For the past twenty-five years, Agape Community Center has provided leadership regarding the physical health needs of the population, particularly the large number of uninsured and underinsured individuals living in the service area. For more information on these programs, please call 414.464.4440.
Gilda's Club Comes to Agape Community Center
Starting February 2011, Gilda's Club will be partnering with Agape Community Center to provide free cancer support to the community. Events and meetings are held at Agape Community Center. For more information, please contact Justine at 414.962.8201 x102 or jlucore@gildasclubsewi.org.
Agape hosts various health and fitness workshops, and features an exercise room with high-quality equipment. All are invited to join the workshops or utilize the exercise room.
In collaboration with Cardinal Stritch University's College of Nursing, meal guests and program participants and other visitors to our facility have had the opportunity for blood pressure checks, early detection of vision or hearing problems, health education, and general health or medication consultations. Options for promoting a healthy lifestyle are also incorporated in our youth programs. Cardinal Stritch's College of Nursing conducts classes in community nursing here at our center.
Agape is pleased to take part in collaborative research regarding childhood obesity prevention with the United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM) and the Medical College of Wisconsin. More information can be found at:
www.uncom-milw.org/MCOPP/