CPR/AED for the Community & Workplace

The purpose of this course is to train individuals to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situation and to recognize and core for life threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in children or adults. The classes cover adult, child and infant CPR; the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and first aid for choking. The Fountain Hills Fire Department provides the certified CPR instructors.
The American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) “CPR and AED for Community & Workplace” course provides individuals with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform effective basic life support in an emergency. Persons who do not work in the healthcare field but are occupationally required or just desire to have CPR knowledge and skills would attend this course. Participants may include:

• Emergency response teams in business and industry
• Adult residential care personnel
• Child care workers
• Teachers

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 14 & up
Fee: Residents:$30 • Non-Residents $40 • HS Student Resident: $20 • HS Student Non-Resident: $30

Babysitter Safety, CPR, and First Aid

Come join the fun and learn CPR, First Aid, basic emergency choking and more. Programs will cover the immediate care given to an injured or suddenly ill children until competent emergency care is available. Cost includes take home materials for your in home safety and a certification. Be sure to bring a lunch.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 12 & up
Fee: $50
Instructor: American Emergency Response Training Center

Cook Around the World with Chantal

No passport required, just bring your apron! Class participants will join Chantal on a culinary journey around the world as they cook up recipes from different countries. All without having to leave Fountain Hills! These classes will feature recopies that will be easy to duplicate at home. All you need to bring to class is an apron. Each course will feature a different theme and new recipes.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 16 & Up
Fee: $30
Instructor: Chantal Sahr

There is an additional $5 materials fee collected in class.

15 Pillars of Parenting

Specific preparations, attitudes and techniques have been known to help parents handle their children. When used in the right combinations they are designed to make daily life run more smoothly. All in one morning Dr. Sally will show you how to use and enjoy these “easy-to-implement” strategies and enjoy what you are doing at the same time. Start using this system as early as possible and continue to benefit from it for many years. Your children will appreciate what you are doing as well.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 18 & Up
Fee: $40 per class
Instructor: Sally Goldberg, PhD

Aromatherapy Gardening

How would you like to be able to enter a fragrant outdoor space that calms and soothes your mind and body? Join Horticulturalist Carol Stuttard and learn how to infuse your outdoor spaces with the 10 best aromatherapy plants that even beginner gardeners can grow. Discover the many therapeutic uses of these plants, as well as how to grow, maintain and harvest them.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 18 & Up
Fee: $15 per class
Instructor: Carol Stuttard

Growing Microgreens

Join Gardening educator Carol Stuttard to learn about a quick crop that’s full of nutrients? Microgreens or sprouts, are great for salads and sandwiches. Even if you don’t have a garden, you can still grow these small, leafy veggies that can help to restore dietary health by growing them in small patches of soil or in containers of water. Carol will demonstrate a simple way to grow microgreens and participants will also be able to taste some different sprout varieties.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 18 & Up
Fee: $15 per class
Instructor: Carol Stuttard

Adult Bucket Drumming

Everyone loves to drum! In this class everyone will get to play on a bucket and learn the basics of drumming. We will cover some basic stick technique and then learn to work together to play some great grooves.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 16 & Up
Fee: $50
Instructor: Josh Brantley

There is an additional $10 materials fee collected in class.

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People

Some music teachers may not want you to know this, but you don't need years of weekly lessons to learn piano. In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. How do we do it? While regular piano teachers teach note reading, piano professionals use chords. And you can learn all the chords you'll need to play any song in this one session. Any song. Any style. Any key. If you can find middle C and know the meaning of Every Good Boy Does Fine, you already know enough to enroll in this workshop. For more information go to chordsarekey.com

Topics include:

• How chords work in a song
• How to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it
• How to form the three main types of chords
• How to handle different keys and time signatures
• How to avoid counting
• How to simplify over 12,000 complex chords

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 16 & Up
Fee: $30 per class
Instructor: Craig Coffman

There is an additional $29 materials fee collected in class.

Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People

Have you ever wanted to learn the guitar but simply find it difficult to find the time? In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won't have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Bring your acoustic guitar. Class limited to 15 students. For ages 13+. For more information go to chordsarekey.com

Topics include:

• How chords work in a song
• How to form the three main types of chords
• How to tune your guitar
• Basic strumming patterns
• How to buy a good guitar (things to avoid)
• How to play along with simple tunes

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 13 & Up
Fee: $30 per class
Instructor: Craig Coffman

There is an additional $29 materials fee collected in class.

Table Tennis Program 

Looking for a place to play a little Table Tennis? Then check out our Table Tennis Club! This club is open to all skill levels. Pre-registration is required.

Location: Fountain Hills Community Center
Ages: 16 & Up
Fee: $10

*No class on 8/22