This weekend my Living. Creating. Striving. HAP group had our wiliness event at the Gary and Mary West Wellness Center in Downtown San Diego. The turnout for the event was phenomenal, we had at little more than a hundred seniors who came to the event. Although, we may have run out of the one hundred goody bags we had, seniors were still coming and staying to participate in the wellness stations that we had. At the event we had a coloring, self-massage, face mask, and nail stations for the seniors to destress and pamper their selves. In addition, there was a jewelry and clothing boutique for the seniors to take some items that they need or want. I honestly love the activities that we choose to implement in our wellness event because each station gave us the opportunity to engage and conversate with the seniors. In each conversation, the seniors genuinely enjoyed the event because this was something that they were not able to do regularly. Bertha, who was an attendee expressed how this was a fun experience because she does not get the chance to go to the salon due to the cost and distance. I was full of joy from the reaction and feedback that we would receive from the seniors. Many would ask when we were going to come back and do this again, and it was heartbreaking to answer that we were not going to do this again. However, to our surprise, the professors want to continue to do this event again. In my opinion, this was the best outcome from the event, knowing that we created an event that the professor want to have again for the seniors because they thought it created an impact for the seniors, which makes me feel that we chose the right approach for the event, after we were not able to do our initial project. It happened; the event finally happened. I want to express many thanks to everyone who contributed to make this event happen: our donators, UCSD’s intergenerational club, Casa de Manana, the Gary and Mary West center, the USP program, the professors, instructional assistants, and peers, and all the seniors who came. Without the support, the event would have not been living, creating, or striving.
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June 2019
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