News & Events


Welcome to the JCA News and Events page. Here you will find all news updates as well as post from the general blog and the KC (Kensington Clubs) Blog. Use the search function on the right side of the page to find news and posts about any particular category or key term that interests you.

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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Announcing JCA’s hot-off-the-presses wish list

News / By Suzanne Pollak / January 10, 2018

Here at JCA, we strive everyday, in every way, to help all seniors thrive. Sometimes, unfortunately, our caring staff and volunteers are just not enough. That is why we have put together a wish list of items we need in order to better serve senior adults in the Greater Washington D.C. region. Please, help us …

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6th annual KC art show this Sunday

Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / January 7, 2018

Please join us Sunday, Jan. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Gorlitz Kensington Club’s 6th annual art show, presented in collaboration with the JCA Herman Interages Center and Arts for the Aging. There will be an opera presentation by Arts for the Aging, a chance to view art work from our members and …

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JCA’s third Kensington Club up and running

Community Events, Uncategorized / By Suzanne Pollak / January 5, 2018

And then there were three!  The Jewish Council for the Aging(R) Gorlitz Kensington Clubs has a new location. In collaboration with Montgomery County Recreation, JCA will now serve the needs of adults with early stage of diagnosed memory loss as well as provide care partner respite at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center in Silver Spring. …

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Tech Connect, a brilliant idea

JCA Programs / By Suzanne Pollak / December 15, 2017

We are very proud to announce that Tech Connect, a program of JCA’s Heyman’s Interages Center and Montgomery County’s Department of Parks and Recreation, was just named one of the National Association of Counties 100 Brilliant Ideas at Work. “These brilliant ideas can serve as examples for counties across the country. Though no two of …

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