Sing for Your Life Canada founder Nigel Brown turns music-loving seniors into friends.
AS THE SUMMER fades away, the lights flicker on at the Heritage, a seniors’ centre in West Kelowna, B.C. Joking and chatting, 50 participants take their seats, forming a large circle. For the next hour and a half, the group belts out nostalgic selections from their handouts—“Edelweiss,” “Somewhere My Love” and Vera Lynn ditties from the 1940s.
But Sing for Your Life Canada is more than an amateur choir. Established by executive director Nigel Brown in 2009, the organization was envisioned as equal parts activity (the sessions encourage elderly members to socialize and stay engaged) and advocacy (Sing for Your Life is outspoken about health issues such as dementia and offers strategic coping mechanisms). Brown is no stranger to charity work: he co-founded the Canadian chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 1983. And it was Brown’s brother who founded the first incarnation of Sing for Your Life, based in Britain.
この記事は Reader's Digest Canada の October 2017 版に掲載されています。
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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