Welcome Home Relocation

Welcome Home Relocation is a unique moving company in which aids you in all of the aspects of moving into your a home. They will take all the stress of moving away by completely packing and unpacking complete with the set up of your new home. Services that Welcome Home Relocation include:

• Coordinating— We arrange for the movers, shippers and even set up your utilities
• Floor planning— Careful planning ensures you’ll have a place for everything you move and lowers your costs.
• Sorting— We treat this personal process with discretion and compassion, helping you safeguard the memories and items you treasure and determine what needs to be sold.
• Packing— Our professional packing service insures that all of your items are protected.
• Unpacking— Everything in its place to the clocks being re-set and your bed perfectly made.
• Organizing— Your closets and cabinets as you have always dreamed they could be.
• Other— We’ll address any other needs or special considerations in your personal evaluation.

For more information on Welcome Home Relocation visit their website HERE

This afternoon at the Sunshine Center we will be having a special guest, Sue Duhammel from Welcome Home Relocation to discuss "What's in your Closets and Cabinets?" She will give advice and discuss on how you can reduce the clutter in your life, starting with your closets and cabinets.

Sunshine Center daily schedule:
9:30am- Basic Exercise
10:00am- Chorus Practice
10:30am- Everybody Wii Games
11:00am- Yoga
1:00pm- "What's in your Closets and Cabinets?"
1:00pm- Ballroom Dance
2:30pm- Excel with Exercise

New Exercise Room - Up and Running!

Goodmorning everyone. Hope you all are staying dry out there, it is a wet one today.

The Sunshine Center is proud to announce that our new exercise room is now up and running. All exercise classes, such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Excel with Exercise and Karate will be taking place in our new room.

Hope you will come to check it out or even join a class! Below are the exercise classes and schedule...be sure to at least check it out.

Exercise with Jackie: Tues, Wed, Thurs from 2:30-3:30PM - FREE

Karate: Wednesday from 5:30-6:30PM - $20/month or $6/class (with advantage card)

Tai Chi: Friday from 8:30-9:30AM - $12/month or $4/class (with advantage card)

Yoga: Tuesday from 11:00am-12:00pm - $16/month or $5/class (with advantage card)

All class/program schedules can be found on the City of St. Pete website and in the Sunshine Center monthly newsletter. Click HERE to see our entire schedule of classes and programs.

Wine and Food Tasting Fundraiser

The Friends of the Sunshine Center are in the process of planning a wine and food tasting fundraiser to benefit the participants at the Sunshine Center. The event will take place April 7, 2011 at 5:30 in the evening. Get ready for good food, wine and entertainment, it is going to be a great time and for a great cause.

The Sunshine Center helps create a positive and inviting environment for the older adults within the City of St. Petersburg. By providing a variety of programs and activities there is something for absolutely everyone. The Sunshine Center adamantely promotes the health and well-being of the senior community and strives to increase their quality of life. By staying active seniors can maintain their health, boost their energy levels and increase their confidence. The focus for most communities is on the young, promoting healthy, active children, but at the Sunshine Center, we realize the importance of staying active even as you age.

This event will help raise funds that will go directly to our participants. If you are interested in sponsoring this event or donating to the cause please contact event director, Morgan Hendricks at mhendricks2715@gmail.com. Tickets will be available for purchase Starting March 14, 2011 and can be purchased at the Sunshine Center: 330 5th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

Ticket pricing:
$10.00 pre-sale
$15.00 at the door

Come out and try a variety of wines, taste some spectacular appetizers provided by the Sunset Ave. Cafe and support the Sunshine Senior Center of St. Petersburg, FL. SEE YOU THERE!

Date: April 7, 2011
Time: 5:30-7:30PM
Location: Sunshine Center
               330 5th Street North
               St. Petersburg, FL 33701

First Friday

We welcome the end of another week with open arms. Another First Friday here at the center is upon us and we of course have lots of things to do....hope to have you come out and join us!

On the schedule today:
8:30am- Tai Chi
9:00am- Community Law Program
9:30am- Basic Exercise
9:30am- Acupuncture Clinic
9:30am- Painting Workshop
1:00pm- "Country Classics" Band
2:00pm- From Drawing to Painting or Sculpture Class

Ou lunch special today in the Sunset Ave. Cafe is BLTs....YUM!

Thursday, March 3

On the schedule for today:
9:30am- Basic Exercise (in the Pelican room)
10:00am- Duplicate Bridge Social
10:00am- Cribbage
10:15am- The Buzz
10:30am- Creative Writing
10:30am- Ceramic Painting (the only time this month)
1:00pm- Movie: "Finian's Rainbow"
2:30pm- Excel with Exercise

We are in the process of planning a wine and food tasting fundraiser to raise money for the Sunshine Center of St. Petersburg. It is going to be a great time so we expect to see you all out and supporting us. The event is set for April 7, 2011 at the Sunshine Center from 5:30-7:30pm.



If anyone would like to donate or sponsor this event please e-mail Morgan Hendricks at mhendricks2715@gmail.com.

THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!

Karate & Self-Defense

There are many benefits, mentally as well as physically to practicing the art of karate & self-defense for the senior population. Some of the physical benefits include:

• Improved reflexes and coordination
• Increased performance in all physical activities
• Increased strength and stamina so you feel great all day
• Increased flexibility and weight control for better overall fitness
• Cardiovascular workouts ( heart and lungs ) to keep you in top shape
• Greatly improved balance
• Ability to defend yourself

It is no secret that staying in shape and working out improves your overall health. There are of course many ways that you can do that, but for those interested in being able to protect themselves as well as there family at the same time as staying in shape, I strongly suggest that you start our karate & self-defense program. Instructor Jose Soto, with over 50 years of experience, has much background and knowledge that will help you improve your skills, while having fun! His fun-loving spirit will have you laughing through the entire class. But no laughing matter, karate techniques are very important to being effective in self-defense tactics. For this reason, Soto will start at the beginning, with the basic techniques followed by how to put them into motion when in the presence of danger. Not only is it important to think about your health, but also to be able to protect yourself if you ever feel threatened or in danger.

Come out and join our Karate & Self-Defense class which takes place every Wednesday & Friday at the Sunshine Center (330 5th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33701) from 5:15-6:30pm. The class is $20/month or $6/class with a City of St. Petersburg ADVANTAGE card.

Make sure to wear loose clothing and tennis shoes.

For more information on this class please call (727) 893-7101

Sunshine Karaoke

Whether you like to jam out in your car or bust a move in the shower, you are welcome to the stage here at the Sunshine Center for our monthly karaoke day. Karaoke starts at 1:00pm so be sure to get here early so you can pick your song :) or to just join us for some delicious burgers and hotdogs at our Courtyard Picnic...Don't forget to bring a friend!

Sunshine Center Schedule:
9:30am- Basic Exercise
9:30am- All about Me Journaling
10:30am-Wii Bowling League
11:30am- Courtyard Picnic...YUM!
1:00pm- karaoke
2:30pm- Excel with Exercise

SEE YOU THERE!

10 Health Care Mistakes Seniors Make

We can all make mistakes when it comes to decisions about our health. Today, Tuesday, March 1, at the Sunshine Center in St. Petersburg, FL, Vicky Clapper of the Gulfcoast Community Center will be speaking about the 10 most common health care mistakes that seniors make. Other references to this topic include:

1. Driving when it is no longer safe
2. Fighting the aging process and its appearance
3. Reluctance to discuss intimate health problems with the doctor or health care provider
4. Not understanding what the doctor told them about their health problem or medical treatment plan
5. Disregard the serious potential for a fall
6. Failure to have a system or a plan for managing medicines
7. Not having a single primary physician who looks at the overall medical plan or treatment
8. Not seeking medical attention when early possible warning signs occur
9. Failure to participate in prevention programs
10. Not asking loved ones for help

reference: Elder Law Answers

It is important to know your body and to recognize when there could be a potential problem. Don't let things get to the point in which they become severe, this will only cause you more pain and suffering and cost you more money in the end. Don't delay the inevitable! Come out to the Sunshine Center today and learn how you can change how you handle your health care...it could be life or death.



On the schedule today:
9:30am- Basic Exercise
10:00am- Chorus Practice
10:30am- Everybody Wii Games
11:00am- Yoga (in the newly renovated exercise room!!!)
1:00am- "10 Health Care Mistakes Seniors Make" discussion
1:00am- Ballroom Dance
2:30am- Excel with Exercise (in the newly renovated exercise room!!)

We are proud to announce the completion of the Sunshine Center's exercise room. Now equipped with brand new exercise flooring and mirrors. All exercise classes, with the exception of Basic Exercise in the mornings, will take place in this room. Come and check it out!