The Lifetime Learning Center's Mission
To provide a program for older adults to enrich their educational and cultural knowledge and physical well-being in an intellectually stimulating and socially supportive environment.
Continuing adult education is a phenomenon spreading rapidly across the country. One reason for this growth is the recent publication of studies demonstrating the value of mental and social activities in delaying or preventing Alzheimer's and other age-related debilities.
A second reason is a cultural change: adults of retirement age are coming to see the "third age" as a rich opportunity instead of a time to settle into a narrowing existence. They trek in exotic places, bicycle, practice yoga, learn tap dancing, write their history; they rediscover interests from their youth that had to be set aside for careers and families. "I'm sorry I never had the chance to..." becomes "I always wanted to do that and now I have the opportunity."
We make dinner now for our children only when they visit; we no longer have the old workplace. Our knees may not be up to another marathon or run down a double diamond ski slope. At this point our lives can either contract, or they can expand.
An organization like the Lifetime Learning Center offers you an opportunity. Take it!
The Center is a self-supporting, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Support comes from fees, grants, and fund-raising activities.
LLC Through The Years
TThe Lifetime Learning Center was established in 1976 to provide non-credit college courses for older adults.
The program was created for students who didn't want to be concerned with grade points, exams, prerequisites, and resumes. These students simply wanted to study subjects that interested them, in the company of supportive instructors and enthusiastic fellow students.
The Center was initially located at the Sacred Heart Church on lower Queen Anne Hill, near the Seattle Center. In 2000, LLC moved to the Sand Point Education Center, near the south entrance to Magnuson Park.