Madison Senior Center

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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