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LOA News
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August 2023
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Helping Older Persons Remain Independent for as Long as Possible. | |
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LOA's next Lunch & Learn will be Friday, August 18, 11am-12:30pm, on the topic of Stroke Awareness. Learn valuable information and enjoy a FREE healthy lunch! Limited seats are available, contact us to register today!
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Many thanks to LewisGale for a very informative Lunch & Learn about sepsis held in July. Save the Dates for upcoming Lunch & Learns: Third Friday of each month, 11am at LOA's Center for Health & Wellness, 4902 Frontage Road NW, Roanoke, VA 24019.
- September 15: Falls Prevention
- October 20
- November 17
- December 15
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Senior Social Hour: August 17
The Local Office on Aging invites you to
Christmas in August Senior Social Hour
Thursday, August 17, 2023
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
LOA Center for Health & Wellness
4902 Frontage Rd NW, Roanoke, VA 24019
Enjoy Christmas-themed food, music, and activities! FREE of charge and family welcome.
RSVP by August 14 to Jason Brooks at LOA by calling (540) 345-0451 ext. 3023 or click the button below.
This special event is made possible by generous grants from Carilion Clinic and the Louise R. Lester Foundation.
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Bingo + Exercise + Education = Bingocize | |
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Have fun and improve your health!
August 9 – October 25, 2023: 10:00 a.m. Mondays & Wednesdays
At the YMCA Express at Gainsboro
108 Orange Ave NW, Roanoke, VA 24016
Register by contacting the Y: (540) 344-9622
Class meets twice a week for one hour each
The Local Office on Aging is delivering the falls prevention curriculum of Bingocize®! Older adults can sign up for this FREE 10-week, evidence-based health program that mixes exercise, health education, and bingo to help overcome health problems in participants. Evidence shows social, cognitive, and physical improvements from doing Bingocize®, and the best part is that it’s fun and provided at no cost to you.
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Looking for Volunteer Coaches
We are looking for dependable, enthusiastic volunteers to help lead low-to-moderate level exercise classes for older adults. "A Matter of Balance" and "Bingocize" classes are designed to help participants become more confident about managing falls and increase strength and balance. Most classes are twice weekly in 1-2 hour sessions.
Volunteer Training for “A Matter of Balance” Leaders will be held on Tuesday, August 15, and Thursday, August 17, from 12pm-4pm at LOA, 4932 Frontage Road NW, Roanoke, VA 24019.
Volunteer Training for "Bingocize" Leaders is held completely online!
Interested in learning more or want to attend training? Contact Delaine Caldwell at LOA at (540) 345-0451 ext. 3041 or click the button below.
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Friday, September 8, 2023
8:00am to 1:00pm
Harvest Ministries, 909 Blue Ridge Blvd, Roanoke, VA 24012
With a growing number of older adults living independently, it’s increasingly important to make sure that you’re safe at home. Learn how to stay safe with important information about:
Protecting Your Finances • Avoiding Scams • Crime Prevention
With presentations by: Blue Ridge Legal Services, Lotz Funeral Home, ProMedica Hospice, the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office, American National Bank & Trust Company
This FREE event includes lunch and continental breakfast catered by Dale’s Diner of Montvale, Virginia. Registration is requested by September 1:
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Questions: please contact Chrissy Hannabass at LOA at (540) 345-0451 or click the button below.
Generously sponsored by the Roanoke Law Foundation
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Falls Prevention Class Now Open: "A Matter of Balance"
September 27 – November 15, 2023: 9:00 a.m. Wednesdays
LOA’s Center for Health & Wellness
4902 Frontage Rd NW, Roanoke, VA 24019
Class meets once a week for 2 hours each
A Matter of Balance is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels. This FREE program emphasizes practical strategies and classes are held once a week for 8 weeks, for 2 hours each.
Participants will learn how to:
- View falls as controllable
- Set realistic goals for increasing activity
- Reduce their fall risk at home and in their environment
- Increase balance with the exercises
To register or for more information, please contact Delaine Caldwell at LOA, call (540) 345-0451 or click the button below.
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Gifts and Grants update
Last month the LOA was excited to be awarded grants from the following:
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The M.W. Armistead, III Family Foundation
- Carilion Clinic
- Ironman Foundation
Thank you to all of the people, businesses, churches, and clubs who made a gift to LOA recently. Your financial support helps keep our programs going! Recent donors include:
- Ray Cobb
- F. Staley Hester, Jr.
- David and Gay Holmes
- Home Instead
- Pinnacle Financial Partners
- WestRock
And, thank you to the many generous souls who have donated food and personal care items to our emergency food pantry recently - including those who do so anonymously. Your donations go directly to LOA clients who have urgent needs. Recent donors include:
- American National Bank & Trust
- Grace United Methodist Church
- Prosperity Life Group
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LOA staff volunteered at the Carilion Clinic IRONMAN 70.3 Virginia’s Blue Ridge Triathlon for the third consecutive year! | |
At right, winner of a gift certificate for a massage, Lois Elliott, with LOA's Nutrition Coordinator for Botetourt, Becky Jennings | |
Let's Give Lunch: Raffle Winners
Wow! We have a wonderful community of supporters. Thank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets; the winners have been notified. All prizes were donated by local businesses and supporters of Meals on Wheels; we hope you’ll shop and use their services!
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Volunteer Spotlight: Barbara Howell
The Vinton Meals on Wheels site has a fabulous volunteer in Barbara Howell. Recently, she had some visitors join her on her delivery route: Carilion Clinic CEO Nancy Howell Agee and Chief Administrative Officer Jeanne Armentrout. Thank you, Barbara, for showing our friends from Carilion how caring and compassionate our volunteers are who deliver meals to our neighbors in need.
Would you like to bring a smile to someone's face?
Volunteer for Meals on Wheels!
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Pictured at back, LOA President and CEO Ron Boyd; L to R Michele Daley, Director of Nutrition Programs; Marye Brooks, Site Supervisor for Vinton Meals on Wheels; Jeanne Armentrout; Nancy Howell Agee; and Meals on Wheels volunteer Barbara Howell. | |
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Local Office on Aging, Inc.
4932 Frontage Road
PO Box 14205
Roanoke, VA 24038
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Roanoke ................... 540-345-0451
Alleghany Highlands 540-962-0465
Botetourt Co. ........... 540-580-5085
Craig County ............ 540-864-6031
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