A
STITCH IN TIME.
Eighteen older adults, for years neighbors and acquaintances, are now fast
friends, too. Artfully and forever connected, the Eskaton Henson Manor
residents and neighbors are students in the community’s “Artists in Residence”
program. As part of the current course’s two-month learning experience, each
budding artist created a colorful patch to contribute to a flower-themed quilt.
The resulting composite artwork, coordinated and stitched together by the
affordable apartment community’s administrator, Donna Garrett, will be
auctioned to raise tuition money for the next class of art students.
With study upon study
validating the benefits of socialization, creativity and purpose amongst older
adults, it’s easy to make case here for doubling the preventative measure of “a
stitch in time saves nine.”
