The time has come! Sign up for the March for Meals 5K! Make your steps count this year! Let’s fill the plates of the people in our community who need us. Join the March for Meals race to raise awareness and funds for hungry seniors in the Athens Area. REGISTER FOR THE RACE New this […]
03.10.2016
Your Pie and Creature Comforts Delivers!
Meals on Wheels clients received a fantastic March for Meals surprise today! Creature Comforts and Your Pie in Athens teamed up to provide a pizza for every Meals on Wheels client. Volunteers loaded their vehicles with the normal coolers of chilled food, but stacked next to those coolers were some delicious pizzas. “This is a […]
03.02.2016
Join us at Creature Comforts (271 W. Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601) today from 5-8 PM for the Get Comfortable tour. The profits made from the tour will support Meals on Wheels. ACCA staff will be there in our March for Meals t-shirts. So stop by, say hello, and get comfortable! Tours are family friendly. […]
02.29.2016
RSVP now for an event you don’t want to miss. Come enjoy an art-themed scavenger hunt at the Georgia Museum of Art followed by dinner and drinks at Hilltop Bar & Grille on Wednesday, March 16. Space is limited! RSVP with your name, number, and email address to Erin Beasley by calling 706-549-4850 or ebeasley@accaging.org. […]
02.04.2016
Get the Shirt, Support March for Meals
Buy your t-shirt today to show your support of Meals on Wheels! Join ACCA and Meals on Wheels America as we celebrate March for Meals! Each year, we designate the month of March to generate public awareness about senior hunger and isolation and to celebrate the invaluable services provided by ACCA’s Meals on Wheels program. […]
01.29.2016
On Thursday, January 28, several CAL+ members rallied at the state capitol with other advocates at the Be There 4 Seniors rally. This year advocates gathered to call on legislators to support budget requests that would remove seniors on the waiting list for aging services. ACCA proudly supports the initiative to End the Wait. We […]
01.14.2016
Become a Community Garden Volunteer
Do you have a passion for gardening? What if you could put those skills to use for the benefit of your community? Athens Community Council on Aging’s community garden needs you! Our garden is managed and sustained by volunteers, and the produce grown helps feed ACCA clients. The garden is located on the ACCA campus […]
01.11.2016
Congratulations to Shelby Lacy!
ACCA would like to congratulate Shelby Lacy on being a 2016 Pioneer Award Honoree. Ms. Lacy has been a cornerstone in the Athens community working as a nurse at Athens Regional Medical Center and helping establish the Athens Nurses Clinic. Ms. Lacy also gives her time to ACCA. She provides blood pressure screening to the […]
12.23.2015
Thank you for your support this year! If we could wrap you up and put you under our tree we would … you’re the best gift we could ever hope for! Merry Christmas from our ACCA family to yours.
12.10.2015
Today ACCA and the Georgia Council on Aging met with State Representatives Tommy Benton and Terry England (pictured) to talk about lowering the wait lists for senior services.
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