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Entertainment & Enrichment

  • National Senior Center Month - Open House posted August 31, 2021
    Today’s senior centers are delivering vital connections to help all older adults age well. Senior centers offer a vibrant, action-packed combination of in-person, virtual and hybrid programs. For example: Nutrition Sites, Virtual Book Clubs, Balance Classes, and Volunteer Opportunities.
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Health & Wellness, Know Your Resources
    Tags: Education & Enrichment, Health & Wellness, Live & Work
  • National Senior Citizens Day posted August 9, 2021
    We are now in the month August, and which means that National Senior Citizens Day is coming up. This holiday was signed into proclamation in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan. On this day we adults over the age of 60 and continue to raise awareness about issues that affect senior citizens and their
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Health & Wellness
    Tags: Older Adults, Seniors, Madison Senior Center
  • Ice Cream Social with Capital Centre and Blue Accordion posted July 12, 2021
    Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? What better way to celebrate that than an ice cream social and a live performance? Join the Madison Senior Center and Capital Centre Apartments on July 22nd at 11 am for ice cream and music played by Patricia Stone, also known as the Blue
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment
    Tags: live performances, Summer, Education & Enrichment, Blue Accordion, ice cream, July
  • Older Americans Month: Communities of Strength posted May 6, 2021
    May 2021 In tough times, communities find strength in people—and people find strength in their communities. In the past year, we’ve seen this time and again in Dane County as friends, neighbors, and businesses have found new ways to support each other. In our community, older
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Events, Health & Wellness, Know Your Resources
    Tags: Older Americans Month, Strong Communities, Community, Health
  • Native American Heritage Month posted November 4, 2020
    The United States of America were colonized by European settlers and explorers who were looking for new opportunity, but they weren’t the first people to live in the vast wilderness that greeted them upon arrival. All across the land, that we now call America, were indigenous populations that had
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment
    Tags: Native American Heritage Month, November, diversity, culture, Indigenous Peoples
  • Celebrating National Senior Center Month and Delivering Vital Connections posted September 10, 2020
    Happy National Senior Center Month! The Madison Senior Center is spending this month celebrating all that has been accomplished in terms of making sure that Madison’s seniors are supported in successful aging despite being unable to gather at the Center. This year’s theme is Senior Centers:
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Health & Wellness, Know Your Resources
    Tags: Education & Enrichment, Special Events
  • Juneteenth - A Message from Mayor Rhodes-Conway posted June 19, 2020
    Today is Juneteenth. On this day in 1865, the people of Galveston Texas were told the war had ended and that enslaved people were now free. This news came to Texas 2 ½ years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Events, Know Your Resources
    Tags: Juneteenth, BlackLivesMatter, BLM
  • Container Gardening- What, Why and How? posted May 8, 2020
    Looking to start a garden but have little to no gardening space? Then container gardening is for you! Container gardening is a process in which planting occurs in containers, rather than in the ground. Besides the obvious advantage of saving space, container gardens are at less risk of soil-borne
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Health & Wellness
    Tags: Health & Wellness, Enrichment, gardening
  • Looking For a Way to Enjoy Spring? Look No More! posted April 23, 2020
    Technically, the first official day of spring was marked on March 19. Although some days might not quite feel like spring yet, each day gets closer and closer to warm weather, green trees and flowers galore. One of the most interesting and calming parts of spring is bird watching. This
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment, Health & Wellness
    Tags: Bird Watching, Outdoors
  • Staying Connected Amidst COVID-19 posted April 8, 2020
    As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, new information is being posted everyday. As we all know, the CDC has recommended that all people over the age of 60 stay home due to the high risks of contracting the virus. Although this is a necessary precaution for everyone's health, it is easy to feel
    Category: Entertainment & Enrichment
    Tags: Education & Enrichment, Entertainment, Seniors
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Recent Posts

  • MSC Partners with the River Food Pantry posted April 4, 2022
  • Sleep Awareness posted March 22, 2022
  • Glaucoma Awareness Month posted January 24, 2022
  • National Senior Center Month - Open House posted August 31, 2021

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April
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March
  • Sleep Awareness
January
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2021
August
  • National Senior Center Month - Open House
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July
  • August is Immunization Awareness Month
  • Ice Cream Social with Capital Centre and Blue Accordion
June
  • Juneteenth
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May
  • Older Americans Month: Communities of Strength
February
  • NO FLU for You: Protect yourself. Protect others. Get a flu shot.
January
  • Flu vaccine: Your best shot for avoiding influenza
  • “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
2020
December
  • Navigating the Holidays During COVID
November
  • National Caregivers Month
  • Happy Veteran's Day From The Madison Senior Center!
  • Native American Heritage Month
October
  • Understanding Health Information
  • What Voting Looks Like This Year
September
  • National Falls Prevention Week
  • Public Health Madison & Dane County and the City of Madison Police Department are Partnering to Increase Compliance with Public Health Orders
  • Celebrating National Senior Center Month and Delivering Vital Connections
  • Celebrating National Senior Center Month and Delivering Vital Connections
July
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June
  • Juneteenth - A Message from Mayor Rhodes-Conway
  • Skin Cancer Safety for Older Adults
May
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  • Can’t Garden? What about a CSA?
  • Container Gardening- What, Why and How?
April
  • Looking For a Way to Enjoy Spring? Look No More!
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  • Avoiding Scams While in Quarantine
  • Staying Connected Amidst COVID-19
March
  • Staying Active While Quarantining
  • Staying Positive During a Crisis
  • Our best defense is our collective action
  • All 2020 Census Systems Go: How Smart Planning, Thorough Testing, and Backup Systems Will Deliver a Secure and Successful Count
February
  • Preparing to Care
  • How Seniors Are Affected by Mesothelioma?
  • Resolution Check: Have you been keeping up with your New Year resolutions?
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January
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2019
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October
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August
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May
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April
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March
  • Too many elderly people are isolated in our society
  • St Patrick's Day
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February
  • From the Desk of Sally Jo Spaeni
  • February is American Heart Month
January
  • AMP - Aging Mastery Program
  • Welcome Sally Jo Spaeni New Senior Center & Senior Services Manager
2018
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August
  • Building Momentum - September is National Senior Center Month
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  • Naming the Senior Center in Your Will
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May
  • Wise Words from MSC Director, Christine Beatty
March
  • Walk With Ease
  • March is National Nutrition Month
February
  • Anniversaries to Celebrate
2017
August
  • Preschool Arts & Crafts is Back!
  • Artists of the Month: August
  • Volunteer Spotlight: Sydney
July
  • Homeless … and don’t know where to start?
  • Memory Cafés
  • Aging & Disability Resource Center of Dane County
  • Volunteer Spotlight: Julia
June
  • Dane County Cultural Diversity Program
May
  • Finding Friendship at the Senior Center

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Madison Senior Center

Madison Senior Center
330 West Mifflin Street
Madison, WI 53703
  • Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
  • Phone: (608) 266-6581
  • Fax: (608) 267-8684
  • seniorcenter@cityofmadison.com
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Resources

  • Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin (ADAW)
  • Benefits CheckUp
  • NIH Senior Health
  • MPL Senior Resources List
  • USAGov Guide for Seniors
  • Dane County Department of Human Services – Older Adults
  • Wisconsin Department of Health Services for Older Adults
  • Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging (WIHA)

NewBridge Madison

  • Your Connection to Successful Aging

    A newly formed agency resulting from the merger of the four Madison Senior Coalitions. NewBridge is committed to enabling older adults to age in place.

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