Thanks to EngAGE Program Director CandyJoe for #MakingADifference and sharing Cantabria Senior Apartments resident Steve‘s delightful letter of praise for the Tech Class she teaches which changed his life and that of his neighbor.
Dear CandyJoe:
I want to thank you for all I’ve learned in your Technology Class.
At 77 years old, I was totally unaware of all I was missing because I wasn’t tech-savvy.
As a retired musician, I really appreciated the music streaming service you introduced me to. It has provided countless hours of enjoyment. Finding my way to a new doctor was a breeze with the method you taught me to use on my cell phone. I was able to revive a dying plant by taking a picture of it, identifying it, and discovering online how to care for it. I recently made a short video at a birthday party and shared it with someone far away who couldn’t attend the event in person.
My neighbor and friend is apartment-bound and in a wheelchair, and without a piano in his apartment, he was never able to hear me play. You taught me how to bring the piano-playing to him on my phone and play it through a portable speaker.
On his 90th birthday, he wanted a particular food item, and thanks to what I learned with you, we were able to video-chat when I was at the store and he could see for himself the choices on the shelves. Video-chatting is definitely the next-best-thing to actually being there, and you can’t imagine the difference it makes to someone who can’t get out.
… and the list goes on, and on, and on.
Life grows steadily more limited as we age, unfortunately, and your class doesn’t just teach the right buttons to push, it makes a very real, very meaningful difference in the daily lives of us seniors.
Thank you also for the extreme patience and understanding you always exhibited with all your elderly students. I am sure that you will be making many meaningful contributions to seniors wherever you go, and I sincerely wish you success in all your future work.
All the Best Always –
Steve
Thank you, Steve! We’re pleased that you’re pleased, and we wish you many more enjoyable and helpful tech adventures.
