Contact: Lisa Lipsey Activity Director
Office Phone: 858/674-9719
Cell Phone: 760/822-3764
E-Mail: lisa@sunshinecare.com
Poway, CA — April 21, 2011—Sunshine Care Assisted Living Homes, San Diego County's leader in
Intergenerational Programming and Horticultural Therapy, holds Intergenerational Earth Day Activities from
making a worm bin to planting flowers to harvesting and sharing fresh organic produce!
Nature lovers of all ages gathered at Sunshine Care Homes for a lively week of Earth Day activities! It all started
Tuesday with the seniors and 3rd grade students from St. Michael's School getting together to plant pansies and
petunias and also have some fun with bubbles. Then on Earth Day, eight local Poway families and ten seniors came
together to work, play and learn at the greenhouse. Together they built a worm bin, released Lady Bugs in the
greenhouse (a form of organic pest control),planted seeds and watered.
ABOUT INTERGENERATIONAL GARDEN CLUB
Intergenerational Garden clubs meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month. Eight of Sunshine Care's
Residents, "Grandmas and Grandpas," come up to the on-site greenhouse to work with a garden buddy ranging from
babies to age eight. Together they plant seeds, harvest fruits and vegetables and of course taste test the fruits of their
labor. Garden Club (also known as Horticulture Therapy) gives our Residents a unique reason to get out in the fresh
air, exercise, build friendships and teach skills to young people. Past meetings have included tomato tasting, making
fresh cut floral arrangements, a visit to the local farm and pumpkin patch for a hay ride and creating Thanksgiving
Cornucopias. Upcoming Garden Club topics include (but are not limited to): picking vegetables and planting seeds,
organic pest control, composting, worms, birds, bugs and butterflies, bubbles and bathing suits in the summer to cool
off and nature arts and crafts.
ABOUT SUNSHINE CARE, POWAY, CALIFORNIA
Established in 1990, Sunshine Care is a community of assisted-living homes on a 32-acre Campus in Poway,
California. This unique alternative for assisted living specializes in Alzheimer's and Dementia care while providing an
environment with all the comforts and reminders of home. Sunshine care provides the highest level of individualized
care and attention that we would want for our own loved ones. Sunshine Care is also on the cutting edge of activities
and going green, from our intergenerational programming to our organic farming. The campus has an on-site
greenhouse and orchards where fruits, vegetables and herbs are grown from seed and later integrated into the house
menu plans. For more information, please visit www.sunshinecare.com
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