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WELLNESS SERVICES Did You Know?
Love In Tennis Shoes The SilverSneakers Fitness Program®
is designed specifically for senior
adults and concentrates on improving
strength and flexibility so daily living
activities become easier. It’s a fun way
to stay in shape and increase social
interaction. SilverSneakers® engages
members and helps keep them motivated
to improve their own health and well-
being. SilverSneakers® classes include
circuit training, water aerobics and yoga.
The program is offered at no charge
for eligible participating Medicare
Supplemental Insurance clients. Visit
www.navicenthealth.org/wellnesscenter
for more details!
W hen Jean Ivey’s husband passed “I always introduce new members to the in September 2015. At the reception, they
suddenly in 2012, she decided class, and when Wayne joined, I said, played Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud,”
to join SilverSneakers, a ‘Wayne, meet Jean and Jean, meet Wayne.’ a song that Stone had debuted during their
national health and wellness There was just something about them. I first SilverSneakers class together.
program for adults over age 65. After could see the sparks,” said SilverSneakers
joining SilverSneakers at Wellness Center, Coordinator Stone. “It became our song after that,” Jean
Navicent Health, Jean began taking classes laughed.
taught by her friend, Sandra Stone. Stone gently fanned those sparks into
flames, casually mentioning to Jean that Stone’s motto for her SilverSneakers
“I needed structure in my life, something Wayne was not married. When a group program is “get fit, make friends, have fun.”
to make me get up out of bed, dress and be from SilverSneakers went to lunch after a For the Woodworths, the motto rings as
somewhere. The SilverSneakers program yoga class the following Thursday, Wayne true as a wedding bell.
was absolutely built for me. I plugged joined. Afterwards, he walked Jean to her
myself right in,” said Jean. car and asked if he could see her again. “We are meant to be more than by
Their relationship blossomed during the ourselves, especially when you get to be a
She never dreamed of finding romance Cherry Blossom Festival, when Wayne senior. People should get out. I tell people
at the Wellness Center, but in February escorted Jean, the 2015 Cherry Blossom to come to SilverSneakers – there’s a lot of
2015, Wayne Woodworth attended his Senior Princess, to a number of events benefit!” said Wayne.
first SilverSneakers class, and a love story and assisted her with church tours. Wayne
began. proposed in June and the couple married
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