15/ You betcha, they said. So, a focus on young-adults with-special-needs now moved to the heart of our Eldercare planning. How could the fit work best? Neighborhood elders and volunteers, professionals in Eldercare, Reality Kitcheners, all circled up to brainstorm options.
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Catherine, Katy, Geneva, Clare, Sara and Nick gather to help shape up our forthcoming program, discuss how best to alert neighborhood elders to it, and to decide how we might best wed the needs of young adults with special needs, to the needs of elders, in the same breath.
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The Upstart Nursery, our neighborhood plant nursery, hosted occasional plant sales to raise extra cash for our project-in-the-making. A helpful sign: WHAT IS THE RIVER ROAD ELDER SUPPORT INITIATIVE? A FREE COLLABORATION AMONG RR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, EMBRACING : DISTRIBUTED NEIGHBORHOOD FARMING OF STAPLE FOOD CROPS. 2016 HARVEST INCLUDES ONIONS, POTATOES & WINTER SAVASH. EXTENSIVE PLANTINGS OF VEGETABLE CROPS FOR CONTINUOUS HARVEST. 2016 FALL & WINTER CROPS INCLUDE: KALES, COLLARDS, FALL AND WINTER BROCCOLIS AND CABBAGES, BEETS, PARSNIPS, CARROTS, DIVERSE SALAD GREENS AND MORE PROCESSING THIS 100% ORGANIC BOUNTY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD-INCLUSIVE SETTING WITH YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, AT REALITY KITCHEN BAKERY DELI ON RIVER ROAD COLLABORATING WITH HOOD-BASED ELDER-SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS TO FREELY SHARE THIS ORGANIC BOUNTY THROUGHREGULAR WEEKLY LUNCHES AT REALITY KITCHEN BAKERY & DELI & PROVIDING A BASIS FOR DEEPENING NEIGHBORHOOD DIALOG AND COLLABORATION.