Hays Medical Center

HaysMed’s Center for Health Improvement will host its 13th National Senior Health & Fitness Day on Wednesday, May 27, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The theme for this year’s event is “If You Keep Moving…You’ll Keep Improving.” The program begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. and health presentations starting at 9 a.m.  Topics covered during the program are: Rise and Shine Morning Stretch, More Than Moving to Improve: it is all about how you move that impacts how you improve, Polker Walk and Health Fair. There is no charge for registration and a free breakfast will be available. Participants are free to come and go at their leisure.

National Senior Health & Fitness Day is organized as a public/private good health partnership by the Mature Market Resource Center. It is a program which offers fitness activities for older adults at more than 1,500 locations including hospitals, park and recreation departments, senior centers, health clubs, retirement communities, houses of worship, health departments and other community locations. This national event is held annually on the last Wednesday in May as part of Older Americans Month.

“Fitness is for a lifetime,” said Stephanie Schaffer-Howie of The Center for Health Improvement. “Our goal is to keep older adults moving at whatever age they may be; by showing them that it is never too late to set fitness goals and to make regular exercise a part of their life.”

Please RSVP by Friday, May 22, by calling (785) 623-5900. Senior Health & Fitness Day is partially underwritten by a grant from the Heartland Community Foundation.