Tag: Charlottesville

  • FEEDING THE BRAIN: FACTS AND FEAST

    FEEDING THE BRAIN:  FACTS AND FEAST Wednesday, August 27, 10:00-11:00 Learn What Foods Sustain the Brain and What’s Killing It! Dr. Brian Prax presents the third of his Brain-Based Therapy workshops. Accounting for only 2% of your body weight and taking up to 20% of all energy available, the brain is an amazing machine that…

  • EVENING FRONT DESK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Senior Center

    EVENING FRONT DESK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Do you enjoy meeting people? The Center is looking for evening Front Desk Volunteers that provide excellent customer service, communicate well, and serve as a resource for all who visit the Senior Center. Position times available: Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 – 8:30 pm. Please contact Kimberly to be part of the…

  • Have some time to help refugee ESL students? Become a FISH volunteer

    Have some time to help refugee ESL students? Become a FISH volunteer

    If you have just one hour a week to have lunch with one of our refugee students, we need you! I am looking forward to my 8th year of volunteering twice a week as a FISH tutor/mentor for ESL students at Jackson-Via Elementary School.  These students (about 60, most of whom are refugees) are very eager, enthusiastic learners who…

  • Come FISH with us! New TUTOR/MENTORS needed for Friends in School Helping

    Come FISH with us! New TUTOR/MENTORS needed for Friends in School Helping

    Come FISH with us! We are casting our lines for new FISH mentors for our Friends in School Helping program. The upcoming training dates are 8/7 Charlottesville, 8/21 Louisa, 9/3 Charlottesville and 10/10 Charlottesville. More dates may be added if needed. New volunteers may attend any trainings regardless of their county of residence. Please contact FISH@jabacares.org for…

  • Newsies Needed at Senior Center

    NEWSIES NEEDED Extra, extra, read all about it! We have a very dedicated corps of volunteers who help distribute copies of the Senior Center Times each month to locations around the community. If you are regularly out and about and would like to help spread the news, we’d love to have your help. Also, if…

  • VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FRIENDS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

    VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FRIENDS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY Looking for a way to make a difference in the community you love? Volunteers are needed to maintain and preserve the 469 miles of the Parkway. Positions are available at several visitor centers, along with demonstrators for “mountain homesteading” skills. You can also start a chapter…