SOMA Living May 2022

OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

SOMA Two Towns Celebrates Older Americans Month

Join our towns as we celebrate and honor Older Americans this month. Our richly diverse community is home to over 5,000 older adults who enjoy the many benefits our community offers, diversity, community engagement,

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environmental exploration, cultural restaurants, boutique shopping, and easy access to NYC and other parts of the Northeast. As vital community members, older adults have given and continue to lend their time and talents to build and support many organizations and systems that make our community so inviting. This year’s national theme, Age My Way, focuses on how adults can live happily in their homes as long as possible. To age at home, three aspects of daily life need to be considered, community engagement, social connections, and planning for the future. In our newsletter, available on our website, we invited our community to understand the value and benefit of planning for the future, linking them to recorded sessions through NJ Advocates for Aging Well on creating safe spaces and when to know you need assistance in your home. Two new intergenerational connections are planned, Helping Hands, a CHS student designed program to help older adults with general home needs and the Older Adult 2 Rising Senior program pairing CHS juniors with local older adults to exchange ideas and better understand generational differences. Our intergenerational Repair Café will be indoors again on May 7th where local repair experts help residents of all generations fix beloved items instead of tossing them out. At a May 10th session, a tech expert will provide guidance on using smart phone features. May 17th Decluttering Lunch and Learn will off tips on cleaning out and freshening of your home. Our weekly themed walks will get you out and moving this spring. May celebrations include a Mother’s Day Party (11th) and the month’s culminating event, the luncheon Honoring Older Adults (24th). At the latter, we will recognize older adults in several ways. Join us for this celebration. The schedule of Older Adult Month activities will be available on our website, somatwotownsforallages.org, soon. To receive the SOMA Two Towns for All Ages e-blasts, go to Notify Me • South Orange Village, NJ • CivicEngage.

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