AARP Michigan: Staying Safe and Independent at Home Virtual Event. Do you know the difference between home health care and home care? Join us as Lori Janiga for the Region 2 Area Agency on Aging explains the difference between the two. We’ll also learn about other community resources such as MI Choice Waiver and PACE to help keep your loved one safe while maintaining independence in the comfort of their own home. 10 AM to 10:30m AM. Register and more information here.
Spirited: Prohibition in America. Ella Sharp Museum. Final 2 days! “Spirited: Prohibition in America”. On view until January 7. this exhibition explores the tumultuous time in American history, when flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and legends, such as Al Capone and Carry Nation, took sides in this battle against the bottle. Learn more at ellasharpmuseum.org/exhibits. View our regular business hours & holiday hours before your visit: ellasharpmuseum.org/visit.
Jackson District Library presents “Library to Go” Boxes Sign Up. This free subscription-like service will provide your children, aged 0-9, with a selection of materials based on your preferred options! These materials will be yours to keep, so you don’t need to worry about returning them to the library. Boxes will ship near the end of the month. Registration for February boxes will be open January 4-10 (or until all slots are filled due to limited availability). Stay tuned for the sign-up link. Due to the amount of interest in this program, registration will open once per month for the next month’s subscription box. You must sign up every month to receive a box the following month. Questions? Contact our Youth Services Department at YouthServices@myjdl.com.
Explore The Trail System in Jackson. Trails walking, hiking and biking are only a few of the ways you can make use of Jackson’s abundance of trails. Jackson’s trails give you a hundred great excuses to get out and experience nature in its purest form.
Falling Waters Trail, an integral part of the statewide proposed Iron-Belle and Great Lake to Lake Trails. Placed where Michigan Central Railroad once stood, the Falling Waters Trail is a 10.6-mile linear park connecting the Village of Concord to the City of Jackson. Next, the Falling Waters Trail continues for 3.4 miles as the Martin Luther King Equality Trail, formerly the Inter-City Trail, from Jackson’s Weatherwax Drive to Morrell Street. And finally, the Grand River Arts Walk leads walkers, joggers and cyclists from Downtown Jackson through the Arts District and onto Monroe Street.
Waterloo Recreation Area, the largest state park in the lower peninsula, contains enough trails to last a lifetime. 47 miles of hiking trails,12 miles of interpretive nature trails, and another 12 miles of equestrian trails are all nestled within 20,000 acres of protected forest.
The MacCready Reserve, south of town, includes 6.5 miles of dog-friendly trails among 400 acres of lush forest environment.
The Dahlem provides five miles of diverse trails. Walk among forests, fields, marshes and ponds, including a ⅜-mile trail for those with limited mobility, called the “The Nature For All Trail”. Trails are open year-round.
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