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Mar 27

Stratford offering seniors health and wellness programming via Facebook Live – The Beacon Herald

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Diane Hernden runs her LivFit Exercise program for members of the Stratford Lakeside Active Adults Association through Facebook Live Wednesday morning. Submitted photo

The City of Stratford is helping seniors stay active and connected while in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Tuesday, the city and the Stratford Lakeside Active Adults Association (SLAAA) are offering almost daily health and wellness programming through Facebook Live to the associations members and others in the community.

With the closure of the Agriplex, which is the community centre our (SLAAA) membership comes to, we thought, Well we have to think about new ways of providing programming for our members that obviously isnt in the physical environment, said Brad Hernden, Stratfords manager of recreation and marketing.

We knew some of the obvious programs that could be posted online, like yoga and exercise classes, but as the ball got rolling with that, we just kept brainstorming: What else from our current weekly activities can we put online?

Starting this week and lasting until its once again safe for seniors to meet at the Agriplex, the list of programming available online includes line dancing on Mondays, music with local singer-songwriter Dayna Manning on Wednesdays and Saturdays, gardening demonstrations with Cozyns Garden Gallery on Fridays, and much more.

For a complete schedule of programming and a link to each live stream, visit http://www.stratford.ca/en/play-here/activeadults55.

The goal, Hernden explained, is to developed a diverse slate of programs led by locals at the same time and on the same day every week. The list of programs will grow as more instructors, all of whom are being paid by SLAAA, step forward to lead new weekly classes.

And while the live streams have only been running since Tuesday, Hernden said more people are already tuning in and participating remotely than when those programs were held at the Agriplex.

We are thrilled to see the success of our Facebook live-streaming classes and presentations, SLAAA president Russ Diamond said in an email. Its heartwarming to hear from our members how much they appreciate our work, and it fuels us to develop more content to ensure our members and their friends stay active and engaged. Were pleased to continue to invest and extend our programming in the online format so long as theres an audience.

For those members who arent as experienced in the social media realm, Hernden said city staff have been helpin with Facebook setup and navigation over the phone so as many people can participate in and enjoy the programming as possible.

For more information on how use Facebook and access the live streams, call 519-271-4310.

gsimmons@postmedia.com

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