Seniors
Don't just sit there! Come join us for lots of exciting activities!
You have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of recreation activities. Take some time out for fun, fitness, and fellowship, developing new skills, renewing an old hobby, making new friends, and more. No invitation is needed and THE BENEFITS ARE ENDLESS!!! Put your name on the mailing list to receive up-to-date information on programs for adults age 55 and better. Details on programs listed, as well as new programs and trips, are described in the SENIOR CHALLENGE which is distributed monthly. Call the Senior Division at 692-7376 or email Rynet Oxendine oxendine@southernpines.net
Volunteering is a great way to learn about the Town and Programs offered through the senior division and the Recreation Department. Make new friends and have fun with us at the Douglass Community Center. Please call 692-7376 to register as a volunteer or just come by and pick up a calendar of events.
Online payment of Recreation fees is now available.
The following links will take you to information about the various Senior programs we offer.
Senior Travel
Trips are the most famous activities we provide for our older adults. We enjoy different kinds of trips all over North Carolina and parts of South Carolina. Enjoy fun, fellowship and food!
African American Cultural Complex Museum
The African American Cultural Complex Museum has a unique collection of artifacts, documents and displays of outstanding contributions made by African Americans that are housed in several buildings along a picturesque nature trail. There is no admission; however, donations are welcomed. In honor of Black History Month we will travel to Raleigh to enjoy the African American Cultural Complex Museum.
Please register by January 27
Location: Campbell House Parking Lot
Date: February 10, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 3:00 pm
Min/Max: 9/13
Fee: $10r / $20nr
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Senior Special Events
Birthday/Bingo Bash
Come and celebrate your birthday at the Douglass Community Center for the months of January, February, March and April. Anyone can attend. Enjoy food, fun and bingo! The cost is free to those who have birthdays in the aforementioned months.
Please register by January 19
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: January 26, 2010
Time: 11:30 - 12:30 pm
National Snack Food Month
February is National Snack Food Month. For brown bag lunch/game day we will have everyone bring in their favorite snack food and share it with everyone. We will even make some yummy chocolate covered goodies. We will serve beverages.
Please register by January 26
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: February 4 NEW DATE
Time: 11:30 - 12:30 pm
Fee: Free to those that bring a snack
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Pluto Discovered
Come join us as we discuss the planet Pluto before and after its discovery. Is Pluto the ninth planet or not? We will enjoy UFO pizzas, beverages and dessert while learning about this controversial planet.
Please resgister by February 11
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: February 16 NEW DATE
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
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CLUBS
Learn new skills, meet new people and have fun!
Canasta
Canasta is a matching game in which the object is to create melds of cards of the same rank and then go out by playing or discarding all cards in your hand.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Chess
Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. Don Hammerman instructs all levels of participants. Bring a board and enjoy the challenge!
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Thursdays
Time: 1:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mahjong Club
Mahjong is a game that originated in China and requires four players. Mahjong involves skill, strategy, an calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck. We have several sets so more individuals can play. The group at Douglass Community Center plays the Chinese version. Come join and learn to play if you have never tried. It is great fun! The group meets at 12:30 pm on the last Thursday of the month.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Last Thursday of the month
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
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Craft Club
Are you crafty? Artistic? Then join the Douglass Community Center's Craft Club. The club makes jewelry, decorations, and more. You will have the opportunitiy to meet new people while having fun. All crafts are free!
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Fridays
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00 pm
Trivia Day
Regardless of one's age and physical ability, games such as golf, billiards, board games, etc. are considered to be those types of recreational activities that people select to try in order to increase their mental and/or physical skills while enjoying the excitement. Games increase a person's capabilities and assist in developing a better understanding of ourselves.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Last Tuesday of the month
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Fitness & Classes for Seniors
Our fitness and wellness programs provide individuals with the opportunity to engage in fun and healthy activities. These programs provide low-impact exercise to help maintain a positive, life long regime.
Senior Gym Time
Walking is one of the best methods of exercising. It helps burn calories, reduces the risk of developing or dying of heart disease, helps maintain healthy bones, controls blood pressure, etc. Come out and join the senior gym time and enjoy walking while meeting new people.
Location: Southern Pines Recreaion Center
160 Memorial Park Court
Date: Monday - Friday
Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am (September - February)
Fee: $10r / $20nr through February
WII Fit
The Douglass Community Center recently added the Nintendo Wii Fit to the program. You can do yoga, balance games, strength training and aerobics. It is one of the most physically challenging game consoles. The Wii Fit is availabel for use Monday thru Friday frm 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.
WII League
Bring a friend or foe and join a Wii League. You can play tennis, bowling, baseball, golf and boxing! Four players can play at a time. You can create your own Mii (a version of youself) to save on file. Contact Rynet Oxendine to set up league play.
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Line Dancing 
Line dancing is one of the most fun ways to get healthy and stay fit. You can lower your cholesterol, strengthen your heart and have fun at the same time. Join Carole Amlot as she teaches old favorites and new dances.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Sessions: Two month cycle beginning at the first of the month.
Fee: $28r / $56nr
Min/Max: 5/15
Tap Dance
Have you got Happy Feet? Do you like to perform in front of an audience? Come join us at the Douglass Community Center and learn all the tap dancing moves from instructor Mary Lou Bernett.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Dates: Wednesday (six month cycle beginning in September)
Time: Beginner - 5:00 pm
Advanced - 3:00 pm
Fee: $15r/$30nr
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Fitness Room
Get into shape in our Douglass Community Center fitness room. Equipment available includes: exercise balls, stretch bands, free weights, bench press, shoulder press, bikes and more. Fitness room is open during regular operating hours. You can not get a better deal than this for fitness equipment!
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Monday through Friday
September through February
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Fee: $10r /$20nr
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Table Tennis
Do you enjoy playing table tennis? Come out and join Mary Cruisus as she instructs. It is a great way to have fun and meet new people.
Location: Douglass Coummunity Center
Date: Tuesdays & Thursdays (September - February)
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fee: 10r / $20nr
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Fishing "NEW"
Grandkids coming and want to go fishing or you just decided it might be fun for a few hours but you don't have a rod or reel? Come by the Douglass Community Center Office and check out a Zebco 33 classic rod and reel. Must fill out registration form then a check out card will be issued. Equipment available during operating hours. Call for more information 692-2463.
Bocce Ball
Visit the Douglass Community Center and enjoy this fun and fast-paced game with fellow participants. You have a choice of playing indoor or outdoor bocce ball. Play begins every Friday.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Fridays
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fee: Free
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Shuffleboard - Memorial Park Court
Enjoy one of the most popular and fun games for free! The shuffleboard courts are located at Memorial Park behind the tennis courts. Keys are available for check out from the Douglass Community Center
Location: Memorial Park Shuffleboard Courts
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Education
We offer education programs dedicated to older adults. These programs are designed to help educate and prepare older adults for certain issues.
(You must pre-register for all Education Classes)
International Day of Disabled Persons
The annual observance of the Day aims to increase awareness and understanding of disablility issues and trends, and to mobilize support for practical action at all levels, by, with and for persons with diabilities. The Day was proclaimed in 1992 to commemorate the anniversary of the World Program of Action concerning Disabled Persons, adopted by the General Assembly to promote understanding about disability issues and ato increase awareness of gains from integrating disabled persons into all aspects of political, social, economic and cultural life.
Light refreshments will be served.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: December 15
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Blood is traditionally in short supply during the winter months due to the holidays, travel schedules, inclement weather and illness. January, in particular, is a difficult month for blood centers to collect blood donations. A reduction in turnout can put our nation's blood inventory at a critical low. AABB in conjunction with Amercia's Blood Centers and athe Amercian Red Cross, is celebrating National Blood Donor Month (NBDM) 2009 to encourage donors to give or pledge to give blood. A representative from the American Red Cross will be at the DCC to talk about the importance of donating blood.
Please register by January 8
Light refreshments will be served.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: January 12
Time: 11:30 - 12:30 pm
Black History Month
Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month". What you might not know is that black history had barely begun to be studied-or even documented-when the tradition originated. Although blacks have been in America at least as far back as colonial times, it was not until the 20th century that they gained respectable presence in the history books. A representative will be at the Douglass Community Center to talk about the importance of Black History Month.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please register by February 15
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: February 23
Time: 11:30 - 12:30 pm
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Monthly Activities
Every month we sponsor or host various activities that are free to all. We provide legal services, access to the Moore County Library and more!
Brown Bag Lunch and Game Day 
Eat your lunch, enjoy refreshments, drinks then when lunch is over we play some games. Bingo, Scattergories, Phase 10, Bridge, and Taboo are just a few of the games the group attempts. Do you have a favorite you would like to share? Bring it along! Please register the Friday before.
Location: Douglass Community Center Lounge
Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 11:30 am- 1:30 pm
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Moore County Book Mobile
Do you enjoy reading? Visit the Douglass Community Center to check out books every other Tuesday of the month from the Moore County Book Mobile. All you need is a library card from Carthage, Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Robbins or Vass.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Every other Tuesday
Time: 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: FREE
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Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. come tot he Douglass Community Center the second Tuesday of the month. They provide legal services at no cost to individuals who meet the requirements.
Location: Douglass Community Center
Date: Second Tuesday of the month
Time: 12:00 am - 3:00 pm
Blood Pressure Check
Linda Wallace, Vice President of Patient Care Services/CNO, from FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital will visit the Douglass Community Center to do free blood pressure checks.
Dates: Second Tuesday of the month
Time: 1:00 - 1:30 pm
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