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Senior Fitness Class

2024-09-16 15:00:00 2024-09-16 16:00:00 America/New_York Senior Fitness Class This program is tailored for older adults and offers gentle exercises promoting flexibility, strength, and balance. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Monday, September 16
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-16 15:00:00 2024-09-16 16:00:00 America/New_York Senior Fitness Class This program is tailored for older adults and offers gentle exercises promoting flexibility, strength, and balance. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

This program is tailored for older adults and offers gentle exercises promoting flexibility, strength, and balance.

Engaging in exercises that enhance strength, balance, and overall fitness is crucial for adults to stay active and minimize the risk of falls. The class will be led by an experienced instructor who will focus on enhancing mobility and Stay Active and Independent for Life-Standing (SAIL), an evidence-based program for focusing on strength, balance, and fitness for older adults. Please register in advance. 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Health & Nutrition |

TAGS: | seniors | movement | health | fitness |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library

ahargreaves@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Abby Hargreaves

Hours
Mon, Jun 09 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jun 10 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jun 11 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jun 12 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jun 13 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 14 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 15 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Parking:
There is a library parking lot available.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: King Street Station
  • Metrobus: 28A
  • DASH Bus: 36A, 36B, 102

Upcoming Events

Mon, Jun 09, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
English practice for English language learners. No registration is needed. Class is held in the Burke Branch Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:15am - 11:15am
Meeting Room
Join us for a fun-filled hour of stories, music, and movement for ages 0-5!

Tue, Jun 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
Join Burke’s Pokémon trainers on a hunt to catch as many Pokémon as you can! We’ll take a walk around the Library’s neighborhood together. *Participants’ MUST BRING their own smartphone device.*

Wed, Jun 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room
Enjoy weekly sessions with other fiber artists. Bring and share your projects, and see others. Quilting tutorials will be provided on the first Wednesday of every month. No registration is required.

Thu, Jun 12, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room
Stop by for a collage workshop where the participants will use various papers to layer on a flat surface using the principles of design to make a collage. Registration required.

Thu, Jun 12, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Meeting Room
Learn basic line dance steps while you workout to Golden Oldies music. This is a great class for beginners. Bring a friend or come alone. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing.

Thu, Jun 12, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room
Please join us for a screening of the 2024 film starring the Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody.

Fri, Jun 13, 10:15am - 11:15am
Meeting Room
We sing, play, dance, and rhyme all while promoting your baby’s development and literacy skills. For ages 0-14 months.

Fri, Jun 13, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room
Have fun on Fridays after school, building, making, playing word bingo, and winning prizes! Grades K-5.

Sat, Jun 14, 10:00am - 11:00am
Outdoors
Start your Saturday doing good for your community. Join the Burke Branch walking and litter pickup club.

Sun, Jun 15, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room
Let's celebrate the joy of playing games! Play a wide variety of games, the classics and the new. Bring a friend or make new friends.

Mon, Jun 16, 10:15am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us to socialize and engage your mind with a game of bingo served with food, prizes, and fun. Registration is required.

Mon, Jun 16, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
English practice for English language learners. No registration is needed. Class is held in the Burke Branch Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:15am - 11:15am
Meeting Room
Join us for a fun-filled hour of stories, music, and movement for ages 0-5!

Tue, Jun 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
Join Burke’s Pokémon trainers on a hunt to catch as many Pokémon as you can! We’ll take a walk around the Library’s neighborhood together. *Participants’ MUST BRING their own smartphone device.*

Tue, Jun 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room
Calling all brick enthusiasts: come join us to make cool creations and participate in themed challenges. Grades 2-5.

Wed, Jun 18, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room
Enjoy weekly sessions with other fiber artists. Bring and share your projects, and see others. Quilting tutorials will be provided on the first Wednesday of every month. No registration is required.

Wed, Jun 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
Squeals on Wheels presents their Buddy Petting Zoo! This petting zoo has a variety of small animals ranging from bunnies, guinea pigs, feathery friends, and exotic seasonal friends.