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ACCA Receives Grant for Digital Learning for Seniors

Spectrum Digital Education check presentation. Left to right: ACCA Board Member, Carol Williams; Eva Kennedy, Executive Director, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission; Josh, District 9 Commissioner Ovita Thornton; Eve Anthony, CEO, ACCA; and PSC Commissioner Tim Echols.
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Spectrum Digital Education check presentation. Left to right: ACCA Board Member, Carol Williams; Eva Kennedy, Executive Director, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission; Josh Hildebrandt, Director, State Government Affairs, Spectrum; District 9 Commissioner Ovita Thornton; Eve Anthony, CEO, ACCA; and PSC Commissioner Tim Echols.

The Athens Community Council on Aging received a $6,000 grant from the Spectrum Digital Education Program. Leslie Trier is director of programs at the ACCA. She says the money will provide digital education for seniors.

“It could be everything from helping someone learn how to do online banking, to helping them learn how to use FaceTime so that they can keep up with their grandkids, to helping them learn how to access their health records so that they can communicate with their doctor to see their results and everything online,” according to Trier. “It was written to be pretty broad.”

The mission of the ACCA is to help seniors age well and live well.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!