Category: Active & Healthy Lifestyle

  • Beyond the Bars Exhibit Opening Reception – Friday, May 7, 2010

    Opening Reception Friday, May 7,  5-7 PM McGuffey Art Center 201 2nd Street, NW, Charlottesville The McGuffey Arts Classes are one of the artistic and creative classes offered to the inmate population here at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, and are facilitated by Artists Ms. Rose Hill, Ms. LeVonne Yountz, Ms. Lindsay Freedman,  Ms. Esther Lopez, and …

  • CvilleDave: Sip for Kids’ Sake on Apr. 22!

    Here is an opportunity to get to know our Mayor Dave Norris as well as to learn about and benfit his organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge. Sip for Kids’ Sake on Apr. 22! Sip for Kids’ Sake: It’s one of the easiest (and most enjoyable) benefit events you’ll attend all…

  • Twice Is Nice is looking for volunteers

    Twice Is Nice, an upscale resale shop that benefits JABA’s Mountainside Senior Living, is looking for some good volunteers. Contact Marguerite David for more information at mdavid@jabacares.org or 817.5229. Twice Is Nice is a 501(c)(3) thrift store selling boutique-quality fashions, accessories, jewelry, gifts, home wares, and more. Located in Preston Plaza on Preston Avenue near…

  • Told you so! Tutoring is a win-win for tutors, grade-school kids

    As a volunteer JABA FISH tutor at Jackson-Via Elementary School, I have mentioned several times  my belief that tutoring  provides significant health and brain benefits – for the tutor as well as for the students! Here is some proof coming out of Experience Corps, a program operating in 22 cities nationwide that trains volunteers over…

  • Ready to get involved in our community? Here are some opportunities!

    Here are some new opportunities for getting involved in our extended community: Some of our current volunteer opportunities include: A gentleman in Dyke is in need of assistance with yard work Lunch server and assistant are needed in several of our community centers.  Hours and days vary Garden coordinator at Mary Williams Community center for…

  • Aging 101: Improving Your Fiscal Health

    Karin Bonding, Finance Professor at the U.Va. McIntire School of Commerce, will discuss “Improving Your Fiscal Health” at the Institute on Aging’s next “Aging 101.” The lecture takes place on April 20 at 3:00 at the Doubletree Hotel Charlottesville. Professor Bonding, Chartered Financial Analyst, will address the need for advance planning.  She stresses the importance…