News from Cotton’s Point: Piano Recital

Posted on May 22, 2018 by EngAGE

Residents at Cotton’s Point Senior Apartments in San Clemente, CA, enjoyed a Sunday afternoon piano recital. Pianists from the local high school performed while the Visits of Love Club, also from the school, mingled with the residents. Both groups have been visiting Cotton’s Point throughout their school year. Residents shared their good-byes with several of the graduating high school seniors, and expressed how proud and grateful they are for all the hard work they do for the seniors living at Cotton’s Point.

~ Jennifer Fallon, Program Director

 

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News from Long Beach Senior Arts Colony: EngAGE Your Own Way

Posted on May 21, 2018 by EngAGE

LBSAC residents in Long Beach, CA, engage in their own way with Gardening, Research Studies, Ceramics, Reader’s Theater, and T’ai Chi. The residents are grateful for the variety of programming offered by EngAGE, and each month there is an EngAGE meeting to discuss current classes and share ideas for new classes and events.

~ Helene Weinberg, Program Director

 

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News from Our Communities: Exercise

Posted on May 20, 2018 by EngAGE

At Buckingham Senior Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, the exercise class enjoys their evening walks around the neighborhood. Residents also enjoy the Free Weight Exercises, Recumbent Bicycle, and Treadmill. That’s instructor David Smith snapping the selfies with class members.

Participants in the Fitness Class at The Metro at Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, work on Chair Exercises, Tennis Challenge, Expanded Stretching, Fitness Band Regimen, and Baseball Simulation.

Metro at Compton residents also enjoyed the benefits of a special 6-week class led by Partners in Care Foundation. The class focuses specifically on exercises for those who have arthritis.

~ Sandra Vargas, Program Director

 

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News from Metro at Compton: L.A. Kitchen Visits

Posted on May 19, 2018 by EngAGE

At The Metro at Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, residents enjoy a once-a-month healthy meal demo provided by L.A. Kitchen.  After a full presentation, residents get to taste the results. Then they go home with a bag of produce and a delicious individual meal.

The non-profit L.A. Kitchen reclaims healthy, local food that would otherwise go to waste. They provide culinary job training to unemployed men and women. And they distribute fresh, nutritious meals to fellow Angelenos. Their inspiring motto is: “Neither Food Nor People Should Ever Go To Waste.”

~ Sandra Vargas, Program Director

 

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News from Our Communities: Food Forward

Posted on May 18, 2018 by EngAGE

Residents of The Metro at Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, and The Metro at Chintown Lofts in Los Angeles, CA, are grateful for the Food Forward Program which provide fresh produce on a monthly basis. Food Forward staff and volunteers rescue 353,000 pounds of surplus produce each week from fruit trees, farmers markets and the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market. 100% of these fresh fruits and vegetables are donated to over 575 hunger relief agencies across 8 counties in Southern California and distributed to folks like our low-income residents.

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The Metro at Chinatown Senior Lofts

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The Metro at Compton Senior Apartments

~ Sandra Vargas, Program Director

 

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News from ACE/121: After School Program

Posted on May 17, 2018 by EngAGE

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Thanks to the Eisner Foundation for their generous support of our intergenerational programs.

 

~ Ben Evans, Program Director/Gallery Curator

 

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News from The Jasmine: Art Class

Posted on May 16, 2018 by EngAGE

​At The Jasmine at Founders Village in Fountain Valley, CA, the art class started painting with acrylic paint on larger canvas to challenge the imagination and design a composition that uses more space. Participants chose an object — real or made up — and used an enlarged perspective that filled the canvas (and went off the edges) in an interesting way. They considered how positive and negative shapes should play into the composition, and for added dimension, they broke up the composition with lines that continue throughout the space to give interest to any areas that were bare due to enlargement. The class drew inspiration from each other and everyone did a great job!

~ Lourdes Torres, Program Director

 

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