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2008 Winner, Diverse/Multicultural Communities:

Taos Jewish Center’s Chesed Project - Taos, NM

Based on the ideal of neighbor helping neighbor, The Taos Jewish Center’s Chesed Project promotes so-

cial, physical and emotional connection, and helps support independence, interaction, and joy for people

over 60 in Taos County. The Chesed Project’s goal is to improve quality of life by providing activities such
as song, dance and yoga to encourage constituents to reach their full human and spiritual potential.

Website: www.taosjewishcenter.org

Program:

Apoyos Para Los Cuida-

dores

Apoyos Para Los Cuidadores (sup-
port for the caregivers), offers a

monthly support group for caregiv-

ers of the memory-impaired. Art-

streams: From the Well of Memory

are monthly interactive art discus-

sions for the memory impaired and

their caregivers that take place at

museums. A Resource Library pro-

vides education and information on
age-related issues. Participants are

residents of Taos County and neigh-

boring villages including Taos Pueblo

and come from rural, low income

and diverse communities (predomi-

nantely Latino). Fifty-eight percent

of Taos residents are Hispanic or

Latino.

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