On October 13th, The Spearly Center hosted an Open House to reveal our renovated outdoor patio and deck. Close to 100 guests, including practitioners, family, the outdoor space craftsmen, children and prestigious members of the long term care community, were all in attendance. We had live entertainment from local artist Kayla Marque, a coffee barista, a Kid’s Corner Creation Station, elegant and delicious appetizers and 15 raffle prizes. One of the most memorable moments of the evening was a beautiful mandala gifted to Spearly from our friends at the home office.
Juniper Communities hosted a camp at Burning Man, called AgingInsurrection. Our goal was to use Burning Man as a vehicle for our anti-ageism message, with a focus on the idea that we are all the same inside no matter what our age. We all want to be accepted for who we are, we want to have friends and family who care about us, we want to have the opportunity to work, do and create.
One of our sponsored events was called Joining the Generations: An Intergenerational Coloring Party. We opened that event up to our neighborhood and the entire Burning Man community. We also had a group of kids who were camping at Kidsville come over to join us. We had a huge blank canvas that was for free form art, coloring, and commentary. And we also had the more structured mandala project. One of our resident artists, Hank Reikena, started the center of the mandala. Over the course of the day we had over 30 people involved in the creation of the mandala. They were folks of all ages from young kids to those in their 80’s.
The mandala proudly hangs in Spearly’s Town Hall. Come on by and check out our wonderful new outdoor space and our beautiful mandala!
