Community: Leslie's Blog

[Leslie]

Did you know that there are ten City of Chicago Senior Centers that offer all kinds of great FREE and low-cost classes for those over 60 years old? One of my patients alerted me to this service and says she absolutely loves it- she takes the "Exercise for Arthritis" series. For $30 per year, seniors can sign up for unlimited exercise classes.

LesliesList called the The Senior Center at (312) 744-4016 for more info and confirmed the price of $30 for unlimited classes. We found out that the Centers offer other types of activities as well, such as computer skills classes, driving instruction and a dining program called "Golden Dinners". We also learned that each Center has a staff (i.e. social workers) who can help seniors sign up for other programs, such as Meals on Wheels. To participate in these Centers, the senior only needs to bring an ID proving he/she is over 60.

Unfortunately, the schedule of programs for each Center is not available online, but seniors can pick up a paper catalogue of program info in person from any of the Centers. Here's the weblink to the City of Chicago Senior Center webpage: http://tinyurl.com/nwbdhb. We have included a list of the Centers below:

The Chicago Department on Aging operates ten Regional and Satellite Senior Centers:

Central / West Senior Center
2102 W. Ogden Avenue
(312) 746-5300 / (TTY) 744-0319

Northeast Senior Center (Leavy)
2019 W. Lawrence Avenue
(312) 744-0784 / (TTY) 744-0320

Northwest Senior Center (Copernicus)
3160 N. Milwaukee Avenue
(312) 744-6681 / (TTY) 744-0321

Southeast Senior Center (Atlas)
1767 E. 79th Street
(312) 747-0189 / (TTY) 744-0322

Southwest Senior Center
6117 S. Kedzie Avenue
(312) 747-0440 / (TTY)744-0323

Chicago Department on Aging West Town / Logan Square Senior Satellite Center
1613 W. Chicago Avenue
(312)743-1016

Chicago Department on Aging Abbot Park Senior Satellite Center
49 E. 95th St
(312)745-3493

Chicago Department on Aging Portage Park Senior Satellite Center
4100 N. Long
(312)744-9022

Chicago Department on Aging Englewood Senior Satellite Center
653-657 W. 63rd St
(312)745-3328

Chicago Department on Aging Austin Senior Satellite Center
5071 W. Congress Pkwy
(312)743-1538

Other useful locations info:

Renaissance Court
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
(312) 744-4550 / (TTY) 744-6777

Southwest Side Senior Service Organization
6012 S. Archer Avenue
(773) 284-0428

Chicago Department on Aging
30 N. LaSalle Street
(312) 744-4016