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Weekly Bulletin Aging Well Takes a Village: Everyone Belongs |
| Office Phone: (202) 935-6060 | Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-3pm | Email: [email protected] |
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NNV Highlights of 2025! Oh what a year it has been! In addition to providing thousands of hours of volunteer services, our Village enjoyed hundreds of opportunities to learn, stay fit, and enjoy each other's company. Here's a look back on 2025. We hosted our first Valentine's Day Brunch, celebrated our volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Week, hosted our annual Ice Cream Social in a new venue, and marked the end of the summer at our annual picnic. Later today, we will come together for our holiday party!:
There were coffees, lunches and dinners at local restaurants and cafes, including Bread & Chocolate, Tikka, Birdsong Thai, Guapo's, MeiWah, The Den at Politics & Prose, Junction, Hunter's Hound, The Parthenon, Cafe of India, Paragon Thai, Viet Chopsticks, Dolan Uyghur, and more:
We visited the Capital Jewish Museum, Cedar Hill (historic home of Frederick Douglass) and Civil War Fort Stevens:
We hosted our largest ever performance featuring New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik in Adam Gopnik's New York. NNV members/volunteers Paul Levi & Cathy Waldman played a lively four-hand piano concert to a crowd of nearly 100 people:
We even had a photo shoot featuring our Village in action!:
And of course, our regular schedule of events continued without a hitch. Throughout the year members enjoyed gentle yoga, Coping with Uncertainty, walks, Bingo, neighborhood chats, and book clubs! Additionally, our very active volunteer working groups worked diligently behind the scenes to advance NNV's mission on everything from village engagement, to diversity and inclusion, and fundraising. If you have been thinking of becoming a part of our Village, now's the time! Visit our website for membership and volunteer opportunities at nnvdc.org or call us at 202-935-6060. Kind regards, |
The NNV office will be closed on Full Members - Please get your ride requests in as early as possible. When: 12-2 pm Hope to see you there! Want to get more involved? Visit our website to learn more: Do you enjoy our weekly email? Forward it to a friend! |
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From Next Avenue - Do You Need To Go to the Emergency Room?.
"If you are in pain and need medical attention quickly, what to consider when it comes to choosing the emergency room or urgent care."
Let us know if you read something related to aging that you think we should share by emailing a link to [email protected].
NNV's End of Year Campaign is our biggest fundraiser of the year! This campaign raises critical funds that support vital services like transportation, friendly visits, and social opportunities. This year, NNV's Board has pledged $30,000 to match all donations - dollar-for-dollar - until December 31, 2025. Your gift will go twice as far!
If you have already donated, Thank you for your support!
Next week at NNV
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2 pm Yoga with Mayu - (Zoom) |
10 am - Coffee & Conversation (The Junction, 5471 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase MD) |
1 pm Coping with Uncertainty (Zoom) |
3:30 pm Village French Conversation Group (private home in Woodley Park) |
12 pm Lunch - Spices (3333 Connecticut Ave NW) |
Lunches - Join other NNV members and volunteers for a meal!
- Friday, December 19th, 12 pm - Spices (3333 Connecticut Ave NW)
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Coming Soon to NNV:
We are taking a break for the holiday season. Visit our archive of Virtual Speaker Series videos here to watch any you might have missed. To learn more, please visit the Virtual Speaker Series page on our website.
More events coming soon! Visit our archive of Know Your Options videos here to watch any you might have missed. To learn more, please visit the Know Your Options page on our website.
Calendar of Ward 3 events for older adults
Mondays, 10 am - DC Ctr for Aging LGBTQ+ Monday Coffee and Conversation (Zoom-Free sign up required for the link)
Mondays & Thursdays, 4-5 pm - Chair Yoga (Zoom - Click here to join the class)
First Wednesday of each month, 3:30-4:30 - What We're Hearing (Zoom-Free sign up required)
Cleveland Woodley Park Village:
Mondays, 10-10:30 am - Gentle Yoga Stretch (Zoom - Click here to join the class)
First Monday of each month, 11:30 am - Coffee & Conversation Current Events Discussion Group (Dolan, 3518 Connecticut Ave NW)
Wednesdays, 10-10:30 am - Gentle Yoga Stretch (Zoom - Click here to join the class)
Fridays, 10-10:30 am - Gentle Yoga Stretch (Zoom - Click here to join the class)
Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 am - Village Walkers (Cathedral Commons)
Dupont Circle Village:
Mondays, 3:30 pm - Accessible Mat Yoga (Zoom-Free sign up required for the link)
Tuesdays, 10:30 am - Chair Yoga (Zoom-Free sign up required for the link)
Mondays and Thursdays, 9:00 am - Meditation with Patricia Ullman (Zoom-Free sign up required for the link)
Foggy Bottom West End Village:
Wednesdays, 10:45 am - Strength and Stability Yoga (free trial class, $10/class). (St Paul's Church dining room, 2430 K St NW)
Fridays, 11:45 am - Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong ($70 for each six class session). (St Paul's Church atrium, 2430 K St NW)
More local village events are listed on the DCVC (DC Villages Collective) calendar
and the WAVE (Washington Area Village Exchange) calendar.
More community events are listed on our events calendar.
Dementia 101 Seminar
Monday, December 15, 11 am on Zoom
Join Ingleside for a virtual program with Aging Life Care Professional Jihan Starr of Davenport Senior Connections to learn about the differences between Alzheimer’s and other dementias, the disease stages, risk factors, and today’s prevention and treatment options.
Ingleside Shoppe open extra hours for holiday shopping
The Ingleside Shoppe thrift store, is open Tuesdays from 1 - 3 pm, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11 am - 1 pm.
There is one more Saturday opening before the holidays, on December 13, from 1 - 3 pm. Parking is less difficult on Saturdays.
We have a wide variety of goods, including clothes, jewelry, glassware, housewares and furniture at ridiculously low prices. We invite you to come and shop. We can accept only cash and checks.
Thursday, December 18th, 10:30 am - $6 - This month's feature is Hamnet.
Senior Cinema Thursday is a monthly event where the Avalon screens a current feature at a special discounted price for seniors - held every third Thursday at 10:30am.
The Avalon Theatre is wheelchair accessible and provides assisted listening devices to guests with hearing and visual impairments.
Karaoke Rescheduled!
Thurs, Dec 18, 7-9 pm
5510 Connecticut Avenue
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this week's Karaoke at The Parthenon's Chevy Chase Lounge had to be postponed until Thursday, December 18th from 7-9pm. Once again they will be extending their usual 4-7pm Happy Hour, to run all night until the last note of karaoke is sung. The age range of participants (and there were many) included people from 21-80+.
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NNV is a community based non-profit that gives residents the confidence and practical help to grow older at home while staying healthy, engaged, and connected to neighbors and friends.