Whoever said baby boomers aren’t having any fun is mistaken. Kathy Taylor, the associate vice president for Community Development at Elderhostel/Road Scholar, can attest. She’s witnessed the 45-year-old and older crowd experience cultural milestones as they participate in the company’s more than 8,000 travel adventures and education programs.
“Road Scholar is a program that is designed for baby boomers plus, people that are adventuresome travelers who are also lifelong learners,” offers Taylor who oversees a wide range of initiatives at the national and local levels, including spearheading the lifelong learning movement through educational travel in the mature, educated and informed market and directing a national volunteers speakers bureau.
“They love travel and are intellectually curious. They don’t want classroom learning … but while they travel, they want to learn.”
A global leader in lifelong learning, Elderhostel/Road Scholar is a 35-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional educational travel opportunities for baby boomers and beyond.
Taylor continues, “Generally [we have] people who want to stretch their minds. They feed off of meeting new and exciting people; they’re open-minded. They believe that travel is a classroom. A lot of people can read about traveling to different locales, but the [Road Scholar] believes there is nothing like the 3D experience: touching, feeling and seeing.”
A new destination that has been added to their travel curriculum is “The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta Study Program.”
“Dr. King’s influence more than 40 years after his death is unquestionable,” she offers. “This learning adventure takes an up-close and personal look at both Dr. King’s life and the place he called home. It’s an exceptional opportunity to learn more about this pivotal figure in history and we are excited to offer this new program.”
Three years in the making, the newly developed program will take place from April 7 – 11, 2011. Participants will begin their adventure with a visit to Morehouse College, and King’s alma mater, a tour of the Sweet Auburn Historic District; a special highlight includes Sunday morning worship service at the new Ebenezer Baptist Church and a fried chicken dinner at the still-popular Paschal’s restaurant where King and other Black ministers and activists frequently met for discussions during the movement. –yvette caslin
For more information or to register, call toll-free (877) 426-8056 or visit https://www.roadscholar.org/programs/programdetail.asp?id=1-5G0J9R&eCode=UUHH.
