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ITN SunCoast
Partners with SunCoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning
The SunCoast
Alliance for Lifelong Learning (SCALL) represents 22 area member
organizations that provide learning opportunities across Sarasota
and Manatee counties. ITN SunCoast, a local non-profit, ride
service, provides nearly 1500 rides each month to people age 60+ or
adults with visual impairments in the two-county area. Now, ITN
SunCoast will offer Your Ride to Lifelong Learning, a ride
service to connect people to SCALL member classes and events at a
wide variety of venues.
SCALL
has a robust website and search function that can match people with
area classes by topic, category, instructor, day or venue.
Starting this spring, arranging for transportation can also, if
desired, be coordinated during the registration process at
www.suncoastlifelonglearning.org.
“By working together (SCALL & ITN
SunCoast), we can better inform and support people eager to attend
lectures, take classes and/or attend special events but for whom
transportation is a challenge. SCALL is thrilled to join with
ITNSunCoast in addressing the needs of a segment of our community in
need of assistance (i.e., transportation). SCALL lifelong
learning organizations have expressed their support for the Your
Ride to Lifelong Learning initiative. This is a win-win for all
involved,” says Bob Carlson, President of SunCoast Alliance for
Lifelong Learning.
Arthur Lerman, Executive Director for
ITNSunCoast explains, “When people stop driving, their world tends
to shrink and they can become socially isolated. The mental,
physical and emotional decline can be devastating. When an
older adult or their adult child discovers ITNSunCoast or other
transportation options, the person starts to get out again.
First, it is for things they need to do and often, once comfortable
with our friendly and supportive drivers, people start to do things
they want to do or used to do. Our region has such a rich and
broad lifelong learning landscape that can enrich not only a
person’s brain, but also their social circle. It just makes sense to
make taking classes easier.”
For
more information about SCALL please call Bob Carlson at 941.408.3723
or visit
www.suncoastlifelonglearning.org.
For more information about ITNSunCoast, please call 941.364.7530 or
visit
www.itnsuncoast.org.
About
ITNSunCoast: A local non-profit organization that provides
comfortable, convenient, and affordable transportation to anyone 60+
and adults of any age with vision impairments. Rides are available
for any reason, 24 hours a day, seven days a week to anywhere within
Sarasota and Manatee Counties provided by trained volunteers and
paid drivers. Ride with us or drive for us! About SCALL: The SunCoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning (SCALL) is a local non-profit organized to raise the visibility of organizations that provide lifelong learning opportunities in Sarasota and Manatee counties. STUG is a member. |
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