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JCA Volunteer Appreciation
On June 2, JCA held the 2024 Volunteer Appreciation event. The gathering and ceremony celebrated the many volunteers that help make JCA’s programs second to none. Volunteers provide expertise, support staff, and provide the personal touch participants have come to expect. Award winners are profiled below.
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In this issue:
➢ Volunteer Appreciation
➢ Eli’s Loaves of Love
➢ Folk Music at Kesher Cafe
➢ Volunteer Awards
➢ 50+ Employment Expo in Howard County
Volunteer With Eli’s Loaves of Love
Eli’s Loaves of Love is a free monthly challah delivery program for people living with physical, cognitive, or emotional challenges. Summer delivery dates are scheduled for July 19th and August 16th. For more information on challah delivery or how to sign up to be a monthly volunteer, please contact Colleen Kemp, 3012-255-4204
Folk Music at Kesher Cafe
JCA’s Kesher Cafe will host folk musician Jesse Palidofsky on Sunday, July 14th at 2 p.m. He has performed his original songs at the National Theatre, at the Washington Folk Festival and on the sloop Clearwater with Pete Seeger, and he has played blues piano at the Smithsonian National Folklife Festival and the Kennedy Center. His I Am An Immigrant was the #1 song on the international Folk Radio DJ charts in November, and Jesse was the #4 overall artist on the Folk Radio charts in December
and Dancing Toward the Light was the #5 CD. Jesse has shared stages with folk luminaries including Pete Seeger, Bob Franke, Anne Hills, Brother Sun, the Ronstadt Family Band, Sonia, Kim and Reggie Harris, Ken Whiteley & the Beulah Band, Erica Wheeler and Magpie.
*This performance is sponsored in part by Griswold Home Care of Chevy Chase.
Kesher Cafe is a free monthly social engagement program for people living with young onset dementia (YOD) and their caregivers. For more information on this program, Young Onset Dementia, or volunteer opportunities, contact Colleen Kemp 301-255-4204.
JCA Volunteers Are Honored With Awards for 2024
Nine awards were presented at the 2024 JCA volunteer appreciation event. The recipients are listed below.
Megan Bainbridge
Margaret Cutler Award Interages
William Waller
Austin Heyman Volunteer Service Award Interages
Andy
Heyman Interages Youth Service Award
Beverly Greenfeig
Gordon Silcox Volunteer Service Award
Career Gateway
Thom Hooper
Richard Lieberman
Sharon Shi
Gorlitz Kensington Clubs
Schlossenberg Spirit of KC Volunteer Award
Laura Jablonover
Assisting Hands Home Care
Schlossenberg Spirit of KC Group Award
Emily Lurie
SCSEP Volunteer Award
Bo Dong
SHIP Volunteer Service Award
JCA Holds Its First Howard County 50+ Virtual Employment Expo
Thursday, May 30, 2024, was JCA’s first Virtual 50+ Employment Expo for the Howard County (HoCo) Government. Specifically, it was Ofelia Ross Ott, Administrator, The Office on Aging and Independence (OAI), who asked JCA to put the employment expo together. This request included creating a new website for the employment expo. The HoCo Employment Expo website includes:
It was a team effort to get the word out to HoCo jobseekers and employers. The OAI, HoCo Office of Workforce Development, Columbia, MD, Workforce Center, and HoCo Economic Development Authority helped reach older workers and employers in Howard County. Just over six hundred jobseekers registered to attend the Expo and fifteen Howard County employers participated in this Expo.
The event’s resounding success was a testament to the hard work and dedication of all involved. We were overjoyed to receive such positive feedback from employers and jobseekers, and we eagerly anticipate the news of successful job placements. JCA is deeply grateful for the opportunity to organize this significant event and looks forward to more such collaborations in the future.
This past month the JCA blog, Information for the Sandwich Generation, shared the latest Senior Resources Guide which explained the importance of oral health. Some of the more heartbreaking aspects of Alzheimer’s caregiving were outlined while the health benefits of sensory gardens were enumerated. Our immediate past president, Howard Gleckman, cleared up some of the misunderstandings of pre-diabetes, and budding entrepreneurs are encouraged with pointers for the 50+ crowd. If you are a caregiver for an older adult, or you know one, check out the KC Blog as well.
Steven Kover in honor of Debby & Allan Kover
Elaine Binder in memory of Austin Heyman
Montgomery County Commission on Aging in memory of Austin Heyman
Come learn about the impact JCA has in our community in a 45-minute Zoom “tour of our mission.” You might be surprised at what you hear as we introduce you to our CEO, board president, Career Gateway graduate, Interages volunteer, and Kensington Club activity leader. Contact us if you would like to participate in a tour or to set up an in-person tour for your group. We really would love to meet you!
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