Author: Suzanne Pollak

KC Afternoon Club returns

KC club, Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / May 3, 2019

older woman playing violin

For the second year in a row, the Jewish Council for the Aging has added an afternoon social day club. The Samuel Gorlitz Kensington Afternoon Club meets Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and includes supper plus all the great activities offered at our three day programs. Starting June 5 and running through September, …

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JCA has 5,000+ FB friends

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / May 2, 2019

THANK YOU, FACEBOOK FANS! We were wowed (and honored) to learn we just welcomed our 5,000th Facebook friend. Please help us keep growing while keeping up to date with the best ways to enjoy your senior years by clicking here. Learn how JCA might be of help to you or your loved ones by visiting …

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Retirement is a thing of the past

News / By Suzanne Pollak / February 20, 2019

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It’s always someone’s birthday!

Charitable Giving, JCA Programs, News / By Suzanne Pollak / January 28, 2019

Last year, a wonderful thing happened on the way to my birthday: I discovered Facebook fundraising.  My first-ever campaign raised nearly $1,000 in three weeks, and JCA used every donated dollar to sustain or expand senior services that urgently need them.  Are you ready to join me? The only prerequisites are that you yourself have a Facebook account. …

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WTOP’s Howard to speak at employment expo

JCA Programs / By Suzanne Pollak / January 25, 2019

Hillary Howard, the award winning radio and television reporter who has worked in the Greater Washington area for more than 20 years, will be the keynote speaker at JCA’s 50+ Employment Expo in Fairfax, Va. She is the afternoon anchor on WTOP. This year’s Retool, Recharge, Reinvent’s expo will be at the Fair Oaks Marriott, …

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NBC 4’s Barbara Harrison is MoCo keynote speaker

News / By Suzanne Pollak / January 25, 2019

Barbara Harrison, a treasured Washington journalist for more than 35 years, is the keynote speaker at JCA’s Monday, April 15th 50+ Employment Expo at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. Harrison is best known for Wednesday’s Child and her interesting interviews. If you are looking for work, don’t miss JCA’s 50+ Employment Expo. …

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Louis Gossett Jr. to receive JCA Productive Aging Award

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / January 18, 2019

JCA is excited to announce that Louis Gossett Jr., best known for his Academy Award winning roles as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman and Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots, will receive the Productive Aging Award at our 26th annual Sylvia Blajwas Productive Aging Dinner on Sunday, June 2. The …

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KC’s annual art show is Jan. 27

JCA Programs, News / By Suzanne Pollak / January 9, 2019

Please join us Sunday, Jan. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Gorlitz Kensington Club’s 6th Annual Art Show, presented in collaboration with the JCA Heyman Interages Center and Arts for the Aging. There will be a music presentation by Arts for the Aging, lots of artwork by KC members and light refreshments. There …

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Sing along with the KC singers

KC club, Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / July 12, 2018

Thursday morning, members of the Kensington Club at Parklawn sang with the K.C. Doyle Trio, creating good times and good memories.

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It’s grand slam time

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / July 6, 2018

Join JCA and the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington on Aug. 19 at Jewish Community Day at Nationals Park when the Nats take on the Miami Marlins. Activities begin at 11:30 a.m. for information and tickets, go to shalomdc.org/grandslam.

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