Catch the Auction LIVE at the 50+ EXPO

For the first time the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA) is bringing their LIVE auction to the 50+ EXPO Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m..

CVAA and well know local auctioneer Kyle Scanlon, formerly an auctioneer and appraiser for Duane Merrill & Co for over 10 years, will auction off items sure to please the whole family. CVAA and Scanlon have teamed up in the past for the Grand Estate Antique Auction formerly held at the Champlain Valley Exposition and the Lake Champlain Sunset Wine Reception held at the Echo Leahy Center These auctions featured items including trips, wine tasting classes, signed memorabilia, items for sports enthusiasts, and original artwork.

This year’s live auction will follow in that tradition offering items for the young and young at heart. Items will include spa treatments, massages, gym memberships, weekend getaways, tickets to sporting events, ski passes, artwork, one of a kind crafts, antiques including a cane rocking chair, items for you home and home office, restaurant gift certificate including the Von Trapp Lodge in Stowe, tickets to Lyric theater’s “Hello, Dolly” and a psychic reading to name but a few.

A complete listing of items being offered at the Live Auction is available here.

Proceeds from the live auction will benefit the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging’s Meals on Wheels and Case Management Program.

Selamta Comfort Doll Project

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, seniors in our communities will give a helping hand to orphaned children in Ethiopia. They will give the gift of a one-of-a-kind doll to children in Ethiopia that have lost their parents most likely due to AIDS and are now part of the Selamta Children’s Home Project . These children can tightly hold their doll knowing that someone in Vermont thinks they are special and has made a doll just for them.

Mia Brown, a Neighbor to Neighbor AmeriCorps member at Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA), designed the Selamta Comfort Doll Project after spending over six months at the Selamta Children’s Home in Ethiopia and working with many of the very children who will be receiving the dolls. She saw the need for more ways to show these children they are special. Many of the children who come to Selamta have never had anything they could call their own.

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Connecting Seniors to Valuable Resources

Search our Community Resource Guide of agencies, programs and services for older adults in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties. This database is compiled and maintained by our Senior Helpline staff and is updated on a regular basis. Please feel free to use either the online Resource Guide or call the Senior Helpline to find the information you need.

Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, Inc. (CVAA) is a private, non-profit, United Way organization that supports the efforts of people 60 and older in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties to remain active, healthy, financially secure, and in control of their own lives.

Our staff and volunteers know how to put older people and their caregivers in touch with a wide range of the services they need to live independently for as long as possible.