Visit to the Alzheimer's Center

Yesterday was our first visit to the newly built Alzheimer's Center whose work was completed just recently. The small funds raised by the Alzheimer's group at OSC has been going to helping the construction of this site. As the co-leaders of the Service group of Alzheimer's at OSC, Heesoo and I have been very busy trying to organize everything that was required for the visit to happen smoothly, such as transport, parental permission forms for other group members, finding out suitable times for the visit to occur, etc.

The visit itself was both interesting and inspiring. To mention a quote made in the short speech given by Mrs. Tamitagame, the co-founder of the Lanka Alzheimer's Foundation, she said "[the center] has been a dream that we have been working towards for a long time. Over time, like a jigsaw puzzle falling into place, with a lot of dedication from everyone involved and little-little help from organizations and schools like yours, that dream has come true". It was truly inspirational that she was so dedicated and driven towards achieving this goal, and that alone accounted for a huge learning experience.

She further showed real enthusiasm for us working with her and being more involved with the patients, with more frequent visits to the center where we can engage in different activities such as cooking, sewing, art, or putting up small performances to entertain and amuse. This will undoubtedly involve more planning on the part of Heesoo and I, but we are both willing to step up to the challenge. With a sure place to go for our service program to take place, I believe that there will be a lot more happening in our Service next year.

Below are some pictures from our visit, and of the lovely, spacious center: