A Shared Calendar for Your Senior Center
Exercise classes, day trips, bingo, lunch programs — synced to every member's phone. No app to download. No accounts for your members.
Create Your Senior Center Calendar — FreeSound familiar?
It's Tuesday at 9 AM. The chair yoga class moved from the main hall to Room B because of a plumbing issue, but a dozen regulars are standing in the main hall wondering where the instructor is. The change was posted on the front desk whiteboard yesterday afternoon.
The center organized a bus trip to the botanical garden for Thursday, but the bus is only half full. Most members didn't know about it because the flyer was handed out at last Friday's lunch and half the regulars weren't there that day.
The front desk staff spends an hour every morning answering calls: "Is there tai chi today?" "What time is the bus trip?" "Is lunch being served on Monday?" The monthly activity calendar is posted on the bulletin board, but members want to know before they drive over.
How it works for senior centers
Add your center activities
Type in the event — exercise class, bus trip, bingo night — pick a date, and save. Takes 30 seconds.
Share with your members
Post the link at the front desk, include it in the newsletter, or help members subscribe at registration. They tap once.
Events appear on every phone
Center activities show up in their calendar app — Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook — right next to their personal events.
The free plan covers small centers. No credit card needed.
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Here's what senior centers typically put on their shared calendar:
What this looks like in practice
Maria, the activities director, opens iCalFeed on Monday morning. She adds Wednesday's blood pressure screening, updates the Thursday bus trip pickup time to 8:30 AM, and posts Friday's holiday craft workshop details. Total time: four minutes.
Harold, an 82-year-old regular, checks his phone calendar over breakfast. He sees "Bus Trip to Botanical Garden — Board at 8:30 AM, Front Entrance, Bring Lunch" right between his morning pills reminder and his grandson's call at 6 PM. He packs his lunch the night before.
On Wednesday afternoon, the tai chi instructor calls in sick for Thursday. Maria deletes the class from the dashboard and adds a note to the description: "Tai Chi cancelled — resumes next Thursday." By that evening, every member's phone reflects the change. No calls to the front desk.
How iCalFeed compares
vs. Printed monthly calendar
Printed once a month. Any changes mean reprinting or handwritten corrections that nobody sees.
Always up to date on their phone. Changes sync automatically.
vs. Bulletin board postings
Members have to come to the center to see what's happening at the center.
Activities are on their phone at home. They can plan before they leave the house.
vs. Phone calls from staff
Staff spends hours calling members about changes. Many don't answer.
Update once and every phone reflects the change. Saves staff hours every week.
vs. Center website
Many members don't regularly browse websites. The calendar page is hard to find.
Events come to them — right in the calendar they already use.
Senior center calendar questions
Keep your members active and informed
Start with the free plan — 1 calendar, 10 events. No credit card required.