HAP Alumni Debrief and other things

Last class session, we learned more about what to do for our healthy aging project and split up into three different neighborhoods to do our neighborhood assessment project on. Many of the alumni came to speak about their own projects, and I thought it was interesting to learn that most of them took part in more than one project. The one spoken about most was the senior prom, since we will be doing that this quarter. We split into three committees: decoration, food, and activities, for that specific event. Learning from the alumni is interesting because they experience obstacles that we otherwise never would have thought of. For instance, some of them had very ambitious projects, which was not bad, but they were also difficult and improbable. When making timelines for our projects, we must be mindful of our own schedule and make sure to include down time to account for school. For my project, I want to do something related to music. Because I personally am in an a cappella group and I also teach fellow student proper singing techniques, I feel that I can do something similar with the elders. I learned that some centers have a choir already, so I can try to use that to my advantage. Jackie also said that she wanted to do an open mic, which interested me. At the end of the class, we all added each other on Facebook and created a group page so that we can contact each other quickly