The Maples

As part of Rebekah and I's Intergenerational Relations Project, we organized an arts and crafts activity at The Maples, a senior living center in Towson.  Due to the weather and everyone's busy schedules, we weren't able to get a ton of people to attend.  However, our friend and fellow IOD major Steph joined us, as well as three community service doers from Calvert Hall Highschool, and of course the lovely residents of The Maples.

At the advice of the Activities Director, we chose a simple project that wouldn't require too much coordination but would allow for some creativity.  At first many of the participants were nervous to get started, but with some encouragement and chatting they all made some really cute and quirky pumpkins.

I was actually really impressed with how well the highschool boys interacted with the older adults.  While I heard them talking about which party got busted over the weekend while washing their hands in the other room, they were very polite, considerate, and encouraging when working with the residents.

We had a great time and the residents all told us that they did too! They want us to come back again and we certainly plan on doing so.  Check out more photos from the event here.