Senior Programs
Senior programming with Southgate Recreation & Park District feels a bit like joining a lively neighborhood where every day brings a new reason to smile. Whether you’re stretching into a morning exercise class, stitching up something beautiful in sewing, dealing a winning hand at cards, or tending to blossoms in the community garden, there’s always a place to jump in and feel at home. Add in cheerful day trips, creative workshops, and plenty of friendly faces, and you’ve got a vibrant hub where staying active, social, and curious comes naturally. It’s not just a program — it’s a community that makes every moment feel like a good one waiting to happen.
Sunshine Club Activities
4000 Fruitridge Road | (916) 422-7610
Sewing Group
Mondays & Wednesdays | 9 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Bingo
Monday–Friday | 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Bridge Group
Wednesdays | 10 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Kundalini Yoga
Thursdays | 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Fitness Friday
Fridays | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sunshine Club Coordination Team Meetings
Every 2nd Tuesday | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Jose P. Rizal Community Center
7320 Florin Mall Drive | (916) 395-0601
Never Too Late Aerobics (NTLA)
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays | 10:30 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.
Pat O’Brien Community Center
8025 Waterman Road | (916) 526-0234
Never Too Late Aerobics (NTLA)
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Walk With Ease
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays | 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Enhance® Fitness
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays | 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Kundalini Yoga
Tuesdays | 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Christine Thompson Aquatic Center
8025 Waterman Road | (916) 526-0234
Water Aerobics
Monday & Wednesday Evenings | 7:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursday Mornings | 8 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
Sunshine Club of Fruitridge Community Center
Sunshine Club Coordination Team Meetings:
The Sunshine Club Coordination Team meets every second Tuesday of the month from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Coordination Team positions available! Help plan Senior activities & events at Fruitridge Community Center!
Contact Fruitridge Community Center Staff for information about Sunshine Club positions: (916) 422-7610
Free Groups & Classes
Sewing Group
The Southgate Sewing Group invites you to bring your sewing, knitting, or crochet projects to life in a warm and supportive environment. All ages and skill levels are welcome, just bring your own supplies and sewing machine. An iron and ironing board are always available, and while there’s no formal instructor, Nora, our friendly facilitator, is happy to help! Stay for an hour or spend the day stitching and socializing. Please contact Nora for more info: (916) 743-4028.
Bring your sewing machine to the Sewing Group the last Friday of each month for cleaning and oiling with Nora from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: Fruitridge Community Center, 4000 Fruitridge Road
Bingo Group
This drop-in program runs Monday – Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Participants can stop by during scheduled hours to play BINGO in a relaxed, casual, social setting. It requires no registration, encourages community connection, and is a fun, easy way for people to gather and enjoy a classic game together. Bingo cards are available on-site. Please call the front desk for more details (916) 395-0601.
Location: Fruitridge Community Center, 4000 Fruitridge Road
Bridge Group
Whether you’re a seasoned player or curious to learn the game, the Fruitridge Bridge club offers a welcoming space to enjoy Bridge in good company. Join us for a lively day of cards and camaraderie every Wednesday at Fruitridge Community Center. Come for the game and stay for the friendships! Please call the front desk for more details (916) 422-7610.
Location: Fruitridge Community Center, 4000 Fruitridge Road
Fitness Fridays
This fitness class is designed especially for active older adults. This session blends gentle cardio, light strength training, balance practice and flexibility work to help you stay strong, steady and confident in your daily activities. Every movement can be modified, and participants are encouraged to go at their own pace. Expect uplifting music, supportive instruction, and a welcoming community that celebrates progress in every form. It’s a perfect way to boost your mood, improve mobility, and end the week feeling fantastic! Please call the front desk for more details (916) 395-0601.
Location: Fruitridge Community Center, 4000 Fruitridge Road
Exercise and Fitness Classes
Preregistration is Required
Please note: Preregistration is required for all classes. Classes will be cancelled one week prior to the class start date if minimum numbers are not met.
Kundalini Yoga *NEW CLASS!*
Menopause, the time when a woman stops having her menstrual period, happens to all women regardless of religion, race, socio-economic status or place of residence. Perimenopause usually begins about 4-6 years before menopause begins, but it can last for up to 10 years. Symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, forgetfulness, irritability, fatigue are not uncommon. And while they usually subside within a couple of months, they can be very uncomfortable, and increase stress. This kundalini series is made up of 5 kriyas – 1 learned each week – that have been proven to improve the physical and emotional symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause.
Location: Fruitridge Community Center, 4000 Fruitridge Road
Date & Time: Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Cost: $35
Location: Pat O’Brien Community Center, 8025 Waterman Road
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Cost: $28
Water Aerobics
Join your friends for a low-impact workout that will increase your flexibility and range of motion while building cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength. Class is taught in shallow water and is suitable for all fitness levels.
Location: Christine Thompson Aquatic Center, 8025 Waterman Road
Monday & Wednesday Evenings, 7:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday & Thursday Mornings 8 a.m. – 8:45a.m.
Never Too Late Aerobics
Now streaming live on Zoom (only available for Jose P. Rizal Community Center classes), Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In the comfort of your own home, you can participate in this low- impact aerobics program designed specifically for individuals 50 years and age and older. Aerobics aids in the improvement of circulation, mobility, flexibility, muscle tone, balance, and posture. To register you will need to purchase a $24 10 punch pass. Please call the front desk for more details (916) 395-0601.
Location: Jose P. Rizal Community Center & Pat O’Brien Community Center
Walk with Ease
Walk With Ease is a 6-week program that teaches you how to safely make physical activity part of your everyday life. The program is designed to help relieve arthritis pain but is suitable for anyone. Each session meets for six weeks, three times per week, lasting about one hour. All you need to get started are comfortable clothes and supportive shoes.
Enhance® Fitness
Enhance®Fitness is an evidence-based group physical activity program developed specifically for older adults. The program is both arthritis-friendly and a fall prevention program, with exercises focusing on four key areas important to the health and fitness of participants: low impact cardiovascular; dynamic/static balance work, strength training and stretching. Classes meet three times a week, an hour each session, providing social stimulation as well as physical benefits. Each class includes a warm-up, cardiovascular workout, cool down, strength training and stretching.
