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Founded in 1982, Charlotte Mecklenburg Senior Centers is a nonprofit organization that provides services and opportunities to individuals above the age of 55 and their families. Located in Charlotte, N.C., the center offers a variety of educational and recreational opportunities. It supports health and wellness programs that include monthly health screenings, exercise classes, personal training, nutrition counseling, muscle strengthening and massage therapy. Charlotte Mecklenburg Senior Centers also supports a multicultural program that includes the components related to arts and crafts, employment, volunteer opportunities and citizenship. The center is a place for conducting dance, computer, music and language classes. It organizes several day trips, as well as operates various groups and clubs.

The Center's mission is to use the time and talent of senior adults to develop enrichment programs for active seniors and offer services for less independent seniors. The Center has 400 volunteers and six staff people, two full-time and four part-time. One part-time person is a Senior Aide, paid by Title IV funds and administered by the Senior Center on Tyvola. The Center is governed by a fifteen member Board of Directors. It is sponsored by forty-two congregations, in addition to financial support from businesses and foundations and gifts from individuals. The Center's newest programs are its computer lab and computer loan programs. Its oldest program is a mini-college called Adventures in Learning which offers four six week sessions ; fall, winter, spring and summer. The Center publishes four free Program Guides and four Newsletters a year mailed to about 4, 500 people. The Shepherd's Center of Charlotte | Trinity Presbyterian Church | 3115 Providence Rd., NC 28211 Charlotte