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The grant from the Reeve Foundation enabled 125 LIVE to expand services to be more accessible, including their fitness center.
Resource Center distributes several grants under the Quality of Life program, awarding grants in different categories, varying in different amounts. 125 LIVE was the recipient of a Direct Effect Quality of Life Grant. The grant from the Reeve Foundation enabled 125 LIVE to expand services to be more accessible for adults in our community who use ambulatory aids like wheelchairs. Our goal through this partnership is to provide everyone a place to work out without creating a “clinical” atmosphere. Instead, offering a fun fitness center experience modified to accommodate almost all abilities and forms of mobility. 125 LIVE created a welcoming atmosphere by knocking down barriers to accessibility. 125 LIVE provides power door openers in our locker rooms, an aquatic wheelchair for the ramp into the warm water pool that we share with the Rec Center, a helpful team, and the accessible equipment we have installed throughout our facility. 125 LIVE, formerly known as the Rochester Senior Center, has been part of the Rochester community since its incorporation in 1961. Since then, 125 LIVE has been working to provide holistic aging well services for older adults in southeast MN. With the new name and location opening in 2016, 125 LIVE emphasizes positively impacting all the dimensions of wellness by providing services that engage our community via arts, social services, support groups, volunteerism, nutrition services, educational programs, entertainment, and fitness wellness. Since opening the doors at our current location, we have grown from approximately 400 members in 2016 to 4,700 members in 2022. 125 LIVE’s growth is partly thanks to the diversity of programs and services provided at the center, and 125 LIVE continues to expand services to serve even more people better.
With the $22,266.00 of support from the Reeve Foundation, 125 LIVE can add more accessible/ adaptive fitness equipment to our Fitness Center. We can expand staff education to help support members and guests with differing needs and upgrade our facility to be more accessible. 125 LIVE supports our members by providing services that enable everyone reasonable access to activities they enjoy. Such as our “Accessible Cycling Studio,” which features standard bikes, recumbents, a tandem cycle, and an arm cycle accessible for individuals in wheelchairs. Also, we offer independent use of our Fitness Center, which features equipment accessible to people who benefit from a wheelchair. Anyone interested in learning more, please call 125 LIVE to schedule a tour at 507-287-1404.
| Advantage Magazine 16
September 2022
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