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Forest Park outlines expanded programming, partnerships at senior center
Summary
City staff and the senior center coordinator told the mayor and council that wellness, nutrition, mental‑health and social programs expanded in 2024 and that a van has been ordered to support transportation in 2025.
Anne Foster, senior center coordinator for Forest Park, told the mayor and council on Jan. 6 that the Forest Park Senior Center increased activities and community partnerships in 2024 and plans further program expansion in 2025.
Foster said the center runs chair exercise classes Tuesdays and Thursdays and has grown a nutrition education program that, with outside funding, provided weekly healthy‑food demonstrations and fresh produce distributions from June through August. “Each person that came received a bag of fresh fruits and vegetables,” Foster said, describing the summer program until the outside funding ended.
The coordinator described mental‑health programming, including monthly…
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