college avenue older adult center

 With daily exercise classes, art classes, games, cultural programs, and live entertainment, the College Avenue Older Adult Center is a great place to spend your day. Meet new friends while learning in our Cyber Cafe, exercise in the many different class offerings, watch a newly released movie on our large screen, and enjoy good conversations over hot kosher lunches served daily. Full of warmth and energy, you’re sure to leave the Center with a smile.

Salad Bar Now Open 4 Days a Week!
As part of the College Avenue Older Adult Center’s philosophy to promote healthy aging among older adults, the Center offers a soup and salad bar as a lunchtime meal choice! This lunchtime alternative is funded by a grant from the County of San Diego, Aging & Independence Services.

The soup and salad bar is now available Mondays through Thursdays, and includes all the fixings for a nutritious and flavorful mid-day lighter meal: soup, salad greens, fruit, vegetables, dressings, protein, and bread. With the salad bar, the Center is able to offer both a hot and cold kosher lunch option as well as fresh produce, seasonal menu items, and vegetarian meal options. The soup and salad bar also is available to go.

Learn More About…
Programs and Services
Upcoming Events
Hours and Fees
Becoming a Center Member
This Month’s Newsletter
This Month’s Menu
This Month's Calendar

Programs and Services
Cozy Café
A coffee and light snack cart in a relaxing café style atmosphere. WiFi available.

Fitness Classes
Tai Chi, Yoga, Ballroom Dancing, Line Dancing, Low Impact Aerobics, Feeling Fit (Balance, Toning, and Strengthening), Arthritis Exercise, Walking Group, and more.

Cultural Programs
Writing classes, drama and singing groups, music appreciation and history classes, and more.

Health Presentations
Blood pressure screenings, health related lectures, and a yearly health fair offering flu shots.

Educational Programs
Programs explore healthy aging, current events, social studies, cooking, legal assistance, driver safety, and money management.

Art Classes
Enjoy classes such as multimedia, drawing, watercolor, crafts, sewing, and needlepoint.

Entertainment
Weekly musical group, classical music performances, and dance performances.

Monthly Outings and Daytrips
Fieldtrips to casinos, outdoor concerts, theatre performances, and much more.

Games
Bingo, Mah Jongg, Scrabble, Poker, Pinochle, Bridge, and more.

Brain Fitness
Think faster. Focus better. Remember more. A computer exercise to enhance cognitive functions.

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Some Upcoming Events

Rosh Hashanah Luncheon & Musical Program
Wednesday, September 8 • 12:00pm lunch; 12:30pm entertainment
Join us for a delicious holiday lunch prepared by Irina and her staff and we’ll dip apples in honey for a sweet New Year. After lunch, join us for a musical accordion program with Doron Peisic as he leads us in a selection of Jewish songs.

Posit Science© Brain Fitness Orientation
September 13 • 12:45pm
You may have heard about Posit Science or its founder, Dr. Michael Merzenich, as both have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, Forbes Magazine, and PBS. We offer a program that has successfully improved memory, listening abilities, and alertness in older adults. The first session will begin October 5. Come find out what all the excitement is about! Contact Tamara Leifer, Program Assistant, at (619) 583-3300, extension 303.

Chair Massage by BeLoved Massage
Thursday, September 16 • Massages scheduled from 12:30–2:30pm
As we age, our bodies and minds undergo changes and transitions. You may be surprised to learn that massage has a positive effect on the body at any age! Sign up in the front office or
call (619) 583-3300. Cost is $10 for 15 minutes.

Celebrate Lunch in the Sukkah
Monday, September 27 • 12:00pm lunch; 12:30pm entertainment
Sukkot is one of three harvest festivals in the Jewish Calendar. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors had to make temporary shelters in the desert. In keeping with the spirit of the holiday, we will be eating lunch on the beautiful patio under the Sukkah. Enjoy a festive lunch and entertainment from Yochanan Sebastian Winston, who will delight us with a lively concert of Jewish music.

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Hours and Fees
The College Avenue Older Adult Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am–4:00pm. Program fees vary from class to class.

Round-trip transportation is available to participants living in the surrounding area for a suggested donation of $2.50 each way. Call us to reserve your ride in advance.

Lunch is offered daily at 12:00pm for a suggested donation of $3.50 for members and $6 for non-members.

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Become a Member!
Become a member of our Center for 2010!

Regular Membership
Individual - $35/year ($2.92/month)
Household - $55/year ($4.58/month)

Members receive:

• Monthly newsletters mailed to home.
• Discounts for programs, entertainers, and classes.
• FREE Monday movies at the Center!

VIP membership
Individual - $60/year ($5/month)
Household - $85/year ($7.08/month)

Members receive benefits listed above, plus:

• Preferred seating at in-house special events.
• Name in the Newsletter the month following your joining as a VIP.

Gold membership
Individual - $150/year ($12.50/month)
Household - $200/year ($16.67/month)

Members receive benefits listed above, plus:

• FREE In-House Special Events!
• Four (4) FREE lunch tickets per membership, per membership year.
• FREE coffee during year of membership.
• Special Gold Member recognition event.
• Your name listed every month in our Newsletter!

Membership can be paid in monthly installments. For more information, or to become a member today call (619) 583-3300.

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For more information, call (619) 583-3300 or e-mail