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Our Whole Community Walking Club  - Is on Hiatus until the Fall! 

Boost Your Brain Club Meetings - Last Thursday of every month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at St. Margaret Mary Church.  All are welcome! Please join us to learn about ways to stimulate your brain and learn what you need to do everyday to maintain your brain for the long term.  Questions?  Please contact Joann Ruiz at 407-998-5659 or at joann@stmargaretmary.org.  By joining the club, you will become a member of the Winter Park Library's Lifelong Learning Institute that offers many wonderful educational programs. 

Support Group for Caregivers of Persons with Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer's.  Meetings the First Tuesday of Every Month from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Daybreak at the Miller Center, 2010 Mizell Avenue, Winter Park.  Call 407-629-4565 if respite care is needed for your loved one while you attend the meetings.  This service is offered free of charge.  

Brain Fitness Club is a program for persons experiencing early memory loss.  It is held from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Tuesdays and Fridays with socialization, light physical exercise, mental stimulation and coping strategies all in a relaxed supportive fun environment.  Contact Peggy Bargmann at 407-927-4380 or email at brain.fitness@yahoo.com to discuss appropriateness of program and possible enrollment.  Each person must be evaluated before enrollment.  Sessions are held at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.

Sit to be Fit, Mondays from 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Azalea Lane Recreation Center, 1045 Azalea Lane, Winter Park.  Chair exercises for every fitness level.  Offers aerobic benefits, stretching and strengthening.  Great for improving balance and just plain fun.  Contact Personal Trainer, Many Nice, for more information at 407-754-6190 or email at nicelifenow@gmail.com.  

Sit to be Fit, Tuesdays from 10:30 am - 11:30 am, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church.  Chair exercises for every fitness level.  Offers aerobic benefits, stretching and strengthening.  Great for improving balance and just plain fun.  Contact Personal Trainer, Many Nice, for more information at 407-754-6190 or email at nicelifenow@gamil.com.  

Jazzercise, Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat from 9:30 am - 10:30 am.  and Monday through Thursday from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.  Cost is $34/month or $80 for eight weeks of unlimited classes.  The joining fee of $35 is waived for church members.  There is an additional 30 minute "Personal Touch" class on Saturday using resistance tubes and bands at 10:35 am.  Contact Nancy Lowe, certified Jazzercise instructor, at 407-321-7761 with any questions. 

Tai Chi, Mondays and Fridays 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Winter Park Presbyterian Church.  Classes are offered free of charge to church members. Non-members are charged a $6.00 fee per class. The ongoing class has been held at the church for about the last 5 years and another six years prior at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. Some of the groups 30 or so members started 11 years ago and continue to reap the benefits of the slow and gentle exercises. Most participants feel in increase in range of motion, release of stress, and a general sense of well being and a fun and interesting environment. Any age adult in any type of physical health is invited to watch or participate in a class. Please contact Jim Moltzan at 407-234-0119 or info@mindandbodymartials.com for further details. 

Gentle Yoga, Mondays and Fridays 10:30 am -11:30am, First United Methodist Church of Winter Park.  Classes are taught by Gwen Burnett, certified Yoga teacher in the integral Hatha Yoga tradition and registered Yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.  Donations are accepted.  

Hatha Yoga classes (Level 1) - held on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 and on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park in the Family Life Center Room 305. Monday class includes light hand weights. Classes are open to all members of the community and no prior experience is necessary. Beginners learn and improve poses and breathing; experienced students focus on the foundations of their practice. The cost is $14 for single classes, $44 for four classes, and $80 for eight classes. Scholarships are available. Classes are taught by Vickie Reedy, certified instructor in YogaFit and Sign Chi Do (a medically-based Christian relaxation program).

Hatha Yoga classes (Level 2) - held on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 - 10:45 am at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park in the Family Life Center Room 305 from 9:30 to 10:45. More challenging poses are presented by Vickie and poses are held longer than in Level 1.

 

 

GROWTH

OUR PURPOSE

The purpose of “Our Whole Community” community garden is to provide a place for members of the Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park communities to come together to grow and harvest produce in a healthy and productive manner.  Educational opportunities will be available to learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare fresh fruits and vegetables with a focus on the economical, physical, emotional and spiritual benefits that come from gardening.

COMMUNITY GARDENS 

Our existing community garden is located at Winter Park Presbyterian Church of Winter Park.  If interested in a garden box, please see membership and contact information below.  Our second garden is at DePugh Nursing Center, 550 W. Morse Blvd in Winter Park.  We are beginning work on building the garden and have several work days planned over the next few months.  Many volunteers are needed to help build this beautiful garden. 

 

 DEPUGH NURSING CENTER COMMUNITY GARDEN UPDATE-

NEW COMMUNITY GARDEN - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
A new community garden is underway at the Gardens of Depugh Nursing Center in Winter Park at 550 W. Morse Blvd. (property is behind the Center off of Welbourne) and we need your help!  We are scheduling work days throughout the summer and through the fall for building the garden boxes and beautifying the garden space.  This is a wonderful opportunity to support the community and earn service hours for your community organizations.  A portion of the garden vegetables and fruits are donated to local food pantries to help feed the less fortunate.  If you have an hour or two to help, the upcoming work days in July are:
 
Saturday, July 10th - 7:00 am - 10:00 am - We will be raking and general cleanup of debris.  We have installed a new fence and we will be painting the fence posts. 
 
Saturday, July 17th - 7:00 am - 10:00 am - We will continue pickup of debris and will rototill a portion of the site.  Also, continue to paint the fence posts.   
 
Please wear old clothes and shoes.  Please bring rakes, shovels, large plastic tubs (if have them), gloves, water, and don't forget the sunscreen. 
 
If you have any questions or wish to donate labor or construction materials (concrete, concrete blocks, concrete mixers, trenchers, piping, pickup trucks, etc.) for construction of the garden boxes, please contact Joann Ruiz at 321-356-0989.

 

 To see our monthly planting calendar - click here.

OUR GARDEN CONSULTANT

Drew Byrne has a degree in plant science horticulture from the University of Idaho. She has experience in landscaping, teaching and research.

MEMBERSHIP

The beds will be leased on a first-come first-serve basis. The cost is $15 per bed per growing season (one season starting in January, a second season starting in July). A donation of 10% of your harvest is required. Two hours per month of work in the garden’s common areas and/or compost areas is also required beyond the work in your own bed. If you are unable to pay the monetary fee, please notify the Garden Leadership Committee so sponsorship arrangements can be made.

The garden beds are available to individuals, families, groups and clubs in the Eatonville, Maitland, and Winter Park communities. Previous gardening experience is not required. People of all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate. Interested in Participating?  Contact Denise Riccio  email: denise.riccio@ci.orlando.fl.us or 407-246-2212. 

 

See article in the current publication of Natural Awakenings about Community Gardens in the Orlando Area.  Click Here to read article.

Other Educational Opportunites

The Orange County Extension Center has an excellent website with information on planting flowers and vegetables.  They offer many seminars and classes taught by expert gardeners. Their website address is http://ocextension.ifas.ufl.edu.

Simple Living Institute is a non-profit organization.  They reach out to the community by hosting educational programs at community parks and universities.  Please visit their website address at www.simplelivinginstitute.org.

 

 

 
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