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CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE CELEBRATES ITS 15TH!
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by Karen Stuck
he Village movement—a network of to encourage the city to develop Hill East as a more than 300 neighborhood-based model multi-generational mixed-income neighmembership orgaborhood that is senior-friendly,” nizations—observes she continued. “We’re part of its 20th Anniversary a collaborative effort to get the this year, and the second Village in city to address the shortage of the country—Capitol Hill Village— home health aides to serve oldwill celebrate its 15th anniversary. er adults and individuals with “Members, staff, and volundisabilities in their homes. And, teers have made CHV a leading in partnership with ANC 6B and Felice Development, we helped Village in the metro area, helping secure $225,000 to help plan, 12 other villages get established in design, and fundDC, with many more throughout raise for an Adult the country seeking our advice,” Geoff Lewis Photo: Capitol Day Health Censaid Geoff Lewis, a founding memHill History Project ter with Memory ber and Board member emeritus. Care to serve Ward 6 and surAdvocacy rounding neighborhoods.” CHV is proud of its history, but also of focusing on today’s priorities for older Capitol Hill residents. Auction and Online Gathering “In addition to providing individual servicThe Advocacy Team is made es and support, CHV is advocating for things that up of volunteers, as are the all older adults need, especially if they want to releaders the nearly 30 “affinity main in their current homes as they age,” explained groups,” who will be honored at CHV Executive Director Judy Berman. “We continthis year’s on-line Auction and ue to push for a strong senior strategy addressing the Virtual Gathering (a substitute needs of DCs growing population of older adults.” for the annual in-person Gala). “The CHV Advocacy Team is also working CHV is home to bikers, Robin Blum leads a weekly chair hikers, and walkers; book yoga class for CHV members and readers and memoir writers; volunteers. Photo: Karen Stuck songsters; petanque and mahjong players; art aficionados; and movie fans. There are practitioners of Qi Gong, Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. If there’s an interest area, there’s a CHV affinity group for it. Many Village activities are open to the entire community, such as the monthly Village Voices On the day of the Village's official opening Oct. 7 2017, programs featuring Capitol Patricia Molumby standing) and her husband Larry sitting, Hill residents, and District Tai Chi. Photo: Karen Stuck check people in to the event, held in the back garden
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Qi Gong. Photo: Karen Stuck
Dialogues: Conversations on Race and Justice in our City. Information on CHV affinity groups and activities is at capitolhillvillage.org. Volunteers are always needed and welcome. The on-line auction runs from April 14-24, and on April 21, members, volunteers, and friends will gather virtually, individually and at house parties, to celebrate the past year and the year ahead. u
