EngAGE delivers arts, wellness, and lifelong learning programming to 50 senior and multigenerational communities throughout California, in Minnesota (EngAGE Heartland), and in Oregon (EngAGE Northwest). Click here to read our 2019 Winter Newsletter, which is packed with photos and and information about what we’ve been doing!
Residents at The Metro at Hollywood Senior Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, engage in gentle, but active aerobic movement to improve their strength, cardiovascular health, and general physical well-being. Twice a week in the community gym, residents are taught yoga as a means of improving their balance, stretching ability, strength, and relaxation.
Residents attended the Harvest Celebration where they also celebrated the November birthdays. Hosted by WSH Management and EngAGE, they enjoyed delicious food, light refreshments, and cake. Some residents also brought their favorite homemade side dishes and desserts. A gift card raffle was held, and dance music was provided by DJ Bang Bang.
EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.
Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Date: November 19, 2018
Harvest Celebration made possible with support from WSH Management
The Metro @ Hollywood Senior Lofts is a Meta Housing Corporation community
In November, residents in the craft class at The Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, used their imaginations to do some good. They made crafts that benefited others via the Pay It Forward Foundation. Founded in 2000, Pay It Forward “serves as a catalyst to inspire growth for the Pay It Forward philosophy, acts of kindness among strangers, generating a ripple effect from one person to the next, one community to the next.” The residents created amazing handmade bracelets and journals. These lovely items, along with an inspirational handwritten note, will go to local women’s shelters. Paying it forward is a beautiful thing!
Research demonstrates that participating in arts activities improves the health and quality of life of older people.
Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Date: November 5th and 12th, 2018
Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community
Click here to find volunteer opportunities for MLK Day and throughout the year.
Legislation signed in 1983 marked the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a federal holiday. In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading this effort. Each year, on the third Monday in January, the MLK Day of Service is observed as “a day ON, not a day off.” MLK Day of Service is intended to empower individuals, strengthen communities, bridge barriers, create solutions to social problems, and move us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.”
Burbank Senior Artists Colony residents in Burbank, CA, filled up the club room in November to see one of their favorite musical acts, Michael Quest. Michael sang classic country and American classics while residents enjoyed a little refreshment during social hour, BSAC’s weekly community building event where residents come to socialize.
All-Star resident volunteer, Vartoohi, serves the salad she prepares for our weekly social hour.
EngAGE catalyzes the development of Arts Colonies that offer unique creative amenities such as art studios, galleries, and theaters.
Program Director: Megan Hocking
Date: November 14, 2018
Made possible with funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Burbank Senior Arts Colony is a Meta Housing Corporation community.
Residents of The Jasmine at Founders Village in Fountain Valley, CA, enjoyed many events with friends and neighbors during the month of November, including a birthday celebration, a Thanksgiving gathering, and new programming for the property.
The residents are thrilled to participate in the new program, ”Knitting for the Community,” for the next couple of months. Residents will have the opportunity to knit scarves, hats, and mittens, which will be donated back to the community.
WSH Management and EngAGE collaborated to provide a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, and residents added a touch of home by making their favorite side dishes for the event.
Birthday celebration!
“Queen” Peggy
EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.
Program Director: Lourdes Torres
Date: November 2018
Made possible with support from WSH Management
The Jasmine at Founders Village is a Meta Housing Corporation community
Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:30 PM PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.
Miss the show? You can always hear it as a podcast on the Listen Page of our website! You’ll also find an archive-in-progress of all of our previous shows there for you to enjoy. New shows are usually posted within 48 hours after broadcast.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Broadway legend CAROL CHANNING. She left a legacy that includes her Tony Award-winning roles as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! She was also the recipient of the 1995 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. She was nominated for an Academy Award, and won a Golden Globe for her performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 2003, she released her best-selling memoir entitled, Just Lucky, I Guess, and she toured the world in her one woman show, The First 80 Years Are the Hardest. We were fortunate to have Carol Channing on Experience Talks for the first time in 2004. This week, we’ll listen again to that interview, with hosts Bobbee Zeno and Tim Carpenter.
Learn more about the Dr. Carol Channing & Harry Kullijian Foundation, a non-profit established in 2005 to bring awareness to the general public of the importance of arts education, to provide music instruments for underfunded public schools, and to provide scholarships for California State University students.
