Curriculum at Commissioner Radack’s first senior education center has expanded dramatically in recent weeks so seniors will have more classes to choose from.
Patrons visiting the Jim & JoAnn Fonteno Senior Education Center, 6600 Bissonnet, who live in Harris County and are 55 or older can now enroll in new free classes there aimed at senior fitness, better health, a better understanding of Social Security, Medicare, gardening, Texas history and cancer risks.
New classes being offered at the Fonteno senior education center have already been field tested by seniors at the popular Thomas A. Glazier Senior Education Center, 16600 Pine Forest Lane in Houston TX.
Commissioner Radack opened the 10,000-square-foot Fonteno senior education center in 2004. Scores of seniors received training in computer skills there and giving senior tech skills was the original mission of the program. Many seniors were also recruited and trained as volunteer instructors.
This facility was so successful that the second of two Harris County Precinct Three senior centers was opened in early 2011. The 14,000-square-foot senior center quickly became an immensely popular place for seniors looking to remain engaged and enroll in a wide variety of classes. Glazier senior education center also became a testing ground for dramatically expanding the curriculum of the program.
Many of those classes are now headed to the Fonteno senior education center, where a renewed emphasis has been placed on getting more seniors involved in classes aimed at keeping their minds and bodies healthy.
For more information on the expanded curriculum at the Fonteno senior education center, call (713) 981-4703. For information on the innovative programs at the Glazier senior education center, call (713) 274-3250.
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