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Last Thursday, October 13, Athens Community Council on Aging’s RSVP and Lyndon House partnered to hold the 37th annual Harvest Festival.  Over 1600 children from the Northeast Georgia area learned arts from back in the day including butter churning, black-smithing, making corn husk dolls, soap making, knitting to name a few.  The rain held out […]

The Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA) will host its 3rd annual Holiday Afternoon Tea in celebration of the winter holiday season.  Tea will be served at the historic train depot at 135 Hoyt St. on Sunday, December 11, 2011. This festive afternoon event is modeled on the same tasteful style found in luxurious hotels […]

The Georgia Gerontology Society (GGS) held its annual conference in Athens at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education from September 19 – 21, 2011.  Jennie Deese received the respected Elsie Alvis for her service to the Georgia Gerontology Society and to gerontology in the state of Georgia.  The Elsie Alvis Award is presented to an […]

The Athens Community Council on Aging’s Retired & Senior Volunteer Program in partnership with ACC Leisure Services’ Lyndon House Arts Center is hosting the 37th Annual Harvest Festival on Thursday, October 13, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at both of our locations on Hoyt Street in Athens, and is open to all elementary […]

Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA) held two legislative breakfasts the week of October 17 for local and state legislators to get a firsthand look at the services provided by the agency.  On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 the legislators were invited to the Athens campus and invited to the Winder facility on Wednesday, October 12.  […]

Ms. Senior Athens, Annette Barfield, was invited as a guest speaker at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church’s event, Life in the Third Quarter.  She talked to the large audience about how much fun her retirement in Athens had been for her and her husband, Buddy.  Other speakers at the event that celebrated living and aging well […]

On September 19, Athens Adult Day Care, The Bentley Center, kicked off ACCA’s new program: ACCA – A Great Place to Work where the staff will celebrate each what a great place ACCA is to work.   Everyone was invited to dress in their pajamas and ADH staff provided breakfast for the entire agency. This was […]

Athens Community Council on Aging was excited to be hosting the first Meals On Wheels of Georgia (MOWAG) conference September 21 and 22, 2011.  Georgia ranks sixth in the nation for prevalence of food-insecurity in older adults.  However, Athens-Clarke County leads the state and nation in poverty according to the most recent data released from […]

On Wednesday afternoon, September 14, a wonderful group of volunteers and staff from ACCA packaged and distributed commodity bags to seniors in need.  We had over 20 volunteers show up and we got over 300 bags of commodities out to local seniors.  Earth Fare of Athens not only donated reusable bags to the program but […]

Care Improvement Plus hosted a networking luncheon for caregivers on Wednesday, September 14 at ACCA.  It was in their series entitled “Staying Healthy Together” and those attending were able to discuss the challenges faced by those caring for chronically ill seniors and how they can help each other.  There were informative presentations by the Alzheimer’s […]