Beginning with Respect for You
to age at home, remain healthy, and stay active and connected to the community you know and love.
Thank you to the more than 259 volunteers
who gave 21,000 hours of their time last year
to help older Vermonters age with dignity and choice!
Our Mission
As the leading expert and advocate in healthy aging for Central Vermonters, our mission is to support Central Vermonters to age with dignity and choice. At CVCOA, we respect the wishes of aging persons to age at home, remain healthy, and stay active and connected to the communities they know and love. We offer programs and services for people age 60+, caregivers, and their families. We're grateful to all sponsors and donors who support this mission.
Our Tasty Bites video and recipe series teaches you how to make inexpensive, nutritious recipes that feed one or two people in just a few minutes!
This year’s Hit the Trail promises to be an unforgettable day with an essential mission! Celebrate and recreate on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail by lacing up your running or walking shoes or climbing onto your bicycle.
Read our special Older Americans Month e-newsletter full of information, resources, and news.
CVCOA Events
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Memorable Times Online: We Get Around!
On the ground, on water, and in the air; on feet and skis, on rails and all kinds of wheels. Maybe with the help of a horse! What have been YOUR favorite ways of going from one place to another? Come share stories, pictures and musical memories about "getting around!"
Join us on Zoom:
August 2
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
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Join the Brain Injury Alliance for a day of caring for the caregiver. We'll meet for a light breakfast, attend sessions to help you in your caregiving journey, lunch, and an afternoon activity. Survivors will meet with Vermont Adaptive for a day of fun.
Register at https://www.classy.org/event/2nd-annual-caregiver-retreat/e492908
Memorable Times Online
Memorable Times Online: We Get Around!
On the ground, on water, and in the air; on feet and skis, on rails and all kinds of wheels. Maybe with the help of a horse! What have been YOUR favorite ways of going from one place to another? Come share stories, pictures and musical memories about "getting around!"
Join us on Zoom:
August 2
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Memorable Times Online is the virtual memory café offered by Central Vermont Council on Aging in partnership with the ABLE Library of the Vermont Department of Libraries. It meets the first Wednesday of each month from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. This dementia-friendly program is free and part of the memory café movement growing all around the world. Registration is required. Get in touch with CVCOA to find out more!
BIA VT Caregiver Retreat
Caring for the Caregiver
Join the Brain Injury Alliance for a day of caring for the caregiver. We'll meet for a light breakfast, attend sessions to help you in your caregiving journey, lunch, and an afternoon activity.
Register at https://www.classy.org/event/2nd-annual-caregiver-retreat/e492908
CVCOA News & Announcements
View AllKim Lipinski Appointed to Meals on Wheels Advisory Committee
From awards and recognition to innovative grants, Lipinski’s work continues to benefit the local community while making a national impact. Her leadership and innovation are recognized through an appointment to a national advisory committee for ...
Fourth Annual Hit the Trail Fundraiser
This year’s Hit the Trail promises to be an unforgettable day with an essential mission! Celebrate and recreate on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail by lacing up your running or walking shoes or climbing onto your bicycle. Funds raised make it ...
Getting Connected: How Choosing to Seek Help Allowed a CVCOA Client to Live in His Community of Choice
Fred had been getting by fine---he would have qualified for some food and fuel assistance, but he was getting by. Like many Vermonters, Fred was too proud to seek help.
Community Tax Preparation Services
Capstone Community Action has resources available for tax preparation assistance. People with incomes of $67,000 or less can receive assistance with income taxes as well as the Homestead and Renter credit.
Shared Interests Lead to Connection
Read about how a shared interest reconnected high school classmates and led to new connections for CVCOA and STM Weather.
Celebrating 25 Years of Service to CVCOA!
This month, we say farewell to Christine Melicharek, who’s served CVCOA as a Case Manager in Lamoille county for a quarter century! I recently had a chance to chat with Christine about what she valued most in her career with CVCOA.
Taking care of Colman is a 24/7 challenge for me (spouse). Meals on Wheels ensures he receives one good solid meal per day. It is helpful as he has a very good appetite. It is wonderful to receive one healthy meal per day that doesn't require preparation.
A really lovely person delivered the kit to me – right to my front door even! It is incredible that you do this for those of us who can’t go out much. The Drawing kit has been so much fun and has kept my mind active. I was able to try mediums I otherwise would not have ever tried. The fact that I could do these activities at home was so helpful for me as I can’t come and go as easily as I once could.
After my wife received a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s it became clear that we needed to find outlets for socialization and mental stimulation. I was fortunate to be introduced to the Central Vermont Council on Aging where my wife has been able to participate in their quarterly in-person Memorable Times Cafe and weekly Jukebox zoom calls. My wife always comes back excited and rejuvenated from the discussions and activities these events provide and helps me in providing care for what would otherwise be a challenging situation. I am grateful for the support CVCOA provides.
Every time when I talk about a problem I’m having, it’s just like boom, my agent is right there. He’s got the knowledge of what can be done and he knows how to help me with just about anything I present. He takes action right away. I think it’s such a beneficial thing for people, this whole program. I seriously do.
I feel stronger and healthier. My balance is better. And my mental health has held up this winter. Some weeks this class is my major social interaction and I would miss it terribly if it was not available!
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