{"id":698269,"date":"2009-06-11T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2009\/06\/11\/bhn-service-project\/"},"modified":"2011-09-27T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:25:13","slug":"bhn-service-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2009\/06\/11\/bhn-service-project\/","title":{"rendered":"BHN Service Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the summer, the Bayside Homeschool Network meets every Thursday for a park playdate.&nbsp; This week&nbsp;provided an additional special opportunity.&nbsp; BHN visits a local retirement home that specializes in Alzheimer&#8217;s care every month or two.&nbsp; The residents look forward to visiting with the kids and the feeling is mutual.<\/p>\n<p>(To honor the rules of the home, I cannot show pictures of the residents.)<\/p>\n<p>The residents were all sitting in a circle.&nbsp; The kids went from resident to resident, introducing themselves and sharing stories.&nbsp; It was pretty precious to see how protective some of the residents were over the kids.<\/p>\n<p>The kids sat in the center of the circle while the House&nbsp;Counselor read them a story about having a grandparent with Alzheimer&#8217;s.&nbsp; <br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3346\/3618845888_f8f813ca7d.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nAfter the story, everyone went outside and checked on the tomato plants the kids had planted last month&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3567\/3618026119_91384f94d4.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nThe aides made some fabulous smoothies for everyone&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3597\/3618027051_d100dcc25c.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nThe kids sang &quot;You Are My Sunshine&quot; to the residents&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2479\/3618849750_b7d8d8c2ca.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nGroup shot of the kids after&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3356\/3618027839_ec56ca32fc.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nA picnic lunch and park playdate after&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2471\/3618850568_874a87f979.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nSome of the boys decided to play soccer and &#8216;A&#8217; jumped right in!&nbsp; Here he is playing goalie with another boy&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3329\/3618030909_02fd135d79.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nHe got tired playing goalie, so he created his own position&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3627\/3618032079_9b119a0f29.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the summer, the Bayside Homeschool Network meets every Thursday for a park playdate.&nbsp; This week&nbsp;provided an additional special opportunity.&nbsp; BHN visits a local retirement home that specializes in Alzheimer&#8217;s care every month or two.&nbsp; The residents look forward to visiting with the kids and the feeling is mutual. 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