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PARD ADULT 50+ SERVICES Parks and Recreation Board Meeting June 23, 2025 2 ADULT 50+ SERVICES AREA: • 3 Senior Centers • Conley Guerrero Senior Activity Center & Park • Lamar Senior Activity Center • South Austin Senior Activity Center & Annex • Varsity Generation Recreation Programs • 9 recreation center sites • Congregate Meal Program • 9 locations • Senior Transportation • Senior Outreach Program – 2 satellite locations • Varsity Games (formerly Senior Olympics) SENIOR CENTER FACILITIES: Conley Guerrero Senior Activity Center • 26,000 Sq ft • Budget: $582,051 • • 412 programs offered in 2024 • 18,175 visitors in 2024 FTEs: 5.5 Lamar Senior Activity Center • 10,116 Sq ft • Budget: $529,595 • • 536 programs offered in 2024 • 18,234 visitors in 2024 FTEs: 5 South Austin Senior Activity Center • 13,041 Sq ft • Budget: $558,152 • • 482 programs offered in 2024 • 30,372 visitors in 2024 FTEs: 5 VARSITY GENERATION PROGRAMS: 4 Sites offering daily programming Monday – Friday 9:00am – 12:00pm: • Gus Garcia Recreation Center • Virginia Brown Recreation Center Turner Roberts Recreation Center • • Mendez Recreation Center • Dittmar Recreation Center • George Morales Dove Springs Recreation Center Sites offering weekly programming with varied days and times: • Dolores Duffie Recreation Center • Cantu Pan Am Recreation Center • Montopolis Recreation Center • South Austin Recreation Center • Hancock Recreation Center CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM - 62,627 meals served in FY24 - Budget: $367,134 - Partnership with Capital Area Council of Governments & Meals on Wheels of Central Texas - 9 City Locations:  Gus Garcia Recreation Center  Asian American Resource Center  Virginia Brown Recreation Center  Alamo Recreation Center  Conley Guerrero Senior Activity Center  Mendez Recreation Center  Durwood Neighborhood Center  South Austin Senior Activity Center  George Morales Dove Springs Recreation Center 5 RESOURCES & SERVICES OFFERED AT OUR SITES Food Resources • • Health / Exercise Resources • Social Lifestyle Programs • Creative Arts • Safety and emergency preparedness Technology • Community connections • • Continuing Education • Special Events Excursions • 6 HEALTHY/ EXERCISE RESOURCES Programs: Line Dancing • • Golden Rollers • Walk and Talk • • Senior Gardening Golden Rollers by Gishiallo • Gentle Morning Yoga • • Tai Chi Stretch and Strength • Water Aerobics Open Play Pickle Ball • Billiards • Ping Pong • • Card Games • Weight Room Library • Fusion Fitness Find Balance Strength and Stretch Zumba Gold • Writing the Stories of your Life • • • • • Yoga Flow • Core and restore Peaceful Yoga • Pilates • Square Dancing • Health Education Free Flu shots • Free health screenings services • Free blood pressure check • • Diabetes Programming • • Healthy Meal Planning Sun / Heat / Weather Safety 8 CREATIVE ARTS  Ballet Folklorico  Wednesday Night Dances  Austin Acoustical Cafe  Quilting  Crochet  Pallet Club  Painting  Improv Theatre  Music and Movement  Card Making  Ceramics  Cultural Art based projects  Creative writing  Quilting  Soap Making  Candle Making  Vintage Voices  Holiday Crafting FOOD RESOURCES • Congregate Meal Programming • Central Texas Food Bank • HOPE: Healthy Options Program for the Elderly by Austin Public Health Fresh Food for Families by Austin Public Health • • Nutrition lectures/ demonstrations on healthy eating • Diabetes Awareness Classes • Cooking Classes • Keep Austin Fed COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS 10 Non-profit organizations Including St Davids, Aging is Cool, AGE of Central Texas. The Helper Bees, Engage of Central Texas, and Meals on Wheels of Central Texas “Friends of” Groups Including Conley Guerrero Advisory Board & Guild, South Austin Senior Activity Center Advisory Board, and Lamar Senior Activity Center Advisory Board & Guild AARP University of Texas Austin Community College Other City Departments Commission on Aging Austin ISD Capital Area Council of Governments Central Health Capital Metro Various Insurance Providers Various Medical Organizations Texas Transportation Institute 11 SENIOR TRANSPORTATION 12 • 12 drivers (3 FTE / 9 Temp) • Budget: $507,385 • 2 Federal Grants: • CAPCOG - $97,000 • FTA Grant – $347,625 Recently awarded $753,316 for next grant cycle • Daily routes to local centers that provide daily hot meals • Medical Rides • Personal Rides to grocery stores, salon, shopping • 2024 – 17,756 rides provided • 8,878 round trip rides ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING: 13 Bringing Seniors Together: Varsity Generation Outreach: • • • Created by committee of staff from multiple recreation and senior centers 9 events for Seniors from all over the city Enrollment: 936 participants in FY24 • 2 locations: • • Pickfair Community Center Circle C Community Center • Daily programming from 9am – 1pm • Enrollment: 537 registrations in 2024 Varsity Games: • 8 city wide events including: Pickleball Basketball • • • Golf • • • • yard games Cycling Tennis volleyball CONTACT INFORMATION: ADULT 50+ SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER KELLY MALTSBERGER – KELLY.MALTSBERGER@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV CONLEY GUERRERO SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER JOHNNY SALDANA – JOHNNY.SALDANA@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV LAMAR SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER JOHN HARROS – JOHN.HARROS@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV SOUTH AUSTIN SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER JASON MILLER – JASON.MILLER@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV SENIOR TRANSPORTATION MIGUEL ALVAREZ – MIGUEL.ALVAREZ@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV VARSITY GENERATION OUTREACH & VARSITY GAMES BARBARA GARCIA – BARBARA.GARCIA@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV THANK YOU