Don't miss Wednesday's free Cobb Senior Information Fair.
The Senior Information Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Cobb County Civic Center. Admission and parking are free. The fair will cover topics such as: For more information, call 770-528-1445 or 770-528-5381.
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It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 22.
Mark your calendars, Cobb seniors. The Senior Information Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 22 at the Cobb County Civic Center. Admission and parking are free. The fair will cover topics such as: For more information, call 770-528-1445 or 770-528-5381.
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The Cobb Board of Commissioners will review County Manager David Hankerson's recommendation of a new senior services department head for the county.
Cobb County Manager David Hankerson is expected to ask the Board of Commissioners to hire Jessica Gill as the county's new senior services director at Tuesday's regular board meeting. Gill, who currently works as the area manager of business development for Sunrise Senior Living of Atlanta, has more than a decade of experience in the senior care industry, said county spokesman Robert Quigley. Gill also served as a public health advisor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), president of the company Aging by Design and health and wellness director for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Area Agency on Aging. Established in 1972, Cobb County's Senior Services Department operates eight facilities including three neighborhood …
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Enjoy a meal while helping local seniors during Ruby Tuesday's Community Giveback events.
This Wednesday, April 24, and next Wednesday, May 1, you can enjoy a meal at an area Ruby Tuesday's while helping ensure local senior citizens have hot and nutritious meals daily. Ruby Tuesday's Community Giveback Program will donate 20 percent of purchases from those two days to Cobb Senior Services Meal on Wheels. The participating locations for both dates are: Present the program flyer to the servers upon arrival to make sure your purchase goes to benefit Cobb seniors. Click here to download the flyer for April 24 and click here for the May 1 flyer.
The East Cobb Senior Center is among the dropoff points in Cobb County.
Cobb Senior Services is looking for donations for its seventh annual Senior Santa on Dec. 14. This special event is an excellent opportunity for homebound seniors in Cobb to enjoy an afternoon of holiday cheer, food, gifts and fellowship with others. Residents can help by donating new generic items or making a $30 donation to adopt a senior for the event. Suggested items for donation include bath sets, combs, brushes, pajamas, healthy snacks, hat and glove sets, gift cards, blood pressure monitors, pens and pencils, postage stamps, stocking stuffers and large print books. Donation drop offs are available 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, at the East Cobb Senior Center, Freeman Poole Senior Center, North Cobb Senior Center, Senior …
Residents can help by donating new generic items or making a $30 donation to adopt a senior for the event.
Cobb Senior Services is looking for donations for its seventh annual Senior Santa on Dec. 14. This special event is an excellent opportunity for homebound senior adults in Cobb to enjoy an afternoon of holiday cheer, food, gifts and fellowship with others. Residents can help by donating new generic items or making a $30 donation to adopt a senior for the event. Suggested items for donation include bath sets, combs, brushes, pajamas, healthy snacks, hat and glove sets, gift cards, blood pressure monitors, pens and pencils, postage stamps, stocking stuffers and large print books. Donation drop offs are available 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, at the East Cobb Senior Center, Freeman Poole Senior Center, North Cobb Senior Center, Senior …
The instructors will teach yoga, Pilates, Zumba, crafts and will be paid up to $21 per hour.
Cobb Senior Services staff will officially open its new Senior Wellness Center, located at 1150 Powder Springs St., Marietta, during a ribbon cutting ceremony 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29. A tour of the facility will follow. Quarterly classes will begin this fall at the Wellness Center and staff is looking for qualified instructors. Contractual instructors are needed to teach: yoga, Pilates, Zumba, exercising with stability balls, qigong, chair exercise, stretching, Tai Chi, self defense, strength training, aerobics, ballroom dance, Latin dance, line dance, square dance, ballet, tap, folk dance, belly dancing, jazz, sculpting with clay, watercolors, oils acrylics, jewelry, pastels and flower arranging. Those interested in being …
The two groups are coming together through a partnership between Cobb Senior Services and Cobb County Animal Control.
Cobb Senior Services and Cobb County Animal Control are partnering to help senior cats find homes with senior adults. "Cats make wonderful companions and are relatively easy to care for, offering unconditional love," a release from the county says. There will be four free opportunities this summer to learn more about: "Open your heart and home to an older cat that might otherwise be put down," the release says. "Please see the schedule below and contact the center near you to register." Aug. 9 1 p.m. North Cobb Senior Center 770-975-7740 Aug. 23 10:30 a.m. East Cobb Senior Center 770-509-4900 Sept. 4 1 p.m. Freeman Poole Senior Center 770-801-3400 Sept. 19 10:30 am West Cobb Senior Center 770-528-8200
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The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved the design for the new Austell Neighborhood Senior Center.
Seniors throughout the South Cobb area can get excited now that the design plans and timeline for their new Austell Neighborhood Senior Center have been unveiled. The Cobb Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the Choate Construction design at their Tuesday night meeting. The original Austell Senior Center was located in Austell’s Legion Park. It had flooded twice in a four-year span, the last time during the historical flood of September 2009. The new center will be located in Clarkdale Park, a county park right down the road from Legion Park. Because the county recently closed the Windy Hill senior center in Smyrna and initially proposed closing the Freeman Poole Senior Center due to a $31 million budget shortfall, the …
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Ivory Dorsey, Speaker, Facilitator, and Author
5:52 pm on Thursday, June 30, 2011
This is a positive step in the right direction!!Hats off to the Cobb County Commissioners for being ahead of the game!! The aging of America promises to affect all areas of society, but one area already feeling the influence of the senior population is the economy. According to George Moschis, director of Georgia State's Center for Mature Consumer Studies, "the 55-plus age group controls more … more ›