Category Archives: Cooking/Gardening
News from Buckingham/Metro Chinatown/Metro Compton/Vermont: Food Forward and LA Kitchen
EngAGE has two important partners in the effort to make certain our residents have access to healthy food. FOOD FORWARD The Food Forward Program provides fresh produce on a monthly basis to many EngAGE communities. Food Forward staff and volunteers rescue … Continue reading
News from The Huntington: Gardening and Craft
At The Huntington in Morgan Hill, CA, residents enjoy tending their beautiful garden and exploring their creativity in Crafts Class by making some lively 4th of July decorations! EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities … Continue reading
Posted in Community News, Cooking/Gardening, Hand-Crafting, Huntington
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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News from 808 A Street: Art, Gardening, Meditation
A talented member of the Art Class at 808 A Street Apartments in Hayward, CA, works on sketching with watercolors. Members of the Gardening Class enjoy tending their thriving garden. Meditation Class offers serenity to participants. EngAGE embraces a whole-person … Continue reading
News from Dorado: Community Garden
Essence Parker, Program Director at Dorado Senior Apartments in Buena Park, CA, reports, “While touring the property, I decided to stroll along outside and sneak a peek at the Community Garden. To my delight, residents have planted strawberry seeds and … Continue reading
Posted in Community News, Cooking/Gardening, Dorado
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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News from 808 A Street: Gardening and Celebrating
Residents at 808 A Street Apartments in downtown Hayward, CA – one of our newest EngAGE communities – stay busy planting and tending their beautiful garden area. Residents also know how to celebrate life in their beautiful new community! Their building was … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Community News, Cooking/Gardening, Downtown Hayward
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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News from LBSAC: Loyola Marymount U. Educates about Composting
Coming soon to Long Beach Senior Arts Colony in Long Beach, CA: composting! We are pleased that Lezlee Matthews, Ph.D., Director of Community Based Learning at Loyola Marymount University, has let us know that a CACC-CESF* fellow will develop leadership skills by … Continue reading
News from Vermont: LA Kitchen Visits
At Vermont Family Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, in collaboration with L.A. Kitchen, EngAGE brings residents a once a month healthy meal demo and meal. After the full demo presentation, residents get to taste the food that was … Continue reading
Posted in Community News, Cooking/Gardening, Health, Vermont
Tagged changing aging, LA Kitchen, The Eisner Foundation
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