Beginning with Respect for You
to age at home, remain healthy, and stay active and connected to the community you know and love.
It's Older Americans Month
and we've created a special video for you!
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: They Taught Me Well!
Join this Memorable Times Online featuring fun conversations and reminiscing about our favorite teachers and mentors.
Join us on Zoom:
September 6
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
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Grab your sneakers and join us on Saturday, September 9th in the morning. This fundraiser will support CVCOA’s wellness programs and services for older adults in Central Vermont.
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Memorable Times Online
Memorable Times Online: They Taught Me Well!
Join this Memorable Times Online featuring fun conversations and reminiscing about our favorite teachers and mentors.
Join us on Zoom:
September 6
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!
Age Outdoors!
After a guided walk at 10 a.m., we'll keep the fun going with music, lunch from Morse Block Deli, lawn games, and prizes for our top fundraisers!
Get your ticket at tiny.cc/ageoutdoors.
CVCOA News & Announcements
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Sing, Laugh and Dance at the Longest Day Benefit
On Saturday June 21, put on your dancing shoes and join Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA) at the Capital City Grange (6612 VT Route 12, Berlin) for singing, laughing, dancing and prizes at the Longest Day Benefit to support CVCOA and the ...
CVCOA Staff Help Meal Program Volunteers Take a Break
April was volunteer appreciation month and as part of the effort to show how vital and valuable our volunteers are, our Community Engagement team supported several meal sites in hosting volunteer appreciation lunches. Lunches in South Royalton, ...
Kim 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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