Come Fly With Me – Monday, March 4 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Peachtree City location at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail: Spread your wings as we delve into the fascinating world of Air Traffic Control (ATC). From takeoff to landing, explore the sky to elevate your view of the unseen orchestration behind air travel. Janusz Ruch, Air Traffic Controller with TRACON, shares the process of airspace management, aircraft sequencing, weather impacts, communication protocols and the intricacies of ensuring smooth operations at the world’s busiest airport. Gain insight into the crucial role that towers, approach controls, and flight service stations play in ensuring safety and efficiency within the National Airspace System. This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
The Beauty of Gratitude – Monday, March 4 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Fayetteville location at The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive: Take a step back and re-evaluate your vision of life! Recognizing things to be grateful for can sometimes be the biggest challenge in life, but once it is found, it can be one of the most freeing feelings! Join Mary Lynn Kirby, an expert in finding gratitude, as she shares her story of triumph and tribulations and how her journey of gratitude provided a new perspective on life. Through a gratitude journal, Mary Lynn discovered a way to grow from experience and find gratitude in just about everything. It’s gratitude that turns what we have into enough, and Mary Lynn will demonstrate how simply jotting down our grateful thoughts can lead to an entirely new appreciation for joy! Discover how to appreciate the little things in life that bring you gratitude and learn methods for recognizing things to be thankful for around you. Find something to be grateful for in everything that happens in your life and spread that gratitude to others. This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
The Evolution of News – Friday, March 8 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Peachtree City location at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail: Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The history of how our news has been delivered over the years is incredibly fascinating. Back in the day, it took days to get the word out using newsboys to spread the word and printed papers. In this day and age, the evolution of news over the years has grown exponentially using online outlets to reach people in nearly seconds. Join retired Atlanta Journal Constitution writer Carolyn Cunningham as she shares insight into this industry. This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
A Native American Tradition – Tuesday, March 12 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Fayetteville location at The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive: Native American traditions are diverse and fascinating, sharing strong emphasis on verbal discourse, orientation toward the land and an existence of a spirit world. The ancient Native American history, customs and traditions shape a unique perspective of those living today. Join Brenda Torbush and Dale Klauss as they share a piece of history from this unique culture. They’ll have a display of Native American artifacts and handmade items by Chief Noc-A-Homa as well as a collection of other items to view. This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
Seasonal Superfoods – Friday, March 15 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Fayetteville location at The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive: We could chat for days about all the tasty fruits and veggies that are in full bloom during March around Georgia. It will make your mouth water…think strawberries, lettuce, radishes, and so many more flavorful spring harvest foods. Arisahi Valentin, Dietitian with Fruition Nutrition, dives into the seasonal superfoods that Georgia yields. She’ll discuss how nutritious they are and share some fun tips on how to sneak them into your everyday meals. This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
Table Scraps – Monday, March 18 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Peachtree City location at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail: Don’t throw those kitchen scraps away! Did you know that you can repurpose them for more growth? Dietitian Lamura Poore with Diet To Lifestyle sheds light on the useful secret of using kitchen scraps for regrowth. Learn about specific fruits and vegetables that are really quite simple to grow from scraps, the best practices for saving and planting them and other useful hints for this endeavor. She’ll provide examples and seeds for you to take home and start your own scrap garden! This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
The Unsong Heroes of the Sky – Thursday, March 21 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Fayetteville location at The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive: Explore the history and heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and what led to them being the elite group they are today. This inspiring group of men were the first African American pilots to fly in combat during World War II, proving to be some of the most skilled aviators of their time. Join Willard Womack with the Commerative Air Force as he shares the undeniable courage and skill of these brave pilots and the challenges they faced in fighting both a war for their country and representing African Americans. This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
The Building Blocks of Relationships – Friday, March 22 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Peachtree City location at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail: Connecting with others is a natural part of human nature, but creating those moments of connection can be a challenge for anyone. No one is perfect, which in turn creates a way for us to raise barriers to strengthening relationships around us. Join Rachel with Sea Glass Therapy as she provides us with the tools to enhance our relationships. Learn about types of relationships throughout our lifetime and the benefits that they provide for our wellbeing. Discuss components that exist within healthy relationships and ways you can incorporate them to build and strengthen those. Mark Twain once said, “There isn’t a time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.” There is no time like the present to invest in relationships and grow with them in a way you never imagined before! This program is FREE to attend but payment will be made to truck directly for lunch. Pre-registration is encouraged. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
The Heart of Peachtree City – Wednesday, March 27 – 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Peachtree City location at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail: Peachtree City is a fun place to live! With so many things to do around town, with options ranging from free to a small fee, you can find tons to do! Tonya and Tom Byrd with The Byrd Group at Keller Williams share ideas for fun and cheap things to do around our beloved city. With cart paths, parks and recreation areas, classes and programs your options are truly endless. You’ll be surprised to discover all the entertainment so close to home. Share some of your favorite things to do around town during class! This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
Guatemala: Heart of the Mayan Empire – Thursday, March 28 – 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Fayetteville location at The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive Dive: Take a virtual trip to Guatemala. Join FSS member and volunteer Michael Isham, a seasoned traveler to 97 countries, as he revisits his journey to this unique place. Michael will share his traveler’s perspective of Guatemala, a lush Central American nation sharing agricultural abundance with volcanoes and vestiges of an ancient Mayan empire. This virtual trip will have you feeling like you are on a tour of this beautiful place, right from the comfort of your chair! This program is FREE but pre-registration is required. Call 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title) to register. FSS members and non-members welcome. www.Fayss.org.
