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I had the pleasure of attending the Freedom Committee of Orange Country monthly luncheon today and meeting some true American Heroes. The members of the Freedom Committee of Orange County bring with them a Living History of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Stories of Pearl Harbor, the Dieppe raid, Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, Air battles in the war torn skies of the South Pacific, over Fortress Europe, and even experiences of being Prisoners of War. All the theaters of war are rem...embered and shared.witnessing the Atom bomb drop, Flying the Hump in the CBI Theater, bombing of the Ploesti Oil fields, and freeing inmates of the German concentration camps. Places like Pusan, Inchon, Chosin Reservoir, Da Nang and the Tet offensive are also remembered. These veterans are available to speak to schools regarding these subjects at the request of educators who may wish to supplement their respective class. For more info: FC-OC.org See more

This article is part of an article by Brian Whitehead that appeared in the O.C. Register on October 7th. FULLERTON Three ... two ... one ... The pint-sized producer motions to Gloria Rice to start as four iPads aimed her way begin recording. My dad was in the Navy, so he was gone all the time, Rice, 85, shares of her life as a child with a father in World War II. We had no television ... no video games.... The resident of the Morningside of Fullerton retirement community sat at the head of a table talking about growing up during the Great Depression hoping for just one Christmas present, a pair of roller skates and the following war years for four Laguna Road Elementary fifth-graders who know nothing of either except what they’ve read in their textbooks. Rice’s story and others recorded Friday by the tech-savvy students will be produced into digital biographies as part of the Fullerton School District’s new Story Angels program. The students are using Adobe Spark to edit the footage with old photographs. In November, the children will return to Morningside for a screening of the completed multimedia projects. The curriculum is designed to get these kids communicating with someone from a different generation, to take their words and make them into a story, said Pam Chow, project liaison with the superintendent’s office. And the byproduct of this is the connections made between the students and the seniors. The school has 100 students participating, grouped in quartets with residents of the retirement community. There’s a lot of joy, a lot of enrichment, and not only for the children, but for our seniors, said Diana Blidy, Morningside community life and services director. They love seeing the look on the children’s faces when they tell their story and when the children say it back. See more

We enjoyed the Huntington Beach Senior Day.

Join Us at the Senior Saturday Community Festival !!

Look for us at the Huntington Beach Senior Fair on September 10th.