Kathy, 44 "...my mom loves the music - she sings along, she remembers when the songs were new... I'm amazed at how much she knows..."
Candace, 31 "...my grandpa was tapping his foot. I saw him doubled over with laughter... and he told me about being in World War II... he was so brave"
Newsletters and News
Senior New Ways Newsletter (Spring 2013)
Our Spring 2013 Newsletter is now available online!
Senior New Ways Newsletter (October 2012)
Our October 2012 Newsletter is now available online with articles our new "Vintage Music Therapy for Memory" program and our Men's Caregiver Resource Groups, and more. October 2012 Newsletter
Senior New Ways Newsletter (June 2012)
Our June 2012 Newsletter is now available online with articles about the "40-70 Talk", laughter, our two new Men's Caregiver Resource Groups, and more. June 2012 Newsletter
Senior New Ways Newsletter (December 2011)
The December 2011 Newsletter is available online with articles about the World Health Organization's Age-Friendly Initiative in Los Altos, our new Caregiver Resource Groups, our Senior Health Chats, and more. December 2011 Newsletter
Senior New Ways Brochure (November 2011)
Our updated brochure is on-line!
Senior New Ways Newsletter (September 2011)
The September 2011 Newsletter contains articles on the World Health Organization's Age-Friendly Initiative in Los Altos, the launching of our Laughs and Brains DVD, our new Care Center Visitor Service, and more. September 2011 Newsletter
Senior New Ways Newsletter (July 2010)
The July 2010 Newsletter is online with articles on POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) and on Age-Friendly Communities in Finland. July 2010 Newsletter
"Elvis" at Sunnyvale's Senior Center (June 2010)
Elvis LIVES! He was spotted at Sunnyvale's Senior Center on June 11, 2010, as part of the "Coming Fully Alive As You Age – Music series". (Can you believe that Elvis turned 75 this year?) Elvis put on a big competition, playing old songs and seeing who of the 120 people could guess the artist(s).
"Listening to Legacies" (2009)
The Senior New Ways monthly cable television program, "Senior New Ways Presents," aired from 2007 through 2009 with former Executive Director Judith Pruess-Mellow as the host. The program on "Listening to Legacies" aired in 2009, in which Senior New Ways teacher Susan Harlan and current Executive Director John Lehman are interviewed. This program is available on the Internet at www.blip.tv. To view the program, click the following link: www.blip.tv/file/2887470
TV Program Contest Finalist (November 2008)
John Lehman as Elvis at the
Sunnyvale Community Center, June 2010
A Senior New Ways monthly cable television program that aired in September 2008, "Who Sang It?," was one of three finalists for the western U.S. for the WAVE awards in 2008 as presented by the Academy of Wireless Arts, Video and Entertainment, given to productions of community media centers. In this program, current Senior New Ways Executive Director John Lehman is interviewed about his life and his lifelong passion for music. In the interview, John plays snippets of songs and listeners guess the vocalists. John has presented at our Senior Health Chats, community senior centers and other sites. This program is available on the Internet at www.blip.tv. To view this program, click the following link: www.blip.tv/file/2332741