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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 12-10-19

Your Creative Prompt of the week, and more!

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Monthly Newsletter | November 2021

As the TimeSlips team completes November, 2021, we are thankful for worldwide growth and connection we experience through creative connections with you, whether a family member, an advocate, a funder, a care community, educator, student or a fan: this

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 11-19-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, our virtual Engagement Party event, a Year in Review event, and details on Care Jam 2021.

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 11-12-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, our Year in Review event, a blog post by Kathy Hawkins, TimeSlips’ Engagement Coordinator, in honor of Veteran’s Day, and a spotlight on flutist, Eugenia Zukerman, and her experience with Alzheimer’s disease.

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 11-04-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, information on our upcoming Friends and Family virtual gathering, our Giving Tuesday event, and the presentationss by Marc Freedman and Anne Basting at the Ashoka Changemaker Summit

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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | OCTOBER 2021

We are looking ahead to National Family Caregiver Month in November with an overview of TimeSlips Friends and Family Resources, a TimeSlips Engagement Party on November 11th,  a promo kit to help spread the word about our resources, an introductio

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 10-22-21

Our Creative Prompt of the Week, the Beautiful Questions project was featured in Milwaukee PBS, learn more about the stigma defying wheelchair dancers of Shanghai in our What We’re Reading and Watching section and read about the Wish of a Lifetime prog

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 10-15-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, information about the Diverse Elders Coalition’s Resources for Providers, a spotlight on Can You Hear Me?, Louisville’s sing-along audio program highlighting the voices and music of elders

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 10-8-21

Our Creative Prompt of the Week, details of our upcoming Family and Friends Virtual Gathering, a new narrative in the media about Alzheimer’s, and the upcoming TimeSlips Membership program.

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Monthly Newsletter | Septemeber 2021

A spotlight on Dauphin County Library System, an introduction to The Creative Care Imagination Kits, our work with Dementia Inclusive Durham (DID), information about our new Bookshop, and details of TimeSlips Organizational Membership.

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 9-24-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, a sneak peak from the Detroit Tele-Stories celebration, and TimeSlips is presenting at Leading Age Annual Meeting and Expo on Orctober 24-27. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elde

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 9-17-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, introducing our Individual Membership, information about the Detroit Tele-Stories celebration, and introudcing our new Creative Campus, Eastern Michigan University.

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 9-10-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, introducing our Organizational Membership, and funding opportunities for artists,  Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Monthly Newsletter | August 2021

With many students heading back to school, we want to celebrate students, educators, and administrators whose work is supporting elders and joyful creative engagement. This issue is packed with inspiring resources about TimeSlips’ intergenerational pro

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 8-20-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week,  “At Home, On Air” podcast featuring TimeSlips Founder and Creative Strategist, Anne Basting, a Beautiful Questions project interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, and a TimeSlips spotlight on the article, Perceptions

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 8-13-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, RFP for business modeling for scale, an exhibit of collaborative Art-making, and a question from TimeSlips, “What are you doing to fill your creative well?”

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 8-6-21

The Creative Prompt of the Week, a Certified Facilitator Spotlight on Margaret Edinburgh, and there is no Friends and Family caregiver gathering this month.

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Monthly Newsletter | July 2021

Announcing the TimeSlips Detroit Tele-Stories project, TimeSlips membership is coming soon, funding opportunities through the NEA, and TS Spotlight on StoryCorp Legacy.

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 7-16-21

Our creative prompt of the week, order your copy of the Creative Care Imagination Kit, and learn more about TimeSlips individual training and certification.  

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WEEKLY DOSE OF CREATIVE CARE | 7-9-21

Our creative prompt of the week, the project video from the Milwaukee Beautiful Questions Project, Creative Care is now available in paperback and audiobook, and an article by Lynn Casteel Harper on Reimagining Dementia for a Post-COVID World. 

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Monthly Newsletter | June 2021

Watch videos for the Milwaukee Beautiful Questions Project and the Wisconsin Tele-Stories Project.  Register for our July 8th Friends & Family Gathering and learn more about TimeSlips Organizational Training.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 6-11-21

TimeSlips Creative Care Imagination Kits are available now, information on Art-Train’s national training and technical assistance program, registration details on Jazz, Equity and Brain Health Event, and the creative prompt of the week. Check out this

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 6-4-21

A Friends and Family gathering on June 10th, a link to our Friends and Family Caregivers Facebook group. a Marketing + Communication Internship opportunity at TimeSlips, and the creative prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative reso

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 5-28-21

Join us for the Wisconsin Tele-Stories Project celebration on June 25, watch the video of Anne and her parents using the Creative Care Imagination Kit, and the creative prompt of the week.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 5-21-21

Pre-Order information for our ‘Imagination Kit’, TimeSlips is seeking a Marketing + Communication Intern, details on Long Island Museum’s Annual Arts & Alzheimer’s conference and the creative prompt of the week.   Check out this week’s in

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Monthly Newsletter | April/May 2021

In the month of April, TimeSlips hosted a Spring Festival, featuring a series of webinars to inspire meaningful creative care practices at every level. If you missed it, no worries! See below for recordings of the webinars.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 4-23-21

The story of one Creative Community of Care in a time of COVID,  Creative Care is now in paperback, Spring Festival information and the creative prompt of the week.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 4-9-21

Introducing our social media “take over” by TimeSlips artists and Certified Facilitators,  Spring Festival information and the Beautiful Question of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and love

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 4-2-21

Pre-order information for The Creative Care Imagination Kit, our Spring Festival details and the creative prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Monthly Newsletter | March 2021

TimeSlips is hosting five FREE webinars for our 2021 Spring Festival. These webinars are designed to support and inspire your facilitation of creative engagement whether you can be in-person, are physically-distanced, remote, or a combination of a

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 3-15-21

Announcing our Spring Festival, a guest blog from a librarian and the creative prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 3-5-21

A Friends & Family Gathering, an excerpt from a Tele-Stories conversation, our webinar archive and the creative prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Monthly Newsletter | February 2021

An announcement for new grants, an article about Tele-Stories, a call for applications and an announement about our team.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 2-12-21

A beautiful audio clip from Tele-Stories, week three of our Shine Your Light program, and a new blog from Anne Basting.

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 2/5/21

Registration open for a friends & family gathering, week two of our Shine Your Light program, host a TED circle, and a request for applications Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and

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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | JANUARY 2021

To celebrate National Activity Professionals Week we are featuring a free activity program with TimeSlips and #ActivitiesStrong, our Creative Community of Care organizational training, and a guest blog with TimeSlips Certified Facilitator and Recreatio

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 1/21/21

Shine Your Light: A Creative Care Celebration, Covia’s Creative Aging Symposium, TimeSlips Training and Certification, and the story prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 1/15/21

A webinar with TimeSlips and #ActivitiesStrong, a new interview on Forbes with Anne Basting, and the story prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 1/8/21

A new interative program with TimeSlips and @ActivitiesStrong, a guest blog by Susan McFadden, and BIG thanks to everyone who helped us reach our fundraising goal. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and love

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Monthly Newsletter | December 2020

What a year it has been! In this newsletter we share free tools for remote engagement, our new free friends and family training module, a link to the over 25 webinars we hosted this year, and a guest blog from Colorado based student, Allie Kandt, who h

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 12/11/20

A friends and family gathering, a guest blog from Luca Carli – Certified Facilitator from Florence, Italy, and a request for proposals for website technical development. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders an

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Monthly Newsletter | November 2020

Did you miss the Creative Care Fall Festival? We got you covered! In this newsletter we share the recordings from all of the events, invite you to a new webinar with Anne Basting, and talk about our new Friends and Family section that has recently been

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 11/13/20

Introducing TimeSlips Engagement Parties, the next webinar in our Creative Care Fall Festival, a Facebook live event with Anne Basting, and the story prompt of the week. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders an

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 11/6/20

Artists in Healthcare Webinar, A (Virtual) Leap of Faith blog post, Creative Care Fall Festival, Meet Student Artist in Residence: Rebekah Wood, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders an

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 11/2/20

Tele-Stories: Artists Connecting with Elders via Phone, Meet the Tele-Stories artists, Tele-Stories Webinar, Creative Care Fall Festival, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 10/25/20

Homemade Zines: Artists Respond to Lockdowns in Care Communities, Free Resources: “Outside My Window,” “Meet Me Here,” “Space for Me,” Homemade Zines Webinar, Creative Care Fall Festival, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creativ

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Weekly Dose Of Creative Care: 10/16/20

Songs of Hope: A Socially Distanced Concert, Creative Care Fall Festival, TimeSlips Engagement Parties, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care: 10/9/20

2020 Creative Care Fall Festival, 2020 Vision Literary Journal, Help Us Help You Member Survey, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Monthly Newsletter | September 2020

TimeSlips gears up for the 2020 Creative Care Fall Festival: Celebrating Virtual Connections During Quarantine

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care: 9/25/20

Help us help you with a 6-minute survey, Interactive Zine: Meet Me Here, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care: 9/18/20

Building connections across age and cognitive barriers: an intergenerational celebration of storytelling, puppetry and music in the time of COVID-19. Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near an

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care: 9/11/20

Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice, Get Ready for Grandparents Day, Watch Our Time Machine Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care: 9/4/20

Memory Camp Found Art Project, Anne Basting in conversation with Jed A. Levine, CaringKind President Emeritus and longtime colleague, Homemade Outside my Window: An Interactive Zine Check out this week’s inspiring creative art projects that can be used

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 8-28-20

Signature Healthcare Super Summer, The Creatively Engaging Podcast, Story Prompt of the Week Check out this week’s inspiring creative resources that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 8-21-20

Announcing the Milwaukee Tele-Stories Project, Send a Piece of Your Heart to Appleton, Ask a Beautiful Question. Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 8-15-20

Consider Joining our Team, Learn about our Creative Campus Model, Be Counted by Taking the Census Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Special Edition Newsletter: Creative Care Institute

Recordings from the Creative Care Institute, Artist Spotlight, Chat Transcripts, Reduced Rate Training We are so grateful to all the presenters and attendees of our first, fully virtual, Creative Care Institute. With help from the MacArthur Foundation

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 7-24-20

Creative Care Institute Panel Recording, Pioneer Network shares webinars from field, Supportive Online Gatherings for Grief

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Monthly Newsletter | June 2020

TimeSlips gears up for some big virtual events this summer and shares some creative resources to help you stay connected with loved ones.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 6-19-20

TEDMED, Creative Care Institute Registration Open, Free Documentary, Upcoming Events Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 6-13-20

Save the date: Virtual Creative Care Institute, Teens make art for seniors in quarantine, Training to support LGBTQ Persons with Dementia and Their Care Partners, Making virtual events accessible for all Check out this week’s inspiring creative activit

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What Does Justice Look Like?

The TimeSlips mission is to bring meaning and purpose to the lives of elders through creative engagement. Our organization aims to bring this mission to fruition through systemic change that places creativity at the center of care for older adults — a

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 5-29-20

Host a Virtual Book Reading for Creative Care, Intergenerational Pen Pals, Booklet of Postcards, Guidelines for Preserving Family Presence Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far.

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Monthly Newsletter | May 2020

We are taking a closer look at intergenerational work being done through TimeSlips. We’re highlighting some inspiring work being done with elders by students and celebrating the impact they have as change-makers in their communities.

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 5-15-20

Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. A guide to Beautiful Questions, Free Weekly Creative Engaging Sessions with Dementia Inclusive Durham, Postcards – A Little Creative Care, “Cr

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 5-8-20

Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. Creative Care virtual book reading and launch party, guide to Beautiful Questions, Student Artist in Residence Webinar invitation, Covid rapid

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 5-1-20

Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. Wendy’s Neverland Web Series, Free Coloring Pages, Webinar Preview, Postcards, COVID Response Survey

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Monthly Newsletter | April 2020

Pre-order Creative Care, Free link to Penelope documentary, Postcards, Superheroes and more!

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 4-17-20

Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. Superhero Webinar, New Postcard Map, Wendy’s Neverland Web Series Part IV, Discounted Online Training

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 4-11-20

Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. Beautiful Question Phone Line, Webinar Recording, Postcards, Wendy’s Neverland Web Series Part III, Discounted Online Training

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 4-3-20

Check out this week’s inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. New Webinar, Wendy’s Neverland Web Series Part II, Postcards, Discounted Online Training

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Weekly Dose of Creative Care | 3-27-20

Who could use a dose of inspiration? You asked for it, and we are responding! Now you can receive a weekly email of inspiring creative activities that can be used with elders and loved ones near and far. Wendy’s Neverland Mini Series, Postcards, Window

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Engagement in a time of Quarantine

We are actively looking for ways to help you connect with elders through this time of quarantine. Check out this newsletter for several helpful resources.

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January Newsletter

Annual Survey | Pre-Order Anne’s Book! | Students Using TimeSlips | Create Change Institute

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November Newsletter | 11-12-2019

Veteran’s Day Story Prompt | New Tele-Stories Program | The Adventures of the Righteous League Book Launch

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September Newsletter | 9-18-2019

Annual Report | NextGen Pilot Sites | ED Search | Student Artist In Residence | Beautiful Questions

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June Newsletter | 6-25-2019

Creative Communities of Care Take Flight with Wendy’s Neverland | Beautiful Questions | Certified Facilitator Spotlight

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April Newsletter | 4-18-2019

Introducing our Labor of Love: the NEW TimeSlips website!

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January Newsletter | 1-16-2019

New Projects. New Team Members. New Beginnings.

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