Teaching Seniors is a Gift!

I recently received an e-mail from an instructor who was not going to be teaching her SilverSneakers class anymore.  It reminds us of why we continue to put our time into designing a fun and effective class!  Here is her e-mail:

Hi~

Hope your summer is going well, too!

In May, I graduated from the Occupational Therapy program and accepted a full-time job at Riverside in Hampton, VA!  My last SilverSneakers class was in June and was really difficult to teach.  There were new faces in the crowd, but it was the relationships from over the years that tugged at my heart.  Fortunately, I continue to keep in touch with some of my SS buddies and will always cherish their friendships.  If participants of the SS program benefited or received only a portion of what they gave to me- then we all won!

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of such an outstanding program.  It was the SS program that started my pursuit of Occupational Therapy!

Debra Barry
There is no greater human gift that kindness.