The Durango Community Recreation Center is part of Silver&Fit network of more than 12,000 fitness centers.
Many Medicare plans offer the Silver&Fit Exercise and Healthy Aging program to promote health through regular exercise. Program participants are eligible to use the recreation center at no or low cost.
The Silver&Fit program covers all classes offered at the facility, and it also covers all amenities, such as weight and cardiovascular equipment, the gymnasium and the pool facility.
The program is available to people who are Medicare-eligible and have purchased Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement coverage that includes the Silver&Fit program.
To see if a Medicare plan includes Silver&Fit, seniors can call their health plan or call Medicare at (800) 633-4227.
For more about the recreation center, call 375-7300.
Heart Safe La Plata will offer training in basic first aid and CPR from 3 to 6 p.m. and basic first aid and adult CPR/AED from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 7 at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive.
A CPR Pro class will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 at the same location.
To register, email classes@heartsafelaplata.org or call 799-3260.
For more information, visit www.heartsafelaplata.org.
Athletes to End Alzheimer’s will host a 5K/10K walk/run at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 10 at Santa Rita Park.
Caitlin Cannon of the Cannondolls and other musicians will play along the route. Participants will have the chance to win prize money.
There will be a sports expo, silent and live auctions and a living-assistance expo.
All of the registration fees will go to the Athletes to the End Alzheimer’s scholarship through the Fort Lewis College Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association of Durango.
The scholarship is given to pre-med students to encourage research and participation in Alzheimer’s and dementia-related research, diagnosis and treatment.
To register for the event, visit https://stanthemarathonman.org/events.
For more information, call 259-4395.
Mercy Regional Medical Center will hold a prediabetes course from 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 2 in Suite 140 of the medical office building at 1010 Three Springs Blvd.
Attendees will learn how to manage prediabetes and help prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes.
People diagnosed with prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Effectively managing prediabetes can help prevent diabetes.
The risk of developing Type 2 diabetes can be significantly reduced through weight loss and exercise, which are more effective than medication alone.
To register, call 764-3415.
Herald Staff
