2024-2025 Speaker Series 

Stay Safe. Stay Strong. Stay Smart!

St. James NEST’s fourth speaker series focuses on the theme: Stay Safe. Stay Strong. Stay Smart! As residents of St. James, we strive to age successfully in our homes. St. James NEST provides both educational and support services to make that a reality. Please join us for this educational series aimed at offeringsolutions, discussions and tools for aging in place. This series is open to all St. James community residents!

Strength is Ageless

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 3:00-4:30 pm

Speaker: Ginny MacColl, 3x American Ninja Warrior competitor

You are never too old and it is never too late to experience the benefits of weight and resistance training! Strength is considered the new “vital sign” in senior health. It is as important as blood pressure, pulse, etc. This presentation will change the perceptions of what you think you can do and redefine the aging process. Come learn how to develop healthy habits aimed at improving your strength, both physically and mentally.

From this presentation you will:

•        Learn how to become strong, powerful in mind, body and beliefs
•        Understand aging and super aging
•        Expand your belief in what you can do and accomplish
•        Define attainable goals
•        Focus on the process of improving strength

This session will demonstrate the health benefits of weight and resistance training on a regular basis to safely and successfully age in your home. This is for any level of physical ability and assists you in forming healthy and consistent strengthening habits!

This program represents one event within the 2024-25 St. James NEST Speaker Series themed Stay Safe. Stay Strong. Stay Smart! Nearly 90% of adults over age 50 — across all age, race, income, and health status categories—want to remain at home and “age in place.”  This speaker series addresses some of the issues that might affect your ability to do so.  If you aren’t yet familiar with St. James NEST, its purpose is to provide services and support to St. James' residents to enhance their ability to make aging in place a reality. The 2024-25 Speaker Series is offering programs in September, November, January, March and May. Please check the St. James NEST Events Calendar for details on the other programs. 

Location:  St. James Community Center
Date:  Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Time: 3:00pm to 4:30pm including a question and answer session.

Please plan to arrive a few minutes early such that the program can begin on time. The program is FREE to attend, but we strongly suggest you pre-register due to limited seating capacity, in order to ensure you are able to participate.

Please register by clicking on the Registration button, or via the Help Desk at (910)250-8388. Registration closes on March 17th at 12noon. 

In case you cannot attend, following each event, the materials and recording of the presentation will be posted on the 2024-2025 Speaker Series page, under the Events tab on the website.