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November 7, 2022
Giving Voice Chorus
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November 7, 2022
Giving Voice Chorus
11:00 AM - Noon Eastern (USA)
10:00 - 11:00 AM Central (USA)
Every Monday of each month
Giving Voice Chorus members include people with dementia, their care partners, and volunteers. We welcome any person who is living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia who can attend the structured weekly rehearsals and, most importantly, wants to make good music and good friends! There are no auditions, and no musical training or experience is necessary. This chorus will be held virtually, over zoom.
For more information, please contact Cat Beringer at 612.440.9660 or cat@givingvoicechorus.org or visit online.
Last updated: March 2022
Tempe Memory Cafe
November 7, 2022
Noon Eastern (USA)
10:00 AM Mountain (USA)
1st and 3rd Mondays of each month
Tempe Memory Cafe provides a social and informational place for people living with memory loss and their care partners. Due to COVID-19, the in-person programming has been paused and the caregiver support group is now being offered online.
For more information and to get the link to attend, please call 480.350.8534 or Email DFT@tempe.gov.
Last updated: October 2020
Dementia Training for Life
November 7, 2022
Dementia Training for Life | Laurie Mantz
1:00 PM Eastern (USA)
Please email rimemorycafes@gmail.com for an invitation and link to the Zoom meeting. Dementia Training For Life is based in Rhode Island, but you do not have to live in Rhode Island to participate.
Last updated: April 2020
Music Mends Minds
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November 7, 2022
Music Mends Minds
2:30 - 3:30 PM Eastern (USA)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific (USA)
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Join Music Mends Minds’ (MMM) free weekly Zoom sessions, which are led by a board-certified music therapist, and feature a mix of sing-alongs, solos and guest performers.
https://zoom.us/j/6378877508
MMM is a nonprofit that creates musical support groups for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and PTSD. These musical support groups foster a community between the musicians and singers, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers, all of whom thrive on socialization and music-making.
For more information, please email events@musicmendsminds.org or visit them online at www.musicmendsminds.org.
Last updated: August 2021
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Learn About Cafe Connect’s Origins
Through a pleasant coincidence, I was able to attend an online conference. One thing led to another and now we have Cafe Connect.
Learn more about how Cafe Connect got started!
Dave