Lafayette resident, Mary Smith turned 103-years-old in August! Her secret: exercise, as Mary says, “You gotta keep moving!”
Originally from Greece, Mary and her husband played golf regularly until they were 90 years of age, and when she was younger, she played field hockey. But at 103 she shows no signs of slowing!
When she was 99 years old she began exercising through the SilverSneakers program, the nation’s leading community fitness program designed specifically for agers. She exercises with her class twice a week to stay fit. Full of energy, she is an inspiration to her classmates.
Her SilverSneakers class and fitness instructor have become her second family, a community of friends who threw her a birthday party at the Kaiser Permanente Rock Creek Medical Offices, where she goes to exercise.