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Check out this month’s program featuring Chris Wright from the Alexandria Bar Association talking about Senior Law Day taking place on October 17th at First Baptist Church in Alexandria from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm.  This year’s program is about Family Law for Seniors:  Planning Early and

This week’s Gazette featured an article by Chris Wright of the Alexandria Bar Association talking about the upcoming Senior Law Day event on Saturday, October 17th at First Baptist Church on King Street from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm.  To find out more about the day’s event you

The August 26th opening reception of the 2015 Young at Art Exhibition welcomed community members and artists to a fun evening with great senior art!  The exhibition is open at the Durant Arts Center until November 20th.  To read the article that talks about a woman who didn’t

The September episode of Senior Living in Alexandria is complete! Please click here to check out Alexandria City Manager Mark Jinks, Fitness Tips for Seniors and more!

This week’s Alexandria Gazette Packet, published on August 27th, features some of our dedicated volunteers! Just click here and scroll down to Page 10 to read more about our volunteer groups, and visit our Meals on Wheels page, Friendly Visitor page, and Groceries to Go page to hear more

This week’s edition of the Alexandria Gazette Packet has a touching story about a pair of SSA Friendly Visitors with their seniors and the joy it brings to everyone’s lives.  To read click on http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2015/081915/Alexandria.pdf and scroll to page 11.  To find out more about the Friendly Visitor

Check out this month’s program with Laurie Blackburn talking about Retirement Planning, the new “Book of the Month” club and the August Community Calendar.

Check out SSA Intern Jane Clinger’s article on page 14 of this week’s Gazette about her experience with Senior Services this Summer.  Thank Jane! To read click on http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2015/080515/Alexandria.pdf.

Senior Services was featured in the July 23rd edition of the Alexandria Gazette Packet on Page 18 with a story about the upcoming 4-week “Senior Academy” for seniors in the City who are 60+.  Check out the article with all the details on how you can sign up

Check out this week’s Alexandria Gazette featuring two articles about SSA.  One on page 3, “Service Above Self,” featuring the Alexandria Rotary Foundation’s Contribution Day Luncheon in which SSA featured a grant for its Senior Nutrition Program.  Also on page 13, Mary Lee Anderson’s byline about the