Authors of Ages event at Hudson Library Saturday

• A few of the books created by the Day Away Club

This is a small assortment of the books created by the students and the seniors who participate in the Day Away Club. Photo by Margaret A. Ontl
• Hudson Prairie Elementary School students work on their story

Hudson Prairie Elementary School students work on their story. At the left table from back are Nate Kostynick, Dominic Drost, Rayna Larsen, Emma Olson, Megs Frye, Trista Oberle, Isabel Petricka, Rachel Gerhardt, Grace Lewis, Neenah Pregl, Hollee Harrigan and Lauren Schmitz. At the right table is Hanna Hanlon. Photo submitted

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Saturday, Feb. 23, Hudson’s eighth-grade DI team invites you to an open house at the Hudson Area Library from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Come have a cookie and enjoy stories co-written and drawn by second-graders from Hudson Prairie Elementary and elders in our community who participate in the Day Away Club. The club is a social respite program for adults with memory loss or limited mobility.

This project brings the generations together and shows different perspectives through something we all enjoy sharing...stories.

Second-graders from Hudson Prairie Elementary School wrote original stories with pictures, then elders in our community wrote new stories based on how they interpreted the pictures. Each book contains both of the stories.

For more information about Saturday’s event, e-mail draperea@gmail.com or olsonem24@gmail.com.

For more information on the Day Away Club, contact the Aging and Disability Resource Center at (800) 372-2333.

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