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Working with local communities

It’s a growing movement Creating strong community connections in the face of today’s social challenges can be tough. Today there are many forces which strain the social fabric of society, increasingly leaving people feeling disconnected from each other and the communities in which they live. These include factors like relocation, technology, divorce, the aging population, […]

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Stitch Member Spotlight: Trisha from Litchfield Park, Arizona

The following post is written by Stitch member Trisha from Litchfield Park, Arizona. Trisha is a Stitch Community Champion who is passionate about growing and engaging her Stitch Community in Phoenix’s West Valley. They say life begins at 50 … and beyond. For some, this age marks the beginning of a new phase in their

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Great people, great city: the Stitch Chicago Fall Festival

In late October the Stitch Community officially launched in Chicago with the inaugural “Stitch Chicago Fall Festival”, supported by SilverSneakers. I was lucky enough to attend, and was privileged to meet some incredible members. Read on to find out what the week was all about. The Stitch Chicago Fall Festival was a week-long series of events

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Guest Post: What a day, what a scrummylicious day!

Sydney based Community Champion Richard wrote the following post about his experience as the organizer of the 🥗 Inaugural Sydney Stitchers Multicultural Yummalicious ‘Share Plate’ Picnic 🍾, a highly successful and fun Stitch event held on March 24th 2019. WHAT A DAY, WHAT A SCRUMMYLICIOUS DAY! The greatest joy of Stitch is meeting new friends and

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Positive lifestyle choices, not pills, to potentially ward off Alzheimer’s disease

Positive lifestyle choices are increasingly showing to have beneficial effects on our brain health, to the extent we can now help reduce types of dementia such as the most common, Alzheimer’s disease. In 2016, the University of California, Los Angeles released results from a four year study which monitored ten people who had a a

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