Archive for the ‘Squash Senior Hunger’ Category

03/03/2020

Connections, Spring 2020

Our newest issue of Connections is out! Click on the link below to learn more about the new event venues coming to Athens, the importance of the Census, ACCA’s upcoming retroProm and more! Click here to read our current issue.

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Adult Day Health, Age Well. Live Well., Athens Community Council on Aging, Center for Active Living, Community Garden, Connections, Foster Grandparent Program, Georgia Cares, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, In Development, Long-term Care Ombudsman, Meals on Wheels, retroProm, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Senior Corps, Squash Senior Hunger, Transportation, Volunteers

12/18/2019

Our latest issue of Connections is available now!

Click here to check out our latest issue of Connections! Learn about the latest financial scams targeting older adults, how to prepare for your future and all of the latest happenings at ACCA!

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Adult Day Health, Age Well. Live Well., Athens Community Council on Aging, Center for Active Living, Community Garden, Connections, Foster Grandparent Program, Georgia Cares, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, In Development, Long-term Care Ombudsman, Meals on Wheels, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Senior Corps, Squash Senior Hunger, Transportation, Volunteers

12/11/2019

15th Annual Be a Santa to a Senior

On Tuesday, December 10th, ACCA and Home Instead Senior Care hosted the 15th Annual Be A Santa to A Senior Program! Over 100 community volunteers came to help wrap over 3000 holiday presents for older adults in the Northeast Georgia area. Thank you to our wonderful community for being Santa to […]

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Age Well. Live Well., Athens Community Council on Aging, Center for Active Living, Foster Grandparent Program, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Holidays at ACCA, In Development, Meals on Wheels, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Senior Corps, Squash Senior Hunger, Transportation, Volunteers

11/21/2019

TurkeyPalooza 2019!

TurkeyPalooza is an annual event that partners ACCA and the Office of Service Learning’s Campus Kitchen at UGA in providing a full thanksgiving meal to food insecure older adults. Thanks to your generous donations, we raised $14,345, exceeding our goal of $13,000 to provide over 1,300 Thanksgiving meals to older […]

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Age Well. Live Well., Athens Community Council on Aging, Center for Active Living, Foster Grandparent Program, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Holidays at ACCA, In Development, Meals on Wheels, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Senior Corps, Squash Senior Hunger, Transportation, Volunteers

09/12/2019

Check out our latest issue of Connections!

Click here to check out our latest issue of Connections! Learn more about the latest happenings at ACCA, four-legged fur kids, our friends from Frankie and Andy’s Place, and pet friendly places to visit around town. We love this issue and know you will, too!

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Age Well. Live Well., Athens Community Council on Aging, Center for Active Living, Community Garden, Connections, Holidays at ACCA, In Development, Meals on Wheels, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Squash Senior Hunger, Volunteers

04/03/2013

Thanks Phi Sigma Pi

It was a wonderful spring day last Saturday, March 31 in our community garden and we were so excited to have the Phi Sigma Pi group come out and volunteer with us. They took on several different projects… Some planted ornamental perennials. These plants, though still in winter dormancy, will […]

Posted in Community Garden, Intergenerational, Living Well. Aging Well., Squash Senior Hunger, Volunteers

02/25/2013

UGArden and ACCA to start Weekly Farmer’s Market

ACCA held it’s first Farmer’s Market this morning with UGArden. It’s a shame what you missed by not being here but the good news is, it will be here again next Monday. And the next one. And then next one. Monday mornings at 9 a.m. for ACCA clients and 10:30 […]

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Athens Community Council on Aging, Community Garden, Intergenerational, Living Well. Aging Well., Squash Senior Hunger

10/15/2012

Squashing Senior Hunger

ACCA is so excited about the first OFFICIAL Campus Kitchen at UGA meal going out today to some of our clients!! Look at this great spread of grilled chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, fresh fruit, green salad, wheat roll and a cookie. This will happen every Monday going forward! Together we […]

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Athens Community Council on Aging, Community Garden, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Intergenerational, Living Well. Aging Well., Squash Senior Hunger

10/04/2012

Campus Kitchen Becomes the First in Georgia

40% of food in America is wasted every year, yet 1 out of 6 people are hungry or at risk of hunger. That number increases to 1 in 5 in Athens, GA. Campus Kitchen at UGA is doing something about it. In the Spring of 2011, Campus Kitchen of UGA […]

Posted in ACCA - A Great Place to Work, ACCA in the Community, Athens Community Council on Aging, Community Garden, Intergenerational, Living Well. Aging Well., Meals on Wheels, Squash Senior Hunger, Volunteers

09/18/2012

Squashing Senior Hunger with Tomato Plants

ACCA’s Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program would like to give a shout out to Sarah Jackson and the UGArden. Sarah and the UGArden helped the grandparents in our program get over 60 tomato plants for their families this past summer. They are still enjoying home grown tomatoes from these plants […]

Posted in ACCA in the Community, Athens Community Council on Aging, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Squash Senior Hunger