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Choose Your Own Adventure: Weekly Zoo Walks, Song Circles & more with the PNA Memory Loss Program

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ORGANIZATION: Phinney Neighborhood Association

  • 12 people are interested

Choose your own adventure with the PNA’s trail-blazing efforts to create a dementia-friendly community!

The Greenwood Senior Center (GSC), a program of the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA), offers a wealth of programming to support people experiencing memory loss and their care partners. Activities are typically weekly, and include

  • Song Circle (Mondays)
  • Zoo Walk (Tuesdays or Thursdays)
  • Gathering Place, a whole-body enrichment class for people experiencing early stage memory loss (Thursdays)
  • Memory Cafe, a celebration of now through music, art and other activities (Fridays)
  • and more!

We are looking for volunteers interested in working with people experiencing memory loss. Volunteers can choose to commit to a weekly Zoo Walk, or as a sub who rotates between several activities. Time committment is generally 2-4 hours per week, with some flexibility for the sub position; year-long commitment requested. Activities at the Greenwood Senior Center, Phinney Center and Woodland Park Zoo (all in NW Seattle, in the Phinney-Greenwood neighborhood), and accessible by bus.

Volunteer application, background check and confidentiality form required.

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About Phinney Neighborhood Association

Location:

6532 Phinney Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98103, US

Mission Statement

The mission of the Phinney Neighborhood Association is to build community by providing programs, services, & activities aimed at connecting neighbors and fostering civic involvement in our diverse community.

Description

Our programs include a hot meal program, a senior center, pre-school co-ops, before- and after-school programs for kids, an art gallery, and a DIY Hub including a tool rental library and Community Woodshop. We host community events throughout the year, including a Winter Festival, two beer tastes, a wine taste, Day of the Dead and Holi celebrations, book exchange events, Bingo/Karaoke parties, small community potlucks, a crochet group, concerts for families, and more.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Health & Medicine
Seniors
Community, Health & Medicine, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

Various Locations in Northwest SeattleSeattle, WA 98103

(47.66001,-122.34256)
 

SKILLS

  • People Skills

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 21
  • Orientation or Training
  • 4-10 hours/month
  • Experience or an interest in working with people experiencing early stage memory loss.

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