Tag: Encore Years

  • Senior Law Day – A Toolkit for Surviving Life’s Later Challenges

    Presented by the Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association (CABA), this event features speakers from the Social Security Administration, Legal Aid Justice Center Civil Advocacy Program, Hospice of the Piedmont, Martha Jefferson Hospital, JABA, and others.  All attendees receive the 2009 Senior Citizens Handbook. Cost: Free Tuesday, May 4, 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM Charlottesville City Hall…

  • Here’s to Holy Trinity High School in Georgetown, DC!

    Last weekend was really an incredible experience!  I had not seen most of the reunion attendees in many years.  As each told her story I was reminded that graduates of “girls’ schools” have demonstrated over and over again the ability to reinvent themselves as circumstances change.  The Sisters of Mercy gave us a  very comprehensive…

  • How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying – Amazon Kindle Blog

    You know I love my Kindle! Below is a post from the Kindle Blog that I really enjoyed. Laughter is such good medicine, and all this technology is so much fun. How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying 12:09 PM PDT, April 8, 2010 New to Kindle this week just in time for Mother’s…

  • 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…

  • Senior Center Healthcare Summit: What are the Burning Issues Linked to Health Care Reform?

    A Healthcare Summit: What are the Burning Issues Linked to Health Care Reform? Thursday, April 1, 2010 – 6:00-8:00pm The Senior Center, 1180 Pepsi Place, Charlottesville, Virginia Featured Lecturer: Stuart Rosenberg, MD President and CEO Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians t Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Senior Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School ***FREE AND OPEN…