Boots on the Ground Workgroup Meeting

LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Workgroup is a monthly, solution-focused space for direct aging service professionals and other programs and services to share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professionals in an effort to collectively continue serving older New Yorkers. Learn more here.

Date: Friday, July 30th, 2021

Time: 11:00am-12:00pm

Self-Care Exercise: Sharing Sensory Memories with Irene Friedland, ProjectFIND Hamilton Senior Center. *No special materials are needed, but please have a new sheet of paper, a pen or pencil, and unlined paper in case you are inspired to draw or sketch something.

Tabletalk: Action Items on Aging with Brianna & Katelyn, LiveOn NY. Hear from our team about the Reframing Aging initiative, a new initiative to shift the way New Yorkers understand aging and older people, as well as share ways to get involved in reframing aging during the election.

Topic Presentation: Building Community Through Storytelling

Speaker: Trevor Martindale, Director of Partnerships & Impact | Life Story Club

Description: Join us to learn about Life Story Club’s mission to promote healthy aging, combat ageism, and reduce social isolation amongst older adults by leveraging storytelling into a powerful legacy project. Life Story Clubs thrives on older adults strengthening their social relationships and draw purpose from sharing their life experience with others.

For more information on Life Story Club, click here.