June 11, 2009

BHN Service Project

Over the summer, the Bayside Homeschool Network meets every Thursday for a park playdate.  This week provided an additional special opportunity.  BHN visits a local retirement home that specializes in Alzheimer's care every month or two.  The residents look forward to visiting with the kids and the feeling is mutual. (To honor the rules of the home, I cannot show pictures of the residents.) The residents were all sitting in a circle.  The kids went from resident to resident, introducing themselves and sharing stories.  It was pretty precious to see how protective some of the residents were over the kids. The kids sat in the center of the circle while the House Counselor read them a story about having a grandparent with Alzheimer's.  After the story, everyone went outside and checked on the tomato plants the kids had planted last month... The aides made some fabulous smoothies for everyone... The kids sang "You Are My Sunshine" to the residents... Group shot of the kids after... A picnic lunch and park playdate after... Some of the boys decided to play soccer and 'A' jumped right in!  Here he is playing goalie with another boy... He got tired playing goalie, so he created his own position...

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