Avenidas
Re-Inventing Aging
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Originally published in the Palo Alto Daily Post.
COME GET A TASTE of the special Avenidas Village programming that members enjoy monthly. At 11:30 a.m. on May 31, Avenidas will present a Vista lecture called “African Carnivores and their Prey,” with Doug Cheeseman.
Originally published in the Palo Alto Daily Post.
AVENIDAS CARE FORUM. For families caring for loved ones, getting information and support is important, which is why Avenidas is offering a new workshop series. Following each lecture, attendees may take part in small group discussions and have the chance to receive gifts and wellness services donated by event sponsors. Coffee and lunch will be provided.
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Originally published in The Almanac.
Originally published in the Palo Alto Daily Post.
THE AVENIDAS VILLAGE COFFEE CHAT is happening at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Join Avenidas at 450 Bryant St. in Palo Alto for coffee and treats as you listen to seniors describe how Avenidas Village has helped them stay in the homes they love.
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Lifetimes honorees made the cover story of Palo Alto Weekly, May 3, 2019.
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By pushing beyond what is to what could be, this year’s Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement honorees have created long-term changes in their communities that are stretching beyond their tenures and into the next generations.
From launching a theater company with national reach, to advocating for legislation and programs for those facing end-of-life choices, to preserving tens of thousands of acres of Peninsula hills, baylands and coastside as open space, Gloria Hom, Robert Kelley, Ginny Lear, Ward and Mary Paine, and Mike and Ellen Turbow have spent decades planting the roots of change through organizations and programs they helped create for the benefit of the community at large.
This story was originally published in the Los Altos Town Crier.
The Wise Owl Players, sponsored by the Palo Alto-based nonprofit Avenidas, offers drama classes for adults ages 50 and up. The group’s mission is to foster social connections, personal growth and self-esteem, as well as to demonstrate the richness seniors bring to the community.
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