Tag: Charlottesville Virginia

  • OLLI Special Presentation on Bird Photography – free and open to the public

    Bird Photography by Marshall Faintich, Meadows Presbyterian Church, Friday, March 22, 1:30-3 p.m. Learn how to photograph the birds around you to enjoy them throughout the year. From photographing a common species of bird at your feeder

  • Week 1 – Know Thyself | Thanks, Prof Green for helping me stay calm!

    Now that I have completed this week’s assignments, I feel as if I have just returned from a time-travel adventure to ancient Greece where I listened in on all the gossip about Socrates! The UVa Coursera course, Know Thyself  by Professor Mitch Green, opened this week, and  (at least for me) it sure was the…

  • Cville Ten Miler – March 16 – Call for Volunteers

    The Senior Center and the Charlottesville Track Club are encouraging everyone who can to sign up — pretty please! — as a volunteer for the race on Saturday, March 16.  These are our greatest position needs:

  • Vinegar Hill Cafe Opening Soon at JSCC!

    Can’t wait to visit. See you there! In the heart of downtown Charlottesville the JSCC has been renovated to house many different tenants including JABA’s Mary Williams Community Center and Vinegar Hill Cafe (run by JABA.) JABA has played a major part in the planning for the Center. Mary Williams Community Center is now open…

  • JABA Soup for Seniors Food Drive | January 2 to January 21

    In recognition of the Martin Luther King Day of Service, JABA is holding “Soup for Seniors”, a canned food drive benefiting local, low-income older adults. This marks the fourth time the nonprofit agency has hosted the drive. “Hunger never takes a holiday,” says JABA’s Volunteer Service Coordinator Robi Keys. “And, winter weather can make getting…

  • Vinegar Hill Café in Jefferson School City Center

    Vinegar Hill Café volunteer opportunities Programming (planning and organizing musical, artistic and other community events in the café) Daily café activities (food preparation, cashier work, menu planning, cleaning, and greeting customers) Opening preparations (arranging furniture, hanging art, setting up kitchen). For more information on volunteer opportunities at Vinegar Hill Café please contact Judy Berger at jberger@jabacares.org.