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OLLI-UVa and JABA Form Partnership
OLLI at the University of Virginia and JABA (Jefferson Area Board for Aging) are pleased to announce a new partnership! OLLI members who provide thirty hours of certified community service with JABA within a twelve-month period will receive a $25 discount on one semester’s tuition as an incentive to learn by giving back to the…
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A Feast of Literature on The Horizon – Virginia Festival of the Book
One of my favorite annual Charlottesville events is coming up soon. Sounds like it will be lots of fun! March 17th is the first day of the Virginia Festival of the Book, but now’s the time to start finding your favorite authors, buying your tickets to our special events and planning your trip to this…
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Serving Your Community Benefits Your Brain – from Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter
As a JABA FISH volunteer at Jackson-Via Elementary School in Charlottesville, I can agree with the “cobweb removal” statement! Helping an ESL student with math is certainly a brain fitness exercise — and I have to say that I am learning “strategies” for solving word problems that I had never thought of before. I encourage…
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Reminder: NLI Taking Applications for 2010 Class
City of Charlottesville residents: here is your chance to learn more about our community and work towards positive change! NLI Taking Applications for 2010 Class You can take the wheel in Charlottesville by participating in the City’s Neighborhood Leadership Institute (NLI) “Pilot Your City” program which provides residents with the best tools to make positive…
finding joy along the way
Live & Learn! 