
What’s New


April is National Garden Month!
April is National Gardening Month! Celebrate springtime and consider creating some type of garden to grow plants that will nourish your spirit!

Board Member Spotlight
Our Board Member Highlight this month is on Nyrobi Wheeler, MBA. She serves as our Board Secretary and is an excellent teacher mentor, and friend to many! We are grateful to have her on our board championing our mission!


April Health Tip
Psychiatrist, geriatrician, and UCSF professor Andreea Seritan, MD, provides suggestions below for a healthy balanced day.

Volunteer Appreciation! Brenda and Bill are stellar volunteers!
Graceland Center appreciates its volunteers!

Senior Resource Highlight: Living By Your Own Design
Living By Your Own Design is a tremendous resource for families in Peoria, IL to plan the next chapters of their lives.

Senior Center Highlight: The Oasis Senior Center of Lincoln, IL
The Oasis Senior Center of Lincoln, IL provides a full spectrum of programs and services for their community!

Billboard Campaign Launching!
Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging seeks to enhance the lives of older adults in Peoria, Il through education, connections, and innovation!

Silver Story: Keith Boswell and the Mindful Movement Center
The Mindful Movement Center promotes a Life Of Balance with the practice of Taiji.

WHOLE Health and Wellness Day with Mosaic Christian Church and the OSF Care-A-Van
Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging partners with Mosaic Christian Church and the OSF Care A Van to provider a WHOLE Health and Wellness Day Thursday April 11th!

Spring Programs
Graceland Center carefully crafts our weekly programs based on input from our participants and with deliberate planning to improve brain, physical, and social development.





Wellness: Your Best Life: Mind, Body and Spirit
Taking time to replenish ourselves is a must for our physical, mental and emotional health!

Senior Center Highlight: Living Well United Senior Center in Leroy, IL!
Leroy Illinois seniors banded together with Barb Whiteman to create their own center from an old Casey’s! Whole-hearted community suport and enrichment!

