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Programs for Active Older Adults

The mission of this program is to enhance life opportunities and choices for older adults by encouraging lifelong learning, expanding horizons, improve quality of life, and giving purpose so as to extend life. Classes are designed to foster life-long education through opportunities for personal growth and development, community involvement, survival skills, and economic sufficiency.

Our classes are available in the following areas:
  • Fine and Applied Arts (Click here for schedule & registration.)
    This course is designed to provide opportunities for older adults to enrich their lives through the use of diverse art-related projects and crafting skills, while encouraging them to share past life experiences within an Adult Education environment. Students are instructed in paper, yarn, and fabric crafts; drawing and painting; decorations; culinary arts; poetry writing; group and individual projects; and in useful household products and gift items. The older adult will incorporate a variety of historic skills and techniques with new ideas while experimenting with various crafting and art ideas. The course will provide a full range of skill levels that will adapt to the personal needs of the individual student. Using a variety of art and craft materials, original and useful projects will be created.

  • Understanding and Using Technology (Click here for schedule & registration.)
    This course is designed to expose older adults to state of the art technology involving the computer system. Students perform certain tutorials and lessons created to increase their computer competency and literacy. This course creates, increases, or enhances the student’s hands on basic understanding of computer hardware and software. PC and Macintosh classes are available.

  • Personal and Community Safety (Click here for schedule & registration.)
    This course is designed to provide older adults an opportunity to develop skills needed to repair small appliances and to develop safety consciousness in using electrical household devices. Course content includes basic electrical theory and its applications, symbols, and circuits presented in a workshop environment where students practice by repairing various small appliances.

For more information on the classes available for this program, please call 277-6625 

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