Centers & Services
Spokane Parks and Recreation affiliates itself with a number of community and senior centers and programs benefiting young children and older adults. Scroll down to find out more about centers and services.
Corbin Senior Activity Center
509.327.1584
827 W. Cleveland Ave.
Director: Christa Richardson
Corbin Senior Activity Center offers a full schedule of activities including educational classes in foreign languages, art, exercise, and history. There are also social events (e.g. dinner theaters); seminars on health, legal matters, art, and travel; lunches (including one ethnic lunch per month); cards, puzzles, mahjong, scrabble, and pool. Various groups meet throughout the week: Hiking, crafts, lapidary, and dance to live music. Services include blood pressure checks, foot care, AARP Drivers Training, AARP Tax Aid, massage therapy, and hearing tests. The Center also offers short trips around Spokane and long trips to such places as China and Italy. Tours are usually accompanied by a volunteer escort. Over 100 volunteers presently serve in various capacities. In addition to this, Corbin publishes a twenty-page newsletter, has a boutique, and offers information on senior living and general information. If you are interested in more information, call or better yet, come by and visit today! Our friendly staff and volunteers are here to answer any questions you may have.
East Central
Community Center
509.625.6699
500 S. Stone St.
Recreation Supervisor: Kathy Armstrong
East Central Senior Center/Adult Day Center is the place for Seniors to have fun. We offer a myriad of recreational activities promoting fitness and wellness, lifelong learning, and teamwork in a friendly setting. Enjoy monthly parties, educational speakers, cultural performances as well as a regular line-up of great programs designed for active older adults. Come join the party and make new friends!
Hillyard Senior Center
509.482.0803
4001 N. Cook St.
Director: Jerry Unruh
Hillyard Senior Center is the place “Where Friends Meet Friends”. We provide a full spectrum of recreational program and service opportunities for older adults 55 +. Whether it’s exercise & fitness that you are seeking or great travel adventure, Hillyard Senior Center offers a wide variety of fun and entertaining activities, lunch daily, educational classes, trips & tours and great special events! Our program features one of our members favorite activities; Wii Virtual Bowling League. This ten week league provides loads of fun and smiles on Friday Mornings from 8:30am-Noon. We are located at 4001 N. Cook Street in the Northeast Community Center. Annual Memberships are just $12.00 per year. Call our office at 482-0803 for more information, or stop in for a visit and a complimentary monthly newsletter!
Mid-City Concerns
Senior Center
509.747.3257
1222 W. 2nd Ave.
Director: Mollie Dalpae
Autumn of 2009 marks the beginning of new activities and exciting events at Mid-City Senior Center! Along with our regular activities, such as BINGO, exercise class, penny poker, and pool, we are starting computer classes, a knitting circle, art workshops, and movie days. In addition, let us pamper you to free manicures and haircuts, and come to celebrate with us at our upcoming holiday parties such as Thanksgiving and Christmas! Persons fifty-five and older are welcome to join Mid-City Senior Center and participate in our activities. Most of our activities are free! Check out our website at www.mowspokane.org to see our newsletter and calendar. Please call 747-3257 for more information. Even better, come and visit us at 1222 W. Second Ave to see for yourself!
Northeast Youth Center
509.482.0708
3004 E. Queen Ave.
Interim Director: Kate Zehner-Green
The Northeast Youth Center is committed to providing low cost recreational and educational opportunities that build life experiences while enhancing the self-esteem in youth/teens from the community. The center proudly represents the City of Spokane’s Parks & Recreation Department since 1971. The Northeast Youth Center serves a diverse population of Spokane’s youth through a variety of low cost activities, before & after school licensed camps, sports programs, and special events. Overall, the youth center promotes a culturally enriching environment to support responsible ways of learning social interaction; and a place to feel respected and accepted; a home away from home! View the NEYC website.
Peaceful Valley
Community Center
509.624.8634
214 N. Cedar St.
Director: Mark Reilly
Peaceful Valley Community Center is located by the scenic Spokane River at the corner of Cedar and Water. Peaceful Valley Community Center services the neighborhoods west of Division and south of the river. It offers a wide variety of programs and events for people of all ages. Renovated from the old Glover Field house in 1975, the Center serves as the heartbeat of the neighborhood. The Center also has a potter’s wheel and kiln. There is a small meeting hall, the center is equipped with a laundry room, a complete kitchen, fenced playground, softball diamond and picnicking with a wonderful view of The Spokane Falls and the Monroe Street Bridge.The Center is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am till 3:00 pm. The children’s program is 3:15 till 5:30 Monday through Friday. The clothing bank is open during the center’s hours and the food bank is Friday’s at 12:30. The Center also, has a Community Access Program which works with special needs adults. Call (509) 624-8634 or fax 747-1860.
Project Joy
509.535.0584
3151 E. 27th Ave.
Director: Robert Smick
Age diminishes neither one’s interest in the performing arts, the need to utilize skills in those areas, nor the desire to serve the community. Project Joy provides the forum for those 50+ years to use and enhance talents or develop previously undiscovered abilities in music, dance, and drama. In turn, our groups furnish entertainment for convalescent centers and retirement apartments as well as fraternal and civic organizations and special events. It’s fun! It’s creative! It’s useful! Call Project Joy (535-0584) to see how you can fit into our family.
Sinto Senior Activity Center
509.327.2861
1124 W. Sinto Ave.
Director: Scott Niemeier
Sinto Senior Center offers a variety of recreational and social programs and services for older adults, ages 55 and up, who wish t remain active, make new friends, become productively involved in community affairs, or simply to have some fun and fill some spare time. Activities offered at the Center include ballroom dancing, pool, crafts, educational opportunities, lunches, social clubs, entertainment, ceramics, square dancing, music, speakers, holiday events, cards, exercise and aerobic classes, round dancing, clogging, community service projects, short trips and tours, bowling, involvement opportunities, travelogues, and more. The Center also provides or refers individuals to a variety of services such as free blood pressure checks, health screening, energy assistance, foot clinics, legal aid, income tax assistance, volunteer support, employment, chore services, housing, and transportation. Many activities are available at low cost or are free. The Center is open 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Saturday and many evenings and Sundays as scheduled. Anyone interested in the program is encouraged to visit the facility or give us a call for more information or a copy of the monthly program schedule.
Southside Senior and Community Center
509.535.0803
3151 E. 27th Ave.
Executive Director: Bonnie McDade
The Southside Senior and Community Center offers a variety of programs. Many classes are offered in cooperation with the Community Colleges of Spokane, AARP, and other individuals/agencies. Classes include creative writing, watercolor painting, and Spanish classes. Recreational activities such as bingo, bridge, pinochle, mahjong, and cribbage are enjoyed by members. Health-related activities and services are offered, such as aerobics, walking, foot care, and massage. Travel opportunities, whether one day or extended trips, are very popular. Click here to read the most recent Southside Senior Center newsletter.
West Central
Community Center
509.326.9540
1603 N. Belt
Recreation Director: Rick Harris
The West Central Community Center offers a variety of programs and services to all ages. We offer before and after school programs, summer youth programs, teen programs and numerous clubs and classes such as badminton, pickleball, wrestling, sports clinics, dance classes, mixed martial arts club, programs for the developmentally disabled, fitness classes, adult basketball program and special events. Additionally, we offer a Women, Infants and Children Program, Head Start program, Deaconess Women Clinic, Spokane Neighborhood Action Program and the Learning Skills program which provides recreational and educational opportunities for person of disabilities. We also provide special services and programs in partnership with other groups and agencies that benefit the community. This includes Coats 4 Kids, Northwest Alliances for Responsible Media, West Central Neighborhood Coalition, Neighbor Day Festival, Halloween Carnival, Winter Festival, and the West Central Health Services Network.
