Murder mystery on tap at Senior Center
The Waynesboro Senior Center will play host on Saturday to “Did You Say Murder> Who Would Kill the New Guy,” a murder mystery starring News Virginian Editor Jonathan Hunley and Augusta Free Press LLC Vice President Crystal Graham.
The event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday with dinner.
Kathy Johnson of Murder Is a Game will serve as master of ceremonies. Read more
Waynesboro Senior Center to host ‘Love Your Heart’ on April 26
Waynesboro Senior Center, in conjunction with Augusta Health Community Wellness and Augusta Health School of Clinical Laboratory Science, will host “Love Your Heart” a community health fair event on Thursday, April 26 at 9 a.m. at the Senior Center, located at 325 Pine Avenue in Waynesboro.
A lipid profile will be offered to both members and nonmembers of the Senior Center; it will be free for the first 50 people to arrive and $10 for anyone after. The lipid profile uses just one tube of blood to test for high-density lipoprotein (HDL), cholesterol, and triglycerides, which can be used to determine risk for heart disease and stroke. A 9-12 hour fast is recommended but not required. The American Heart Association recommends anyone over the age of 20 be tested every five years, but individuals with other risk factors such as age, family history, high blood pressure, and smoking, should be screened more frequently. Read more
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.
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
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
Grand delivers Christmas cheer to Senior Center
It was another “grand gesture” on the part of Grand Home Furnishings.
“This is just our way to give back to our community locally and thank everybody for 100 years of support of Grand Home Furnishings,” said Colleen Price, the manager of the Waynesboro Grand Home Furnishings retail store, at the Waynesboro Senior Center, to which Grand had just delivered donated Snuggies, nutritional drinks, adult diapers and three rocking chairs.
Grand also brought along Santa Claus to pass out gifts to members of the Senior Center.
“Christmas is all about giving back and giving to other people. This is a great way for us to end our year and tell people thank you,” Price said. “The Snuggies will keep people warm. The rockers I’m sure will be put to good use. And we donated some time last week to wrapping gifts.
“What we really wanted to do is just give back, and we’re particularly happy to be able to give back to our seniors here locally, because these seniors are among our first customers at Grand,” Price said.
Senior Center director Janice Gentry expressed thanks on the part of the Center and its members.
“There’s no way on a nonprofit’s budget that we’d be able to afford such nice furnishings,” Gentry said. “It’s wonderful to have that donation. And I know that our homebound clients who receive those Snuggies that were donated will relish having them for the wintertime coming up.
“It’s so generous of them to do that, along with bringing Santa, and Santa taking pictures with all of our members and all of our guests here today as well. It’s just been a fabulous day,” Gentry said.
