Category Archives: Community News

EngAGE Featured in New York Times Article

Click here to read the wonderful article by Tina Rosenberg in today’s New York Times. Here’s a favorite personal story from the article about Burbank Senior Artists Colony resident Sally Connors, a former junior high science teacher who was expecting … Continue reading

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News from the Grove: Vietnamese American Oral History Project – UC Irvine

Students from the Vietnamese American Oral History Project in the Department of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine met residents of the Grove last week to introduce their project which involves residents telling the students their stories. The residents were thrilled that the students … Continue reading

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EngAGE Senior Rappers Perform

The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation has provided EngAGE with facilitator/artist, Jo McLachlan for the 2012 year. Jo invites residents to have some fun with improv and creative thinking. The seven-minute video below shows members of the Improv RAP Group performing last … Continue reading

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Community Photo Album: June

In Los Angeles, we often refer to cool weather in June as “June Gloom,” but there was no gloom at any of our lively community activities! Check out this assortment of photos from some of them, including painting and crafts classes, aqua … Continue reading

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Community Highlights: June

This new monthly post will feature some of the special events that take place in our communities. Here’s our selection for June. Click on any picture to enlarge it: It’s not often you can get a free haircut, but that’s exactly … Continue reading

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Community Photo Album: May

What’s up at our communities? Gardening, exercising, drumming, crafts, and more! Here’s a very large collection of photos to peruse, thanks to the EngAGE Team. Click on any picture to enlarge it.

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Benefits of Gardening

Prevention Magazine explains some of the many benefits of gardening, but we think the proof is in the pictures. EngAGE’s Robin Hart sent this photo from Portofino Villas showing their beautiful new garden box, ready for planting: And EngAGE’s Sidni Myles from … Continue reading

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