KC 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.
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Interages 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
Continue reading JCA’s REAL program wins national awardJCA senior writer earns several editorial awards
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
Continue reading JCA senior writer earns several editorial awardsDo More 24 is Wednesday, May 16 to Thursday, May 17
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
Continue reading Do More 24 is Wednesday, May 16 to Thursday, May 17Come dance to songs from the Glenn Miller era
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
Continue reading Come dance to songs from the Glenn Miller eraAttend an AARP Smart DriverTEKSM workshop at JCA
JCA’s CEO David Gamse is a Comcast newsmaker
Hear all about our new grant and how it will help seniors age in place while still getting around.
Continue reading JCA’s CEO David Gamse is a Comcast newsmakerJCA receives $681,159 to enhance transportation programs
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
Continue reading JCA receives $681,159 to enhance transportation programsNot ready to retire?
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