County Teams Defined

Aging Together’s County Teams are the core of the organization and provide the ideal resolution to the challenge of reaching our vision for Age-Friendly communities. Age-Friendly communities are “Liveable Communities” which, by definition, enable citizens to thrive across their lifespan and age in community. To have an effective model, communities must have multiple relevant attributes in place that support the aging person’s ability to stay home.

Since Aging Together serves an expansive region, we steadfastly believe that those who work and live in a particular community are best able to define its needs and gaps in services, removing the deficiency of “one-answer-fixes-all”. To that end we have a separate Team in each of our five counties. These County Teams consist of volunteers who are medical, service and assisted living professionals, nonprofit and agency leaders, first responders, faith-based leaders, senior citizens and family caregivers, among others. They meet monthly with a volunteer Team captain and an Aging Together staff person. Their purpose is to outline disparities in services and resources, and to foster solutions. This model has worked well because challenges are defined and worked out at a very local level assuring optimal response. 
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Examples of activities of the County Teams include:

• Partnering with area professionals to plan educational programs for seniors and their caregivers
• Hosting guest speakers on relevant topics such as dementia
• Finding ways to assure isolated seniors are connected with programs like "iPads for Seniors"
• Create emergency contact postcards specific to counties
• Supporting services to help with transportation and food delivery
• Planning and hosting events specific to various groups such as veterans
• Helping accumulate resources for Aging Together's Resource Guide for Older Adults
• Planning Aging Together's signature annual events such as the Five Over Fifty Awards Celebration and The Art of Aging Expo

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Everyone is invited to join County Team Meetings!
​We especially need the input of older adults!

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When & Where County Teams Meet

Currently most County Teams meet virtually by Zoom. However there are some who meet in person periodically and some that are hybrid.  Please contact Anna Rogers if you are not on the meeting email list. The monthly meeting schedule is below but is subject to change especially around holidays. Please contact Anna at arogers@agingtogether.org to join a County Team meeting or to receive info. Or call 540-829-6405.

Solicitation at Team meetings is prohibited. 

TEAM MEETING SCHEDULE BY COUNTY

Culpeper	1st Thursday of the Month ​9:30am
Fauquier	3rd Tuesday of the Month ​9:30am
Madison	4th Wednesday of the Month ​2:00pm
Orange	2nd Wednesday of the Month 9:30am
Rappahannock	4th Thursday of the Month ​2:30pm

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VOLUNTEER COUNTY TEAM CHAIRS

Culpeper County

Liesa Dodson

Fauquier County
(Co-Chair)

Sophia Cameron

Fauquier County
(Co-Chair)

Mark Harvey

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Madison County

Orange County

Annette Putman

Rappahannock County

Sallie Morgan

Retired,
​Mental Health Association of Fauquier County