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Follow on Google News | Dance Therapy Program at Wartburg Receives Community Fund GrantBy: Wartburg Mount Vernon, NY June 10, 2015 -- Wartburg received a $13,500 grant from The Community Fund of Bronxville Eastchester Tuckahoe, Inc. to support Wartburg’s Dance and Movement Program. The grant pays for a professional dance therapist to oversee the Dance and Movement Program offered across Wartburg’s residential facilities. The dance program is part of Wartburg’s award-winning, internationally recognized Creative Aging and Lifelong Learning Program and will provide therapy to seniors in the independent and assisted living facilities, the nursing home, registrants in the Adult Day Services program and patients in the rehabilitation center. The dance program, already a favorite among residents, will be funded for one year. “We are extremely grateful for this generous grant,” said David Gentner, president and CEO of Wartburg, an award-winning provider of comprehensive senior services. “Dance therapy is exceptionally rewarding, both physically and emotionally, and it embodies our mission of nurturing body, mind and spirit.” “We are happy to provide the funding to support the Dance and Movement Therapy Program at Wartburg and the many seniors from our community who call Wartburg their home,” said Melinda Burge, executive director of The Community Fund of Bronxville Eastchester Tuckahoe, Inc. “After visiting Wartburg’s beautiful campus and seeing the program in person, it was clear to my colleagues and I the benefits the program provides to its residents.” “Our dance therapy program will be led by a professional dance therapist from Sarah Lawrence College along with several Wartburg staff members and myself,” The prestigious and growing Creative Aging & Lifelong Learning Program was started in 2009 and includes classes in painting, quilt-making, singing, poetry and creative writing. More recent additions: puppet-making classes and a newly purchased video conferencing equipment to allow residents to remotely “tour” museums and other cultural sites. Wartburg Wartburg is an award-winning provider of comprehensive senior services, including independent living, assisted living, Alzheimer’s/ End
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