IOWA CITY/JOHNSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER 

Looking for a place to hang out with friends, play in a band, sing in a chorus, produce your own television programs? Are you searching for a gym that offers challenging group classes, the latest aerobic and weight training equipment, all in a non-threatening atmosphere? Or perhaps you'd like to take a literature class, throw a pot, create a stained glass masterpiece? Or maybe learn to row, go canoeing or horseback riding with your friends? In downtown Iowa City there's a place people casually call "the Center" where you can do all these things and more.
Trick is, you can't join until you're at least 50 years old. That's because the Center is short for the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, a place where people over 50 go to learn, to play, to explore, and to become part of a larger community. The opportunities for lifelong learning, healthy aging, and enjoying community are endless. Don't wait until you think you are "old enough" to check us out. The Center has something to enrich your life TODAY!

Web site: www.icgov.org/senior/

ELDER SERVICES

Elder Services supports a  program for senior and retiree volunteers caller RSVP. This is a program that connects people to purpose based on directives set by Elder Services, Inc. founders, the Corporation for National and Community Service.  

The RSVP web site can be reached through elderservices, inc, iowa and continuing to Retired & Senior Volunteer Program. The Iowa City office phone number is 319-356-5218.

Web site: http://www.elderservicesiowa.com/

SENIORS TOGETHER IN AGING RESEARCH (STAR) REGISTRY

STAR is a volunteer research registry that helps people who are willing to participate in studies connect with investigators conducting research at the University of Iowa.

Iowans age 50 and over are invited to participate in a volunteer research registry. The STAR Registry offers:

- Learn about the research process

- Receive information about healthy aging and University of Iowa research studies for adults

- Many studies provide compensation

Participation in this registry and any research study is voluntary. People with medical problems, as well as healthy people, are invited to be in the STAR Registry.

THE OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (OLLI AT IOWA)

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Iowa is a program of the UI Center on Aging and part of a national network of lifelong learning institutes funded by the Bernard Osher Foundation. The program combines innovative learning opportunities and civic engagement with a dynamic community of peers age 50 and better.

Discover a new interest. Explore community leadership possibilities. Grow from energizing discussions and stimulating learning environments.

OLLI at Iowa offers activities that can accommodate any schedule. There are no education or experience requirements, no tests or grades. It's simply your love of learning that counts.  OLLI at Iowa offers learning...on your terms.

Web site: www.centeronaging.uiowa.edu/olli