New York Memory Center

Recently a crew from The Horticultural Society of New York came to the center to clean up our little garden area and build some new raised beds for our summer gardening project. On June 10 Horticultural Society members will return on a regular schedule (weather permitting) to guide our members in planting flowers and caring for the garden. We are so grateful for this new partnership!

June is around the corner! Our latest newsletter is online with news about upcoming programming, including the annual week-long visit from students at Berkeley-Carroll School and gardening with members of The Horticultural Society. Read all the news here -
https://www.nymemorycenter.org/_files/ugd/b30d6f_236ba288148241c29506d743b2c1aca5.pdf

New York Memory Center is a community where people living with memory loss can continue to experience joy, purpose, and belonging. A gift today helps nurture the full range of programs that create moments of connection—this season and throughout the year.
https://www.nymemorycenter.org/give

The Center is closed
Monday, May 25 for
Memorial Day.

Last week Elizabeth from the American Folk Art Museum led a program discussing a couple pieces of art from the Museum. The second one, by artist Clementine Hunter, has a small image of herself in the middle. Elizabeth took photos of each member so that they could create their own painting in a similar style. The whole program inspired lots of discussion and inspired artworks.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to moms, grandmothers, cat moms, dog mom — to all!

Coming up this week, Guitar with Debby on Friday at 1. She leads sing-a-longs and gets a discussion going about favorite songs. The last session included some inspired conducting from members too.

Hello May! Our cherry tree, which welcomed members arriving on the vans, is done blooming, but pretty soon the little garden underneath it will be cleaned up and planted. Read all about it in our latest newsletter, which includes the May program calendar.
https://www.nymemorycenter.org/_files/ugd/b30d6f_236ba288148241c29506d743b2c1aca5.pdf

Memory Generation is a new interactive, experiential theater work that blends theatrical narrative, creative participation, and communal exchange in a memory café environment—creative social spaces designed specifically for people living with dementia, and their friends and families, that focus on creative experiences, not diagnosis.
Memory Generation is designed as an inviting space that is welcoming to all, no matter what their relationship to memory loss may be.
For details and ticket information see https://lamama.org/memory-generation.