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At JABA, our mission is to ensure that individuals and families live better. We believe that living as part of a community promotes healthy aging, so all JABA owned and run living options promote a sense of community. Whether you are seeking independent living or living with assistance, JABA continues to establish and preserve living communities that increase options for living better.
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Living as an elder should be an enjoyable part of your life. Why not enjoy yourself as part of a community that learns, plays and works together? At JABA, we have designed our Community Centers and our Adult Care Centers to promote fun and fellowship.
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JABA is all about lending support to seniors in need of assistance. Whether that includes basic information, case management, insurance counseling, home delivered meals — or any of the many other available services — we want you to think of JABA as a source of support for you or your loved ones. Most of our support is offered as a gift to those who cannot pay. See individual programs for more details.
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JABA is able to do all that it does because of generous volunteers and donors. We value contributions of time as well as dollars and promise to put your talents and your donations to very good use.
In the past five years, government funding has diminished. Luckily, individual and corporate contributions have begun to rise. Your assistance is greatly appreciated and needed.
Learn
What’s good for us as we age is good for our entire community — from planning for neighborhood growth, to promoting local foods and collaborating for the best use of resources. This is the philosophy behind JABA’s mission, “to promote, establish and preserve sustainable communities for healthy aging that benefit individuals and families of all ages.”
MOVE OVER MISS AMERICA
March 29, 2010
Press Contact:
Elyse Thierry
(434) 817-5236
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MOVE OVER MISS AMERICA
Local teen organizes beauty pageant for seniors at JABA’s Community Center in Louisa.
Charlottesville, VA —- Local high school student and 2009 Miss Louisa Emily Throckmorton is putting her beauty pageant experience to work organizing a Senior Beauty Pageant for the members of JABA’s Community Center in Louisa. Emily is doing the pageant for seniors as her Governor’s School project.
While Emily’s goals include working to eliminate the stereotype of beauty pageants, the seniors at JABA’s center are just looking forward to the fun. “This is the first time JABA’s Community Center has hosted a beauty pageant and we already have 11 contestants signed on,” says Activity Assistant Crystal Donovan. “Our theme is Senior Sweetheart with the colors red and white. There will be two divisions: casual and formal (church wear) followed by one question to answer on stage. The winner will receive a sash and crown.”
This bit of tomfoolery appropriately takes place:
- Thursday, April 1, 2010
- From 10:30 AM to Noon
- Betty J. Queen Intergenerational Center, 522 Industrial Drive, Louisa, VA 23093
April 6, a Visit from the Easter Bunny
Also scheduled for JABA’s Center is an April 6 Easter egg hunt in conjunction with the children’s daycare at the Betty J. Queen Center. Rumor has it that the Easter bunny will be stopping by.
For more information on the pageant, Easter egg hunt or other activities at JABA’s Louisa Center, call (540) 967-4430.
About JABA
JABA (the Jefferson Area Board for Aging) serves the city of Charlottesville, and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson. JABA cares about all aspects of senior and intergenerational welfare. The nonprofit organization works to promote, establish and preserve sustainable communities for healthy aging that benefit individuals and families of all ages.
For information on JABA and answers to other aging related questions, contact JABA at (434) 817-5222 or visit the Web site www.jabacares.org.
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3/29/10
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- 674 Hillsdale Drive, Suite 9
- Charlottesville, VA 22901
- Email:
- jabacares@gmail.com
- Phone:
- (434) 817-5222
- Fax:
- (434) 817-5230
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