Contact: Elizabeth Sapp
Phone: 336-375-2234

Smith Senior Center Offers Driving Class & Others

GREENSBORO, NC – (April 12, 2011) – Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department’s Smith Senior Center hosts an AARP Safe Driving class for seniors age 55 and older Wednesday, May 11, from 10 am to 2 pm. Registration deadline is Friday, May 6, or when the class is full. Space is limited to 25 participants. 

Instructor Bill Sutton will teach current rules of the road, how to operate a motor vehicle more safely, and proper adjustments for common age-related changes in vision, hearing, and reaction time.

Some insurance companies offer a discount to seniors who take the class. Participants will receive a certificate to give to their insurance companies to see whether they qualify for a discount.

The fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. To register, send a check payable to AARP and a piece of paper with your name, address, and phone number to Smith Senior Center, 2401 Fairview St., Greensboro, NC 27405.

Also upcoming at Smith Senior Center are these classes:

• Copperplate Calligraphy, 10-11:30 am, Fridays, April 29-May 20, $10.
• Water Fitness Aerobics, 5:45-6:30 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 10-June 30, $72.

For more information about any Smith Senior Center class, call 336-375-2234.

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