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Land-of-Sky Regional Council
Lending Our Support to the Region’s Communities
Serving Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, & Transylvania Counties
339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville  NC 28806
Phone: (828) 251- 6622 • Fax: (828) 251- 6353 • Email: info@landofsky.org

Educational Events for Older Adults Calendar

  April 2008
Entire Month Silver Arts competition in Madison County displayed at AB Tech Madison Campus. Contact John Hough at 689-5728 for more information.
April 16-18

Senior Games and Silver Arts competition in Transylvania County. Contact 884-3156 for more info. or visit http://www.myrecdept.com/nc/brevard/default2.asp

April 22 - May 12 Silver Arts competition in Madison County displayed at AB Tech Madison Campus. Contact John Hough at 689-5728 for more information.
April 28 8:30am – 4 pm, 8:45-10:30 am Meeting with Buncombe County State Legislators at AB Tech (Enka Campus) Haynes Building; RSVP to Ruth Eaton at the Council on Aging at 277-8288 or email ruthe@coabc.org by April 24th
April 29 8:30AM - 4:30PM.  3rd annual Spring Summit by the Center for Health and Aging will take place at MAHEC call 257-4475 to register or for more information CLICK HERE.
  May 2008
May 8 - 10 Senior Games and Silver Arts competition in Buncombe County.  Contact Dee at 350-2051 or visit www.ashevillenc.gov
May 18 Senior Games Closing Ceremony in Madison County contact John Hough at 689-5728 for more information.
May 27 May 27, Tuesday – Successful Aging 6, Buncombe County Aging Coordinators Consortium presents the 6th annual Successful Aging Conference.  Held at the Crowne Plaza in Asheville from 8:30am -3:30pm, click here for more information CLICK HERE
  June 2008
June 2 Dementia, Depression, Delirium: The Caregiver’s Journey Mission Hospitals Women’s Resource Center
50 Doctor’s Drive, Asheville, NC
5:00 to 6:30pm, Sponsored by CAPES (Caring for Aging Parents Education and Support program)
Call Kate Zurich at 277-8288 for more information
June 12

Annual Caregiver Conference sponsored by Park Ridge Hospital HOPE Behavioral Health Services and Land-of-Sky Regional Council’s Family Caregiver Support Program

North Carolina Arboretum

June 12 Annual Senior Center Certification Training – One-day training at Land-of-Sky Regional Council - required for senior centers applying for initial certification within 3 years of the initial certification application.  Register 6-8 weeks in advance judy.smith@ncmail.net.  Telephone: 919-733-0440
  October 2008
October 6 Stress Relief: Mindfulness for Caregivers
Mission Hospitals Women’s Resource Center
50 Doctor’s Drive, Asheville, NC
5:00 to 6:30pm, Sponsored by CAPES (Caring for Aging Parents Education and Support program)
Call Kate Zurich at 277-8288 for more information

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