DSO 2008 Senior Group Challenge

Get Fit and Feel Better

The Delaware Senior Olympics invited Senior Groups to form teams representing their facilities and/or fitness centers, and compete for points in the . The team with most fitness points will be awarded a special prize and a certificate of accomplishment. Most importantly, all the teams will enjoy a healthier mind and body, as they will be Off Their Rockers.

Pictured from left to right: Peggy Olivero of DSO, Diane DiTolvo of Indian River Senior Center and Rich O’Shaughnessy of DSO.

The following senior centers are participating in this years Challenge: Fraim Senior Center and Mid-County Senior Center, both Wilmington; Cheer Senior Center, Longneck; and the Newark Senior Center. The PUMH properties participating are: The Country House, Greenville; Cokesbury Village, Hockessin; The Manor House, Seaford; and Herron Point, Chestertown, Maryland.

The activities and sports in which the teams will compete include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, biking, billiards, bocce, bowling, gardening, golf, horseshoes, line dancing, race walking, racquetball, shuffleboard, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, water volleyball, and weightlifting. The centerpiece of our Challenge is the nationally recognized Walk Delaware. Participants in this activity are encouraged to walk 131 miles during a 12-month period (less than 4/10 of a mile per day). This distance is the sum of the length and width of the state of Delaware. Points are awarded on a per-mile basis, so shorter distances still count.

If you haven't joined a Fitness Group and would like more information, call us today. We would love to enroll you in the 2008 Senior Group Challenge, which begins on November 15, 2007. Call Peggy Olivero at (302) 388-2705 or e-mail to p.olivero@comcast.net.

All contestants, in fact all seniors (50+), are also invited to participate in our 2008 Delaware Senior Olympics, held annually from August through November.