EngAGE is celebrating Thanksgiving all month!
EngAGE is thankful to be able to provide Fitness and Wellness programs that help older adults create and reinforce healthy behaviors to strengthen and retain their independent lifestyles.
We are thankful for Ann Apra, who has been teaching cooking classes at Andalucia Senior Apartments and La Coruña Senior Apartments in Van Nuys, CA, for the past six years. Her enthusiasm, beautiful charm, and dedication has inspired the older adult community to embrace learning about healthy eating. It’s well known that she’ll bring a full flatbed of vegetables and supplies to class. Residents gather around the table, follow her instructions, and actively take a role in the prep work.
Ann has moved her instruction online during the pandemic to keep the residents motivated to stay engaged and eat well. She shares recipes a week in advance so all attendees can get their own ingredients and participate virtually. Additionally, she has opened her online classes to other EngAGE properties. Residents at both Burbank Senior Artists Colony in Burbank, CA, and North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony in North Hollywood, CA, are now also enjoying her classes. They eat and chat together virtually, and friendships have flourished.
Andalucia residents, Wilma and Melinda, take full advantage of cooking and eating with friends.
Ann also has created cooking videos, so the residents can watch and cook on their own at their own pace. She’s been making videos and performing on TV shows for years. Here’s an appearance she made some years ago for the show, “Community Cooking.”
Ann has an exciting class coming up next week in which she’ll be teaching this recipe:
Yum! Thank you, Ann Apra!
