This presentation will focus on the challenges faced by those with dementia as well as on how Doylestown can become a dementia friendly community. The session will be led by two people well-experienced in working with those who have dementia and those who are working with affected patients. Karen Reever has co-founded the LA Alzheimer’s Association to support family caregivers, has created and managed multiple aging-in-place models through the Philadelphia area and various other agencies to support caregiving. She is also a current caregiver for her husband. Maureen Riley has been Pine Run Village Director of life Enrichment for 26 years She has been volunteering as a support group facilitator with the Alzheimer’s Association since 2006, helping family members and community at large along the journey of dementia. Maureen wanted to start the group when her Grandmother was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia. Collectively, these experts bring decades of experience to share with attendees on the complicated and sometimes confusing and unanticipated issues surrounding aging and memory. Dementia Friendly Doylestown is connected Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania.
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Pat Mervine, a Bucks County Quaker, will speak about Boone Farm's role in the Underground Railroad. Pat’s discussion will include tales of extraordinary courage, of daring escapes from slavery, kidnapping, and significant African American settlements which have long since disappeared. Pat will relate stories about Quakers who fought for abolition and the people of both races who provided support for those on the run and, she will talk about the laws that protected the enslaved, then stripped free people of their rights. All of this and more make up the history of Bucks County, the ripple effects of which are still felt today. After Pat shares some of these stories, she will provide an update on the construction of the African American Museum of Bucks County. Pat’s book was written as a fundraiser, with 100% of proceeds from its sale going to the AAMBC (African Americans on the Move Book Club) capital fund campaign.
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Learn from the expert, David Shallcross from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office, ways to protect yourself by becoming more skeptical of unsolicited offers. Scammers and fraudsters target Pennsylvanians every day in an effort to gain access to our money or personal information. They target our emotions in hopes that we will let our guard down and believe the scams they are perpetrating. From robocalls to social media messages, texts to emails, Pennsylvanians must be on the lookout for these “too good to be true” hoaxes. This presentation will break down the top 10 scams currently being used in Pennsylvania.
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Embark on an immersive journey with Harriet Tubman in this first-person presentation spanning her childhood to adulthood. Suitable for all ages. The portrayal of Tubman by Shirley Lee Corsey from the Gather Place Museum (https://gatherplace.org/) will leave you inspired and uplifted.
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What can you do to try and get a good night's sleep? Leave with tips that you can start applying today for a more rested tomorrow.
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Poets of all ages are welcome to share their original writings and/or listen to other's work reflecting the designated theme.
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The war in Vietnam was a turbulent time in our nation's history that stirred strong feelings and deep emotions as America changed in ways that could not have been anticipated or avoided. To Vietnam and Back is an intimate family memoir that, through a lifeline of letters, offers a unique and warmly told story about one soldier's year in Vietnam and one family anxiously awaiting his return. Readers will take a step back in time to a pivotal period of the Vietnam War, 1967-1968, and glimpse what it was like to not only leave home for the uncertainty of an increasingly controversial conflict, but also to be the parents, siblings and friends left at home to provide support the only way they knew how... through heartfelt words of everyday life. The pages are filled with emotion, humor, family and neighborhood news, while also depicting the uncertainty, fear and division caused by the war in Vietnam. It is a year of back and forth letters that brought encouragement and hope to the writers and recipients of those letters. In essence, To Vietnam and Back is a journey of the written kind that revisits and illustrates the timeless value of family, friends, faith and love.
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Return to the library's backyard garden and experience musical beauty.
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