Evidence Based Health Promotions

The Mid-East Commission Area Agency on Aging participates in Evidence-Based Health Promotions programs through having a master trainer in Matter of Balance on staff, partnering with Pitt Community Schools to provide regional opportunities for program participation in Arthritis Foundation Exercise Programming, and providing coach trainings in Chronic Disease Self Management Program and Walk with Ease.  We team with our local providers to make these programs available to our seniors.  If you are interested in what's going on in your county or hosting a training, contact our AAA program coordinator Edwina Fyle at 252-974-1836 or email efyle@mideastcom.org.     

SENIOR GAMES

Carrying the Torch at an Opening Ceremony of the Regional Games

Greenville/Pitt County Senior Games serves all of our Mid-East Commission counties. The overall objective of the Senior Games Program is to encourage people 55 years of age and older to develop a healthier lifestyle by becoming more involved in physical fitness and social programs. The Greenville-Pitt County Senior Games offer athletic competition in over 20 different sports, SilverStriders Walking Program, and all categories of the SilverArts component. Participants are encouraged to attend exercise classes, swimming classes, art classes, clinics and/or develop their own training program in preparation for the games. The most important components of the program have been the fun and fellowship enjoyed by both the participants and the staff.

The development of the Senior Games Program has marked the beginning of a new commitment to better physical fitness and good health on the part of participants, governmental officials, professionals, and interested friends. While we have experienced great success over the past years, we have just begun to reach the potential that we have to serve hundreds of people. In 1984 45 seniors from the Pitt County area participated in the first local games. Since then, participation in the games has risen to over 400 senior adults from Pitt, Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford and Martin Counties. Greenville/Pitt County Senior Games has grown to offer year round programming with weekly training sessions, 3-on-3 basketball sessions, team softball in the summer months and the SportsFest Program, which is an opportunity for seniors to get involved for the first time or learn new skills. The Greenville/Pitt County Senior Games Program has weekly contacts with over 100 participants year round.

The lead agency for the Greenville/Pitt County Senior Games is Pitt County Community Schools and Recreation. Nineteen years of Senior Games programming have proven the true value of the program to seniors,  fitness, fun, fellowship, family, and friends. This program is enhancing the quality of life by keeping seniors healthier, happier, more independent, and doing the things they enjoy throughout their life. This impacts not only seniors, but their families and the community at large.

The Community Schools Program is located at 4561 County Home Road, Greenville, NC 27858.   You can contact them at 252-902-1975.

Carolyn Fulghum presented Alice Keene with the coveted Pioneer Spirit Award

Many of our Senior Centers participate in Walking Programs or the Eat Smart - Move More Challenge.  Seniors who participate in walking programs and healthy eating can earn prizes and recognitions.  To learn more about how you can earn rewards through healthy eating and physical activity, contact one of our local Senior Centers or call our office. 

Hertford County and Pitt County participants enjoy the competition and camaraderie of the games.