After a restful, but not long enough spring break, I was excited to return to my favorite class for the spring quarter. It was good to see everyone and hear how their break was, as well as what classes they are taking this quarter. I day began with an overview of what the course schedule would look like for the next 10 weeks, I was excited to see that we were going to be doing some more site visits, as well as returning to Bayside Community Center to engage in A fun Zumba class again. We also discussed the book we would be reading this quarter and detailed who would present which sections. I look forward to reading this book, as it’s a compilation of diverse stories that center around aging.
Once the logistics were completed, we then broke into our Healthy Aging Project Groups, and began to discuss our plans. We discussed the template we filled out over spring break that provided a good overview on what we plan to do, the resources and supplies we need, as well as how much we have to spend on our event. Our group is putting on art class with snacks and drinks for the Bayside Community Center, with hopes of having the artwork displayed in the center, as well as serve as a way to fundraise. We were able to meet with Professor Lewis and Professor Bussell to go over our plans, and to provide us with some helpful insights. We plan to reach out to local vendors and organizations to see if they are willing to donate art supplies. We also agreed that hiring a professional art instructor is the most important as it will really create the overall experience we are looking for in putting this on for the community members of Bayside. Lastly, we discussed how the event would be marketed and thus people would sign up for it. After hammering down details and understanding what our next steps our, we sent out an email to Bayside looking to set a date and also see if there was any input they had, as well as answer some questions that we created.
I look forward to seeing how our Healthy Aging Project turns out and being able to provide this fun and special event to the Bayside Community.
Once the logistics were completed, we then broke into our Healthy Aging Project Groups, and began to discuss our plans. We discussed the template we filled out over spring break that provided a good overview on what we plan to do, the resources and supplies we need, as well as how much we have to spend on our event. Our group is putting on art class with snacks and drinks for the Bayside Community Center, with hopes of having the artwork displayed in the center, as well as serve as a way to fundraise. We were able to meet with Professor Lewis and Professor Bussell to go over our plans, and to provide us with some helpful insights. We plan to reach out to local vendors and organizations to see if they are willing to donate art supplies. We also agreed that hiring a professional art instructor is the most important as it will really create the overall experience we are looking for in putting this on for the community members of Bayside. Lastly, we discussed how the event would be marketed and thus people would sign up for it. After hammering down details and understanding what our next steps our, we sent out an email to Bayside looking to set a date and also see if there was any input they had, as well as answer some questions that we created.
I look forward to seeing how our Healthy Aging Project turns out and being able to provide this fun and special event to the Bayside Community.