Join us at the OLLI Office Suite on Friday, September 11, for some coffee & conversation! Or if you can't make it into the OLLI suite, join us from 10:30 - 11:00 for the member orientation presentation portion on ZOOM.

Registration only required to receive ZOOM link for the member orientation portion (10:30 am - 11:00). 

Starting at 10:00 am, join the OLLI Membership Committee for conversation and coffee in the Member Library and around the OLLI Suite. For interested members, the orientation will start at 10:30 am in the Illinois Classroom and will include information about OLLI programming & benefits. The orientation session is especially helpful for new members, but all members are welcome to attend. Tours will also be available. Light refreshments will be served.

Come learn about Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the most important and spectacular archaeological site in the eastern United States.  Cahokia is llinois' only UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Its magnificent earthen mounds were part of North America's largest urban center 900 years ago.  They were used for burials and as platforms for ritual events and for the residences of rulers. The largest, 100-foot-high Monks Mound, covers a larger area than the Great Pyramid of Giza.  The Site museum galleries tell the story of Cahokia and show the crafts and works of art produced by the Mississippian culture.  Those galleries are currently closed for renovation but their contents will be shown in this lecture through photos and video.  OLLI instructor Fred Christensen (president of the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society) will provide background and commentary about the gallery displays and the mounds.  

Come learn about Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the most important and spectacular archaeological site in the eastern United States.  Cahokia is llinois' only UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Its magnificent earthen mounds were part of North America's largest urban center 900 years ago.  They were used for burials and as platforms for ritual events and for the residences of rulers. The largest, 100-foot-high Monks Mound, covers a larger area than the Great Pyramid of Giza.  The Site museum galleries tell the story of Cahokia and show the crafts and works of art produced by the Mississippian culture.  Those galleries are currently closed for renovation but their contents will be shown in this lecture through photos and video.  OLLI instructor Fred Christensen (president of the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society) will provide background and commentary about the gallery displays and the mounds.  

Advocates for Aging Care (AAC) is a grassroots, volunteer-run, and newly certified 501(c)(3) public charity founded in Champaign County in May 2023. The organization was established to stand up for quality, affordable, and innovative nursing home care, specifically to address the severe deficit of skilled nursing beds in an area that is currently the most underserved county in Illinois. Guided by its core values of quality, innovation, collaboration, and equity, AAC’s central mission is to establish a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Champaign County that provides innovative, person-centered care to support residents throughout their lifetime, with a vision to make the county a leader in age-friendly communities.

This presentation will give a peek into the proposed $26M, cottage-style skilled nursing facility that Advocates for Aging Care is pursuing including how they got to this point, what the final project is intended to include, what the timetable is for completion and what the next steps are. 

Advocates for Aging Care (AAC) is a grassroots, volunteer-run, and newly certified 501(c)(3) public charity founded in Champaign County in May 2023. The organization was established to stand up for quality, affordable, and innovative nursing home care, specifically to address the severe deficit of skilled nursing beds in an area that is currently the most underserved county in Illinois. Guided by its core values of quality, innovation, collaboration, and equity, AAC’s central mission is to establish a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Champaign County that provides innovative, person-centered care to support residents throughout their lifetime, with a vision to make the county a leader in age-friendly communities.

This presentation will give a peek into the proposed $26M, cottage-style skilled nursing facility that Advocates for Aging Care is pursuing including how they got to this point, what the final project is intended to include, what the timetable is for completion and what the next steps are.