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Kennebec Neighbors Adult Education



Community Enrichment

Tiger Trail Indoor Walking

Free
Calendar Current session started Jan 6, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 20 weeks

The Tiger Trail is our indoor walking program. On Mondays and Wednesdays, from 5:00-8:00PM, come to Gardiner Area High School and check in at our office in the Adult Ed Wing and then start walking! We have a map with different route options and information so you can plan your visit. You must be registered online to participate.

You can find the Adult Ed entrance on the road-facing end of the south (right) wing of the high school. Parking is available in the small side lot located on West Hill Road.

Zumba-Gardiner

$75

with Sheila Powers

Calendar Current session started May 1, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Get ready to dance your way to fitness! Join us for a fun and energetic workout featuring Latin and international rhythms. Led by an enthusiastic instructor, this course offers easy-to-follow moves for all levels, improving cardiovascular health and mood. Don't miss out on the joy of Zumba!

Fun Fit Fabulous

$110

with Deidre Hutchins

Calendar Current session started May 5, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 5 weeks

Feeling tired, off balance, or having a difficult time getting up and down? This 45-minute fitness class is the answer to help you feel both emotionally and physically younger and stronger! Reenergize yourself in this welcoming, spacious, and uplifting environment. This class will enhance your overall wellbeing by improving brain function and helping you to regain youthful energy. Stretch, stabilize, and strengthen your way to the best version of you. Let us jump start your day with positive and inspirational energy; guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Join us!

Strong & Fit
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Strong & Fit

$110

with Deidre Hutchins

Calendar Current session started May 6, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Do you want to take your fitness to the next level? This 45-minute heart pumping, non-stop workout is guaranteed to strengthen your core, increase your endurance, and improve your mental state. Engage in resistance training using dumbbells, bands, foam rollers, fit balls, medicine balls, kettle bells and more; in a spacious and welcoming environment. Plank, push-up, and squat your way to a new and improved you. Increase your energy, challenge yourself, de-stress from work, and rise to the occasion in this high-energy atmosphere. This will be the best 45 minutes of your day. Join us!

Flexible & Mobile

$70

with Deidre Hutchins

Calendar Current session started May 8, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 5 weeks

Do you wake up in the morning with tight/stiff muscles? Do you experience low back pain and decreased mobility in your hips, shoulders, and neck? You know you need to stretch but you’re not quite sure what to? If you have answered yes to any of the above this 45 minute total body stretch class is what you need. It will leave you feeling taller, more limber, and ready to start your day!

Saturday Step Class
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Saturday Step Class

$70

with Deidre Hutchins

Calendar Current session started May 10, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 5 weeks

It’s back! 45 minutes of non-stop low impact cardio on the step. It’s a great way to start your weekend! All you need to bring is water and lots of energy.

Wild Food Foraging Walk

$45

with David Spahr

Calendar Next available session starts May 31, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

This two-hour course will include walking in the woods to find edible wild food along with detailed descriptions of plant habitat and structure of the plants. Bring: notebook and pen, basket, mesh or other bags, wax or brown paper bags, knife, bug repellant and hat, water or other refreshment and a snack, gloves, waterproof boots (preferred), tall socks into which you can tuck your pant legs. Optional: GPS, backpack, field guide, magnifying glass.

PLEASE NOTE: This walk will be along the Harrison Avenue Nature Trail. You must access Harrison Avenue from the Ash Street intersection (it is closed at the Rte 126 intersection). From Ash St. turn right onto Harrison and drive past the Road Closed sign to the parking area on the left side of the street. Meet either there or at the head of the trail.

Wild Mushroom Walk

$45

with David Spahr

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 13, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

This two-hour course includes a walk through the woods to find edible mushrooms along with detailed descriptions of habitat and structure of mushrooms. Most mushrooms found in nature are not edible, but learning this is more important than knowing which ones to eat. David Spahr has collected edible mushrooms for 45 years and is a member of the Maine Mycological Society and North American Mycological Association. He is on the Maine Mushroom Task Force developing rules for the foraging and sale of wild mushrooms. Minimum age is 12 with an adult.





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