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Come FISH with us! New TUTOR/MENTORS needed for Friends in School Helping
Come FISH with us! We are casting our lines for new FISH mentors for our Friends in School Helping program. The upcoming training dates are 8/7 Charlottesville, 8/21 Louisa, 9/3 Charlottesville and 10/10 Charlottesville. More dates may be added if needed. New volunteers may attend any trainings regardless of their county of residence. Please contact FISH@jabacares.org for…
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Newsies Needed at Senior Center
NEWSIES NEEDED Extra, extra, read all about it! We have a very dedicated corps of volunteers who help distribute copies of the Senior Center Times each month to locations around the community. If you are regularly out and about and would like to help spread the news, we’d love to have your help. Also, if…
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FRIENDS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FRIENDS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY Looking for a way to make a difference in the community you love? Volunteers are needed to maintain and preserve the 469 miles of the Parkway. Positions are available at several visitor centers, along with demonstrators for “mountain homesteading” skills. You can also start a chapter…
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Knitting Together – Free Comfy Hats for cancer patients delivered August 4
Delivered with love and our best wishes! Susi made our first deliveries of our Comfy Hats for cancer patients at the University of Virginia Health System on August 4, 2014. We are so pleased to have our basket of free hats in Ramona’s Room at the Flourish Boutique, Emily Couric Cancer Center, and our gift bag of free…
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Hope to see ScratchJr in Cville area schools this year!
I have been using the online Scratch programing interface with 3rd and 4th grade students during my volunteer time at Jackson-Via Elementary School, so I was really interested to learn about the new ScratchJr which has been developed for 5-7 year olds. Young students learn very quickly how to create and control characters on the…
finding joy along the way
Live & Learn! 