The Alexandria Gazette recently published an article about the upcoming June 21 Community Forum: Making Alexandria a Livable Community for Seniors from 10 am to 12 noon at the Beatley Central Library, 5005 Duke Street in Alexandria. Come of part of Alexandria’s future! Representatives of Alexandria’s Commission
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The June edition of The Zebra newspaper features SSA in two article both on Page 41. The first is about the June Speaker Series on Livable Communities taking place on June 21 at Beatley Central Library, 5005 Duke Street from 10 am to 12 noon. Members of
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AARP Fraud Watch Network is having a FREE document shredding on Saturday, June 17, 8 am – 1 pm at the Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street in Alexandria. This activity is part of the AARP Virginia Academy: Smarter Living for all states. For questions call 866-542-8164 or
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The 2017 Ms. Virginia Senior America “Putting on the Glitz” Pageant is taking place on Friday, June 30th at 7 pm at the James Lee Center Theatre, 2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church, VA. It will be an entertaining event supporting talented senior Virginia women competing to become
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Just Us at the National Gallery of Art will provide interactive, discussion-based experiences in the galleries for people with early-stage dementia and their caregivers. Participants will explore two to three works of art during the 90-minute program. The initial sessions (a four-month pilot) will be held the first
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Senior Services of Alexandria’s Groceries to Go program was included in a story by Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan on NBC4. In “Pilot Program to Allow SNAP Participants to Have Groceries Delivered,” Hogan speaks with Maryland resident David Martin, who is wheelchair bound and relies on SNAP benefits.
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Senior Services of Alexandria was featured in the Alexandria Times on May 11th. The article, “Alexandria nonprofit wins commonwealth-wide award,” details the ‘best practices’ award SSA received for its “Groceries to Go” program. To learn more, read the full article on page 3.
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Senior Living in Alexandria’s host Jim Roberts sat down this month with Dr. Basim Kahn from Neighborhood Health to talk about the prevalence of depression and other mental illnesses in seniors as well as the importance of staying on top of health issues as one ages. To see the full interview,
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Senior Services of Alexandria was featured in two articles in the most recent edition of the Alexandria Gazette Packet. One, written by Vernon Miles, features information about the honors SSA received this week. SSA’s Executive Director, Mary Lee Anderson, received the Lois Van Valkenburgh Excellence in Aging Award, an
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The Virginia Poverty Law Center’s new statewide Senior Legal Helpline is now up and running. The helpline is made possible through a contract between VPLC and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, with funding from a 3-year Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems grant from
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