Champlain Valley Agency on Aging
Helping People Age with Independence and Dignity
Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, Inc. (CVAA) is
a private, non-profit, United Way organization. CVAA helps seniors in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties age with independence and dignity by providing information, services, education, support and advocacy to seniors and caregivers.
Our staff and volunteers know how to put older people and their caregivers in touch with a wide range of the services they need to live independently for as long as possible.
What's New
Operation Seniors Supporting Soldiers A Success
Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) AmeriCorps members at the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA) enlisted the help of both the general public and local seniors for Operation Seniors Supporting Soldiers. The project collected items to put in care packages for our deployed troops.
Nearly 50 seniors gathered at six different locations throughout the Champlain Valley to sew Cool Ties for deployed soldiers. These sewing sessions were held at the Vergennes Eagles Club, Charlotte Senior Center, Care Partners in St. Albans, School St. Apartments and Arrowhead Senior Center in Milton, Richmond Terraces, and South Hero Congregational Church. Several local seniors also opted to make Cool Ties at home. The goal was to make 200 Cool Ties and the six sewing sites exceeded this number, making just over 250.
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50/50 Raffle Winner
CVAA Nutrition Director Zoe Hardy hands a check for $753 to Alice Le Blanc of Essex Junction, the winner of the CVAA 50/50 raffle conducted at the 50+ and Baby Boomer Expo. The 50/50 raffle benefits CVAA's Meals on Wheels and Case Management Programs. This year's raffle was sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care. For information on senior issues call the Senior HelpLine at 1-800-642-5119 or click on cvaa.org. |
CVAA Mardi Gras, Vermont Style
CVAA hosted Mardi Gras, Vermont style at the Elks Lodge in Burlington. Over 230 seniors enjoyed a meal of bourbon chicken and danced to the tunes of the Dixie 6 recreating the mood of the famous New Orleans Mardi Gras and its world famous Bourbon Street. In true Mardi Gras style there was beads, moon pies, and masks. The crowning celebration was the naming of the King and Queen.
This year the royal couple was Lenore Whitten of Jericho and Leonard Banister of South Burlington. |
Vermont Maturity Column - March 2010
Your Road Map to Aging
Throughout our lives from childhood to adulthood to retirement people by and large always think bad things will never happen to them, they happen to other people. We make decisions or avoid making decisions under the premise that we are invincible. This youthful optimism may get a does of reality from time to time but we are always shocked and often times unprepared for what life throws at us. Other people’s parents are getting older and need help and we kid ourselves that we can still do everything we once could.
Denial might be a great place to visit but it is no place to live. Unfortunately many of us avoid early warning signs and only act when forced to after a crisis hits. Yes maybe Dad’s driving is not what it was, or Mom is not keeping the house the way she use to but it is nothing to be concerned about we tell ourselves. Sometimes we avoid asking the hard questions because we do not want to know the answer and sometimes we are scared because the people we have always counted on to take care of us now need our support and understanding.
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| Livin' The Vermont Way Column - March 2010
We Played Our Cards
Soldiers prepare to head off to a far away land to fight for their country, families pray for the best and fear the worst, and a nation holds its breath wondering how we will come out on the other side. It seems there is no generation that is spared this ritual, times that test the spirit and the soul. Like millions of other young Americans Joseph Corbett spent his youth circling the globe as part of the Allied forces during World War II. This humble and charming gentlemen proudly tells the story of his friends and fellow soldiers during the dark days that saw over 16 million Americans serving their country during World War II with 405,399 soldiers who did not make it home and 670,846 who returned wounded. Corbett’s book “We Played Our Cards: How my Generation Met the Call of World War II” brings to life the stories of the men who served. This book is not about the battles it is about the heroes.
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