Aging Optimally Symposium
Peck Center for Adult Enrichment and Barrington Library
281 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
Tuesday, January 24th
9:45am – 4:30pm
Suggested Donation $10
Join us for the 1st Aging Optimally Symposium to be held in Barrington. The Peck Center for Adult Enrichment along with the Barrington Library and Shaw’s will host this fun and educational event. The symposium will feature a Keynote Speaker, bagged lunch, approximately twenty vendors, 3 mini talks, a closing performance by Joanne Lurgio and raffles. The event’s focus is on going beyond health and wellness to functioning optimally across many domains – physical, functional, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual.
Registration is open for Peck Center members and the general public.
Registration will be limited to the first 75 people.
Schedule of Events:
9:45 AM -10:15 AM Registration
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Theresa Fogerty
Resilient Brain Health
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Boxed Lunch and gathering of friends
12:30 PM – 3:00 PM Vendors—Health, Wellness, Fun (see list below)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 3 Half Hour Talks on interesting topics
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Coffee
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Music Performance by Joanne Lurgio
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM Raffles**
Vendors include:
AARP
All Things Skin Organic
Barrington Library
Barrington Police/Fire
Beltone Hearing Aid Center
Bristol Audubon
Collette Tours
Create Art and Wellness
Dialer Alert
EBCAP
Hattie Ide Chaffee
Le Spa of Barrington
Medicare Info (SHIP)
The Barrington Village
URI Pharmacy Program
Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice
Your Bike Shop
Remax
Master Gardeners- URI
Pack Lightly Book
Butler Hospital
**Raffles:
Blue Water Gift Certificate
AMC Movie Tickets
Organic Body Lotion
Bottle of Wine
Barrington Books Gift Card
Shaw’s Gift Card
Piezoni’s Pizza Gift Card
Newport Creamery Gift Card
*must get card punched by 15 vendor tables to qualify
