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Thanksgiving Make Holiday Cards for LITA to give to Seniors in Skilled Nursing Hospitals
ORGANIZATION: LITA of Contra Costa
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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23 people are interested
LITA's fourth annual holiday card making event is the ideal outing to bring your family and friends together, or do something on your own for others on Thanksgiving Day or Friday after Thanksgiving.
Event takes place in the quaint town of Port Costa at the Historic School now our Community Center. Enter our work area left side of building downstairs, past swing set and rose garden in the side door.Plenty of room to work, tables chairs and some crafting materials provided.
We will be making cheerful senior friendly holiday greeting cards, distributed by LITA caroling groups to o those elder and disabled folks in over 12 Contra Costa County skilled nursing facilities.
We have basic red. white or bright green paper and some other crafting supplies;Suggest you bring scissors, scotch tape or rubber cement, Old holiday wrapping paper or cards to cut out cute images
Please no glue guns or loose glitter (Makes clean up a nightmare)!!
Share the Spirit is once again gifting coffee, fruit, nuts, juices coco & cookies for all volunteers
Last year's production resulted in 620 beautiful, funny and touching cards made and hand delivered to each hospital resident by LITA of CC caroling groups during4 More opportunities with LITA of Contra Costa
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About LITA of Contra Costa
Location:
PO BOX 121, 135 Prospect Avenue, PORT COSTA, CA 94569, US
Mission Statement
"Love Is The Answer" LITA of Contra Costa (since 1980) involves community members of all ages, educating and supporting youth, students families and aspiring artsts to be Volunteers to fulfill our Mission to imporve qualiaty of life for senior & disabled persons living full time in nursing care as well as memory care and assisted living facilities in Contra Costa County.
Description
LITA of CC serves skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, primarily in Contra Costa County. LITA is non-sectarian. There is no charge for LITA volunteer services.
MUSIC AWAKENINGS: LITA has long supported the miracle of Music to enhance healing & joy. Volunteers program tablets and phones especially for an individual patient (who may have speech, sight or social disabilities) with access to of music and movies from their prime of life stimulate golden memories, reducing stress, insomnia , agitation depression and alleviating sundowning. Spontaneously singing along with beloved lyrics, patients have created new pathways torestore speech.
LITA of Contra Costa encourages Intergeneration Appreciation, with events and holiday or project visits for groups from preschool through High School and College. Family visits are also encouraged and supported within this Love Is The Answer volunteer program.
Arts Volunteers at all ages & levels of perfecting audio/visual, music, dance, acting, poetry and other performing & fine arts, share these gifts with seniors in continuing care. Our most popular LITA program, suspended during covid and still not back was Pet Visitors bringing gentle dogs, cats, turtles birds. This type of isit may now be done duriing our Patio Garden Activitiies. Check that opportunity and contact LITA at 925 212 4573 for details
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
#1 Plaza Del HombreHistoric SchoolFirst floor past rose gardenPort Costa, CA 94569
DATE POSTED
October 16, 2017
SKILLS
- Drawing
- Elder care
- Painting
- Visual Arts
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 3
- Two hour session which you sign up for in advance
- Email application to determine days,hours and how many volunteers LITA needs to provide for