Senior Activities
At Redding Recreation, we value our Seniors! We want to help you live healthy, challenging, and satisfying lives by offering classes, events, and activities that you will enjoy. Please call our office at 225-4095 for sign up information.
Bird Watching
Adults
Learn to know and enjoy the birds around us! After a discussion on binoculars, field guides and their use, we will stroll through bird-rich Turtle Bay to identify and observe. You will be on you way to become a birding expert.
Dates:
Sat • 5/11 • 10:00am-11:00am
Sat • 6/8 • 10:00am-11:00am
Sat •7/13 • 10:00am-11:00am
Sat • 8/10 • 10:00am-11:00am
Sat • 9/14 • 10:00am-11:00am
Materials: Binoculars and Field Guides will be provided for use during the class
Location: Meet at Turtle Bay Monolith
Fee: Free
Quilting for Beginners
Adults
Students will learn the basic skills necessary to make a quilt top by the conclusion of the class. This class is perfect for those who have wanted to try their hand at making their own quilt.
Dates:
W • 6/5-6/26 • 6:00-9:00 pm
W •7/10-7/31 •6:00-9:00 pm
W •8/7-8/28 • 6:00-9:00 pm
Materials: Students will need to bring a sewing machine, fabric and thread scissors and pins.
Location: Caldwell Recreation Center
Fee: $21
Walk With Ease
Walk with Ease is a multi-component program that includes walking, health education, stretching and strengthening exercises, and motivational strategies. Participants meet three times a week for six-weeks; group is led by a trained leader. Walk with Ease is an evidence-based program for people with chronic conditions, resulting in benefits such as increased physical activity, increased walking distance and speed, decreased pain, and decreased depression. It is a program of the Arthritis Foundation designed for people with or without arthritis that would like to begin a regular walking program. For local Arthritis Foundation contacts, visit www.arthritis.org. Instructor, Audrey DeLong.
Dates:
M/T/Th • 5/6-6/13 • 5:30-7:00 pm
Location: Caldwell Recreation Center
Fee: $15 and includes free incentive gifts
Master's Swim Practice
This class is for all swimmers from beginning to advanced levels and ages 16+. Swimmers will be challenged with a variety of sprint, mid-distance, and long distance workouts incorporating all strokes. Other team-oriented activities like relays and water polo may be integrated and swimmers will be invited to join in regular open water swims at Whiskeytown Lake. The Masters Swim class is especially good for lifeguards trying to stay in shape and former age group and college swimmers looking to enjoy a team workout in a relaxed yet challenging atmosphere.
Dates:
M-Th 5/13-6/6 5:15pm-6:15pm
M-Th 6/10-8/15* 7:00am-8:00am
M-Th 8/19-8/29 5:15pm-6:15pm
Note: *No class 7/18
Fee: $5 per class or use Water Fitness Pass
Stand Up Paddleboarding Clinic
This class is designed as an introduction to the sport. Participants will learn proper paddling, safety, maneuvers, and familiarize themselves with Stand-Up Paddleboarding. SUP is an emerging global sport with a Hawaiian heritage. It utilizes a one-bladed paddle, while standing on a normal length surfboard. SUP has moved out of the surf zone and into inland waterways around the country. Flat water SUPing is a healthy, low-impact, and environmentally friendly paddle sport that appeals to both the young and the young-at-heart. Space is limited to 10 participants, so pre-registration is required. Instructor: Audrey DeLong.
Dates:
Sat • 5/25 • 12:00-3:00 pm
W • 5/29 • 5:45-8:45pm
Sat • 6/22 • 12:00-3:00 pm
W • 8/14 •5:45-8:45pm
Location: Whiskeycreek Beach
Fee: $40 per person
SUP Yogalates Class at the Aquatic Center
This is a class for both the beginner and the expert. Instructor Audrey DeLong will let students get familiar with the SUP boards and the yoga and Pilates poses separately, before combining the sports on the water. The paddle board makes a great yoga mat and the extra balance required by being on the water intensifies the yoga/Pilates routine. Unlike surfboards, SUP boards are much more stable. This is sure to be a great workout class and one you can drop in for or take all summer. Wear the same clothes you would wear to a regular yoga or fitness class or if it's warm you can wear your bathing suit. Remember to use sunscreen. SUP boards and paddles provided. Limited to the first 12 people to enroll.
Dates:
Tues• 6/18-8/20 •5:30-6:45 pm*
Sat • 6/29-8/31 •10:45 am-11:30 am*
Note: *No class 6/3, 7/9, 7/20, 8/6
Location: RAC
Fee: $5 or use Water Fitness Pass
Pickleball
Pickleball is a racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a doubles badminton court (which is smaller than a tennis court). The game is played with a hard paddle and a polymer wiffleball. It is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. usapa.org/offficialrules
Originally invented as a backyard pastime, pickleball is now an organized sport represented by national and international governing bodies. Since its inception in 1965, pickleball has spread across the United States and into Canada. It is now beginning to spread around the world. The United States Pickleball Association estimates there are more than 100,000 active pickleball players in that country alone. In Canada, where the game is still relatively new, there are already more than 5,000 players in just four provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario. Meanwhile new organizations like the Singapore Pickleball Association and the All India Pickleball Association are bringing the game to Asia and beyond.
Join the craze and have some fun with the Redding Pickleballers on the South City Park Tennis Courts, 1250 Parkview Avenue, Redding, CA 96001.
Dates: Monday-Saturday • February through May • 8:00-10:00 am
Location: Enterprise Park Roller Hockey Rink
Family Fun Sundays
The Wibits are here! And to celebrate bring the family, get your team together and prepare to take part in the Wibit Wipe Out Challenge. This fun challenge will pit 6 teams of 4 in an action-packed obstacle course show down to win the coveted title of Wibit Wipeout Warrior. The intrepid contestants - male and female, young and old, fit and not-so-fit - take on four fun challenges. Only the twelve most determined and fearless will make it to the next round. Whatever obstacles they confront. action, grit and spectacular spills are guaranteed. Be there to join in the fun!
Dates:
Sun • 6/9-9/1 • 1:00pm-4:00pm
Note: *Closed 6/23 &7/21
Location: Redding Aquatic Center
Fee: Admission for a family of 4 is just $10.00!