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Crime Wave Hits Charlottesville! – Virginia Festival of the Book starts next week
As I have mentioned before, I really look forward to the Book Festival every year. My favorite event is the annual Book Fair at the Omni. In previous years I have found the perfect books for my young friends at Jackson-Via Elementary School as I wandered through the exhibits during breaks between the Crime Wave…
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Events / U.Va. Institute on Aging – How to talk to loved ones about legal, financial, and medical plans for aging parents and spouses
Our always popular Festival of the Book is almost here! Read below about a session that will be very interesting to many of us -if not for our parents, then for ourselves. See you there! Virginia Morris, a nationally recognized authority on eldercare and author of How to Care for Aging Parents, will lead a…
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Charlottesville City Schools – Now is the time to get involved!
This morning I read with interest the article in the Charlottesville Daily Progress about the hard choices that the Charlottesville School Board must make in these challenging times of dwindling revenues. As a volunteer at Jackson-Via Elementary School, I noticed especially the quote below. If you decide to spend some volunteer time in the schools,…
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Bringing High-Speed Broadband to Charlottesville — Here’s How YOU Can Help
Winning this competition would be a tremendous boost for our community! I have already sent in my nomination, and I hope you will too. Bringing High-Speed Broadband to Charlottesville — Here’s How YOU Can Help Charlottesville, Albemarle County and UVa are working together to bring high-speed Google fiber optic internet service to our community —…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Kick-Off Event–Feb. 18
Here is another opportunity to get involved in our community. Please join Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge for a very special lunchtime reception to launch a major new campaign to benefit Charlottesville-area youth! “100 Mentors for 100 Kids in 2010” Campaign Kick-Off Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge…
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Charlottesville area offers much to seniors
Charlottesville is a wonderful place to retire! There is so much to do and we have so many opportunities to get involved in our community. Here is an article from today’s Daily Progress that lists some of the many advantages that we enjoy. Area offers much to seniors; seniors give back By Peter M. Thompson…
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