Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society Reviews
128 Bingham Rd, Ste 950
Asheville, NC 28806
(828) 253-1894
128 Bingham Rd, Ste 950
Asheville, NC 28806
(828) 253-1894
WHAT DO WE DO? The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville (formerly the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement) is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed learning community dedicated to promoting lifelong learning, leadership, community service, and research. We opened our doors in 1988 as a department of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Our goal is to enable our members to “thrive” in life’s second half. OLLI at UNC Asheville(OLLI) embraces an unusually comprehensive array of programs in the arts and humanities, the natural world, civic engagement, wellness, life transition and retirement relocation planning, intergenerational co-learning, and research on trends in the reinvention of retirement. HOW DO WE OPERATE? OLLI is housed in our own building, Reuter Center, on the UNC Asheville campus. Our collaborative member-staff led organization operates as a public-private entity, with two-thirds of our budget derived from endowment income and fees; and one-third from state funding. Approximately 450 members volunteer each year to do everything from teach, serve on committees, run research projects, mentor undergraduates, and provide consulting to other UNC Asheville departments. WHO'S TAKING NOTICE? OLLI's uniqueness has earned it frequent mention in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, SmartMoney, Business Week, Kiplinger’s, and The Christian Science Monitor, TV's CBS Sunday Morning, and websites such as CNN.com, AOL.com and many others. WHO PARTICIPATES? How large is OLLI’s Boomer population? If we stretch a couple of years beyond the current age threshold of 62, we find that 43% of our more than 1800 annual members are age 64 and under. So we’re nearing half who can claim to have experienced Woodstock or seen Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show. Balancing out the upstart Boomer generation, we have members of the “greatest” generation represented by 17% age 75 and above. WHAT DO WE STAND FOR? Our values express how we expect to travel where we want to go: SENSE OF COMMUNITY — We are a community of learners who rely on the active participation of its members. Through these activities, members enjoy meeting like-minded people, exploring common interests, sharing experiences and forming lasting friendships. COMMITMENT — We are committed to the development of our staff and the personal growth of our volunteers. LEADERSHIP — All members have a voice and help set goals and direction. EXCELLENCE — Our staff and volunteers are constantly seeking to achieve the highest standards of performance. INNOVATION — We creatively pursue new areas of opportunity that will benefit our members. CULTURE — We create an atmosphere that is stimulating, creative, friendly, fulfilling, and fun. WHERE ARE WE HEADING? OLLI continues to grow by taking the accumulated experience and knowledge of the past and making it newly relevant to the changing environment and conditions of life. Members get to join a new community by making friends with people who share their interests. Come and take your turn with us. You will discover wonderful, new aspects of yourself and the environment that surrounds you!
What do we do? We help the community advocate for itself by connecting community members in need with neighbors and services. We have on staff legal advocates, mental health specialists, geriatric specialists, community liaisons, intake specialists, etc. It could be as simple as seeing to it that someone has transportation to important appointments, or an elders trash is taken out, or something like a person who may lose their home because their taxes are in arrears, or the property is in need of a major rehab. We help find help. We connect neighbors and businesses to each other and the most vulnerable in our community. We work with Eblen Charities, Pisgah Legal Services, DSS and others as needed to ensure that our community members aren't falling through the cracks, but being looked after and cared for, with compassion. We distribute food and clothing to those who need help. We build wheelchair ramps and make homes safe. We help determine what special services are needed to improve quality of life. Most of all, we make sure that our community members know that their well-being is important. We believe every neighbor has the capacity to be a superhero to someone.
Finding our breath, moving our feet, moving through the space gives us more energy and momentum in our dance! Karen
HOLA stands for Hermanos Orgullosos en las Americas (proud brothers and sisters in the Americas). Our club is open to students of all races and majors and is focused on promoting diversity and fostering an appreciation for Latino cultures in particular. Our club is also devoted to providing education in issues facing the Latino community in the US and in Asheville. The club is meant to be a positive force in promoting social change and justice through community service, education, and compassion.
English Country Dance is the forerunner of Contra Dance. Country dances were danced out in the countryside of England as far back as 1500's. The general formation is two lines facing each other. There is a leader who walks the dancers through the figures of a particular dance, and then the music begins, and the dancers dance to the prompts of the leader.The dances moved across to France whose dancers called it "contredanse." The settlers brought English Country Dance to America. The dance figures soon began to evolve with new twists and thus began to be called Contra Dance, from "contredanse." Although English Country Dance still remained its own style, and still does today. Each dance has a tune that is played for just that particular dance. The name of the dance and the name of the tune are the same. It's designed to go perfectly with dance figures and musical phrases. Examples of English Country Dance may be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen novels, such as Pride and Prejudice.
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