Archive for 2014

06/10/2014

ACCA Receives Beverly Littlefield Award

The Athens Community Council on Aging was recently awarded the Beverly Littlefield Award in appreciation of their exemplary leadership in the promotion of healthy aging. The award was presented to Jennie Deese, Chief Executive Officer of ACCA, at an awards luncheon in Albany, Georgia on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at […]

05/07/2014

ACCA Loves Our Nurses

We 💙 our ACCA nurses! We couldn’t let National Nurses Week go by without recognizing the wonderful nurses on staff here at ACCA.  We couldn’t provide the number of services that we do without each and everyone of you!  Thank you, Camyla Clark, Sheila Dubose-Woodard, Jan Grissom and Vicky Pope! […]

05/05/2014

Congratulations June Mazur

June Mazur was crowned the 2014 Ms. Senior Athens yesterday afternoon at the Athens Country Club during the 4th annual Ms. Senior Athens event.  The day was filled with laughter, smiles, and inspiration from the 8 ladies nominated for the title.  The day was kicked off with a silent auction […]

04/23/2014

Thank You Ms. Connie and Mrs. Irene

Since it is Administrative Secretary week,  ACCA would like to take a moment Ms. Connie and Mrs. Irene for the many, many phone calls that they field each day, directing the caller to the right person, and referring them to other resources in the community.  Thank you both for all […]

04/16/2014

Thanks UGA Athletic Department!!

ACCA was so excited to have 34 members of the University of Georgia’s Athletic Department volunteer their time with us for a Day of Caring. They did a variety of volunteer jobs around the agency and really enjoyed the interaction with our participants. Thanks so much!!  See more pictures and […]

04/07/2014

ACCA is Expanding…

It looks like the Center for Active Living in Winterville will be opening soon and we are excited to have the opportunity to offer fitness and wellness classes in the beautiful new space.  We want to hear from you on what classes you would like to have on this side […]

03/31/2014

Thank You, Athens!

We could not be happier with the turn out and response for our first ever 12K and fourth annual 5K that benefited the local Meals on Wheels program.  We had nearly 50 volunteers who helped us with the race and we couldn’t have done it without them.  The dedicated runners […]

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