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You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. - A. A. Milne, Author (Winnie the Pooh) In American life, we think we are most free when we don’t need anybody. Exactly what Alzheimer’s represents is absolute dependency …That’s what we all need to learn …how deeply we need one another. - Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological Ethics If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. - Loretta Girzartis, Author All real living is meeting. - Martin Buber, Philosopher The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. - William James, Philosopher Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. - Christopher Columbus, Explorer Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat . . .We must find each other. - Mother Theresa, Saint They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. - Bil Keane, Cartoonist Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essayist I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. - Albert Schweitzer, Missionary Nothing is more revealing than movement. - Martha Graham, Dancer A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from. - Lin Yutang, Writer |
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Memory Bridge Classroom Experience
Memory Bridge has developed a service learning curriculum that teaches students in grades 6-12 how to communicate meaningfully with individuals with Alzheimer?s disease. This innovative program cultivates social and emotional skills and provides substantive interdisciplinary content for middle and high school students. During the intergenerational visits, students apply classroom lessons to develop real-world friendships.
Click on the images below to read true stories from the Bridge.
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| Stories captured and composed by Barbara Storms Granner | |||
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