Author: Suzanne Pollak

KC Afternoon Club loves the deli

KC club / By Suzanne Pollak / June 28, 2018

JCA’s Kensington Afternoon Club went out for a delicious deli dinner, with hot pastrami and matzah ball soup and other great menu choices.

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Interages director spoke at roundtable

News / By Suzanne Pollak / June 15, 2018

Leah Bradley, senior director of JCA’s Heyman’s Interages Center, was a panelist at ASA Washington, D.C. Roundtable on Intergenerational Programming: Connecting the Generations. Also speaking was Donna Butts, executive director of Generations  United. The program was held June 26.

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JCA’s REAL program wins national award

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / June 11, 2018

Heyman Interages Center’s Reading and Educating to Advance Lives (REAL) program, which is a collaborative program with DHHS and MCPL, won a 2018 National Association of Counties achievement award. This is the second year in a row that a JCA Interages program has received this award. Tech Connect won last year. REAL connects volunteers with …

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JCA senior writer earns several editorial awards

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / May 23, 2018

Suzanne Pollak, JCA’s Senior Writer/Editor, who also is a reporter at the Montgomery Sentinel, earned several awards this month at the Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia’s Press Association Editorial Contest. She took first place in sports reporting for her article, “Concussion fears reduce number of students turning out to play football.” She earned second place in …

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Do More 24 is Wednesday, May 16 to Thursday, May 17

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / May 14, 2018

The United Way campaign to help area nonprofits is set for May 16-17. Please think of JCA so we may continue to Help All Seniors Thrive. Click here https://www.domore24.org/JewishCouncilfortheAging  to donate to help senior adults find jobs, attend day programs, volunteer and learn about what this area has to offer for them. JCA thanks you in …

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Come dance to songs from the Glenn Miller era

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / April 5, 2018

Put on your dancing shoes. As part of Good Deeds Day, JCA will be throwing a Senior Prom, where seniors as well as middle and high school students will be dancing to the hits of the Glenn Miller era. Dance lessons for the waltz, foxtrot and jitterbug will be offered, and there also will be …

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JCA’s CEO David Gamse is a Comcast newsmaker

News / By Suzanne Pollak / January 31, 2018

Hear all about our new grant and how it will help seniors age in place while still getting around.

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JCA receives $681,159 to enhance transportation programs

JCA Programs / By Suzanne Pollak / January 29, 2018

Rockville, MD (January 23, 2018) — The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) has approved the award of $681,159 in federal transportation funding for JCA® – the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington — to support two JCA projects. The TPB selected just 17 …

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Not ready to retire?

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / January 16, 2018

Read the latest JCA Senior Resources Guide.

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