News from BSAC: Boards & Brushes – A Custom Wood Sign Painting Workshop

Posted on January 29, 2019 by EngAGE

In November, at Burbank Senior Artists Colony in Burbank, CA, Program Director Megan showed resident crafters, experienced and new, how to create custom holiday and home wooden signs. Residents were given custom stencils the students designed themselves, then they were able to customize the sign with paint choices and technique. The students loved how, although they had chosen similar stencils, their signs looked so different with the application of a little creativity.

Research demonstrates that participating in arts activities improves the health and quality of life of older people.

Program Director:  Megan Hocking
Date:  November 30, 2018
Made possible with funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Burbank Senior Artists Colony is a Meta Housing Corporation community

 

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News from Coventry Court: Snowman Paint N Sip

Posted on January 28, 2019 by EngAGE

Residents at Coventry Court Senior Apartments in Tustin, CA, joined their art instructor, Nicole Galardo, in the community room where they painted a snowman who is excited to see snow. Nicole encouraged students to try different colors and brush strokes. Paint N Sip class is held once a month on Thursday evenings. It is always well attended, as the instructor is keen to challenge the students to express themselves in the most unconventional ways. When they were finished, several members of the class took a group picture with their beautiful artwork.

Research demonstrates that participating in arts activities improves the health and quality of life of older people.

Program Director:  Lourdes Torres
Class Date:  November 29, 2018
Made possible with funding from Greystar management
Coventry Court Luxury Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community

 

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News from Tavarua: Extra Point Brings Dinner and Music

Posted on January 27, 2019 by EngAGE

In November, residents attended our monthly Extra Point event where families from the surrounding community came to Tavarua Senior Apartments in Carlsbad, CA, and served a free dinner to the residents.  This month, in a very special addition to the dinner, Extra Point invited the Team Violin-Team Cello group, composed of local elementary school children under ten years old, to play holiday music. Residents really enjoyed the young musicians and the music certainly got everyone in a festive spirit.

The Extra Point youth volunteer group was founded by Becky Vermillion, a member of the Board of Directors for Carlsbad Youth Baseball, specifically to benefit the residents of Tavarua Senior Apartments on a monthly basis. Becky started the group to teach young athletes how to serve their community off the field. This collaboration is part of EngAGE’s intergenerational programming funded by The Eisner Foundation.

EngAGE connects across generations, helping older adults become involved with younger people in their communities as mentors, sages, and neighbors.

Program Director: Tracy Ligon
Date:  November 26, 2018
Made possible with funding from The Eisner Foundation
Tavarua Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community

 

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News from Buckingham: Tech Talk + Walking + Keeping Fit

Posted on January 26, 2019 by EngAGE

Tech Talk
Every Tuesday, residents at Buckingham Senior Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, join their teacher, Laura, in the computer room for an hour-long Tech Class. The class provides a friendly and open atmosphere where residents bring their computers, tablets, and cell phones. They get answers to their tech questions, help with operating instructions, and useful tips and tricks on using their devices.

Walking Class
Residents enjoy the Buckingham Senior Apartments Walking Club as a way to start, improve, and maintain their fitness levels.  They (and some of their pets) meet Tuesday mornings in the lobby before heading out for their hour-long morning walk around the neighborhood. The class ends in the community fitness room where a selection of exercise machines are available for use.

Keeping Fit
The Fitness Class with David features both high- and low-impact exercises which allow residents to strengthen their muscles. Residents enthusiastically join David in the community gym from 6-7 pm every Wednesday. He also instructs them on how to prepare nutritious meals as part of starting or maintaining a healthy, well-balanced lifestyle.

EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.

Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community

 

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News from Metro@Compton: A Dinner Celebration with Ancient and Contemporary Mexican-American Music

Posted on January 25, 2019 by EngAGE

The residents of The Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, always enjoy the monthly birthday celebration. This month, in appreciation, all residents were welcomed by EngAGE staff for a complete Mexican meal, light refreshments, a birthday cake, and gift card raffles. Special guest Martin Espino, a Mexican-American musician and composer of indigenous Yaqui and Tepehuano ancestry, performed, telling origin stories and playing native musical instruments. Residents joined in the music-making fun by playing along with instruments provided by Martin.

EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.

Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Event Date:  November 28, 2018
The Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community.

 

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Experience Talks 1/27: Melissa Shepherd-Williams

Posted on January 24, 2019 by EngAGE

Experience Talks - EngAGE, Inc.

Experience Talks - EngAGE, Inc.Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:30 PM PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.

 

Experience Talks - EngAGE, Inc.Miss the show? You can always hear it as a podcast on the Listen Page of our website! You’ll also find an archive-in-progress of all of our previous shows there for you to enjoy. New shows are usually posted within 48 hours after broadcast.

 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 @ 5:30 PM PT
MELISSA SHEPHERD-WILLIAMS
Host: DR. CONNIE CORLEY

MELISSA SHEPHERD-WILLIAMS serves as a clinician at the California Institute of the Arts and Adjunct Faculty in the School of Cultural and Family Psychology at Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School. Within private practice, through speaking engagements, she has served audiences such as the Los Angeles Police Department psychologists; Writers’ Guild of America; UCLA Human Resources students; Association of Los Angeles County African-American Employees; Latino Behavioral Health Institute Conference; California State University Los Angeles faculty; Cancer Support Community; and Community Parenting Program in the City of Santa Clarita.

As a psychotherapist serving for over 20 years, she has been dedicating herself to design and present programs on how to live with GUSTO by taking charge of one’s health in body, mind, and spirit. Essentially, Melissa perceives the development of life-affirming routines as the core of thriving and “deliciousness.” Her latest book, From Burnout to Bliss, published in December 2018, adds to her creation of learning tools for preventing and emerging from a sense of being stuck professionally and personally. A native of Panama, she lives with her husband, Brad, in Los Angeles, California. ~ Learn more and find a link to her book on her website.

 

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EngAGE 2019 Winter Newsletter

Posted on January 23, 2019 by EngAGE

EngAGE delivers arts, wellness, and lifelong learning programming to 50 senior and multigenerational communities throughout California, in Minnesota (EngAGE Heartland), and in Oregon (EngAGE Northwest). Click here to read our 2019 Winter Newsletter, which is packed with photos and and information about what we’ve been doing!

 

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