Spring Gift Delivery

Here are the pictures from the gift delivery at the La Jolla Convalescent and Nursing Center!

We passed out a spring gift to each resident and displayed the rest of the egglings in the dining room.

Pictures from Craft Session

We wanted to share pictures from today's craft session.

Like last time, the ladies of Sigma Omicron Pi out-do themselves once again in terms of creativity.

Spring Craft Session #2

Thanks to all those who came out the previous weekend to meet with us and help construct butterflies! In total we constructed about 50+, but about 100 more need to be put together.

We have another session coming up with the lovely ladies of Sigma Omicron Pi. 

Butterfly Craft Session #2

Saturday, May 30th

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Verano Condo

Since this is an off-site location, feel free to contact us for directions or rides.

Hope to see you there :]

Spring is Here!

In celebration of Spring, we will be building butterfly crafts for the residents on Torrey Pines. The butterflies are made from recycled plastic Easter eggs- a fantastic way to reuse previous holiday decorations. They have googly eyes and even a small patch of grass to sit on! 120 butterflies need to be put together, so we'll need all the help we can get.

Butterfly Craft Session
Sunday, May 17th
12:30pm - 2:30pm
8889 Caminito Plaza Centro #7116, 92122
FREE Food


As always, rides can be arranged.

Happy Sun God!

Encore! EOE loves The Beat!

Bravo!

Sunday's collaboration with The Beat was a success. The residents really enjoyed the performance :] & We got goosebumps from listening to them (yeah, they were that good)! We hope to collaborate with them again in the near future!

We would like to share some of the footage with you:

The Beat's renditions of Coldplay's Viva La Vida

Hands on San Diego

We would like to let you know about a fun, one-day community service day Volunteer Connections will be hosting. You can sign up with friends, group, or an organization to work at a designated volunteer site for an entire day. It is a great chance to try out volunteering for a different cause. Not to mention there is FREE breakfast followed a FREE lunch after volunteering and fun raffle prizes.

The location for Hands on San Diego 2009 consist of the Special Olympics, a couple environmental organizations (planting/weeding activities), and a benefit concert.

Saturday, May 2nd

Registration Form
Turn in by: April 30th
Turn into:
Price Center East, Volunteer Connections Office or email to HandsonSanDiego@gmail.com

Musical Sensation!

EOE has arranged a collaboration with one of UCSD's emerging acapella groups, The Beat, to perform for the residents in the Torrey Pines nursing home location. Help us get pumped up for the event!

Sunday, April 26th

10:30 am - 12:00ish

La Jolla Nursing/Rehabilitation Center

Also, Transfer Admit Day is coming up on Saturday, May 9th. If you would like to help with tabling and spreading EOE love, sign up :]

Information Session #2

There were several people who were could not make the first info session earlier this month, so we will be hosting another one. If you are interested in finding a leadership position, this is the opportunity!

Wednesday, April 22nd

1:00 pm

Volunteer Connections Office

Price Center East, 3rd Floor

We anticipate the meeting to be no more than 30 minutes. It will go over what EOE strives to accomplish followed by an open Q & A. If you have any questions, please bring it up! :]

Easter Weekend

This past Saturday EOE hosted an Easter arts and crafts session, BUT a little something special happened. One of our newest volunteer brought along his 6 month old son to meet the residents! He is the most adorable baby who could not coo or smile more. The residents instantly fell in love with the little fella.

*Easter bunny pockets with a chocolate kiss tucked inside*

*Love at first sight*

*Posing with our Easter pockets*

*After many attempts, a decent family photo*

Leadership Openings!

We have some leadership opportunities open for the academic school year 2009-2010. You get to coordinate events, plan projects, and collaborate with other organizations of your choice. If you want to learn more, you can attend our upcoming information session.

Information Session
Thursday, April 9th
5:30pm
PC Theater Lounge/Lobby

EOE Admit Day 2009 Video

^ Catchy snippet of EOE in action! Watch me in your free time :]

Updates from Admit Day 2009

^ Dan's cool design with Volunteer Connection goody


^hahahaha


^ Hi Jenn Lee!

^ Hi Tiffany!


^ We made our own giveaway buttons and bookmarks.


^ The EOE info display board that Tiffany put together.


Updates from Admit Day 2009:

Oh, what a success! It was a beautiful sunny day on campus and we are happy that we had the chance to talk to prospective members. If you came by the Volunteer Connections/Eyes on the Elderly table and picked up some goodies, thanks for taking the time to hear what we are all about. We look forward to doing activities with you!

Admit Day Sign Ups

EOE has signed up for a table for Admit Day, April 4th.  We are putting together an information board and passing out freebies galore! We are looking into making cute buttons and handy dandy bookmarks to get the word out. If you would like to help out, please let us know. We would like to you to share you experiences working with the elderly and what drives you passion.

Otherwise, stop by to say HI!

Valentine Prepartions!

This Sunday we were able to work together with the beautiful ladies of Sigma Omicron Pi once again! For Valentine's Day this year, EOE plans to give each of the residents in downtown La Jolla a little something. Origami blow-up bunnies or flying pigs! With the help of at least 20 plus girls we were able to fold many many critters.

To update, with our second task at La Jolla Nursing Facility we will be curating an impromptu photo collection in the dining hall. Every couple of months, EOE likes to rotate artwork to spice up residency from time to time. The photo gallery consists of personal photos from EOE members ranging from European travels, family outings, food document, and good old San Diego. We'd like to share with the residents a little bit of who we are through photographs. Come check it out!

As a bonus, EOE head administrators were able to negotiate more funding from Volunteer Connnection. With the added budget an seasonal event can be planned for almost every month. Stay tuned for much more happenings.

Sunday Date with the Elderly

On Sundays, we often visit the seniors in the Care Unit of Classic Residence. We walk with them in the park, host the afternoon tea cart visit, and facilitate a beauty nail care session.

Because the activities are always changing at Classic Residence, volunteers have the flexibility of choosing events of interest. To participate in an activity, volunteers should let Jennifer Lee know about two weeks beforehand so that she can coordinate it.

Turkey Coasters - Nov. 22, 2008

We visited the La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for a Thanksgiving related craft event. We put together these awesome turkey coasters with the seniors. After our craft project, they had their tea time and guess what?...they used them!

Functionally cool indeed.



^ Gobblin' up that coffee!

Winter Art Project - Nov. 23, 2008; Halloween Treats - October 25, 2008

We held a holiday-themed art and crafts project for the seniors in the Memory Support unit of Classic Residence.

Summary:
-we made a festive doorknob hanger
-templates were cut out beforehand during a work party
-the seniors practiced their visuospatial skills by arranging the various cutout shapes into the sample figure we provided
-the volunteers encouraged the seniors to keep up their good work and helped glue their projects

Snowmen S'mores - Fall Quarter 2008

We started this art project during the beginning of summer so that we had enough time to complete the ~120 individualized snowmen s'mores gifts by December. With the creativity of and help from the sisters of Sigma Omicron Pi at UCSD, we had snowmen that were decorated in every way possible. From a hula dancer to a reindeer, we had a truly amazing range of snowmen.

On Sunday December 14, 2008, we had the opportunity to pass out the gifts to the seniors at La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Watching their faces light up made the work we put into the gifts worthwhile. It's amazing how the holiday spirit can warm up the soul.



^ Here's a picture showing the range of snowmen we have. I spy a mermaid, a Christmas tree, a penguin...



^ The sisters of Sigma Omicron Pi held a contest amongst themselves to see who could best take the basic snowman onto a whole new level. Here are the winners!