Category: Active & Healthy Lifestyle

  • CAFÉ VOLUNTEER NEEDED – Senior Center Volunteer Team

    CAFÉ VOLUNTEER Wednesdays, 8:30-10:00 am Want to extend a warm greeting in the café? Sign up to be a Garden Café volunteer. We specifically need a volunteer for a short Wednesday morning shift from 8:30-10:00 am. To be a part of the Senior Center volunteer team, please email Kimberly Haynes, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources. via…

  • JABA Volunteer Opportunities for July

    JABA Volunteer Opportunities for July

    Volunteer Opportunities Got an hour? Have a Smile? Enjoy driving or chatting on the phone? Experienced in the legal or medical field? Like spending time in boutiques? Feel reenergized working with children or older adults or both? Join JABA’s Volunteer Services program and make a difference in the lives of others. One hour a week…

  • Literacy Volunteers – New Tutor Training – July 19

    Literacy Volunteers – New Tutor Training – July 19

    I have really enjoyed my first year as a Literacy Volunteer. LVCA in the Jefferson school is another treasure in our Charlottesville PLACE! New Tutor Training on July 19 We’re hosting our next New Tutor Training on Saturday, July 19 from 9:30am-4:00pm.If you know someone who would make a great tutor, please encourage them to call…

  • City planners are increasingly aware of health benefits of clean, living landscapes.

    I am pleased to see all the new initiatives from the City of Charlottesville that will encourage all of us to get engaged! Today, the design buzzwords are all about connectivity, linear parks and “complete streets”— with shared space for walking, biking and ready access to transit. Urban planners are working hard to invert the…

  • Caffeine and a healthy diet may boost memory, thinking skills

    Caffeine and a healthy diet may boost memory, thinking skills

    Caffeine and a healthy diet may boost memory, thinking skills; alcohol’s effect uncertain POSTED JUNE 18, 2014, 2:54 PM Stephanie Watson, Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch I’m not much use behind the keyboard until I’ve had my morning cup of coffee. And I’m far from the only American who needs a little java jolt…

  • TOWN HALL TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION – Senior Center – June 19

    TOWN HALL TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION – Senior Center – June 19

    Thursday, June 19, 10:00 a.m. Any topic is open for discussion, but this month’s focus is on the Charlottesville Area Transit CAT system in general and, in particular, how people get to and from the Senior Center.