OUR MISSION

Founded by Fritz McDonald, the Great Age Movement is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization launched in 2017. Great Age Movement mobilizes seniors in Houston and surrounding areas through free innovative health and wellness community programs in public spaces including: Great Age Fitness Parks, mobile workout classes in museums, and our Great Age Senior Fitness Club. Excellence to us is to alleviate isolation and loneliness while addressing health and wellness for our community's seniors. We believe in removing cost as a barrier so that seniors from all backgrounds can focus on and enjoy our unique programs.

Our evidence-based fitness stations at St. Dominic Village in the Texas Medical Center and BakerRipley Ripley Center in East Downtown Houston are designed to improve socialization, coordination, balance, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and sharpen the mind.

The Great Age Senior Fitness Club at Discovery Green Park in downtown Houston is a social health and wellness club with free membership that offers a 30-minute workout through the lawn and gardens, an introduction to putting on the green, and shuffleboard.

Our Art & Exercise Program takes place in a museum, where we marry art and exercise by moving through the museum to upbeat music.

We provide volunteer services for both programs that promote health, learning, and socialization. We are committed to adding other outdoor activities including yoga, dance, stretching, and educational classes focused on mental and spiritual wellness at our senior playground sites.

Our current capital campaign is focused on raising funds for our next Great Age Fitness Park™ installation in Houston along with continuing and expanding our Art & Exercise and Senior Fitness Club programs.