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Programs and Activities

Programs and Activities

There is something for everyone! The West Allis Senior Center offers many classes, events, and activities to keep adults over 55 active. View the Senior Center events calendar to see what's coming up next.

Arts, Crafts and Music

A variety of classes and activities are offered each week to inspire creativity and help adults over 55 strengthen their artistic skills or develop new ones, including:

  • Card Making, Stamping and Paper Craft - Monday afternoon

  • Fiber Arts and Crafting - Tuesday afternoons

  • Rag Rugs - Wednesday mornings

  • Knitting and Crocheting - Wednesday afternoons

  • Stained Glass Class - Wednesday afternoons

  • Donna Lexa Therapy Art- Thursday mornings

  • Crafting Corner - first Thursday of the month

  • Jewelry with Janet - third Thursday of the month

  • Painting - Friday afternoons

  • Harmonica - Friday afternoons

Fitness, Games and Recreation

The West Allis Senior Center also offers adults over 55 many health and wellness programs.

The Senior Center's fitness center has treadmills, recumbent bicycles, Keiser pneumatic weight equipment, free weights, and Nu-Step machines. An orientation is required to ensure safe use of the fitness center. Fitness center membership can be purchased at any time for $15. Membership lasts for 12 calendar months and provides access to the fitness center whenever it is open.

We also offer other fun, relaxing games and fitness classes to help seniors stay connected and active for free including:

  • Air hockey

  • Arthritis Exercise - Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings

  • Beginning Chess - Tuesday mornings

  • Beginning Sheepshead - Monday mornings

  • Billiards - Wednesday mornings

  • Bingo - second and fourth Friday of the month

  • Cardio Drumming- Tuesday afternoons

  • Chair Yoga - Tuesday and Thursday (Zoom) mornings

  • Chess Club - Tuesday mornings

  • Computer games

  • Dartball - Friday afternoons

  • Dominoes - Tuesday afternoons

  • Line Dancing - Monday afternoons

  • Movies - second and fourth Wednesday afternoons of the month

  • Pinocle- Tuesday afternoons

  • Qi-Gong - Thursday afternoons

  • Rummikub and Other Table Games - Monday afternoons

  • Sheepshead - Wednesday and Friday afternoons

  • Square Dancing- Friday afternoons

  • Stand Up For Your Health Program

  • Stepping On Program

  • Walk With Ease Program

  • Wii® bowling -Tuesday and Thursday afternoons

Technology

The West Allis Senior Center provides a state of the art computer lab staffed with helpful, patient volunteers who are glad to help members enhance their computer skills. Members can explore social media, digital photography and videography, email and online services, and Windows operating systems in our lab.

The West Allis Senior Center is now offering Computer training classes on the second and fourth Monday of the month.  A variety of one-hour lectures are offered. The training was supplied by AARP.  Come and learn something new.

Senior Nutrition Programs

The West Allis Senior Center is a meal site for the Milwaukee County Senior Dining Program.

In addition, we offer free bread and baked goods for our members through the generous donations of Food for the Hungry, which provides these items to supplement seniors' nutritional needs.