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| Reid student and Mrs. Butler |
On October 9th, students from the seventh, eighth and ninth grades came to The Wentworth to interview our residents about their lives, experiences and families for a class project. We had an outstanding crowd of sixteen residents and sixteen students and boy was it a full house!
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| Reid School's Shauna Tateoka talks with Mrs. Richins |
One of the important things about inter-generational activities is the young learning from the old. Our residents represent so many rich cultures, experiences, knowledge and all around walks of life. How exciting it was for one student to learn that his resident has lived in seven different countries! Or that another resident was 106 years old and had just attended a special luncheon held by Governor Herbert just a week prior. Many students were nervous and shy when they entered our activity room but by the end of the hour they were laughing and carrying on with their resident as if they had just reconnected with an old friend (no pun intended).
The Reid School students learned many things that day including social, interviewing and writing skills. After they complete their "Resident Reports" they will return to our facility to give their written accounts to their interviewed resident. It was an all around positive experience and we hope to invite the Reid School back again next year.
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| D.B. talks with a student |
This morning we visited the Festival of Trees at the South Towne Expo Center. For 42 years, the Festival of Trees has been a “Gift of Love” to children at Primary Children's Medical Center.
The Festival is organized by a volunteer board of 85 women who enlist
time and talents from thousands of individuals, organizations,
businesses, and families throughout Utah. Over $30.8 million has been
raised for children at Primary Children’s Medical Center through the
Festival since 1971, with $1,655,931.40 raised in 2011.The residents enjoyed the live music including a children's choir, the full sized trees and the tabletop trees, the gingerbread houses, quilts and wreaths! There was so much to see, hear and smell; it was a treat for the senses. 
