About Us
Who we are
Seniors Aging Gracefully, also known as S.A.G., is an amazing organization who brings people ages 55 and older together. Beginning in 2018, Seniors Aging Gracefully originally had roughly 20 participants. 50 participants actively participated in just one month. In November 2018, Seniors Aging Gracefully relocated to the Lambert’s Point Recreation Center until the pandemic forced all in-person gatherings to stop. While at the Lamberts Point Recreation Center, programs involved healthy meals, cultural and educational programs, outings, workshops, grocery and clothing distribution, and more. During this time S.A.G. serviced over 100 seniors on a weekly basis.
Why we do it
One reason why Seniors Aging Gracefully was formed was because seniors experienced being misunderstood, taken for granted, negativity, mistreatment from family, health and wellness issues. During the pandemic, the support system made from Seniors Aging Gracefully lead to calls coming from these seniors weekly requesting for them to return to in person meetings. May 2022, S.A.G’s returning meeting with Gethsemane Baptist Church had 90% of the former participants returning. The program continued with at least 50 participants being present monthly.
What we do
Seniors Aging Gracefully forms many partnership with community organizations to support our mission to serve seniors. One notable partnership is with the Tidewater Arts Outreach helping others explore their artistic creativity.
The Seniors Wellness and Activity Group (S.W.A.G.) is a program focuses on strengthening the mental and physical health of seniors. These activities include arts and crafts, theatre and improvisation, line dancing, yoga, karaoke, salsa dancing, Jazzercise, chair Zumba, computer classes, and more!
Where we are now
SAG currently holds monthly meetings at Gethsemane Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. This includes everything stated above with the programs like S.W.A.G but these activities also include things like luncheons.