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    BADL Memory Café

     

     

     

  • Memory Cafés

    • Provide a safe and welcoming environment where people with memory difficulties
    • Operate on a drop-in basis with no pre-registration required, although it is often encouraged.
    • Help people living with memory difficulties continue to find purpose and meaning in their daily lives.
    • Can lead to the formation of friendships among participants
  • At the Belleville Area District Library Memory Café

    • No one will ask about diagnoses, everyone is welcome.
    • Activities are designed to make people of all cognitive abilities feel comfortable and engaged.
    • Socializing and creative exploration take center stage.
    • You’ll find conversation starters, icebreakers, refreshments, and crafts.
  • What to Expect

    • People sign in, get name tags, get refreshments if they choose, then sit at a table with others and use the items on the table to get conversation going.
    • Library staff and volunteers walk around and talk with attendees about the items on tables, and, if necessary, encourage people to chat
    • Ice breaker that we do as a group, at individual tables, or both
    • Snack break
    • Craft activity

Favorite Things Reminiscence Kits

Favorite Things is a series created for the enjoyment of those with dementia, their caregivers and family in order to provide comfort and inspire connections and conversation through reminiscence. Through reminiscence we find comfort in our favorite things and form connections with people and the past.

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Monday - Thursday: 9:30 am - 9 pm
Friday & Saturday: 9:30 am - 6 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm

Contact Information
167 Fourth St.
Belleville, MI 48111
Phone: (734) 699-3291
Fax: (734) 699-6352
Email: fredcfischerlibrary@gmail.com

Sumpter Media Center Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday:
10 am - 3 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 3 pm - 8 pm

Contact Information
23465 Sumpter Road
Belleville, MI 48111
Phone Number: (734) 699-3291
Email us at fredcfischerlibrary@gmail.com

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