Archive for 2011

10/17/2011

Were you spotted at the 37th Annual Harvest Festival?

Check out the Spotted Gallery at OnlineAthens.com to see if you were spotted at the Harvest Festival on Thursday, October 13 and a big thanks to our MOW volunteer Warren for taking these great photos!!

10/15/2011

37th Annual Harvest Festival

Last Thursday, October 13, Athens Community Council on Aging’s RSVP and Lyndon House partnered to hold the 37th annual Harvest Festival.  Over 1600 children from the Northeast Georgia area learned arts from back in the day including butter churning, black-smithing, making corn husk dolls, soap making, knitting to name a […]

10/12/2011

ACCA to Host 3rd Annual Holiday Tea

The Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA) will host its 3rd annual Holiday Afternoon Tea in celebration of the winter holiday season.  Tea will be served at the historic train depot at 135 Hoyt St. on Sunday, December 11, 2011. This festive afternoon event is modeled on the same tasteful […]

10/12/2011

Jennie Deese Recieves Prestigious Elsie Alvis Award at GGS Conference

The Georgia Gerontology Society (GGS) held its annual conference in Athens at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education from September 19 – 21, 2011.  Jennie Deese received the respected Elsie Alvis for her service to the Georgia Gerontology Society and to gerontology in the state of Georgia.  The Elsie Alvis […]

10/12/2011

Gearing Up for the 37th Harvest Festival

The Athens Community Council on Aging’s Retired & Senior Volunteer Program in partnership with ACC Leisure Services’ Lyndon House Arts Center is hosting the 37th Annual Harvest Festival on Thursday, October 13, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at both of our locations on Hoyt Street in Athens, and […]

10/12/2011

Local and State Legislators Visit ACCA

Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA) held two legislative breakfasts the week of October 17 for local and state legislators to get a firsthand look at the services provided by the agency.  On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 the legislators were invited to the Athens campus and invited to the Winder […]

10/12/2011

Ms. Senior Athens Invited to Speak at Event

Ms. Senior Athens, Annette Barfield, was invited as a guest speaker at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church’s event, Life in the Third Quarter.  She talked to the large audience about how much fun her retirement in Athens had been for her and her husband, Buddy.  Other speakers at the event that […]

10/12/2011

ACCA Celebrates Adult Day Services Week

On September 19, Athens Adult Day Care, The Bentley Center, kicked off ACCA’s new program: ACCA – A Great Place to Work where the staff will celebrate each what a great place ACCA is to work.   Everyone was invited to dress in their pajamas and ADH staff provided breakfast for […]

10/12/2011

Meals On Wheels Association of Georgia meet at ACCA

Athens Community Council on Aging was excited to be hosting the first Meals On Wheels of Georgia (MOWAG) conference September 21 and 22, 2011.  Georgia ranks sixth in the nation for prevalence of food-insecurity in older adults.  However, Athens-Clarke County leads the state and nation in poverty according to the […]

09/21/2011

Big THANKS to Athens Community…

On Wednesday afternoon, September 14, a wonderful group of volunteers and staff from ACCA packaged and distributed commodity bags to seniors in need.  We had over 20 volunteers show up and we got over 300 bags of commodities out to local seniors.  Earth Fare of Athens not only donated reusable […]

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