MORRISON, Ill-Keep your brain fit and healthy in 2020! Current research indicates that challenging the brain is one of several things you can do to contribute to your own brain health as you age.   Challenging activities is one way to train your brain and keep your wits fit!

The University of Illinois Extension offers a monthly Wits Fitness Brain Exercises in Morrison.  Join Extension Educator Karla Belzer as she leads participants through interactive activities designed to exercise the brain to maintain and enhance cognitive function and memory.  The monthly classes are held on Mondays at the O’Dell Public Library, 307 South Madison Street, Morrison, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Class dates for 2020 are:  March 9, April 20, May 11, June 15, July 13, August 10, October 19, November 9, and December 14.  There is no class in the month of September.

Each monthly class is free and open to the public! Registration is not required, but appreciated.  Participants are welcome to join the class at any time.  For more information or to register, visit go.illinois.edu/odellwitsfitness or call 815-632-3611.   To stay up-to-date with all University of Illinois Extension program offerings, like Extension on Facebook at U of I Extension Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Unit.

University of Illinois Extension offers programs create learning partnerships that put knowledge to work and aim to make life better, healthier, safer, and more profitable for individuals and their communities.  The University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.  For reasonable accommodations to participate, please call 815-632-3611.