Opportunities

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The other day, I was watching an interview with a renowned children’s educator. (I apologize for not jotting down his name.) The interviewer asked how parents and other caregivers can best support a child’s education. His answer?

1. Read books to children.
2. Provide books for children to read.

This made me think of a terrific way your residents can also help promote a child’s education. It’s called Feeding Reading, and it’s co-sponsored by Kellogg’s and Penguin Random House.

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If you’ve been with my blog for a while, you know that I’ve been doing a variety of at-home volunteer projects while undergoing cancer treatment. I’m sharing these projects because they’re also perfect to do with the residents of your senior care communities. Or you can do them as an individual or with your family. (For my newer readers, you can still catch up on my January, March, and May projects.)

This month, I’ve been working on what has become my two favorite at-home volunteer projects. The first is decorating lunch bags for Meals On Wheels. (You can read about my personal experience as a recipient of meals in this post from last year.)

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I’m having so much fun with my at-home volunteer projects this month, and I’m sharing them with my readers for two reasons. First, you can do any of these projects with the residents of your senior living community. Second, I know many of you will enjoy doing these activities individually or as a family.

These are the organizations I’m supporting this month:

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Do you ever feel helpless when you see all the unsettling things going on in our world today? I know I do. I feel like I want to make things better, but I don’t know where to begin. Perhaps some of your residents feel that way, too, when they watch the daily news.

That’s why I’m excited about a special day coming up on April 28. I hope you and your residents will get excited, too!

It’s called the Do One Give Challenge, and it’s sponsored by an organization called 365Give. Perhaps you remember me mentioning this organization in the past. That’s because it was an inspiration for my New Year’s resolution to do more acts of kindness in 2022.

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I’m so pleased with your positive responses to the article I shared in January about my at-home volunteer projects! So today I’ll share what I’m doing this month. You can easily do any of these projects with the residents of your senior living community. Or, you can do them as a family or as an individual.

Letters Against Isolation

I actually started working on this project in February, and I plan to continue it on a long-term basis. Letters Against Isolation invites volunteers to write uplifting letters to elders in several countries. They include residents of nursing homes, independent/assisted living, memory care, senior centers, and recipients of Meals on Wheels.

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