YMCA Hosts Annual Senior Health and Resource Fair
The YMCA of Central Kentucky, in partnership with AARP Lexington, The Willows at Citation, and Bank of the Bluegrass will host the fourth annual Senior Health and Resource Fair on Thursday, September 30. Adults 55 and older can visit the North Lexington Family YMCA from 10 am to 2 pm to receive useful healthy living resources. There will be complimentary...
Grandparents as Parents (GAP) Conference Comes To Lexington
GAP Conference: Grandparents as Parents set for October If you are raising a grandchild or another relative’s child, you’re not alone. Millions of grandparents and other relatives are raising children. At last count, 100,000+ Kentucky children live in households headed by grandparents or relatives, with no parent present, according to recent studies. The Bluegrass Regional Grandparents as Parents (GAP) Coalition will host...
Sayre Christian Village celebrates Friendship Towers Expansion with ribbon cutting
Sayre Christian Village officially celebrated the Friendship Towers Expansion and new Assisted Living Memory Care community. Twelve years of planning and one pandemic later, Sayre Christian Village hosted an Open House & Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, July 8. The afternoon event included a ribbon cutting, open house, and a patio party featuring food, raffle prizes, face painting, and live music...
Mayor plans Center for Senior and Therapeutic Recreation
Mayor Linda Gorton is working to build a Center for Senior and Therapeutic Recreation in Shillito Park. The new center will provide new, accessible space for therapeutic programming, and supplement some of the services now offered at the Senior Center on Life Lane. “These programs are a good fit. The interest areas align easily. Shared use increases utilization and reduces...
Ashton Grove Senior Living celebrates nurses, healthcare workers with drive-by pizza event
Ashton Grove Senior Living hosts a free Drive-by Pizza Pie event on Thursday, May 6 from 3-6 pm in honor of National Nurses Week, which starts on May 6. Local nurses & healthcare workers are invited to pick up a homemade take and bake pizza prepared by their Executive Chef, along with a bottle of wine. Make sure to tell...
