Tag: JABA

  • 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…

  • GIVING BACK PAYS: JABA volunteers now earn a tuition discount at OLLI-UVa

    Get involved in our community. You will be glad that you did! GIVING BACK PAYS JABA volunteers now earn a tuition discount at OLLI at UVa Charlottesville, VA — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UVa and JABA are pleased to announce a new partnership. As of January 1, 2010, OLLI members who provide…

  • OLLI-UVa and JABA Form Partnership

    OLLI at the University of Virginia and JABA (Jefferson Area Board for Aging) are pleased to announce a new partnership! OLLI members who provide thirty hours of certified community service with JABA within a twelve-month period will receive a $25 discount on one semester’s tuition as an incentive to learn by giving back to the…

  • Make it a Day On, Not a Day Off – Help JABA’s Soup for Seniors

    Make it a Day On, Not a Day Off by bringing your canned goods and nonperishable food items to JABA on MLK Day January 18th for Soup for Seniors, a food drive to benefit JABA’s Food Bag program for low-income seniors. Drop off food items between 9 am and 1 pm at JABA at 674…

  • Serving Your Community Benefits Your Brain – from Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter

    As a JABA FISH volunteer at Jackson-Via Elementary School in Charlottesville, I can agree with the “cobweb removal” statement!  Helping an ESL student with math is certainly a brain fitness exercise  — and I have to say that I am learning “strategies” for solving word problems that I had never thought of before. I encourage…

  • Get Involved in Our Charlottesville Community – Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities at JABA

    Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities at JABA Community Centers & ACC (Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Activities with Seniors, Special Programs Health/Nutrition: Food Bag Program, Home Delivered Meals, Congregate Meals Companionship/Outreach: Friendly Visiting, Phone Buddy, Ombudsman, Medicare Counseling, Transportation, Pet Therapy, Home Repairs Building Community: Admin/Office Help, Grant Writing, Special Events, Thrift…