Thomas J. Long Foundation Awards $400,000 Grant to EngAGE
The Thomas J. Long Foundation has awarded $400,000 to EngAGE for the EngAGE Replication Project in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. This project allows the expansion of the nationally renowned, award-winning EngAGE model to Northern California. In the program’s first year, approximately 250 seniors residing in affordable senior housing will participate in EngAGE programming, and the organization will work with real estate development partners to create affordable senior housing that supports the health and wellness of future residents. In response to the generous grant, EngAGE CEO/Founder Tim Carpenter commented, “We are so happy to be part of the Thomas J. Long Foundation family to expand our work in Northern California, and are so thankful to partner with Mark Friedman and Nancy Shillis there. It also allows us to hire the amazing Laura Mason to be our Executive Director of Northern California. Such gratitude for that opportunity.”
News from Metro@Hollywood: Whole Person Approach to Creative Living
From art classes to ESL to yoga to community building celebrations, The Metro at Hollywood Senior Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, demonstrates the EngAGE whole person approach to creative living.
Art Class gives residents the opportunity to express themselves creatively. Each month, instructor Polet Zargarian wants residents to continue working on their paintings and learning “to see.” This month, she wanted them to see how depth is created by using values of color in the foreground, middle ground, and background, and in details.
ESL Class gives residents an opportunity to practice their English language skills. This month, they learned more about pronunciation as well as the function and use of prepositions. Practicing general conversational dialogues is also very useful.
Yoga class meets twice a month to stretch out their muscles.
EngAGE and WSH Management collaborate to bring residents a nice monthly birthday celebration. They share a delicious cake, light refreshments, raffle prizes, and a great sense of community.
EngAGE embraces a whole-person approach to creative living, providing college-level programs in the arts, wellness, and lifelong learning.
~ Sandra Vargas, Program Director
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 designed and constructed using sustainable, “green building” principles, and is LEED Gold Certified.
EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.
~ Robbin Johnson-Perez, Program Director
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 building upon the collaboration begun during Spring 2018 with another department, Green LMU, to plan the composting project at Long Beach Senior Arts Colony. Residents will receive free composting bins, get educated about composting, and begin to practice composting. The Community-Based Learning (CBL) program will support the project and appeal to CBL students and faculty to work with the LBSAC residents or participate in an immersion experience in the field to learn more about the project. Primary funding for the composting bins has been pledged by Green LMU.
Uma Nicole, Certified Master Gardener who advises the gardening group at LBSAC; Helene Weinberg, LBSAC Program Director; and Nancy Goodhart, EngAGE COO, facilitated this community partnership project with LMU.
News from San Antonio Gardens: Zumba Gold
Instructor Sandra and enthusiastic residents at San Antonio Gardens Senior Apartments in Norwalk, CA, get energized in Zumba Gold class!
~ Essence Parker, Program Director
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Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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News from PAC ARTS: “Perspective” Art Show Opens 8/2
Resident Spotlight: Artist Frank Canetti
Frank Canetti is a lifelong resident of the Harbor Area. He was born in San Pedro and is a fourth-generation native Angeleño. After a long career in the marine insurance field, Frank taught and coached in the Torrance Unified School District for 20 years.
His interest in photography began in high school and college photography classes. He has traveled extensively, but always returns to his San Pedro roots. Completing the circle, as a resident of Pacific Avenue Arts Colony, he lives only ten blocks away from the house in which he was born.
His work reflects his passion for the outdoors, the ocean and colorful foods. His photographs have been printed on canvas, which creates a unique texture and feel to each image. Email: frank.canetti@gmail.com
Reception: August 2, 2018
This exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the LA County Arts Commission, the California Arts Council, and Meta Housing.
