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Seniors share life stories with OBHS students gram. The center had previously collaborated with students to write “Silver Threads,” a book Students in the TV produc- composed of the memories and tion program at Oyster Bay stories of center members. High School recently partnered “They had reached out to us with members of the Life and said, you know, we’re lookEnrichment Center ing for a way to colof Oyster Bay on a laborate,” Dallin project aimed at recalled. And we preserving local said, you know, this h i s t o r y t h ro u g h actually would be a personal storytellgreat thing for our ing. digital reporting The collaboraclass, because we tion brought six were looking for high school stusome new project dents together with ideas.” six senior center Center members members for shared their experirecorded interences in on-camera views focused on i n t e r v i ew s w i t h oral history. Stustudents, who later dents filmed and edited the footage produced short, into short videos. documentary-style The process, Dallin video packages said, mirrored the fo c u s i n g o n t h e workflow used in s e n i o r s ’ s t o r i e s, KAtHERINE GIBSoN professional broadwhich ranged from Bayville cast journalism. experiences during “T he students major historic did everything for events to reflections on life in this,” he said. “Each student in the 20th century. the class was paired with a The project began when the senior with an interesting hisL i f e E n r i c h m e n t C e n t e r tory, and the students came up reached out to teacher Alex with the questions.” Dallin, who leads the high For students accustomed to school’s TV production proContinued on page 13
By WIll SHEElINE
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nicholas Sandoz, one of the JCC members who took part in the program at Heritage Farms, said that organizing the greenhouse is his favorite part of the work.
Learning skills for daily life at Heritage Farms & Gardens By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
Members of the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center’s Program Without Walls day habilitation program spent February learning job and life skills while volunteering at Heritage Farms & Gardens, in East Norwich, where they help care for plants, organize greenhouse displays and maintain the grounds. The Program Without Walls, part of the JCC’s Irene and Ronald Cohen Life Skills Training Center, serves neurodivergent adults ages 21 and older. The partnership
with Heritage Farms is one of several connect adults in the JCC’s Center for Neurodiversity with work opportunities in the community, Heather Schultz, director of the Cohen Center, explained. Program participants practice teamwork and communication and learn to be independent while contributing to the farm’s daily operations. The Program Without Walls has been operating for about seven years, and is designed to help participants develop skills through real-world experiences. “Our center is known to have programs for those that are neurodiverse for close to 30 Continued on page 12
f you can talk with a person who has lived through that historic event, the event becomes very real, and this is what we have had with this program.