It’s Time to Revamp Senior Centers

Most of them are pretty boring

Mary McGrath
Crow’s Feet
Published in
3 min readMar 22

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Making friends at the Culver City Senior Center-2012-Photo courtesy of Mary McGrath

I don’t know about you guys, but whenever I’ve visited a senior center, it’s pretty anemic. Usually, there are some card games, donuts, and a pool table. Beyond that, there’s not a whole lot going on.

The Culver City Senior Center where I volunteered in Los Angeles was a different type of place. Inside, there were 101 classes…

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Mary McGrath
Crow’s Feet

Top writer in humor, short stories, writing, advice and poetry. She’s written for Newsweek, Wall St. Journal, Good Housekeeping, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.