Candidate Forum 2012: What would you ask?
Staunton and Waynesboro City Council candidates will respond to a series of citizen questions pertaining to city-wide topics and senior issues at two upcoming public forums.
Questions will be developed based on submissions from local citizens interested in what’s affecting area public safety, health, housing, transportation and more. When new and incumbent Council members face cutbacks and other influences on the local way of life, it will be essential that they understand the needs and concerns of their constituents.
Submit a question for the forums: Click here. Read more
Senior Centers hosting candidate forums in April
City Council candidates in Waynesboro and Staunton will tell you their position on issues affecting residents, in two public forums.
Waynesboro City Council Candidates
Wednesday, April 25, 1 p.m.
Waynesboro Senior Center
325 Pine Avenue
Staunton Candidates
Thursday, April 26, 1 p.m.
Staunton Senior Center
300 Churchville Avenue, Suite 63
Co-sponsored by NBC29 and the Valley Program for Aging Services
More details: www.ValleyProgramforAgingServices.com.
Staunton Senior Center: Bowling and music fun
Last Thursday 11 Staunton Senior Center members and two staff ventured over to the Waynesboro Senior Center for a spaghetti lunch and bowling to follow.
Two of our JMU nursing students met us at the Center for lunch and then joined in a couple of frames at Wayne Lanes before having to leave for a meeting. Five members bowled while the rest formed a very enthusiastic cheering squad! Read more
Staunton Senior Center News
Rhythm & blues Black History Program presented at SSC: Did you know that it wasn’t jazz, it wasn’t blues, and it wasn’t gospel that was the most popular form of music among African-American people in in the 1950s?
You guessed it! It was rhythm and blues! Read more
United Way to launch Volunteer Centers
The United Way of Greater Augusta will launch its Volunteer 2012 initiative at area Senior Centers on Friday. The Volunteer Center is an online center approved by the Virginia Office of Volunteerism and Community Service to serve our region.
Over the next 12 months, the UWGA Volunteer 2012 initiative is to Give 20 hours, Volunteer 20 times, and Impact 20 lives. The launch will be the first program associated with the initiative as the United Way of Greater Augusta partners with Senior Centers in hopes to engage active adults and retirees with opportunities in volunteerism. Read more
Cranberries at the Staunton Senior Center
Even though the holidays are past, it wasn’t too late to pull out the cranberries and hold a contest at SSC. Whoever most closely guessed the number of cranberries in the jar would receive a mystery prize the next day of Center attendance.
The idea was introduced from the Breakfast for Your Brain manual, pulled out recently by Program Director Lori Pullin searching for ideas for mental health fitness exercises. Along with the contest came several math pages which were photocopied out of the manual, all concerning cranberries and other types of berries.
Center members busily solved problems with their pencils and scratch paper, performing math that may not been done for quite some time. But then engaging in new and different brain-stretching activities is always a “plus” for the brain!
More online at www.StauntonSeniorCenter.org.
United Way of Greater Augusta’s Volunteer Center Launch at local Senior Centers
United Way of Greater Augusta will launch their Volunteer 2012 initiative at area Senior Centers on Friday, Jan. 20. The Volunteer Center is an online center approved by the Virginia Office of Volunteerism and Community Service to serve our region.
Over the next 12 months, the UWGA Volunteer 2012 initiative is to Give 20 Hours, Volunteer 20 Times, and Impact 20 Lives. The launch will be the first program associated with the initiative as the United Way of Greater Augusta partners with Senior Centers in hopes to engage active adults and retirees with opportunities in volunteerism. Read more
