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Useful Links - Shepherd's Center of Columbia

Best web link site for seniors in Columbia, SC!

Local Sites

Capital Senior Center
www.capitalseniorcenter.com

Computer Courses at Clyburn Technology Center
    www.richlandcountyrecreation.com/tech

Computer Courses at Richland County School District 1
    (Click on Adult and Community Education and select computer courses)
    www.rcsd1.org

Continuing Education at Midlands Technical College
    www.mtctraining.com/programs.htm

Fast Forward
    Fast Forward a nonprofit facility at 3223 Devine St. near Dreher High School.
Provides technology/computer instruction, free for seniors.  Open 9:00 to 3:00 weekdays.  Call at 343-2577.

PrimeTimes
    (Click on Quick Links, select Community Programs, use slide bar to move through list of options until you can stop and click on PrimeTimes - Columbia.)
    palmettohealth.org

Richland County Adult Activity Center
    www.richlandcountyrecreation.com/adultactivity.asp

Richland County Public Library
(Try Research Tools - clubs/organizations directory - seniors, for more resources.)
    www.richland.lib.sc.us

SeniorSMART (A USC project to support the health and independence of older adults at home, on the road, and through brain health; consumer web site not established)
  
Senior Resources, Inc. (includes Foster Grandparents, Senior Companion)
    www.seniorresourcesinc.org

Shepherd's Center of Columbia
    shepherdscenterofcolumbia.com

Slow Food Columbia
    slowfoodcolumbia.blogspot.com

South Carolina Information Highway (SCIway.net)
    www.sciway.net/cnty/richland.htmlwww.uway.org

United Way of the Midlands
    www.uway.org

Area Agency on Aging
    www.centralmidlands.org/agingservices.asp

Federal and State Governmental Agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs
    www.va.gov

Eldercare Locator – US Administration on Aging
    www.eldercare.gov

Federal Citizen Information Center - Consumer Action Website
  Contains contact information and web sites for everything you may desire to address complaints, to resolve problems, and to get needed information.
    www.consumeraction.gov

Federal Senior Citizens Resources
    www.usa.gov/Topics/Seniors

Medicaid
    www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/seniors.asp

Medicare
    www.medicare.gov

NASA
    www.nasa.gov

National Institutes of Health
    www.nih.gov
 
National Weather Service (NWS) for Richland County
    forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=SCZ028

Phone Number - See telephone number under web search section.

Post Office - See Zip code under web search section.

SC Department of Health and Human Services
    www.dhhs.state.sc.us

SC Department of Insurance
    www.doi.sc.gov
 
SC Department of Motor Vehicles
    www.scdmvonline.com/DMVNew

SC Government
    www.sc.gov

Official US Time Clock
(Select eastern states and click on disable java in the upper right-hand corner, if time is not visible)
    www.time.gov

Social Security Administration
    www.ssa.gov

Web Search Assistance

Telephone number - Use the Google search box.  Enter the word phonebook: name of person and two-letter state code, e.g. phonebook: john henry sc.  You could enter the city as well to reduce the number of matches.  An alternate method is to go to www.free411.com; however the entries are hard to read.

Zip code look up
    zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Web Organized by Topic Broken into Categories (web surfers super site)
    www.google.com/dirhp

Google Advanced Search (customized searching for hard to find items)
    www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

More Google (hidden) Products and Applications 
(typically available free, but may need a Google Account, which is free although it requires a simple registration.  Note when you provide someone with your sign-in account such as your name@aol.com and it asks for a password, you establish a new password for that application.  You do not give anybody the password for your sign-in account.  Establishing a new password for the new application does not change your password for your sign-in account.  Write down the new password so you can remember it when signing on to the new application.)
    www.google.com/options

Organizations

AAA Carolinas
    www.aaacarolinas.com

AARP – American Association of Retired Persons
    www.aarp.org

American Red Cross
    www.redcross.org
    www.centralscredcross.org


Better Business Bureau – Columbia
    www.columbia.bbb.org

Columbia Star
    www.thecolumbiastar.net

Consumer Reports
    www.consumerreports.org

Elderhostel
    www.elderhostel.org/welcome/home.asp

Grandpa Schober's music site
    If your like music, scroll through this site and click on your favorite tunes to hear some wonderful music.
    www.grandpaschober.com

Hospice of Columbia (Enter hospice in search box.)
    www.Palmettohealth.org

Johns Hopkins Health
    www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com/alerts

Life Management
    www.lifemanagement.com/nextsteps

Senior Discounts
    www.seniordiscounts.com

Senior Net
    http://www.seniornet.org

Shepherd's Centers of America (CSA)
    www.shepherdcenters.org

The State Newspaper
    www.thestate.com

Third Age - popular spot for seniors
    www.thirdage.com

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