Tag: Volunteer

  • 5 Tips for Lifelong Learning

    Some very good suggestions from Matt. Consider volunteering in our schools. In doing so, you will become a mentor for students and inspire them to become lifelong learners themselves! Noticed this last night while paging through a magazine Success, August 2009, and thought I’d pass it along. 1 Seek out a mentor – look for…

  • Computer School for Seniors – Lifelong Learning from the comfort of your home

    The Computer School for Seniors offers online computer and Internet instruction for Baby Boomers, Senior Citizens or anyone who would like to gain more enjoyment from their computer and the Internet. Learn from home, at your leisure, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nancy is passionate about Lifelong Learning… “Many people ask me…

  • Often it is the “teacher” leading a project-based learning program who learns the most!

    I learned how to blog as a JABA RSVP FISH volunteer. I had agreed to sponsor an after-school computer club at Jackson-Via Elementary School in Charlottesville and I wanted to focus on 21st-century skills. Since blogging is receiving high marks as an effective means for teaching reflective writing, I decided that that would be a…

  • cvillewiki – new encyclopedia of local government and our community

    Are you interested in land use, transportation, and community design? Now you can help build Charlottesville Tomorrow’s new wiki. Go to http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/ to get started. Charlottesville Tomorrow’s mission is to inform and engage the public by providing clear, non-partisan information and research on land use, transportation, and community design issues with the confidence an informed…

  • Ready to get involved? Serve.gov is the place to start.

    The President has said that the challenges America faces are unprecedented, and that we need to build a new foundation for economic growth in America. The Administration has begun this work with dramatic new investments in education, health care, and clean energy, but we cannot do this alone here in Washington. Economic recovery is as…

  • Looking for a fun place to volunteer?

    Maybe Market Central is just the place for you! If you love the City Market and would like to help it find a permanent home, stop by the Market Central table in the non-profit section of the City Market. Hello, friends of the Charlottesville City Market – As we approach the summer season at the…