{"id":206,"date":"2015-11-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:40:27","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Brian A., Center Supervisor<\/h2>\n<p>245 North 200 West<br \/>\nSt. George, UT 84770<br \/>\n(435) 301-7290<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/st-george\/contact\/\">Send a Message<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What We Do<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of a senior citizens center is to be a community focal point where older adults that are 60 years and over can come together for a variety of individual and group services and activities that reflect their experience and skills; provide nutritionally sound meals; respond to their diverse needs and interests; encourage their involvement within the center and the community; enhance their dignity and quality of life; provide various forms of assistance to enable them to live healthy and independent as long as possible. No Membership Fee&#8217;s or Dues&#8230;!<\/p>\n<h2>Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatRight\" title=\"Saint George Senior Citizens Center\" src=\"\/images\/facility\/coa_facility_entrance_01.jpg\" alt=\"Saint George Senior Citizens Center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Center Staff create an atmosphere that acknowledges the value of human life, affirms the dignity and self-worth of the older adult participant and maintains a climate of respect, trust and support. Within this atmosphere, the staff creates opportunities for older adults to apply their wisdom, experience and insight and to learn new skills.<\/li>\n<li>A senior center provides a nutritious lunch meal, served either in the senior center congregate dining room or a hot meal delivered in a heated truck to those sick, frail and homebound individuals.<\/li>\n<li>A senior center provides transportation for those that can no longer drive or who feel unsteady, to and from the senior center\u2019s congregate meal programs, shopping trips, doctor\/hospital appointments and\/or other needed destinations to further their independence.<\/li>\n<li>A senior center provides exercise for both the body and the brain and offers opportunities to interact with other seniors socially.<\/li>\n<li>A senior center serves as a resource center for the entire community, offering a system that links participants to services and educational opportunities within the boundaries of the center or referral to resources offered by other community agencies.<\/li>\n<li>A senior center offers information to family members on aging; educational seminars; support groups for family caregivers, bereavement, Parkinson Disease, and other afflictions; training for professional, lay leaders and students; and for development of innovative approaches to addressing aging issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Brian A., Center Supervisor 245 North 200 West St. George, UT 84770 (435) 301-7290 Send a Message What We Do The purpose of a senior citizens center is to be a community focal point where older adults that are 60 years and over can come together for a variety of individual and group services and activities that reflect their experience and skills; provide nutritionally sound meals; respond to their diverse needs and interests; encourage their involvement within the center and the community; enhance their dignity and quality of life; provide various forms of assistance to enable them to live<\/p>\n<a class=\"more-link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/about-us\/\">[Read More...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coa.washco.utah.gov\/st-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}