About the CLL
The Center for Lifelong Learning [CLL] was established in 1993 as the "Senior Center for Lifelong Learning." Its purpose was to serve the educational interests of the senior community in the Fort Walton Beach area, although there was no criteria for who qualified as a "senior." The word "Senior" was dropped from the title as unnecessary and the purpose was expanded to include the entire adult population in our area.
Our organization is a Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI). Throughout the nation, hundreds of Lifelong Learning Institutes are joined in an organization called the Elderhostel Institute Network (EIN), which is a branch of Elderhostel, Inc. EIN furnishes information on curriculum, tips on starting a new program, and topics of interest to the membership. The organization of each LLI is entirely the option of the people setting up the program at each campus. The CLL has the distinction of being one of the few all-volunteer programs in the country.
Our students come from not only the immediate Fort Walton Beach area, but from adjacent counties and, during the January semester, from northern states and Canada. The CLL has more than 700 current members. A current member is defined as a person who has enrolled in one of the two past semesters.
| CLL Board of Directors | |
| President | Billy Walker |
| 1st Vice President/ Computer Liaison |
Norm Blakley |
| 2nd Vice President | Patti Boyles |
| Secretary | Martha Bradford |
| Treasurer/Database | Dr. Bob Carney |
| Past President | Dr. Bob Kitahara |
| Special Events/Hospitality | Barbara Smith Sharon Mazur |
| Parliamentarian/Scholarship | Bob Garcia |
| Historian | Jean Lee-Jackson |
| Curriculum | Jean Schlitt Helen Harris |
| Publicity | Patti Boyles |
| Planning | Ellis Boudreaux |
| Registration | Lydia Weaver |
| Hospitality | Sharon Mazur |
| Members at Large | Jim Cooper, Jackie Youngblood, Eric Harris |