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Learn more about the free Beacon Expos happening soon in Springfield Town Center, Springfield, Va. and Silver Spring Civic Center in Montgomery County, Md.
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JCA to honor its volunteers at Annual Meeting
JCA’s 45th Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony will convene on Monday, October 15 in the Ring House Social Hall on the Terrace Level of 1801 East Jefferson Street in Rockville, Md. (near the Bender JCC). An hors d’oeuvres and dessert reception to honor the JCA volunteer corps will start at 6:00 p.m., and the meeting itself will
Continue reading JCA to honor its volunteers at Annual MeetingJewish Council for the Aging Receives $706,000 Grant
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Receives $706,000 Grant The Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington (JCA) received a $706,373 grant from Senior Service America. Inc. (SSAI) to assist workers age 55 and above return to the job market. About 90 percent of the grant will be used to provide paid training for at least 83 low-income older adults who
Continue reading Jewish Council for the Aging Receives $706,000 GrantMoCo Council honors Interages’ REAL program
Montgomery County Council honored JCA Interages REAL program on its second anniversary on July 24th. Staff and volunteers from Interages and partner agencies MoCo DHHS and Montgomery County Public Libraries won praise for their great work. Reading and Educating to Advance Lives (REAL) connects volunteers with children and their parents through literacy and health activities in Department
Continue reading MoCo Council honors Interages’ REAL programSing along with the KC singers
Thursday morning, members of the Kensington Club at Parklawn sang with the K.C. Doyle Trio, creating good times and good memories.
Continue reading Sing along with the KC singersIt’s grand slam time
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.
Continue reading It’s grand slam timeKC Afternoon Club loves the deli
JCA’s Kensington Afternoon Club went out for a delicious deli dinner, with hot pastrami and matzah ball soup and other great menu choices.
Continue reading KC Afternoon Club loves the deliInterages director spoke at roundtable
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.
Continue reading Interages director spoke at roundtableJCA’s REAL program wins national award
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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