The Red Cross offers a pushbutton communicator that signals Lifeline personnel of an emergency. They will phone immediately, and if no one answers, help will be sent. For details, call the office of the aging at 431-2753. Eight hours of classroom instruction are offered to drivers over 50. The class is designed to help refine existing skills, develop safe and defensive driving techniques, and explain the effects of aging on perception and responses.
Participants qualify for a reduction on their auto insurance premiums.
Call 438-2755 for details. Ridgefielders 60 and older with low to moderate incomes can call the AARP Tax-Aide program to get help in filing their federal and state returns. The free, confidential service is available Feb. 1 to April 15. AARP volunteers certified by the Internal Revenue Service provide the assistance. For more information, call program coordinator Peter Massagli at 438-2755.