Category Archives: Community News

News from Metro Hollywood: Summer Arts and Learning

Residents at The Metro @ Hollywood Senior Apartments in Hollywood, CA, enjoy learning new painting techniques and get some very fine results.     A popular new creative and meditative pastime is coloring. Refining the ability to shade work is … Continue reading

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News from Magnolia @ 9th: Summer Fun & Learning

Summer at Magnolia at 9th Senior Apartments in San Bernardino includes classes in Art, Hand-Crafting, Yoga/Meditation, and an informative presentation about health insurance. Instructor Clarisa Arostegui taught the residents the paper quilling technique using a comb to create paper flowers … Continue reading

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News from Cotton’s Point: Community Outreach Alliance

EngAGE appreciates Community Outreach Alliance (COA), a non-profit that is working with Cotton’s Point Senior Apartments in San Clemente, CA. COA surprises residents with food twice a month as well as provides shuttle service to their food bank (Food Connection) twice a month. … Continue reading

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News from Vermont: Summer Fun

Residents at Vermont Family Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, are getting in shape with yoga and resistance exercises in Fitness Class, feeling the beat of drums with music instructor Clarence Johnston, and caring for future tasty crops with the Garden … Continue reading

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News from Metro Compton: Technology

EngAGE knows the value of technology, so we help our older adults get comfortable with it. From an article in the New York Times: “Learning new technology skills helps lessen isolation, gerontologists say, keeps the brain active with games, and … Continue reading

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News from Riverview: Art Exhibition

The art exhibition, “Crossing the Line: Drawing for and with Older Adults,” at Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s Emeritus Gallery features artist residents from our CommonBond Riverview Senior Housing community in Minneapolis, MN. Prior to the exhibition, the artists … Continue reading

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News from ACE/121: Summer Potluck

Travel, fun, and long hot days…it’s summer at ACE/121, our multi-generational arts colony in Glendale, CA! Special thanks to Serj from the Glendale California Pizza Kitchen for sponsoring our food for the Summer Potluck and to everyone who brought a dish to … Continue reading

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