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Local nonprofit Power Over Parkinson's outlines programs and asks for community support
Summary
At the council meeting the nonprofit Power Over Parkinson's described 21 weekly classes for people with Parkinson's, social and education programs, partnerships with CSUMB and Sanctuary Climbing, and a pending studio move to 255 Garden Road; the group asked for volunteers and donations.
Terry Dah and Don McDougall presented a community spotlight on Power Over Parkinson's (POP), a local nonprofit offering exercise and education programs for people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.
Dah described a range of targeted classes (high, medium and low intensity circuit training with boxing elements, yoga, mat Pilates, balance and stretch, tai chi, speech training, and "Dance for PD") and twice-monthly "knowledge is power" workshops open to the public. She said POP provides 21 exercise classes each week and runs social events and care-partner support groups through a partnership with the Delmare Caregiver Resource Center. "There are probably 1,500 to 2,000 people who have a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease" in the broader peninsula service area, she said, and encouraged donations and volunteers to sustain programs.
Don McDougall highlighted a partnership with CSUMB kinesiology students who volunteer as interns and noted POP's efforts to return to a remodeled studio at 255 Garden Road after a battery fire forced a temporary relocation. Council members thanked the presenters and encouraged residents to connect with the organization to learn more or offer support.
POP said workshops are open to the public and forthcoming programs include a movement-disorder presentation on deep brain stimulation.
