Mercy Hilltop Center Helps Seniors Stay Active While Building New Relationships: Giving You the Business – Erie News Now [Video]

Making new friends and staying active is important. That’s what Mercy Hilltop in Erie is all about. It is a subcontracted senior center through GECAC’s Area Agency on Aging. Among the classes offered is this one, where hundreds of knitted hats are made and donated to public schools through the United Way.

“I do chair chair yoga, qigong, and then I do ballet on Tuesdays,” said Roberta Yetman.

Roberta Yetman and fellow seniors have found a place that is serious about the wellness of senior citizens.

“It was a way to reach out to seniors to give them inspiration. mind, body and spiritual wellness,” said Dina Scribner.

Dina Scribner is talking about the start of the Mercy Hilltop Senior Center, created by the Sisters of Mercy in 1973.

While no religious programs are offered, seniors can check in. They can choose a scheduled program when they visit, that ranges from a variety of group games even painting class—where these works of art along the back wall have come from.

Seniors can …

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