center
Level 4
Eagle Pointe Place
Foster Grandparent Program
Hansen Family Hospital
Hawkeye Care Center – Cresco
La Porte City Council on Aging