Moorpark Active Adult Center

The Moorpark Active Adult Center strives to enhance the quality of life for area older adults by providing beneficial recreation, socialization and nutrition programs.

Description:
The Active Adult Center offers a wide variety of classes and activities to encourage community involvement, is a County Nutrition Program lunch site, sponsors fitness programs, and is a distribution site for Food Share's Brown Bag program. Moorpark Active Adult Center offers programs that provide access to health and wellness activities for older adults, including strength training, Building Better Balance class, Arthritis Exercise class, line dance classes, tap dance classes, yoga, and Tai Chi. The Active Adult Center also offers opportunities for creative engagement with a painters' workshop, gourd art classes, watercolor classes, writers' group, recorder class and occasional craft classes.

History:
The Moorpark Active Adult Center was established in 1981 to provide a needed meeting spot and source of services for area older adults. We have been a past recipient of grants from the Ventura County Community Foundation, the Senior Nutrition Action Council , and the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging. The Active Adult Center hosted the 3-year-long award Winning "Paths to Vital Aging Program" which focused on vital aging through fitness classes, creativity programs, health education and health screenings. Currently, the Active Adult Center is the lead agency for the countywide "Strike Out Stroke" health screening and education program.

Contact people:

Peggy Rothschild, Supervisor, (phone), (email) Charleen Humphrey, Assistant, (phone)

Office fax number: (805) 532-2479

Address:

799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, CA 93021 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.ci.moorpark.ca.us

Directions:

From the East: Take the 118 Fwy west, exit on 118/New LA Avenue. At the third signal, turn right onto Moorpark Avenue/23 Hwy. The Moorpark Civic Center will be a few blocks down on the left side of the street. From. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: Moorpark Bus #1 and 2 both stop at the Civic Center, 2 minutes minute walk

Last updated on July 22, 2010