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Celebrating our older adult artists!  Thanks to funding from Council Member Gale Brewer for art activities, the March 9 art expo held at the Hamilton Annex was a hit! More than 50 older adults and instructors celebrated their achievements ranging from mask making, collages, watercolor, chinese brush painting, life model drawing, and contemporary poetry.  Special thanks to instructors: Paul Ferrera-Collage, Contemporary Poetry-Chocolate Waters, Watercolor Painting-Geoffrey Gnuehs, Life Model Drawing-Margo Meade, Sing Along-Ted Muzio, and Piano Recital - Fumihiko (Koji) Kokazaki. Pictured above (Left to right) A participant, Melissa Johnson-Bowen (left front row), Assistant Director of Community Services, Margo Meade, Geoffrey Gnuehs, Chocolate Waters, Paul Ferrara.

It's International Creativity Month! Profiled here is Chocolate Waters, a poetry instructor at our Hamilton Older Adult Center. Chocolate's work inspires our older...

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Gold - $10,000

Project FIND is thrilled to announce the imminent opening of Park 79, located at 117 West 79^th Street; a stone’s throw from the Hayden Planetarium.  This beautiful building containing 77 efficiency units for low income and formerly homeless older adults aged 62+ is the product of a partnership between Project FIND and Fairstead.  A vertically integrated real estate development corporation, Fairstead has overseen the development and construction of Park 79 and will provide on-going property management service.  Project FIND serves as both the nonprofit owner and social service provider. Project FIND will also tap into programing out of the Hamilton Center to help this new community of older adults feel right at home. Apply for a unit here!  See the press release here. See CBS News piece.