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Grant Helps Seniors

In the spring of 2017, JHF approved a grant to increase opportunities for local seniors to meaningfully engage in a variety of exercise and recreation programs throughout all four seasons.
 

Summary of the project

 

The grant includes the development of health-focused programming in South Park and Frick Park, a senior-friendly mobile navigation tool, online programming through JHF’s Virtual Senior Academy, and communications materials.

JHF is sponsoring an ongoing “Walk with a Doc” program, which offers seniors the opportunity to learn more about maintaining health and managing health conditions from local specialists during guided outings in South and Frick Parks. Venture Outdoors and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy developed programming for the initiative, which is designed to appeal to older adults with a wide range of fitness levels and interests. “Walk with a Doc” outings in 2017 focused on arthritis, diabetes, and heart health, among other topics. You can learn more about upcoming walks by visiting the Venture Outdoors website.

The Foundation is also partnering with AARP to recruit ambassadors who raise awareness of exercise and recreation opportunities in South and Frick Park, and accompany seniors on such outings. The first class of 13 park ambassadors graduated in the fall of 2017. The park ambassadors are providing some of the content for a new, web-based mapping tool that will help seniors of varied physical abilities navigate local parks and engage in exercise and recreation programming. The mapping tool, which is being developed by the Allegheny County Parks Foundation, will go live in 2018.

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