Let me tell you how much HAFOP has enhanced my life. The exercise classes are excellent. I am eager to get out each day to attend-and by their various locations I get into areas of the city I might not think of otherwise. In addition I have met many wonderful people-some are friends but each is a face that I might see in the neighborhood and greet. The big city is a friendlier place!
The lectures, covering many and varied topics, and cultural experiences are added benefits.
Review from Guidestar
I called to ask if they had a support group for recent widows. They didn't but suggested I come to their next meeting to perhaps talk more about getting one started. For starters, the group leader was extremely condescending. I felt like I was back in the 5th grade. For another, there was an incredible lack of sensitivity, not to mention a lack of respect for personal boundaries. Without realizing it, I had walked into a session on decluttering. I had just lost my husband and was sorting through his things which I was finding incredibly painful. I indicated that I did want to discuss the subject because of this. Someone in the group began to press me saying she didn't understand why I didn't want to talk about it. I was on the verge of bursting into tears and running out of the room. Then I met the same person in a grocery store a little while later and she tried to press me for answers again. I call behavior like this "psychological rape". "No means no" in these situations as well as sexual ones.