What is the Wellness Project?
Our goal is to alleviate elder isolation by promoting wellness through conversational community-building activities hosted in-person. We launched the student-led UCI Wellness Project in partnership with BeWell OC and the Council on Aging at various senior living facilities around Orange County.
Our teams visit each center at least once a week! If you are interested in joining us, we volunteer Monday through Friday, ranging from mornings to evenings. Students are encouraged to carpool with their site’s volunteer team to make friends with their fellow volunteers and also to have fun!
Our teams visit each center at least once a week! If you are interested in joining us, we volunteer Monday through Friday, ranging from mornings to evenings. Students are encouraged to carpool with their site’s volunteer team to make friends with their fellow volunteers and also to have fun!
We aim to alleviate elder isolation. The Wellness Project promotes wellness through conversational community-building activities hosted in-person. We launched the student-led Community Healing Series in partnership with BeWell OC and the Council on Aging at various senior living facilities.
Our Locations include:
The Inn at Woodbridge (Irvine)
The Meadows (Irvine)
Heritage Villas (Mission Viejo)
Emerald Cove (Huntington Beach)
Towers at Nineteenth (Costa Mesa)
Linbrook Court (Anaheim)
Belage Manor (Anaheim)
Our Locations include:
The Inn at Woodbridge (Irvine)
The Meadows (Irvine)
Heritage Villas (Mission Viejo)
Emerald Cove (Huntington Beach)
Towers at Nineteenth (Costa Mesa)
Linbrook Court (Anaheim)
Belage Manor (Anaheim)
Volunteer Perspectives
"Overall, the other volunteers and I absolutely loved hanging out.. The group was just so funny and seemed to really enjoy the series."
"I bought a few packs of different colored pipe cleaners and showed them how to make flowers out of them to make little bouquets as well as flower rings. I wasn’t too sure about the activity and even brought Jenga as a backup... but to my surprise they all really enjoyed it!"
"The residents are really liking the class! They were talking about last week's activity even days after."
"Overall, it was a great time and I even stayed an extra 25 minutes to finish the last word scramble."
"I bought a few packs of different colored pipe cleaners and showed them how to make flowers out of them to make little bouquets as well as flower rings. I wasn’t too sure about the activity and even brought Jenga as a backup... but to my surprise they all really enjoyed it!"
"The residents are really liking the class! They were talking about last week's activity even days after."
"Overall, it was a great time and I even stayed an extra 25 minutes to finish the last word scramble."
