Category: Active & Healthy Lifestyle

  • 2010 Neighborhood Leadership Institute

    Here is a great lifelong learning and civic engagement opportunity!  You will learn a lot about our community and city government and perhaps find your perfect niche for civic engagement.  Sign up soon to reserve your space! The City of Charlottesville is accepting applications for the 2010 Neighborhood Leadership Institute NLI will provide its participants…

  • Internet use ‘good for the brain’

    I have been an enthusiastic web proponent since my first webmaster job in 1996.   I had expected that the web would look like TV, and  it was a surprise to see that it was really just a lot of text files with just an occasional picture thrown in.  But what access to information!  I was…

  • Jackson-Via PTO News Flash – Outdoor Learning Centers

    Outdoor Learning Centers at Jackson-Via Elementary School On October 29th, from 12:00 – 1:00 at the Charlottesville Community Design Center (CCDC) on the Downtown Mall, local designers Reed Muehlman, Jessica Primm, Eugene Ryang, and Chris Woods, along with Jackson-Via staff, will present a Master Plan for Jackson-Via Elementary School’s Outdoor Learning Centers during a brown…

  • JABA Community Tag Sale & Volunteer Opportunities – Can you help?

    Come shop for some great items while supporting a worthwhile cause! JABA is having a Community Tag Sale on Sunday, October 25th, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at 674 Hillsdale Drive, Charlottesville.  All proceeds go towards programs and services at JABA’s Community Centers and Adult Care Center.  You can find clothes, jewelry, household items, baked…

  • Beyond the Bars- new website and blog from Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Inmate Programs

    Phyllis Back, Director of Programs, Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, has launched a new website and blog. This jail-programs blog is sure to be another “first” for us in Charlottesville!  Some recordings from the Music and Poetry Class are already available, and more will be coming soon.  Stay tuned for announcements of events as well as information…

  • Lifelong learning at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail – Can you help with the volunteer appreciation reception?

    It is so hard to define “lifelong learning” because it means so many different things to different people and at different times of life.  The classes and activities at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) are simply another facet of the lifelong-learning jewel!  Here is an opportunity to support the outreach effort at the ACRJ, a…